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Autobiographies

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 2092 Collections and/or Records:

H. Reed Black memoir and photographs, 1943-1944, 1990, 2000 May 31

 File — Box 7: Series 4; Series 5; Series 6; Series 7 [Barcode: 31197231005452], Folder: 39
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 7 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 2 File 215
Scope and Contents note Materials contain a short memoir that focuses on one particular experience wherein H. Reed Black suffered a major lung injury from a German sniper's bullet in Beeck, Germany during his service in the U.S. Army in World War II. He titled this experience "Patriarchal Blessings Gives Faith to Survive Battlefield Wounds" updated May 31, 2000. Details the many ways in which his survival and recovery defied conventional medical wisdom. Photographs show Black alone, with fellow soldiers, and with...
Dates: 1943-1944; 1990; 2000 May 31
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

William J. Hafen personal history

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230329507]
Identifier: MSS SC 2978
Scope and Contents

Contains information about his life to 1964 including childhood; education; military life, including experiences as a paratrooper and in riggers school during World War II; church callings; occupations, including work at Brigham Young University; and genealogy sheets. Also includes photographic images of him at various points in his life.

Dates: 1997
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Hal Gunn interview and autobiography, approximately 2001

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 7 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 1 File 741
Scope and Contents

File includes a transcript of a film interview and selection of over 200 photocopied pages from Hal Gunn's autobiography. Both the interview and autobiography detail his service with the U.S. Army Air Corps and his time as a prisoner of war during World War II in Germany. Dated approximately 2001.

Dates: approximately 2001
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 Air Corps / Saints at War Project records for United States Army Air Corps pilots

Halbert L. Iverson papers, 1942-2000

 File — Box 36: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 14; Series 8 [Barcode: 31197231005262], Folder: 4
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 7 Sub-Series 2 File 819
Scope and Contents note Material contains papers of Halbert L. Iverson regarding his service in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. Contains a letter written by Iverson in 2000 describing an Latter-Day Saint conference held in Paris on July 22, 1945. Contains several letters and a memoir written by Iverson in 1998 about the World War II service of him and his brother Don. Iverson relates several memorable experiences. Contains copied photographs, photocopied articles about different Air Force units during...
Dates: 1942-2000
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 Air Corps

Haldow Edmond Christensen papers, 1944-2010

 File — Box 106: Series 2; Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 10; Series 14 [Barcode: 31197233285276], Folder: 9
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 14 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

File contains a photograph of Haldow Edmond Christensen during World War II and a biographical account of Christensen written by his son. Dates range 1944-2010.

Dates: 1944-2010
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Saints at War Project records / Saints at War Project records for multiple wars / Saints at War Project records for the United States Army

Alma Helaman Hale papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 300
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diaries from 1889 to 1890 and 1909, notebooks, autobiographies, and notes. The diary was kept while Hale served on a mission for the Mormon Church in Great Britain and Ireland. The notebooks were kept while Hale was attending the University of Deseret.

Dates: 1874-1930
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Barbara Lucille Hall papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1670
Scope and Contents

Collection includes poems, correspondence, diaries, autobiographical sketches, and miscellaneous items written or collected by Barbara Lucille Hall.

Dates: 1976-1983
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

John Charles Hall diary and autobiography

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231045896]
Identifier: MSS 1230
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typescript of an autobiography and a diary. Hall writes about his early life and his activities as a missionary for the Mormon Church in England.

Dates: 1852-1854
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

George Halliday papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 139
Scope and Contents Materials include a handwritten diary that was kept from 1845 to 1854, part of which was written in Pitman shorthand. The diary also includes a brief autobiographical sketch on Halliday from his birth up to 1845. Also includes a family record book for George Halliday's family, which includes a short handwritten autobiography. A volume with a typed version of the short autobiography and handwritten transcriptions of the Pitman shorthand sections of the diary are also included. Dated...
Dates: approximately 1845-1951
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

John R. Halliday memoirs

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230328533]
Identifier: MSS SC 2963
Scope and Contents

Includes a two-page vita, and recollections of the author's ancestors, family and youth; professional life; church activities; and hobbies. He served a Latter-day Saint mission in Germany, 1931-1933; studied music at the State Academy of Music in Berlin, Germany, 1933-1934; and worked in the Department of Music at Brigham Young University, 1936-1938 and again beginning in 1942. Material was dictated by John R. Halliday in June 1971, and later transcribed.

Dates: 1971
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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