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Autobiographies

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

John H. Hayes autobiography

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233649471]
Identifier: MSS 3850
Scope and Contents

The first part contains genealogical records for the family of John H. Hayes, spanning the dates 1604-1958. The second part is John H Hayes' autobiography and covers his birth until the year 1924. The third part is entitled, "Bradford Lane History," which was written by John Stoker Davis, who was nephew of Hayes’ wife, Ruth Elizabeth Davis.

Dates: approximately 1924-1958
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / John H. Hayes autobiography

John Henry Hayes autobiography

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 498
Scope and Contents

Handwritten autobiography with a photocopy of the item. The item was written as an autobiography with yearly summaries of activities. Hayes migrated to Utah in 1862 and lived in Spanish Fork, Utah, during the Black Hawk War with the Ute Indians. Hayes was a Mormon polygamist, served on a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in England, and lived in numerous places and had numerous occupations in Utah.

Dates: 1870-1928
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / John Henry Hayes autobiography

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