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Subject Source: Cclabroad

Found in 3375 Collections and/or Records:

David Hyrum Jenkins papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230338128]
Identifier: MSS 951
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten autobiography, family history, and patriarchal blessings. Jenkins writes about the members of his family and ancestors, and his life in Farmington. Also included are letters from friends and family members.

Dates: 1886-1935
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / David Hyrum Jenkins papers

Autobiography of Baynes

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230323237]
Identifier: MSS SC 2425
Scope and Contents Carbon copy of a typewritten autobiography by a man named Baynes who never presented his first name. The author of the item, son of Charles Baynes (1798- ), was born in Clinton, Georgia in 1824. He lived in Georgia, attended college in New Haven, Connecticut (probably Yale University), and eventually settled in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was disabled by a wound in the arm at the Battle of Shiloh in 1862. After the federal occupation of New Orleans in April 1862, Baynes moved to...
Dates: 1870
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Autobiography of Baynes

Autobiography of Wesley C. Carter

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197239251256]
Identifier: MSS 9179
Scope and Contents

Contains an autobiography of the life of Wesley C. Carter. Includes information about his personal and professional activities. Includes personal stories from his childhood, adolescent, and adult life, notes positions held in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and discusses the work he completed while serving his building missions in the British Isles and the Southern United States. Dated approximately 1993.

Dates: approximately 1993
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Autobiography of Wesley C. Carter

Virginia state officials autograph collection

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233294344]
Identifier: Vault MSS 695
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and printed legal documents signed by governors and lieutenant governors of Virginia. Included are two depositions by Benjamin Harrison regarding land suits; an appointment of a county sheriff signed by James Pleasants; appointments of six Justices of the Peace by Joseph Johnson, three by John Letcher, four by Henry Wise, and three by Francis Pierpont; and an appointment of county surveyor Joshua Pretlow.

Dates: 1784-1865
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Virginia state officials autograph collection

Sonia Peterson Aycock family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7470
Scope and Contents

Contains letters, biographies, family group sheets, photographs, newspaper clippings, diaries, and other family papers that show the family history of Sonia Peterson Aycock. The papers also show the way of life of the 1900s.

Dates: 1841-2009
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Sonia Peterson Aycock family papers

Ancestry of Nellie F. Ayres

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230336395]
Identifier: MSS 460
Scope and Contents

Typewritten genealogy of Nellie F. Ayres. This item was composed on an unknown date from published genealogies. The materials include pedigrees, family histories, as well as land, civil, and probate records. The item traces Nellie F. Ayres' ancestry through the Terrell family of North Carolina and of England. Ayres apparently had some Mormon descendants.

Dates: 1950
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Ancestry of Nellie F. Ayres

Edmund C. Babcock letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 8992
Scope and Contents

Contains eighteen handwritten letters to Elizabeth B. Lampman, all but one having postmarked envelopes, written between July to August 1903 by Edmund C. Babcock; there are also two letters written by an anonymous person or persons, located in the letter of July 16th written from Cripple Creek, Colorado. Letters document Babcock's travels through Yellowstone National Park as the secretary of the Brooklyn Christian Endeavor Union.

Dates: 1903 July-August
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Edmund C. Babcock letters

Babes in Wall Street, 1962-03-09

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 2193 Series 6 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Interviews and correspondence with Ken Darby and Hugo Friedhofer.

Dates: Broadcast: 1962-03-09
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2193, Fred Steiner papers / Fred Steiner music compositions / Fred Steiner compositions / Fred Steiner television compositions / Target: The Corruptors

Baby Rental Racket, 1949-03-18

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 2193 Series 6 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Interviews and correspondence with Ken Darby and Hugo Friedhofer.

Dates: Broadcast: 1949-03-18
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2193, Fred Steiner papers / Fred Steiner music compositions / Fred Steiner compositions / Fred Steiner radio compositions / This is Your F.B.I.: True Stories From the Files of the F.B.I.

Bachelor of Arts

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 2193 Series 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Interviews and correspondence with Ken Darby and Hugo Friedhofer.

Dates: 1937-1989
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2193, Fred Steiner papers / Fred Steiner papers on education / Oberlin

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