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Latter Day Saints -- Utah -- Biography

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 64 Collections and/or Records:

John K. Fetzer papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3205
Scope and Contents

Includes photo albums, scrapbooks, newspapers, and pamphlets from Fetzer's missionary service in Germany between 1933 and 1936, as well as correspondence and other materials from the Fetzers's activities. Also includes the autobiography of Naomi Elizabeth Steenblik Fetzer.

Dates: 1933-1965
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / John K. Fetzer papers

Samuel Buchanan Frost

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230235936]
Identifier: MSS SC 192
Scope and Contents

Handwritten biography of Samuel Buchanan Frost and a typescript of the item. Frost was a convert to the Mormon Church who migrated to Utah and settled in Draper, Utah.

Dates: 1976
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Samuel Buchanan Frost

Richard Arthur Gardiner autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230312180]
Identifier: MSS SC 1520
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a bound and typed autobiography by Richard Arthur Gardiner. He talks about his early life, courtship and marriage, business career, civic contributions, wife's death, and retirement.

Dates: 1979; 1979
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Richard Arthur Gardiner autobiography

Biography of John Williams Grant

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230338144]
Identifier: MSS 2800
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. John Williams Grant was born in Millcreek, Utah, in 1865. Most of the account was taken from Grant's own writings. He herded sheep in Colorado and became involved in a range war between sheep herders and cattlemen. John was shot at several times and was nearly killed. He sold his sheep when he returned to Utah. He later herded sheep once again in southern and central Utah. He lived in American Fork, Utah. John was a member...
Dates: 1958
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Biography of John Williams Grant

Biography of William Henry Grant

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230338177]
Identifier: MSS 2799
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. William Henry Grant was born in Mill Creek, Salt Lake County, Utah, in 1849. He lived in American Fork, Utah, married Mary Ann Preston in 1879, and was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Mary and William had no children, but they raised Minnie Brown as their own daughter. He died in 1942.

Dates: 1958
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Biography of William Henry Grant

John and Lenora Knight Hafen biographies

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231045888]
Identifier: MSS 1229
Scope and Contents

Typewritten biographies of John Hafen and his wife, Lenora Knight Hafen, written by their children including Orval Hafen and Arthur K. Hafen. John and Lenora were Mormons living in southern Utah.

Dates: 1960-1961
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / John and Lenora Knight Hafen biographies

Hammond family biographies and diary

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 834
Scope and Contents This collection consists of typescripts of biographies and histories of members of the Hammond family and their ancestors. The biography of Jasper Melvin Hammond (1882-1958) was written "by his wife and daughters" sometime after his death. Jasper, often called Jesse, was born in Providence, Utah but was raised in Marysville, Idaho. He worked in hotels in Yellowstone Park, for a railroad, and as a farmer.A typescript of the diary of Milton D. Hammond (1831- ) for the years...
Dates: approximately 1856-1960
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Hammond family biographies and diary

Blair Holmes papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 3248
Scope and Contents

Contains information from both the personal and professional life of Blair Holmes, and includes journals, correspondence and professional papers documenting his life in Utah, his mission in Austria, and family life from 1932-2016. Also includes diplomas and other ephemera of Holmes and other family members, and transcribed and photocopied volumes of historical documents and newspapers from members of the Victor, Idado community. Dates range from 1932 to 2023.

Dates: 1932-2023
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Blair Holmes papers

Mildred Johnson collection of biographies

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230333814]
Identifier: MSS 1150
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of typewritten biographies. The items deal with the Rowley family in the Willie handcart company of 1856 and the Rowley family in Utah. These materials were probably written by the same author at an unknown time.

Dates: ca. 1950
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Mildred Johnson collection of biographies

Lake family biographies

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230305135]
Identifier: MSS SC 768
Scope and Contents Photocopy of typescript. Contains biographies of James Lake (1788-1874); Philomelia Smith Lake (1794-1873); James Lake, Sr. (1760- ); and George Lake (1838-1898) written by some of their grandchildren. Also includes autobiography of George Lake (1838-1898). Discusses the family's genealogy; their conversion to the Mormon Church in 1832; their migration with the Mormons to Ohio, Illinois, and Utah; illnesses and deaths in the family; life on the Utah frontier; George's mission in Great...
Dates: 1760-1898
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Lake family biographies

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