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Biography -- 20th century

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 56 Collections and/or Records:

Sadie Ollerton Clark autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230315134]
Identifier: MSS SC 1714
Scope and Contents

Typescript of Sadie Clark's autobiography. She was raised in Parowan, Utah and married a Standard Oil Company executive who became a patriarch in the Mormon Church.

Dates: 1980
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Sadie Ollerton Clark autobiography

The Dale Rex Memorial Award : the man, the athlete, the World War II hero

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230328962]
Identifier: MSS SC 2989
Scope and Contents

Details the life of Dale Rex, including his childhood; attendance at Brigham Young University, 1939-1943; involvement in BYU athletics; and service, awards, and death in the U.S. Army during World War II. Also contains brief biographical sketches of recipients of the Dale Rex Memorial Award, given annually to outstanding athletes by the BYU Cougar Club from 1947 to 1997.

Dates: 1994; 1994
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / The Dale Rex Memorial Award : the man, the athlete, the World War II hero

The descendants of Michael and Mary Blind Schreck

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230314004]
Identifier: MSS SC 1599
Scope and Contents

Privately published unbound document consisting of the typewritten, abbreviated biographies of Michael and Mary Blind Schreck and their descendants. This work also contains photocopies of many family pictures.

Dates: 1978
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / The descendants of Michael and Mary Blind Schreck

Joseph Raymond Dewey memories

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230328996]
Identifier: MSS SC 2973
Scope and Contents Contains histories of author's ancestors, together with poems, genealogy, funeral talks, speeches, and pictures. Includes autobiographical accounts by Nellie L. Dewey, Elijah K. Fuller, Edward M. Thurman, Horace S. Rawson, Violet M. Dewey and J. Raymond Dewey; biographical sketches of Lewis C. Rogerson, Fannie V. Smith, Matilda S. Farnes, George U. Smith, John Cook Dewey, John Cyrus Dewey, S. Annie C. Dewey, Sarah U. Child, Mary Ann G. Perkes, and Jane M. Dean; and a large number of family...
Dates: 1995
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Joseph Raymond Dewey memories

Don Searle

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230322643]
Identifier: MSS SC 2603
Scope and Contents

Typewritten biography of Don Searle with handwritten corrections. Don was a native of Spanish Fork, Utah who attended Brigham Young University from 1935 to 1940. Don served in the Navy during World War II and worked as a broadcast journalist. He was killed in an automobile accident in 1946 before he turned 29 years old. Clark attended Brigham Young University with Searle and relates what student life was like at that institution in the 1930s.

Dates: 1986
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Don Searle

Mary Ethel McNeil Gardner personal history

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230312032]
Identifier: MSS SC 1504
Scope and Contents

Typed, mimeographed, and bound personal history of Mary Ethel McNeil Gardner. The item gives particular emphasis on Gardner's association with the Mormon Church and her role as a Relief Society president.

Dates: 1978
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Mary Ethel McNeil Gardner personal history

Willard Gardner biography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230315340]
Identifier: MSS SC 1785
Scope and Contents

One typewritten booklet. It contains a brief history of Willard Gardner. He has been referred to as the "father of modern soil physics." Willard got his Ph.D. in physics at the University of California at Berkeley and later on joined the Utah State University Physics Department where he worked on the theoretical and experimental interpretation of soil moisture phenomena.

Dates: 1978
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Willard Gardner biography

History of Ole Van Harris and wife, Annie May Perry Harris

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230322866]
Identifier: MSS SC 2609
Scope and Contents

Typewritten biography of Ole Van Harris and Annie May Perry Harris, his wife. Ole was born in Parowan, Utah in 1876 and was raised on ranch near the town. Ole attended Brigham Young Academy, taught school in various places in Utah, and eventually settled in Salt Lake City, Utah to work as a businessman. His wife Annie May Perry Harris was born in Provo, Utah in 1876 and married Ole in 1901.

Dates: approximately 1980
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / History of Ole Van Harris and wife, Annie May Perry Harris

History of Orin Austin Seager, son of Orin Barber Seager and Mary Emeline Tyrrell

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230329275]
Identifier: MSS SC 3057
Scope and Contents Compilation includes brief reminiscence by Orin A. Seager, 1952; history of his mother, Mary Emeline Tyrrell Smith; history of Orin A. Seager and his wife, Mary Robinson; and recollections written chiefly by the couple's children. Major themes include Seager family activities in Cardston, Alberta, 1897-1904; and in Tremonton, Utah, 1905-1944; and Orin's Latter-day Saint mission to the Northwestern States, including service in Washington, 1911-1912. Compilation includes excerpts from Orin's...
Dates: 2000; 2000
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / History of Orin Austin Seager, son of Orin Barber Seager and Mary Emeline Tyrrell

Jerusalem Branch records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 799
Scope and Contents

Records documenting branch and Israel District operations include agendas, budget and financial information, correspondence, records relating to Orson Hyde Memorial Gardens, minutes, Book of Mormon translation file, and photographs.

Dates: 1977-1984
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Jerusalem Branch records

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