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Autobiographies

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 2078 Collections and/or Records:

"A Companion for My China Years: pages cut from the original" , approximately 1984

 File — Box 53: Series 3 [Barcode: 31197227637425], Folder: 5
Identifier: MSS 2219 Series 3 Sub-Series 8 File 5
Scope and Contents

Second part. Undated, but approximately 1984.

Dates: approximately 1984
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2219, Helen Foster Snow papers / Helen Foster Snow published and unpublished manuscripts / Helen Foster Snow files on My China Papers

A day on the Spanish Fork farm / Gail S. Halvorsen, 2009

 Item — Box 69: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197239238808], Folder: 12
Identifier: MSS 2220 Series 2 Sub-Series 5
Dates: 2009
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2220, Gail S. Halvorsen papers / Gail S. Halvorsen papers, audio-visual recordings, and artifacts / Gail S. Halvorsen personal and family papers

A. Keith Brown memoir, approximately 1991

 File — Box 13: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 8 [Barcode: 31197231005031], Folder: 17
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 6 Sub-Series 1 File 337
Scope and Contents

Materials contain a short memoir detailing A. Keith Brown's military service in the U.S. Army during World War II. Describes the living conditions, weather, combat conditions, and interaction with other servicemen and the natives of Saipan, Okinawa, Guam, and the Philippines. Includes accounts of patrols that Brown participated in wherein he exchanged small arms fire with the Japanese. Dated approximately 1991.

Dates: approximately 1991
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2350, Saints at War Project records / Saints at War Project records for World War II (Pacific) / Saints at War Project records for the United States Army

A military experience / Reed M. Johnson, after 1976

 File — Carton 1: [Barcode: 31197239252726], Folder: 39
Identifier: MSS 9148 File 39
Scope and Contents

This file contains the history of the military experience of Reed M. Johnson titled A military experience.

Dates: after 1976
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 9148, Don E. Norton interviews with veterans

Myron Alma Abbott autobiography

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232504610]
Identifier: MSS 661
Scope and Contents Handwritten autobiography of Abbott written in 1917. Includes a description of Abbott's life including his birth in Weber County, and life in Tocquerville and Plymouth, Utah, before moving to Bunkerville, Nevada, in 1877. He describes the stay of the Mormon Apostle, Wilford Woodruff, when he was in Bunkerville while dodging federal officials for polygamy. Also includes Abbott's marriage to Mary Leavitt in 1881 and life in Annabella, Sevier County, Utah, from 1886-1910, where he was involved...
Dates: 1917
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Myron Alma Abbott autobiography

Laura J. Adamson account of a dream

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230338961]
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 / Laura J. Adamson account of a dream

Arza Adams autobiographies and diaries

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230332592]
Identifier: MSS SC 3260
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of microfilm copies of handwritten diaries. Adams joined the Mormon Church in 1836 and served as missionary for that faith in Canada. He moved to Nauvoo, Illinois, and worked on the Nauvoo Temple. He came to Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1849.

Dates: approximately 1840-1858
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Arza Adams autobiographies and diaries

James J. Adams autobiography

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 3040
Scope and Contents

Typescript of a autobiography. Adams writes about his birth in Springfield, Illinois, his migration to Utah as a small child, his family's move to Parowan, Utah, and his subsequent life there. The item is "by Luella Adams Dalton" who probably typed and/or edited the manuscript.

Dates: approximately 1910
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / James J. Adams autobiography

John Hortt Adams personal history

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230328939]
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 / John Hortt Adams personal history

Robert D. Adams diary and autobiographical anecdotes

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230238633]
Identifier: MSS SC 350
Scope and Contents

Holograph descriptions of events in Torrey, Escalante, Teasdale, Hurricane, Orderville and St. George, Utah, the latter the location of Adams' photographic studio.

Dates: 1935-1950
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Robert D. Adams diary and autobiographical anecdotes

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