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Latter Day Saints -- Biography

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Found in 68 Collections and/or Records:

They gladly taught, volume 2

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230350081]
Identifier: MSS 4196
Scope and Contents The work is the second in a three-volume series which profiles the lives of 30 of Brigham Young University's most influential professors. The second volume highlights D. Elden Beck, Elbert H. Eastmond, George H. Hansen, Christen Jensen, Wilma Jeppson, Florence Jepperson Madsen, Franklin H. Madsen, Milton Marshall, Alfred Osmond, and John C. Swensen. Page proofs (incl. table of contents) for "They Gladly Taught, Volume 2," 203 pages, published in 1987 by Brigham Young University. Also...
Dates: 1987
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

The tremendous Turmans

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230307396]
Identifier: MSS SC 953
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of typewritten manuscripts. The materials are a history of the Turman family with accompanying genealogies. Also included are brief biographies of Turman family members. The Turmans lived in Virginia and Kentucky. After joining the Mormon Church, they lived largely in Utah and Arizona.

Dates: 1977
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Verlyn Dale Frost biographical documents, approximately 1970-2010

 Series — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2; Series 3; Series 4 [Barcode: 31197231010882], Folder: 8
Identifier: MSS 7585 Series 4
Scope and Contents

Contains biographical documents written by Frost and his wife, Carol Jean Frost. Dated approximately 1970-2010.

Dates: approximately 1970-2010
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Verlyn Dale Frost papers

Voices from the Past collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1526
Abstract

The Leonard J. Arrington Voices from the Past collection contains submissions for a contest held during a BYU Education Week in 1980. The records date from 1830 to 1980.

Dates: 1830-1980
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Wakefield News collection

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230235944]
Identifier: MSS SC 191
Scope and Contents

Newsletter containing family organization and genealogical information with biographical sketches of David, Thomas, and Samuel Wakefield.

Dates: 1976
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

David Henry Weech journal and life story

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230331446]
Identifier: MSS SC 3013
Scope and Contents

Journal entries, 1901-1957, includes iformation on the founding and development of Pima, Arizona. Autobiography details memories of his childhood in Pima; attendance at Brigham Young Academy, 1892-1893; marriage; church service. Also includes information on his first wife, Estella Newell, and his second wife, Hannah May Allen. Also includes information on his parents, children and other family members.

Dates: 1901-1957
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Ray T. Wilcox autobiographical sketch

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230328921]
Identifier: MSS SC 2984
Scope and Contents

Briefly describes his U.S. Army service during World War II; church service, including a Latter-day Saint mission in Tahiti, 1946-1948; attendance at BYU; marriage; teaching high school; teaching at BYU Laboratory School and the College of Education; travels; and his family.

Dates: 1998
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

W. Thomas Wride biographies

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2135
Scope and Contents

Contains biographies for Lewis William Barry Wride, 1862-1934 and Harriet Stark Wride, 1868-1944; Alma Baker, 1877-1950 and Hannah McKinley Baker, 1870-1946; and Daniel Stark, 1820-1907. The collection also consists of Philip J. Hart's autobiography, his personal journals 1932-1999; scrapbooks, photographs, and materials relating to Hart's career.

Dates: 1932-1999
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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