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Autobiographies

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 2092 Collections and/or Records:

Early missionary work in Italy, date of production not identified

 File — Carton 20: Series 3, Folder: 13
Identifier: MSS 6154 Series 3 Sub-Series 1
Dates: date of production not identified
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Donald Q. Cannon faculty and family papers / Donald Q. Cannon teaching and instructional materials / Donald Q. Cannon pedagogical materials

Franklin T. East war history

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230337591]
Identifier: MSS 2776
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a bound autobiography (29 pages) and various letters, newspaper clippings, and photographs relating to East's life and military service. East was captured by the Japanese in the Philippines in April 1942 and survived the Bataan Death March and over three years as a prisoner of war in the Philippines and Japan. His autobiograpy mainly deals with his sufferings as a prisoner of war and with his faith in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Dates: 1941-1984
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

"East of the Sun West of the Moon: My Travels Through Life" draft, approximately 1984

 File — Box 56: Series 3 [Barcode: 31197227637599], Folder: 3
Identifier: MSS 2219 Series 3 Sub-Series 8 File 3
Dates: approximately 1984
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Helen Foster Snow papers / Helen Foster Snow published and unpublished manuscripts / Helen Foster Snow files on My China Papers

"East of the Sun West of the Moon: My Travels Through Life" part one , approximately 1984

 File — Box 56: Series 3 [Barcode: 31197227637599], Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2219 Series 3 Sub-Series 8 File 1
Scope and Contents

Alternate version of "My China Years." Undated, but approximately 1984.

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Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Helen Foster Snow papers / Helen Foster Snow published and unpublished manuscripts / Helen Foster Snow files on My China Papers

"East of the Sun West of the Moon: My Travels Through Life" part two, approximately 1984

 File — Box 56: Series 3 [Barcode: 31197227637599], Folder: 2
Identifier: MSS 2219 Series 3 Sub-Series 8 File 2
Scope and Contents

Alternate version of "My China Years." Undated, but approximately 1984.

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

Joseph Eckersley autobiography and diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230345388]
Identifier: MSS 2863
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a handwritten autobiography and diary. Eckersley writes about his early life and about joining the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He tells about many meetings of his faith while he was still in England. He died in Wellsville, Utah, in 1869.

Dates: 1841-1851
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

John Eden autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230334796]
Identifier: MSS 1080
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten autobiography. John Eden writes about growing up in England, his migration to Utah, and the hardships he faced as an early settler of Cleveland, Utah.

Dates: 1920
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Edited draft part four, approximately 1984

 File — Box 52: Series 3 [Barcode: 31197227637433], Folder: 4
Identifier: MSS 2219 Series 3 Sub-Series 8 File 4
Dates: approximately 1984
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Helen Foster Snow papers / Helen Foster Snow published and unpublished manuscripts / Helen Foster Snow files on My China Papers

Edited draft part one, approximately 1984

 File — Box 52: Series 3 [Barcode: 31197227637433], Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2219 Series 3 Sub-Series 8 File 1
Dates: approximately 1984
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Helen Foster Snow papers / Helen Foster Snow published and unpublished manuscripts / Helen Foster Snow files on My China Papers

Edited draft part three, approximately 1984

 File — Box 52: Series 3 [Barcode: 31197227637433], Folder: 3
Identifier: MSS 2219 Series 3 Sub-Series 8 File 3
Dates: approximately 1984
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Helen Foster Snow papers / Helen Foster Snow published and unpublished manuscripts / Helen Foster Snow files on My China Papers

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