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Autobiographies

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 2081 Collections and/or Records:

Autobiography and genealogical record

 Digital Record
Identifier: MSS1453_S2_I1_B2_F3
Dates: 1888-1895

Autobiography and genealogical record, 1888-1895

 Item — Box 2: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 31197239264598], Folder: 3
Identifier: MSS 1453 Series 2 Item 1
Scope and Contents

A book that contains a handwritten brief history of John Peter Sorenson up to 1895. Also includes genealogical records of his progenitors. Dated 1888-1895.

Dates: 1888-1895

Oliver Cowdery Dunford autobiography and notebook

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 1773
Scope and Contents

One handwritten autobiography, one notebook, and photocopies of both documents. The notebook contains information on the theory and practice of geology. In his autobiography, Dunford describes his conversion to the Mormon faith in Great Britain.

Dates: 1885-1937

Autobiography and poems of George Washington Johnson

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 189
Scope and Contents

Collection includes handwritten autobiography, patriarchal blessings, poems, and letters created by Johnson. Also included is a transcription of those materials by his great-great granddaughter. Materials date 1893 and 2000.

Dates: 1893-2000

Autobiography draft and dictations of Jesse Knight written by Jesse Knight and Inez Knight Allen, approximately 1910-1930

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197231562650], Folder: 5-6
Identifier: MSS 1434 File 3
Scope and Contents

Autobiography of Jesse Knight, written by Jesse Knight and Inez Knight Allen, the daughter of Jesse Knight. Includes notebook with direct dictations by Jesse Knight.

Dates: approximately 1910-1930

David Hyrum Jenkins papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230338128]
Identifier: MSS 951
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten autobiography, family history, and patriarchal blessings. Jenkins writes about the members of his family and ancestors, and his life in Farmington. Also included are letters from friends and family members.

Dates: 1886-1935

Autobiography of Baynes

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230323237]
Identifier: MSS SC 2425
Scope and Contents Carbon copy of a typewritten autobiography by a man named Baynes who never presented his first name. The author of the item, son of Charles Baynes (1798- ), was born in Clinton, Georgia in 1824. He lived in Georgia, attended college in New Haven, Connecticut (probably Yale University), and eventually settled in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was disabled by a wound in the arm at the Battle of Shiloh in 1862. After the federal occupation of New Orleans in April 1862, Baynes moved to...
Dates: 1870

Autobiography of Bernard Herman Schettler, between 1905 and 1907

 Item — Folder 2: [Barcode: 31197233650966]
Identifier: MSS 8398

Autobiography of Isaac Groo

 Digital Record
Identifier: VMSS76_S3_SS1_B8_F9_I2

Autobiography of Isaac Groo, 1866?

 Item — Box 8: Series 3 [Barcode: 31197233284014], Folder: 9
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 3 Sub-Series 1 Item 2