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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
Lola Prestwich Lamoreaux autobiography
Item — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2685
Scope and Contents
Typewritten autobiography. Lamoreaux attended the Dr. W. H. Grove Latter Day Saint Hospital School of Nursing in Salt Lake City, Utah, and joined the U.S. Army on 1 Dec. 1944. She writes about her training and various assignments in the army. She married Donald C. Lamaroeaux in 1948.
Dates:
approximately 2000
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Janell Ravsten Arrington autobiography
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1006
Scope and Contents
Typescript of an autobiography. Arrington discusses her childhood in Cache Valley, Utah, farming community, her education, marriage, and family. She relates stories of family members and tells of her church activity in Twin Falls, Idaho. She stresses her personal philosophy of life that happiness lies in giving service to others.
Dates:
1978
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
As a bee gathereth honey
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1019
Abstract
My first day of visiting teaching in Quito, Ecuador.
Dates:
1978
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Rachel Calder Ashworth family papers and histories
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 9001
Scope and Contents
Rachel Calder Ashworth family papers and histories contains family histories, biographies, autobiographies, family records, pedigrees and photographs of her pioneer ancestors and their families, many of whom were in Vernal, Utah. Some of the more frequently mentioned families are the Ashworths, the Mentzers, the Hackings, and the Calders. Dated from approximately 1900 to 2015.
Dates:
approximately 1900-2015
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
John Jacob Astor letter
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 579
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a handwritten and signed letter. Astor states he has received payment for a shipment of beaver pelts and wool.
Dates:
1820
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Mary Viva Skousen Bluth Brown autobiographical writings
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2095
Scope and Contents
Includes a 525-page autobiography, completed in 1994, and a five-page autobiographical sketch dated 1995. The material details her early life as a Mormon in Colonia Juarez, Mexico; musical talents, especially in piano; work as a school teacher; family activities; travels; and temple and family history work. Autobiography contains significant information about her husband, Egbert Daniel (Buster) Brown, and other family members, and includes numerous photographic images. Autobiographical...
Dates:
1944-1995
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Autobiographies of Alma W. King and Lucille Olson King
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2991
Scope and Contents
Autobiography of Alma King contains memories of his childhood near Garland, Utah; church service, including a Latter-day Saint Mission to the Hawaiian Islands, 1923-1926; attendance at BYU, 1926-1930 and 1933-1936, and the University of Chicago, 1939-1940; teaching LDS seminary at Bear River High School, 1930-1956; marriage; travels; and employment in the Dean of Students office at BYU, 1956-1972. Autobiography of Lucille King contains memories of her childhood in Provo, Utah; attendance at...
Dates:
1999
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
Anna Mary Ball Frewin autobiography
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 902
Scope and Contents
Typewritten copy of an autobiography. Frewin was born in England, migrated to Utah in 1881, and settled in Salt Lake City, Utah. She writes about Mormon polygamists hiding from federal officials stating, "you couldn't tell whether there was a man or woman coming down the street because the men were dressed in women's clothing with sun bonnets."
Dates:
1959
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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