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Wylma J. Callahan Ade autobiography
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2610
Scope and Contents
Typewritten autobiography. Ade was born in Iowa in 1920. She served as a nurse in the United States military from 1942 to 1946. She served on the island of Espirutu Santo in the New Hebrides and in other areas as well. She also writes about her conversion to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Ade worked for many years as a public health nurse and retired in 1979.
Dates:
2002
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Adventurous story of an army nurse during World War II and the Korean Conflict
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2606
Scope and Contents
Typed autobiography. Kauffroth was born in 1922 and studied nursing at the LDS Hospital School of Nursing in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was stationed in Brigham City, Utah, and India during World War II. She married Sylvester Kauffroth in 1953.
Dates:
2002
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Jose Maria Albiza petition
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1871
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a handwritten document. The item is a petition from Albiza requesting a discharge from the army for medical reasons.
Dates:
1831
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Laura Ellen Alley autobiography
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2623
Scope and Contents
Typed autobiography. Laura Ellen Alley was born in 1923 in Bancroft, Idaho. She served as a nurse in the McCaw General Hospital in Walla Walla, Washington, at the end of World War II.
Dates:
2000
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
America's call to arms print
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1142
Scope and Contents
Printed speech presented before a joint session of congress on April 2, 1917 asking for a declaration of war against Germany. The item was written by Konrad Kail and is called "America's call to Arms." Kail used dark and light pen strokes in writing the speech which make a profile portrait of Wilson.
Dates:
1917
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Alice Lofgren Andrus autobiography
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2622
Scope and Contents
Typewritten autobiography. Alice Lofgren was born in Huntsville, Utah, in 1919. She was a nurse during World War II serving at Oak Knoll Naval Hospital in Oakland, California, and on the USS Consolation. She married Ralph J. Andrus in 1949.
Dates:
2000
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Anonymous autobiography of a Mormon nurse who served in Vietnam
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2608
Scope and Contents
Typewritten autobiography by an unnamed nurse. The author joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served on at least two tours in Vietnam as a nurse. She tells about the difficulties of helping men who died and about how she has tried to cope with the trauma of her experiences.
Dates:
2002
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Virginia Armstrong autobiography
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2624
Scope and Contents
Typed autobiography. Armstrong joined the Army Nurse Corps in April of 1941. She served in Barnes General Hospital in Vancouver, Washington. She later went to Fitzsimmons General Hospital in Denver, Colorado. She was discharged honorably in July 1942.
Dates:
2000
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Deanna Johnson Nielsen autobiography
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2710
Scope and Contents
Typewritten autobiography for the Nurses at War project. Neilsen joined the military in 1975. She served during operation Desert Storm. She married Jay Neilsen in 1978.
Dates:
2001
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Russel Benson Backus collection on Albert Galliton Earl and Elvira Egbert Carson
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 8921
Scope and Contents
Contains biographical materials on Russel Benson Backus' ancestors, Albert Galliton Earl and Elvira Egbert Carson. Carson's autobiography covers 1821-1898 and discusses her life as a Mormon pioneer. Earl's biography, written by his daughter Elizabeth Elvira Earl Cordner, covers 1846-1909 and discusses his experiences in the Civil War and as a businessman in Utah. The collection includes original documents as well as photocopies, and both biographies are available on DVD. Materials dated...
Dates:
1865-2016
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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