Muriel Joy Bradbury Fearnley journals and scrapbook
Scope and Contents note
Muriel Joy Bradbury Fearnley writes her autobiography in journals and scrapbook form. The collection includes six (6) journals/scrapbooks written over a fifteen (15) year period from 1976 to 1991. She gives details of her early life in England, baptism into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, information about family and friends, their move to the United States, naturalization, and life in Utah. Also included is a photocopy of volume II.
Dates
- 1976-1991
Creator
Conditions Governing Access note
Open for public research
Conditions Governing Use note
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Muriel Joy Bradbury Fearnley journals and scrapbook must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical History
Muriel Joy Bradley Fearnley (1903-1998) wrote an autobiography detailing her life and immigration the the United States.
Muriel Joy Bradley Fearnley was born 30 Mar 1903 (according to the birth certificate in her first journal) in Bradford, Yorkshire, England to Fred and Florence Edith Herdman Bradbury. She was baptized a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on 30 August 1913 by Elder Jedediah McKay.
Muriel Fearnley began writing her autobiography in journal/scrapbook form in 1976 at the age of 73. She gives details of her early life in England, family and friends and her subsequent move, naturalization, and life in Utah. Muriel Joy Bradley married George H. Fearnley 28 October 1931 in the Bierly Parish Church in England. They had two children, Lawrence and Diana Joy Fearnley. She immigrated to the United States in 1954 and became a naturalized citizen in 1968. Muriel Fearnley died 1 April 1998 in Provo, Utah.
Extent
2 boxes (1 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Muriel Joy Bradbury Fearnley writes her autobiography in journals and scrapbook form. The collection includes six (6) journals written over a fifteen (15) year period from 1976 to 1991. She gives details of her early life in England, baptism into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, information about family and friends, their move to the United States, naturalization, and life in Utah.
Other Finding Aids note
A more extensive finding aid can be obtained from the curators in Special Collections.
Custodial History note
Donated by Lawrence Fearnley, son of Muriel Joy Bradbury Fearnley, in 2007.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Donated; Lawrence Fearnley; 2007.
Appraisal note
LDS, Utah, and Western American women (20th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts collection development policy II.V, August 2007).
Processing Information note
Processed; GlendaLynn Ainsworth; 4 June 2009.
- Title
- Register of Muriel Joy Bradbury Fearnley journals and scrapbook
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- John M. Murphy, curator
- Date
- November 2007
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States