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Sarah Etta Mortenson Thomsen personal history

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1503
Scope and Contents

Typed, mimeographed, and bound personal history of Sarah Etta Mortenson Thomsen. The item gives particular emphasis on Thomsen's association with the Mormon Church and her role as a Relief Society president.

Dates: 1933

Albert King Thurber family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8045
Scope and Contents

Contains research files on Albert King Thurber's family and ancestors. Materials were compiled by his descendants and William Hartley, the author Another Kind of Gold, a book on Thurber. Includes correspondence, maps, photographs, diaries, and other records. Items were created in England and America from 1783-2011.

Dates: approximately 1783-2011; Majority of material found within approximately 1783-1964

Nancy Alexander Tracy autobiographical writings

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2198
Scope and Contents Includes three reminiscent accounts written in 1880, 1885, and 1895, reflecting on her early life in New York state; marriage to Moses Tracy, 1832; conversion to Mormonism, 1834; occasional interactions with Joseph Smith Jr.; and experiences with her husband in New York, 1844. Also includes information on her activities in Kirtland, Ohio; Far West, Missouri; Nauvoo, Illinois; Council Bluffs, Iowa; Winter Quarters, Nebraska; and Ogden, Utah. She also comments on her emigration to Utah,...
Dates: 1880-1899

Lola Turley biography

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1713
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typescript of the biography of Lola Turley who settled in Mesa, Arizona as a farmer's wife.

Dates: approximately 1975

Life story of Aunt Emma Webb

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 3080
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten manuscript. The item is a biography of Mary Emma Lowder Webb, who was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1863. Her family moved to Parowan, Utah, in 1863 and then to Panguitch, Utah, in 1864. The family moved to Paragoonah, Utah, in 1866 because of the Black Hawk War with Ute Indians. At the end of hostilities, the family returned to Parowan. Most of the account is told in the words of Mary Emma Lowder Webb which was probably edited by Luella...
Dates: circa 1952

Westover family history

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 771
Scope and Contents

Holograph and photocopies of letter dated July 22, 1877, from Joanna Matilda Erickson Westover to her husband, Edwin Lycurgus Westover; a biographical sketch of Joanna Westover; and genealogical information on the Westover family. The biographical sketch was written by Joanna's granddaughter, Mary Westover Carroll.

Dates: 1967

Whitney family genealogies

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 855
Scope and Contents

Handwritten genealogies of the Whitney, Wheeler, and Kelley families. These were Mormon families. Most of the information covers the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries. Also included is a four-page handwritten copy of an autobiography written by Alonzo Wells Whitney in 1844 when he was living in Nauvoo, Illinois, and a copy of the patriarchial blessing given to his wife, Henrietta Keys Whitney, by the Mormon Church Patriarch, Hyrum Smith.

Dates: 1960-1976

Ray T. Wilcox autobiographical sketch

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2984
Scope and Contents

Briefly describes his U.S. Army service during World War II; church service, including a Latter-day Saint mission in Tahiti, 1946-1948; attendance at BYU; marriage; teaching high school; teaching at BYU Laboratory School and the College of Education; travels; and his family.

Dates: 1998

Stella Sudweeks Wood papers

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1018
Scope and Contents

Typewritten and handwritten autobiography, genealogy, letters from family members, and a Patriarchal blessing given by the Mormon patriarch Joseph Smith, Sr. in 1836. Wood relates childhood experiences in Piute County, Utah, and Kimberly, Idaho. She details her missions for the Mormon Church to St. Joseph, Missouri, in 1912 and to London, England, in 1946. She discusses her family, pioneering experiences, and her Mormon Church related activities.

Dates: 1978

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

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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 28
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Mormons -- Biography 19
Social Life and Customs 19
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Missions and Missionaries 15
Diaries 14
Immigration and American Expansion 12
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Biography -- 20th century 8
Material Types 8
Biography -- 19th century 7
Letters 7
Pioneers 7
Mormon Church -- Presidents -- Biography 6
Salt Lake City (Utah) -- History 6
Mormon missionaries 5
Patriarchal blessings (Mormon Church) -- History 5
Provo (Utah) 5
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Personal narratives 5
Colleges and Universities 4
Education 4
Mormon Church -- History 4
Mormon Church -- Missions -- Southern States -- History 4
Mormon pioneers 4
Overland Journeys to the Western United States 4
Patriarchal blessings (Mormon Church) 4
Relief Society 4
Religion 4
Black Hawk War (Utah), 1865-1872 3
Church Government 3
City and Town Life 3
Correspondence 3
Elfrida (Ariz.) -- History 3
Histories (Literary works) 3
Missionaries -- Biography 3
Mormon Church -- Missions -- Hawaii 3
Mormon converts -- Biography 3
Mormon women -- Arizona -- Elfrida -- Biography 3
Photocopies 3
Provo (Utah) -- History 3
Publications 3
Utah -- History -- 19th century 3
Women in the Mormon Church -- Arizona -- Elfrida -- Biography 3
Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences 2
Certificates 2
Frontier and pioneer life -- Utah -- Sources 2
Mormon Church -- History -- 19th century 2
Mormon Church -- Missions -- Denmark -- History 2
Mormon Church -- Missions -- Europe 2
Mormon Church -- Missions -- Southern States 2
Mormon Church -- Utah -- Bishops 2
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Polygamy -- Religious aspects -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 2
Transcripts 2
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American 2
Actions and defenses 1
Adam-Ondi-Ahman (Mo.) 1
Agriculture and Natural Resources 1
American poetry -- 20th century 1
American poetry -- Women authors -- 20th century 1
American prose literature -- Mormon authors 1
American prose literature -- Women authors 1
Arizona -- History -- To 1912 1
Art -- History 1
Artists -- Utah -- Biography 1
Beaver (Utah) -- History 1
Birmingham (England) 1
Bonds 1
Boston (Mass.) 1
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Civil Procedure and Courts 1
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Delta (Utah) 1
Dentists -- Utah -- Biography 1
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Dresden (Germany) 1
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Brigham Young University 11
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 11
Smith, Joseph, Jr., 1805-1844 5
Brigham Young Academy 4
Clark, Sadie Ollerton, 1901-1992 3
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Young, Brigham, 1801-1877 3
Church Educational System (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) 2
Partridge, Edward, 1793-1840 2
Smith, Joseph F. (Joseph Fielding), 1838-1918 2
St. George Temple (Saint George, Utah) 2
Tanner, George S. 2
United States. Army. Mormon Battalion 2
University of Utah 2
Adams, John Hortt, 1921- 1
Anderson, O. J. (Oluf J.), 1849-1934 1
Andrus, Hyrum L. (Hyrum Leslie), 1924-2015 1
Ashton, MaryAnne Butler 1
Baker, Afton Marie 1
Baker, Alma 1
Baker, Hannah 1
Barlow, Frances Parrish, 1911- 1
Bean, Alvin Pliny, 1918- 1
Bean, Elizabeth Baum, 1834-1916 1
Bean, Emily Haws, 1836-1908 1
Bean, George Washington, 1831-1897 1
Bean, Mary Jane Wall, 1841-1891 1
Bean, Willard Washington, 1868-1949 1
Bell, James Ferguson, 1827-1855 1
Bernards, LeGrand Meyer, 1921- 1
Brigham Young High School (Provo, Utah) 1
Brigham Young University. Department of Art 1
Brigham Young University. Department of Music 1
Brigham Young University. Indian Education Department 1
Britton, Richard 1
Brockbank, Isaac, Jr., 1837-1927 1
Brown, James, 1801-1863 1
Campbell, Alexander, 1788-1866 1
Carter, Jared 1
Chamberlain, Mary E. Wooley 1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Cotton Mission 1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. First Council of the Seventy 1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. First Presidency 1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Salt Lake Granite Stake 1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Southern States Mission 1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Transvaal Stake (South Africa) 1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association 1
Clark, Bruce Budge, 1918- 1
Clark, Leigh William, 1900-1992 1
Cluff, William Wallace, 1832-1915 1
Corbridge, Agnes H. 1
Corbridge, Ivan L. 1
Council of the Twelve Apostles (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) 1
Dalton, Luella Adams 1
Daughters of Utah Pioneers. Huntington Chapter 1
DeSpain, Henry 1
Durfee, James, 1789-1844 1
Fairbanks, Florence G. (Florence Gifford), 1892-1952 1
Fairbanks, John B. (John Boylston), 1855-1940 1
Felt, Paul E., 1916-1999 1
Flake, Charles Love, 1893-1919 1
Gardner, Mary Ethel McNeil 1
Gardner, Robert 1
Greenhalgh, P. A. L. 1
Hafen, John G., 1838-1928 1
Hafen, John, 1856-1910 1
Halliday, John R. 1
Harrington, Leonora 1
Hart, Adelia 1
Hart, Alfred Augustus 1
Hart, Charles Henry, 1866-1934 1
Hart, Eugene S. 1
Hart, Hale 1
Hart, James H., 1825-1906 1
Hart, Nellie T. 1
Hart, Sabina Hermoine 1
Hartley, William G. 1
Hawaii Temple (Laie, Hawaii) 1
Heaton, Alma 1
Herringshaw, H. 1
Hoglund family 1
Hoglund, Connie 1
Howell, William Louis 1
Howell, William, 1816-1851 1
Hunt family 1
Hyde, George Tilton 1
Jensen, Naomi Asay Anderson 1
Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies 1
Joint Oral History Project (Brigham Young University) 1
Jones, Eliza Newman 1
Jones, Mary Jones 1
Jones, Sarah Davis 1
Jones, William Edward 1
Jordan Irrigation Company 1
Keate, Susanna Mehetable Rogers Sangiovanni Pickett, 1813-1905 1
Kelly family 1
King, Alma W., 1902-1999 1
King, Austin Augustus, 1802-1870 1
King, Larry R. 1
King, Lucille Olson, 1907-1992 1
Lake family 1
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