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Andrus family biographies

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 188
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of typewritten biographies of family members. Persons in the Andrus family joined the Mormon Church, migrated to Utah, and settled in various areas. The dates of the composition of these items are uncertain.

Dates: approximately 1950

Hyrum L. Andrus book drafts

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 553
Scope and Contents

Typewritten book drafts with handwritten corrections. One of the drafts is for Andrus' book "Doctrinal Commentary on the Pearl of Great Price" which was first published in 1960. The other draft is of his book "Joseph Smith: The Man and the Seer" which was first published in 1967. Andrus comments on the Mormon scripture, the Pearl of Great Price, and writes a biography of Joseph Smith, the first president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Dates: 1960-1967

The Andrus recorder

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1068
Scope and Contents

"The Andrus Recorder," vol. 1 no. 1, Oct. 1964. The "Recorder" was dedicated to family news, history, and genealogy. This item includes an autobiography of Milo Andrus (1814-1893) composed in 1875. Milo was a Mormon pioneer, missionary, and colonizer who eventually settled in St. George, Utah.

Dates: 1964

Annie Miller Ottosen biographies

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 958
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of handwritten and typewritten biographies of family members including sketches of Niels Peter Miller (1837-1921), Ellen Anderson Miller (1833-1929) and Ellen Anderson (1805-1890). These were Mormons who migrated to Utah from Denmark.

Dates: 1910

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

Patience Loader Archer autobiography

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 3238
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a handwritten autobiography. Patience tells about her early life in England and her conversion to the Mormon Church. She presents one of the best accounts from the Martin handcart company and goes into considerable detail on the ordeal. Patience tells about the rescue and the continuous efforts of the people in the ill-fated handcart company to survive. She also writes about her arrival in Salt Lake City, Utah, and about the efforts by Brigham Young,...
Dates: 1872

Patience Loader Archer autobiography : photocopy of holograph

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 3221
Scope and Contents This collection contains a photocopy of a handwritten autobiography written by Patience Loader Rozsa Archer. The original autobiography consists of three notebooks: one stationary tablet, and two ledger bound notebooks. The contents deal with her life, experiences, and recollections. The autobiography seems to be taken from diaries, as there is a great deal of detail. It records part of the life of Patience Archer. It tells of her childhood in England, sea voyage to New York, and crossing of...
Dates: 1900

Biography : Alice Tomlison Armstrong, native pioneer

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2516
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Alice Tomlison was born in 1857 in England. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and she migrated to Utah and settled in American Fork. She married Joseph Armstrong in 1871 and died in 1941.

Dates: 1941

Anthony Armstrong papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1510
Scope and Contents

Autobiographical materials, publishers' correspondence and contracts, and manuscripts for literary works. Anthony Armstrong flourished from 1924 to 1976 and was known for writing in several literary genres, including historical, humorous, crime, and country novels; humorous short stories; drama; nonfiction works; and film and radio scripts.

Dates: 1920-1976

Biography : John Armstrong and wife Mary Hellen Wilson Armstrong, pioneer 1853

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2514
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. John Armstrong was born in England in 1848. His family joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Utah in 1853 and later settled in American Fork. He married Mary Helen Wilson. Mary Wilson was born in 1848 in Philadelphia, and she died in 1919. He died in 1940.

Dates: 1940

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Biographies 255
Immigration and American Expansion 215
Social Life and Customs 211
Latter Day Saint women -- Biography 200
Home and Family 187
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Pioneers 179
Autobiographies 164
Letters 146
American Fork (Utah) -- History 121
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 105
Politics, Government, and Law 105
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Latter Day Saints -- England 59
Latter Day Saints -- Biography 58
Biography -- 20th century 56
Biography -- 19th century 55
Diaries 52
Missions and Missionaries 50
Immigrants 46
Correspondence 43
Nurses -- United States -- Biography 42
City and Town Life 37
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Education 36
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Colleges and Universities 32
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Utah -- Emigration and immigration 28
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Personal narratives 27
Histories (Literary works) 23
Religion 22
Salt Lake City (Utah) -- History 22
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Latter Day Saint pioneers -- Utah -- Biography 20
Latter Day Saint women -- Utah -- Biography 20
Presidents -- United States -- Biography 18
Scrapbooks 18
Family histories 17
Fine Arts 17
Genealogies 17
Latter Day Saint pioneers -- Biography 17
Church Government 16
Nauvoo (Ill.) -- History 16
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Agriculture 9
Latter Day Saints -- Denmark 9
Polygamy -- Religious aspects -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- History 9
Receipts (Acknowledgments) 9
Speeches, addresses, etc., American 9
Artists -- United States -- Biography 8
Latter Day Saint missionaries 8
Oral histories 8
Promissory notes 8
Relief Society 8
Utah -- History -- 19th century 8
Fur traders -- United States -- Biography -- Sources 7
Latter Day Saint pioneers -- History 7
Soldiers -- United States -- Biography 7
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Young, Brigham, 1801-1877 12
Brigham Young Academy 11
Smith, Joseph, Jr., 1805-1844 11
Shelley, Charlotte D. 10
Jones, Edith Boley, 1892-1973 9
United States. Army. Mormon Battalion 9
Clark, Sadie Ollerton, 1901-1992 6
James G. Willie Emigrating Company 5
Buckwalter, Eliza W. 4
Clayson, Ruby Thornton Brown, 1889-1976 4
Edward Martin Emigrating Company 4
Gardner, Nathan H. 4
Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies 4
Joint Oral History Project (Brigham Young University) 4
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 4
Lund, Nora 4
Mormon Tabernacle Choir 4
Sager, Bertha N. 4
Utah. Militia 4
Buck, Claude, 1890-1974 3
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. First Council of the Seventy 3
Clark family 3
Clark, William, 1770-1838 3
Durrant, Ella E., 1893-1963 3
Hartley, L. P. (Leslie Poles), 1895-1972 3
Jensen family 3
Mott, Albert S. 3
Park, James Pollock, 1821-1889 3
Pratt, Parley P. (Parley Parker), 1807-1857 3
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 3
Smith family 3
Smith, Lot 3
Stout, Dora M. Hall, 1878-1940 3
University of Utah 3
Utah Expedition (1857-1858) 3
Utah State University 3
Wright, June S. 3
Able, Mary E. S. 2
Alston, Louisa Grant 2
Andrus family 2
Andrus, Hyrum L. (Hyrum Leslie), 1924-2015 2
Andrus, Milo, 1814-1893 2
Archer, Patience Loader Rozsa, 1827-1921 2
Armstrong, Anthony, 1897-1976 2
Baker family 2
Baker, Glen, 1908-1988 2
Baker, LeGrand 2
Bean, Elizabeth Baum, 1834-1916 2
Bean, George Washington, 1831-1897 2
Bern Switzerland Temple (Zollikofen, Switzerland) 2
Berrett, William E. (William Edwin) (1902-1993) 2
Boggs, Lillburn W., 1792-1860 2
Bonneville, Benjamin Louis Eulalie de, 1796-1878 2
Brannan, Sam, 1819-1889 2
Brigham Young University. Department of Zoology 2
Britton, Richard 2
Carson, Kit, 1809-1868 2
Christensen, C. C. A. (Carl Christian Anton), 1831-1912 2
Church Educational System (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) 2
Clark, Leigh William, 1900-1992 2
Clarke, Rissa M. (Rissa Merkley), 1909-1986 2
Clay, Henry, 1777-1852 2
Council of the Twelve Apostles (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) 2
Cox, Cordelia Morley, 1823- 2
Crosby, Jonathan 2
Dansie, Charlotte Rudland, 1829-1862 2
DeMille, Cecil B. (Cecil Blount), 1881-1959 2
Dearborn, Henry 2
Durrant, Elizabeth Jane Ginger 2
Durrant, Jemima Berry Henson, 1836-1904 2
Durrant, Kezia Keys 2
Elliott, Norma Larson, 1916-2009 2
Greenwood, Ann Crystal 2
Greenwood, Jane L. R. (Jane Leah Robinson), 1882-1970 2
Hall, John Charles, 1821-1890 2
Hall, Keziah DeGrey, 1837-1905 2
Hamblin, Jacob, 1819-1886 2
Hart, James H., 1825-1906 2
Hawaii Temple (Laie, Hawaii) 2
Hess, Margaret Steed 2
Holmes, Blair 2
Hunt, Wilson Price, 1783?-1842 2
Iverson, Haydee Jackson 2
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 2
Jackson, Ellen Wright, 1836-1904 2
Jagger, Dean, 1903-1991 2
Jensen, Naomi Asay Anderson 2
Johnson family 2
Kelly family 2
Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 2
Leithead family 2
Lisa, Manuel, 1772-1820 2
Luckett, Thomas C. 2
Lund, Terry 2
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