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Autobiographies

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 2092 Collections and/or Records:

John Edwards journal

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8367
Scope and Contents Materials include photocopies and transcriptions of John Edwards' journal written four years before his death. Included is Edwards' life history from 1831 to 1894. The autobiographical journal provides details about his joining the church in Wales, immigrating to the United States with his family in 1849 (as well as the deaths of his family around the same time), and his account of settlement and family life in Salt Lake City, Utah. Among other recollections, he writes about his faith,...
Dates: 1894
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Annie Eggertsen autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230348614]
Identifier: MSS 1377
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typewritten autobiography. Eggertsen writes about her early life in Denmark and about her migration to Utah. She describes Pleasant Grove, Provo, and Springville, Utah. Also included is a brief biography of her great grandfather.

Dates: 1950
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Eldon McArthur memoir, 2004 April 16

 File — Box 24: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 10; Series 12; Series 16 [Barcode: 31197231005189], Folder: 9
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 5 Sub-Series 1 File 613
Scope and Contents

Materials contain a memoir written by Eldon McArthur about World War II. McArthur talks about his war memories and his missionary service at the beginning of the war to the southern states mission. Dated April 16, 2004.

Dates: 2004 April 16
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Saints at War Project records / Saints at War Project records for World War II / Saints at War Project records for the United States Army

Eldred H. Erickson memoir and photographs, 1989-2003, 1942-1945

 File — Box 33: Series 6; Series 7; Series 10; Series 14 [Barcode: 31197231005239], Folder: 10
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 6 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 8 File 779
Scope and Contents Materials contain a memoir of Eldred H. Erickson's military service written by his wife regarding his service in the U.S. Army during World War II from 1942 to 1945. She discusses his service as a radar specialist in the Aleutian Islands. Most of the memoir consists of quotes taken from letters and journal entries written by Erickson and oral interviews. Describes basic training in Missouri, radar school in Florida, duty in the Aleutian Islands, and the invasion of Kiska. Contains copied...
Dates: 1989-2003; 1942-1945
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / 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 / Saints at War Project records for the United States Army Signal Corps

Electa Caroline Briggs Williams autobiography as dictated to R.S. McDonald, 1885

 File — Box 2: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 31197232480902], Folder: 7
Identifier: MSS 2337 Series 2
Dates: Other: 1885
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Emily M. Carlisle papers / Emily M. Carlisle genealogy and family history

Albert L. Elggren papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197230219351]
Identifier: MSS 1944
Scope and Contents

Typewritten autobiography, correspondence, and reports. Much of the correspondence are with apostles in the Mormon Church and Utah civic leaders.

Dates: 1924-1980
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Eli Wiggill autobiography. Book 1, 1883

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232565702]
Identifier: MSS 9137
Scope and Contents

Contains chapters 1-14, covering roughly 1810-1839, including early life in England, migrating to South Africa, traveling with Edward King, marriage to Susannah Bentley, the Kaffir War, and serving as a missionary for the Methodist Wesleyan Church.

Dates: 1883
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Eli Wiggill autobiography

Eli Wiggill autobiography. Book 1

 Digital Record
Identifier: MSS9137_F1
Dates: 1883
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Eli Wiggill autobiography. Book 2, 1883

 Item — Folder 2: [Barcode: 31197232565710]
Identifier: MSS 9137
Scope and Contents

Contains chapters 15-23, covering roughly 1839 to 1852, including further work with the Methodist Welseyan Church and his various assignments throughout South Africa, moving to Winterberg, the War of the Axe, moving to Queenstown District, and a famine among the natives of the country.

Dates: 1883
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Eli Wiggill autobiography
Image of Eli Wiggill autobiography. Book 2
Image of Eli Wiggill autobiography. Book 2

Eli Wiggill autobiography. Book 2

 Digital Record
Identifier: MSS9137_F2
Dates: 1883
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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