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Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 3199 Collections and/or Records:

Alonzo Pearis Raymond, 1988-1997

 File — Box 49: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233644712], Folder: 12
Identifier: MSS 8000 Series 2 Sub-Series 1 File 229
Scope and Contents

Contains glossy photo and biographies of Alonso Pearis (or Pearce) Raymond, and biography of Clarinda Cutler Raymond. 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

Alpheus Peter Haws, 1968-2008

 File — Box 44: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233644662], Folder: 11
Identifier: MSS 8000 Series 2 Sub-Series 1 File 144
Scope and Contents

Contains a copied photo, biography, and family group sheets, and life fact sheets for Alpheus Haws; biography of Adeline Dunn and family group record for her and Alpheus; and family group sheets for Alpheus and second wife Betsy Dunn. Materials dated 1968 to 2008.

Dates: 1968-2008
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Mormon Battalion Association records / Mormon Battalion Association records / Mormon Battalion Association biographies of original members

Biography : Maregaret Hall Ruston Alston, came to Utah in 1850

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230339506]
Identifier: MSS 2512
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Maragaret Hall Rushton Alston was born in England. She joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated with her first husband, John Rushton, to the United States. He died in St. Louis, Missouri, and she arrived in Utah in 1850 and later settled in American Fork. She caught cold and died.

Dates: 1940
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Alva Phelps, 1997-2003

 File — Box 49: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233644712], Folder: 2
Identifier: MSS 8000 Series 2 Sub-Series 1 File 221
Scope and Contents

Contains biography of Alva Phelps and family group record for Alva and wife Margaret Robison, biographies of Margaret Robison Phelps, family group record for Margaret and husband William E. Bridges, and name index featuring Margaret. Materials dated 1997 to 2003.

Dates: 1997-2003
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Mormon Battalion Association records / Mormon Battalion Association records / Mormon Battalion Association biographies of original members

Alvin R. Dyer, date of production not identified

 File — Box 285: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197230191089], Folder: 26
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

Amanda M. Knight, biography, new worth, cash statement

 File — Box 167: [Barcode: 31197231210771], Folder: 5
Identifier: MSS 278
Dates: 1915-1946
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Knight Investment Company records / Financial and legal papers

Amanda M. McEwen biography

 File — Box 167: [Barcode: 31197231210771], Folder: 9
Identifier: MSS 278
Dates: 1915-1946
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Knight Investment Company records / Financial and legal papers

The American ancestry of Joseph Robison and his wife Lucretia Hancock

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230315126]
Identifier: MSS SC 1709
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of an unbound biography and two brief typed biographies of Joseph and Lucretia Robison, converts to the Mormon Church from New York state who settled in Utah. The large biography contains extensive genealogies of different related families.

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

American Indian stories / by Zitkala-S̈a, 1985

 Item — Box 1: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197231188209], Folder: 3
Identifier: MSS 1704 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 2
Scope and Contents

Boston : Ginn & Co., 1921. Reprint, University of Nebraska Press, Bison Books, 1985.

Dates: 1985
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / National Council of American Indians records / Zitkala-S̈a personal papers and writings / Publications by Zitkala-S̈a

Amos Cox, 1962-2007

 File — Box 41: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233644639], Folder: 12
Identifier: MSS 8000 Series 2 Sub-Series 1 File 90
Scope and Contents

Contains family group record for Amos Cox (one featuring just Amos and detailing all marriages, and one for just Amos and Philena Morley), photocopies of book chapters highlighting Amos within the life of Isaac Morley, biography of wife Philena Morley Cox, and biography of Henderson Cox (unknown relation, but another member of the Battalion, who was killed at Tragedy Spring in 1848). Materials dated 1962 to 2007.

Dates: 1962-2007
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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