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Biographies

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 3199 Collections and/or Records:

William C. McClellan, 1915-1954

 File — Box 47: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233644696], Folder: 18
Identifier: MSS 8000 Series 2 Sub-Series 1 File 191
Scope and Contents

Contains a glossy reproduced photo, testimony, biography, and journal transcripts for William Carroll McClellan, photocopies of biographical information (including excerpt from a book, historical documents, photos, etc.), poetry written by his wife Almeda Day, etc. Materials dated 1915 to 1954.

Dates: 1915-1954
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Mormon Battalion Association records / Mormon Battalion Association records / Mormon Battalion Association biographies of original members

William C. Prows, approximately 1991

 File — Box 49: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233644712], Folder: 6
Identifier: MSS 8000 Series 2 Sub-Series 1 File 223
Scope and Contents

Contains glossy photo and biographies of William Cook Prows. Materials dated approximately 1991.

Dates: approximately 1991
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Mormon Battalion Association records / Mormon Battalion Association records / Mormon Battalion Association biographies of original members

William Casto, 1985-1997

 File — Box 40: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233644621], Folder: 19
Identifier: MSS 8000 Series 2 Sub-Series 1 File 67
Scope and Contents

Contains biographies and biographical photocopies for William Casto, as well as family group records and printouts for William and three wives. Materials dated 1985 to 1997.

Dates: 1985-1997
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Mormon Battalion Association records / Mormon Battalion Association records / Mormon Battalion Association biographies of original members

William Coons, 1988-1998

 File — Box 41: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233644639], Folder: 9
Identifier: MSS 8000 Series 2 Sub-Series 1 File 87
Scope and Contents

Contains a biographical sketch on Emerette Elizabeth Goodwin, and family group records for William Coons and two wives (Emerette and Martha Twitchell). Materials dated 1988 to 1998.

Dates: 1988-1998
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Mormon Battalion Association records / Mormon Battalion Association records / Mormon Battalion Association biographies of original members

William Coray, 1988-2011

 File — Box 41: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233644639], Folder: 11
Identifier: MSS 8000 Series 2 Sub-Series 1 File 89
Scope and Contents

Contains biographical sketches for William Coray and Melissa Burton Coray Kimball and their life together (including a photograph of their joint burial site), and a family group record for the two of them, as well as correspondence and information about their infant son William and his grave site. Materials dated 1988 to 2011.

Dates: 1988-2011
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Mormon Battalion Association records / Mormon Battalion Association records / Mormon Battalion Association biographies of original members

William D. Hendricks, 1962-1980

 File — Box 44: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233644662], Folder: 12
Identifier: MSS 8000 Series 2 Sub-Series 1 File 145
Scope and Contents

Contains glossy reproduced photo and biographies of William Dorris Hendricks (including newspaper clipping), research letters, family group sheet for William and wife Mary Jane Andrus, and biographical information on four of William's children (with 4th wife Christine Olsen). Materials dated 1962 to 1980.

Dates: 1962-1980
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Mormon Battalion Association records / Mormon Battalion Association records / Mormon Battalion Association biographies of original members

William Dean Lindsay papers, after 1950

 File — Box 107: Series 5; Series 10; Series 12; Series 14 [Barcode: 31197233285284], Folder: 11
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 10 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

File includes an overview of William Dean Lindsay's life, the transcript of an interview conducted with Lindsay about the Korean War, and a newspaper article about veterans being opposed to U.S. membership in the United Nations. The article details a negative experience Lindsay had with the U.N. during the Korean War. Dated after 1950.

Dates: after 1950
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Saints at War Project records / Saints at War Project records for Korean War / Saints at War Project records for the United States Army

William E. Berrett, date of production not identified

 File — Box 287: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197230190891], Folder: 3
Identifier: UA 1000 Series 2 Sub-Series 10
Dates: date of production not identified
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Ernest L. Wilkinson papers / Office of the President records / Ernest L. Wilkinson biographical sketches

William Ezra Beckstead, approximately 1982

 File — Box 38: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233644605], Folder: 11
Identifier: MSS 8000 Series 2 Sub-Series 1 File 24
Scope and Contents

Contains a glossy reproduced photograph of William Ezra Beckstead and photocopies from "Descendants of John Beckstead" featuring William. Materials dated approximately 1982.

Dates: approximately 1982
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Mormon Battalion Association records / Mormon Battalion Association records / Mormon Battalion Association biographies of original members

William F. Ewell, 1988-1997

 File — Box 42: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233644647], Folder: 17
Identifier: MSS 8000 Series 2 Sub-Series 1 File 112
Scope and Contents

Contains biography and life timeline of William Fletcher Ewell, joint biographies of William and wife Mary Lee Bland, and family group records for William and Mary, and for William's parents; as well as biographies and articles on Mary Lee Bland Ewell Jones, family group record for Mary and second husband Peter Jones, and life sketch of William and Mary's son Francis. Materials dated 1988 to 1997.

Dates: 1988-1997
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Mormon Battalion Association records / Mormon Battalion Association records / Mormon Battalion Association biographies of original members

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