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Autobiographies

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 2092 Collections and/or Records:

Eli Wiggill autobiography. Book 3, 1883

 Item — Folder 3: [Barcode: 31197232565728]
Identifier: MSS 9137
Scope and Contents

Contains chapters 24-31, covering 1857 to 1870, including converting to Mormonism, leading the LDS branch in South Africa, migrating to Utah, living in Salt Lake City, and settling in Kaysville.

Dates: 1883
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Eli Wiggill autobiography
Image of Eli Wiggill autobiography. Book 3
Image of Eli Wiggill autobiography. Book 3

Eli Wiggill autobiography. Book 3

 Digital Record
Identifier: MSS9137_F3
Dates: 1883
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Eli Wiggill autobiography. Book 4, 1883

 Item — Folder 4: [Barcode: 31197232565736]
Identifier: MSS 9137
Scope and Contents

Contains chapters 32-37, covering 1870-1873, including Wiggill's mission to South Africa, discovery of diamonds, and his return to Utah. Also includes a brief entry by Susie Dodge, granddaughter of Eli Wiggill, written soon after his death in 1884.

Dates: 1883
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Eli Wiggill autobiography
Image of Eli Wiggill autobiography. Book 4
Image of Eli Wiggill autobiography. Book 4

Eli Wiggill autobiography. Book 4

 Digital Record
Identifier: MSS9137_F4
Dates: 1883
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Elizabeth Agnes Kiddle Rogers autobiography, undated

 File — Box 2: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 31197232480902], Folder: 12
Identifier: MSS 2337 Series 2
Dates: Other: undated
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Emily M. Carlisle papers / Emily M. Carlisle genealogy and family history

Elizabeth J. Litster Brimley memoir, 2004 May 4

 File — Box 39: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 16 [Barcode: 31197231005296], Folder: 2
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 16 Sub-Series 1 File 872
Scope and Contents

Material contains a memoir written by Elizabeth J. Litster Brimley about her service in the U.S. Army National Guard from 1990-1998 and from 2001 to the time of writing in 2003. She describes being sent to Iraq in 2003 and working as a liaison with the British troops in Balad and Basra. Discusses her duties and church services held in Iraq. Dated May 4, 2004.

Dates: 2004 May 4
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Saints at War Project records / Saints at War Project records for Iraq War / Saints at War Project records for the United States Army

Elizabeth Jean Fletcher Crook papers, approximately 2023

 Series — Box 131: Series 5 [Barcode: 31197239128801]
Identifier: MSS 3235 Series 5
Scope and Contents Four volumes of "Grandma Was an Intelligence Officer," a volume of emails and photographs documenting Elizabeth Jean Fletcher Crook's work when she had a contract from The Foreign Training Group at the Central Intelligence Agency to teach officials of various foreign countries the skills she had learned while working as an Analyst at the Directorate of Intelligence at the Central Intelligence Agency from 1986 to 2004. Documents work in various countries, including Kenya, Afghanistan,...
Dates: approximately 2023
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Frederick W. Crook papers

Elizabeth Roach memoir, 2003 May 22

 File — Box 25: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 12; Series 16; Series 15 [Barcode: 31197231005197], Folder: 2
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 12 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 2 File 632
Scope and Contents Donated to the Nurses at War Project. Contains a memoir of Elizabeth Roach relating to her service in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps during the Vietnam War from 1969-1977. Talks about enrolling at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Nursing in order to train to be a nurse to pay for her education. Talks about her fears and insecurities at 20 as she faced the possibility of being sent to Vietnam and then more insecurities as she was asked to work in the coronary care unit (CCU). Discusses her...
Dates: 2003 May 22
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Saints at War Project records / Saints at War Project records for Vietnam War / Saints at War Project records for the United States Army / Saints at War Project records for the United States Army Medical Corps

Elizabeth Wood Kane autobiography, 1869

 Sub-Series — Box 31: Series 6 [Barcode: 31197232550969], Folder: 1
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 6 Sub-Series 4 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Materials include a typescript copy of Elizabeth Wood Kane's autobiography, "The Story of the Mother of the Regiment". It focuses on on Elizabeth's life during the Utah War and the Civil War. She also writes about the founding of Kane, Pennsylvania and about her husband, Thomas L. Kane, going to Utah in 1857 and fighting in the Civil War. There are some marginal notes and underlining by Elizabeth's son, Elisha Kent Kane. Dated 1869.

Dates: Majority of material found in 1869
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Kane family papers / Elizabeth Wood Kane papers / Elizabeth Wood Kane writings

Elizabeth Wood Kane writings, 1856-1921

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 6 Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents

Contains autobiographical and literary writings by Elizabeth Wood Kane. Most of the documents, including travel accounts, focus on her life and experiences. She writes about her husband Thomas L. Kane serving in the Civil War, her experiences with the Mormons in the West, and Also includes family history projects, getting to meet President Ulysses S. Grant, and other family affairs. Materials also include family history writings like the autobiography of her father. Dated 1856-1921.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1856-1921
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Kane family papers / Elizabeth Wood Kane papers

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