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Biographies
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1592
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of typewritten biographies of Henry Bailey Jacobs and Zina Diantha Huntington Young, along with photocopies of typed and handwritten letters. The items, which relate to family matters and marriage relationships, include a letter from the LDS Historical Department regarding the marriages of Zina to Joseph Smith and Brigham Young, and a letter from the U.S. Customs Court in New York denying the existence of any records relating to a divorce between Henry and Zina.
Dates:
1844-1976
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Biographies of Stephen Markham
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 418
Scope and Contents
Three typewritten biographies written by John H. Hayes and George A. Hicks.
Dates:
undated
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Biography and genealogical materials
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1822
Scope and Contents
Typescript of a biography of Noah T. Guymon; miscellaneous legal, ecclesiastical, and genealogical records; and photocopies of many of them. The records pertain to members of the Guymon family and include five handwritten patriarchal blessings and several letters.
Dates:
1845-1920
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Biography of Samuel Miles the son of Samuel and Prudence Marks
Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7599
Scope and Contents
Manuscript autobiography, labeled by the author as a biography, with thirty-two pages of a handwritten life story by Samuel Miles. The story includes a life summary from 1826 to 1851, and short yearly summaries for each year between 1852 and 1881. The text includes information that is particularly familial and spiritual, but often references broader historical events that contextualize his life. He mentions several events in Latter-day Saintn history including the violence in Missouri, his...
Dates:
approximately 1852-1881
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
John Law Blythe papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 791
Scope and Contents
File includes copies of a handwritten biographical sketch of Blythe, written by one of his granddaughters, Pearl Elizabeth Mitchell Boyce; typescripts of some of Blythe's 1874 letters to Brigham Young (1801-1877) reporting on the progress of the Arizona mission and relations with the Indians; a diary covering 1857-1874 as well as extracts from 1870 and 1878-1880.The 1857-1874 diary describes Blythe's conversion to the Mormon Church in California; emigrating to Utah; and daily...
Dates:
1870-1880
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Brief history of Brigham Morris Young
Item — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1999
Scope and Contents
Typewritten biography of Brigham Morris Young. B. M. Young was a businessman who served two missions to Hawaii (1873-1875 and 1883) and helped organize the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations in numerous places for the Mormon Church. He married Armeda Snow who was the daughter of the fifth president of the Mormon Church, Lorenzo Snow (1814-1901).
Dates:
approximately 1970s
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Richard Britton autobiography and temple record copies
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 3143
Scope and Contents
General autobiography of Richard Britton, tells of his journey from England to Utah in the mid-1850s. Also various temple records.
Dates:
approximately 1880
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Sarah Shuler Buckwalter biography
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1738
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of a typed biography of Sarah Shuler Buckwalter and of pictures of three of her children. She was converted to the Mormon Church in Pennsylvania and settled in American Fork, Utah
Dates:
approximately 1960
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
William F. Butt papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1397
Scope and Contents
Diaries, 1887-1895; correspondence, 1883-1897; financial records, Lehi, Utah, Ward record book; patriarchal blessings; mission records; and biographies of family members. Also included are the diaries of Butt's wife, Laura Ellen Bushman Butt, 1896-1897. The materials document William Butt's life in Lehi, Utah, and his service as a missionary for the Mormon Church to the Northern States.
Dates:
1881-1940
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
William John Benbow Carter diaries
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 681
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of handwritten diaries, certificates, patriarchal blessings, and biographies. The diaries were kept while Carter served on a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in England and while he lived in St. George, Utah. The biographies are of family members.
Dates:
1877-1882
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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