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Biographies

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 3199 Collections and/or Records:

Smoot, Samuel P., 1968-1988

 File — Box 238: Series 3 [Barcode: 31197239139006], Folder: 17
Identifier: UA 664 Series 3 Sub-Series 4 File 212
Dates: 1968-1988
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Marriott School of Management records / National Advisory Council records / National Advisory Council subject files

Snell, William Henry, 1917-1967

 File — Box 161: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197231015113], Folder: 10
Identifier: UA 909 Series 1
Dates: 1917-1967
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Collection on university faculty and staff / Collection on university faculty members

Warren Stone Snow papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 376
Scope and Contents

Typewritten biographical sketches (photocopies) of Snow and his wife, Mary Ann V. Snow; ALS's (with typed transcripts) to his fourth polygamous wife, Sarah E.W. Snow, with a few to their children; a certificate of election, a deed, and a family group sheet (photocopies). Letters contain information pertaining to relations with his plural family, his missionary experiences in England, and the building of the Manti, Utah Temple. Includes cover letter by donor.

Dates: Undated
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

William Snow diary and biographies

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230306182]
Identifier: MSS SC 857
Scope and Contents This collection consists of photocopies both of typescripts of excerpts from the diary of William Snow and of typescripts of two biographies of the same man. The authors of the biographies are unknown.William Snow was a captain of a wagon train en route to Utah, was sent to colonize in St. George, Utah with his families, became the bishop of the Pine Valley Ward and later, the patriarch of the St. George Stake of the Mormon Church. He was also a judge in St. George, Utah. The...
Dates: 1832-1850
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Snow, William James, 1908-1947

 File — Box 162: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197231015121], Folder: 9
Identifier: UA 909 Series 1
Dates: 1908-1947
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Collection on university faculty and staff / Collection on university faculty members

Soelberg, Dagmar Caroline Johansen, 1873-, approximately 1950-1959

 Item — Box 2: [Barcode: 31197232486438]
Identifier: MSS 827
Dates: approximately 1950-1959
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / J. Allen Parkinson biographies / SA-SU

Soelberg, William Karl, 1866-1944, approximately 1950-1959

 Item — Box 2: [Barcode: 31197232486438]
Identifier: MSS 827
Dates: approximately 1950-1959
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / J. Allen Parkinson biographies / SA-SU

Son of the old frontier

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230338243]
Identifier: MSS 947
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typewritten biography of Don Wakefield with handwritten corrections. Wakefield was a cowboy from Huntington, Utah.

Dates: 1958
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

The songstress of Dernford Dale : the life of poetess, diarist and Latter-day Saint pioneer Hannah Tapfield King / Dorothy Brewerton, Carolyn Gorwill and Leonard Reed

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233294518]
Identifier: MSS 8020
Scope and Contents

Contains one biography, written by Dorothy Brewerton, Carolyn Gorwill, and Leonard Reed in 2011, about Hannah Tapfield King. The biography contains transcriptions of her journals, her writings, and some of her autobiographical sketches. The biography describes her life in England and her journey to Utah as a pioneer. There is also some information about her ancestors, as written by Hannah Tapfield King.

Dates: 2011 May
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Sorenson, John L., 1950-1984

 File — Box 163: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197231015139], Folder: 2
Identifier: UA 909 Series 1
Dates: 1950-1984
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Collection on university faculty and staff / Collection on university faculty members

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