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Family histories

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms
Scope Note: Narrative studies of families and the tracing of their lineages and histories. For lineages of people, or purebred animals in tabular or diagrammatic form see [Genealogical tables.]

Found in 639 Collections and/or Records:

Edward Stevenson materials, undated

 File — Box 3: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197232480910], Folder: 4
Identifier: MSS 2337 Series 2
Dates: Other: undated
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Emily M. Carlisle papers / Emily M. Carlisle genealogy and family history

Electa Caroline Briggs Williams autobiography as dictated to R.S. McDonald, 1885

 File — Box 2: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 31197232480902], Folder: 7
Identifier: MSS 2337 Series 2
Dates: Other: 1885
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Emily M. Carlisle papers / Emily M. Carlisle genealogy and family history

Eliza [Viucher?] letter to Mrs. Henrietta Thomas, date of production not identified

 Item — Box 1: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197232550621], Folder: 5
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 7
Scope and Contents

Copy of a letter from Eliza (Viucher?) to Mrs. Henrietta Thomas (her niece), giving some family history, Henrietta’s great-aunt married Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg, Speaker of the House of Representatives, date of production not identified.

Dates: date of production not identified
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Kane family papers / John K. Kane papers / John K. Kane papers on ancestors and relatives

Elizabeth Agnes Kiddle Rogers autobiography, undated

 File — Box 2: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 31197232480902], Folder: 12
Identifier: MSS 2337 Series 2
Dates: Other: undated
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Emily M. Carlisle papers / Emily M. Carlisle genealogy and family history

Norma Elliott collection of Addison Pratt materials

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8660
Scope and Contents

The collection contains transcripts of letters from Addison Pratt to his family, a transcript of Pratt's missionary journal from his time in Tahiti, genealogy research of Addison Pratt's family, and a rubbing of Pratt's gravestone. Dated approximately 1950.

Dates: Approximately 1950
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Norma Elliott collection of The Kinsman

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232573094]
Identifier: MSS 8706
Content Description

The collection contains copies of The Kinsman (including pre-1960's when it was known as The Knapper), the Jesse N. Smith Family Association newsletter. Materials are dated 1950-1986.

Dates: 1950-1986
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Norma Larson Elliott collection on Jesse Nathaniel and Margaret F. Smith

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8683
Content Description

Contains Elliott's work to collect, research, and document the genealogy, biographies, newspaper articles, family histories, and descendants of Jesse and Margaret Smith. The materials are dated 1932-2007.

Dates: 1932-2007
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Norma Larson Elliott papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8264
Scope and Contents Materials include Norma Larson Elliott's Book of Remembrance, correspondence to her from missionary family members, financial records, journal notebooks, and ephemera. Also included is scrapbooks and family history of Norma's siblings, MayBelle, Gladys, and Marsden; history of the towns Lakeside, Snowflake, and Taylor, Arizona; family history and reunions; and personal and family history of both Norma and her husband, John Budge Elliott. Also includes biographies and photographs, Norma's and...
Dates: 1913-2012
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Emery R. Hayhurst genealogical manuscript, 1916

 File — Box 3: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233632782], Folder: 15
Identifier: MSS 7928 Series 2
Scope and Contents Contains a 30-page genealogical manuscript, "Some Records of One Branch of the Hayhurst Family in America," written by Emery R. Hayhurst, M.D., dated April 2, 1916. The manuscript traces the origin of the name Hayhurst and follows the line from the emigration of Cuthbert Hayhurst (along with William Penn and assorted Society of Friends [Quaker] associates) from Lancashire, England to the area of Upland, Delaware in 1682; Hayhurst gives the lineage of the first five generations of Hayhurst...
Dates: 1916
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Edward M. Hayhurst correspondence and other material / Hayhurst family letters and other material

Emil Gubler history, 1905-1979

 File — Carton 22: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 31197231565166], Folder: 1-7
Identifier: MSS 7551 Series 2 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains stories and memories of Emil Gubler written by family members and friends, memorabilia from his 1979 funeral, and documents, photographs, and various ephemera regarding the Rocky Mountain Produce company. Also includes memorabilia from Emil's grade school years.

Dates: 1905-1979
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Nellie McArthur Gubler family papers / Nellie McArthur Gubler family and friends papers / Nellie McArthur Gubler family history papers

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