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Laura J. Adamson account of a dream
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 127
Scope and Contents
Typewritten autobiographical account of a dream told by Laura J. Adamson. The story was written down by Susa Young Gates. Adamson relates that the dream gave her information relating to a brutal murder of Adamson family members, and she says that the murdered people came back from the dead to tell her to commit herself more fully to the Mormon faith.
Dates:
1916
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
John Hortt Adams personal history
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2986
Scope and Contents
Narrative and photographic images concerning his childhood in Kanab, Utah; attendance at Brigham Young University; living in Hollywood, California; service in the U.S. Navy during World War II; marriage; travels; church service, including a Latter-day Saint mission to Seattle, Washington, 1989-1990; owning and running Grandview Miniature Golf Course in Provo, Utah; and working as accountant at BYU Financial Services. Also contains significant information about his family, including an...
Dates:
1997
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Verda Spencer Adams autobiography
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 6263
Abstract
The Verda Spencer Adams autobiography is the written account from her experience growing up in the early 20th century in a rural Mormon community until watching her own children grow up.
Dates:
1978-1979
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Myrtle K. Aiu personal history
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1102
Scope and Contents
Contains a 10-page typed autobiography of Myrtle K. Aiu detailing her conversion to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and some of her memorable spiritual experiences, including a trip to Hong Kong in 1969. Includes a typed postscript and envelope. Myrtle refers to this work as her "personal history." Materials dated 1978.
Dates:
1978
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Andrew Jackson Allen autobiography and diary
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 3213
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typescript of an autobiography and diary. Allen writes about his youth in Kentucky and move to Missouri after he joined the Mormon Church. He later moved to Nauvoo, Illinois, and joined the Mormon exodus to Utah in 1847. He tells about the hardships of early settlement in Salt Lake City, Utah. His diary starts in 1857. It has many gaps and entries were often months apart. He writes about the "Utah War;" his work on the railroad in 1868 and 1869; his...
Dates:
1857-1884
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Rhoda J. Allred and Sharon Allred Jessup collection on Rulon C. Allred
Collection
Identifier: MSS 8750
Scope and Contents
Collection contains materials pertaining to the life of Rulon C. Allred. Included are typed and handwritten journal entries and letters, handwritten financial records, and his handwritten autobiography. A typed scrapbook made by his daughter Rhoda as well as Allred family recordings, family histories, and an interview with John Stewart on compact discs are also included. His religious materials include a book with records of work Allred did for the dead in Mesa, Arizona, and diary entries...
Dates:
approximately 1930-2005; Majority of material found within 1958-1978
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Zina Alberta Allen Andrus autobiography
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1906
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of Zina's autobiographical notes as compiled by her son Hyrum Leslie Andrus in 1971. Zina talks about her life in Cache Valley, Utah and in Idaho.
Dates:
1941
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
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