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Jean Woodman papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 1791
Scope and Contents
Scrapbook, interview tape and transcript, newspaper clippings, articles, a publisher's contract, and literary and family memorabilia. Eight of the eleven folders relate to Woodman's novel, "Glory Spent," including information on the writing process, relationships with the publisher, and the review process. Also included is Woodman's biography of her husband, Herbert B. Woodman.
Dates:
1939-1964
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
James W. Woods memoirs
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1060
Scope and Contents
Photocopied typescript of an autobiography. In 1882 when Woods was "upwards of eighty years of age" he was interviewed for several weeks probably by Edgar R. Harlan with a stenographer present who wrote down the conversations. These materials were later condensed and pertinent portions were woven into a narrative. As a lawyer in Iowa, Woods was involved in many legal actions of that state.
Woods was hired by Joseph Smith (1805-1844) to serve as his counselor when he and his brother Hyrum...
Dates:
1882
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Ruth Udy Dare autobiography
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2612
Scope and Contents
Typed autobiography. Ruth Udy was born in 1921 in Idaho. She worked in the Los Angeles, California area and in Germany. She married Douglas Byron Dare in 1946 and died in 2001.
Dates:
2000
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
W. Thomas Wride biographies
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2135
Scope and Contents
Contains biographies for Lewis William Barry Wride, 1862-1934 and Harriet Stark Wride, 1868-1944; Alma Baker, 1877-1950 and Hannah McKinley Baker, 1870-1946; and Daniel Stark, 1820-1907. The collection also consists of Philip J. Hart's autobiography, his personal journals 1932-1999; scrapbooks, photographs, and materials relating to Hart's career.
Dates:
1932-1999
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Sketch of the life of Margaret Thornton Wright
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 3342
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typed biography by an unknown author. Margaret Thornton Wright was born on 4 January 1844 in Scotland. Her family joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1850, migrated to Utah in 1853, and later came to American Fork. She married Frekrick Wright and had 13 children. Margaret died in 1908.
Dates:
1930
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Clement Yore letters
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 825
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of letters written to Yore. The writers include some important authors and other correspondents like Walter Prescott Webb 1888-1963, Andy Adams 1859-1935, J. Frank Dobie 1888-1964 (5 letters), Rex Beach 1877-1949 (2 letters), William MacLeod Raine 1871-1954 (6 letters), Jim Tully 1888- (8 letters), Henry Herbert Knibbs 1874-1945 (3 letters), and Opie Percival Read 1852-1939 (25 letters). The content of the letters ranges from personal matters to opinions on books and...
Dates:
1922-1936
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Dorothy Weir Young papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1291
Abstract
This collection consists of the drafts of a biography of the author's father Julian Alden Weir (1852-1919) and typescripts of his letters. There is also background material on Julian's father, Robert Walter Weir (1803-1889). Both men were prominent American artists from New York state. The collection is typescripts of various drafts of the biography which was published in 1960 under the title of The life and letters of J. Alden Weir. The...
Dates:
1926-1960
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Phineas Howe Young biography
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1073
Scope and Contents
Typewritten biography of Phineas Howe Young (1799-1880) by his granddaughters Eleanor White Mackay, Seraph White Allred, and Naomi Wright. Phineas Young was a printer; building contractor; and Mormon bishop, missionary, and pioneer. He was a brother of the Mormon prophet, Brigham Young (1801-1877).
Dates:
1940-1970
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Zina Diantha Huntington Jacobs Smith Young letter
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1393
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and signed letter addressed to Young's step-son, Willard, at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York. The item relates news about family and friends in Salt Lake City, including his father, Brigham Young (1801-1877). Also included are exhortations to pray and rely on God. A typed transcript of the item is included.
Dates:
1872
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Bernard Zaslav papers on the viola
Collection
Identifier: MSS 8301
Scope and Contents
This collection contains Bernard Zaslav's papers on the viola which consist of solo and chamber music scores, his own compositions and arrangements, and correspondence with other musicians. The collection also includes photographs and other promotional material for his performing groups. Dated approximately 1770-2014 with the bulk of the materials being from approximately 1900-2014.
Dates:
Publication: approximately 1770-2014; Publication: Majority of material found within 1900-2014
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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