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Autobiographies

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 2092 Collections and/or Records:

Muriel Joy Bradbury Fearnley journals and scrapbook

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6008
Abstract

The Muriel Joy Bradbury Fearnley writes her autobiography in journals and scrapbook form. The collection includes six (6) journals written over a fifteen (15) year period from 1976 to 1991. She gives details of her early life in England, baptism into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, information about family and friends, their move to the United States, naturalization, and life in Utah.

Dates: 1976-1991
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Ferrel W. Bybee papers, 2000, 1945

 File — Box 2: Series 4; Series 6; Series 7 [Barcode: 31197231237972], Folder: 15
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 7 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 2 File 25
Scope and Contents note Materials contain Ferrel W. Bybee's autobiography regarding his military service during World War II. Discusses his experiences in Europe, including the capture of Wurzburg, Schweinfurt, Nurnberg, and Titmuning; his participation in occupational duty in Helein and Salzburg, Austria; his work in processing camps and evidence gathered in Austria about concentration camps; and his contact with a German Latter-Day Saint soldier, Paul Guildner. Includes brief forward by Bybee's daughter, Colleen...
Dates: 2000; 1945
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Saints at War Project records / Saints at War Project records for World War II (Europe) / Saints at War Project records for the United States Army / Saints at War Project records for the United States Army Infantry

Ferron Robert Jones papers, 1988-1989, 1942-1945

 File — Box 11: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 8 [Barcode: 31197231005494], Folder: 5
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 8 File 278
Scope and Contents note Materials contain a detailed memoir written by Ferron Robert Jones regarding his service in the U.S. Naval Air Force during World War II from 1942-1945. Discusses his training, especially describes his transfers to the Philippines, Kwajalein, and Saipan. Includes a short biography of Jones's brother, Hyrum Duane Jones, killed in action at New Guinea. Contains descriptions of the Filipino environment and customs of Pacific natives. Also contains accounts of his night patrols along the Chinese...
Dates: 1988-1989; 1942-1945
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Saints at War Project records / Saints at War Project records for World War II (South-East Asia)

Emil Feulner papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197230230093]
Identifier: MSS 1954
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, speeches, handwritten and typed articles, newspaper clippings, and an autobiography. The materials relate to Feulner's work as a naturalist and his publications. Feulner also writes about growing up in Nuremberg, Germany.

Dates: 1939-1973
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Fifteen months experience

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197227622211]
Identifier: MSS SC 3268
Scope and Contents

Fifteen months experience gives an account of Bulkley's journey following his release from the Mormon Battalion until he rejoined his family. This collection includes a photocopy of the original account.

Dates: Date not identified
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

First installment of Levi James Taylor papers, 1868-1935

 Series
Identifier: MSS 2200 Series 1
Scope and Contents note

Nancy Jane Gates (Taylor) journal and notebook; Levi James Taylor journals; records of Taylor family genealogy including LDS Church ordinances.

Dates: Other: 1868-1935
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Levi James Taylor papers

Asael Henry Fisher autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230311695]
Identifier: MSS SC 1457
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of two typescripts of an autobiography by Asael Henry Fisher. Fisher talks about his early years in Utah, his education, his mission experiences, his marriage, and his travels.

Dates: 1970
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Flora Davis Fisher autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230311679]
Identifier: MSS SC 1459
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of typescript of an autobiography by Flora Davis Fisher. Fisher talks about her early years in Utah, her education, her marriage, her children, her mission to New Zealand, and her paintings.

Dates: 1970
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

James Madison Flake diaries

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 961
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diary kept from 1887 to 1889 when Flake was a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in England. Also included is a handwritten autobiography and diary. Flake summarizes his life to the year 1888 at which time he began a diary with many gaps and many short entries. Dates range from 1887 to 1929.

Dates: 1887-1929
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Lucy H. Flake journals

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 13
Scope and Contents

Holograph journals which contain Flake's autobiography, covering the years 1842 to 1894. Includes details of her life in Beaver, Utah, and a detailed account of her life colonizing Snowflake, Arizona. Also included are details of her funeral by her daughter, Roberta Clayton, and Flake family genealogical data.

Dates: approximately 1894-1899
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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