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Biographies

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 2700 Collections and/or Records:

Ortega, Jake, 1892, approximately 1950-1959

 Item — Box 2: [Barcode: 31197232486438]
Identifier: MSS 827
Dates: approximately 1950-1959
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 827, J. Allen Parkinson biographies / OL-OR

Our Grandfather's family : William Felshaw's family

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230244763]
Identifier: MSS SC 584
Scope and Contents

Typewritten biographical sketch which tells of his work on the Kirtland and Nauvoo Temples and of his involvement in early Fillmore, Utah. Also includes genealogical data and a letter from the donor.

Dates: undated
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Our Grandfather's family : William Felshaw's family

Our pioneer family : Joseph and Mary Allen Ashley / written by Effie Kellogg French

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230349893]
Identifier: MSS 4126
Scope and Contents

Collection contains one book of family history stories from Joseph and Mary Allen Ashley's ancestors. The stories are about Revolutionary War participants, the relationships between settlers and Indians, and 19th Century medicine. Information was compiled approximately 1958.

Dates: approximately 1958
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Our pioneer family : Joseph and Mary Allen Ashley / written by Effie Kellogg French

Our political heritage / by Milton Bennion

 Item — Box 51: Series 9 [Barcode: 31197232551173], Folder: 7
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 9 Sub-Series 3 Sub-Series 8
Dates: Majority of material found within 1846-1977
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 792, Kane family papers / E. Kent Kane papers / E. Kent Kane research on the Kane family / E. Kent Kane research on Thomas L. Kane

Owen Ken Earl papers, 1944-2000

 File — Box 10: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 8 [Barcode: 31197231005486], Folder: 20
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 7 Sub-Series 2 File 264
Scope and Contents note Materials contain a detailed collection of the war experiences of Owen Ken Earl in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. Discusses his training in boot camp and Officer Candidate School, and his travels around Europe. Contains short biographies of his commanding officers and fellow servicemen. Includes a detailed account, and an accompanying press release, of Earl's involvement in building an Latter-Day Saint Chapel on Sardinia. Discusses his relations with other Latter-Day Saint...
Dates: 1944-2000
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2350, 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

Horace B. Owens papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230244680]
Identifier: MSS SC 574
Scope and Contents

Typescripts and newspaper clippings (photocopies). The collection includes two biographical sketches of a Mormon pioneer, stonecutter and guardsman and a biographical sketch of his mother, Abigail B. Owens. Also includes a letter from the donor.

Dates: Undated
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Horace B. Owens papers

PA-PR, approximately 1950-1959

 File
Identifier: MSS 827
Dates: approximately 1950-1959
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 827, J. Allen Parkinson biographies

Pack, Mosher F., approximately 1930

 File — Box 135: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197231008381], Folder: 18
Identifier: UA 909 Series 1
Dates: approximately 1930
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / UA 909, Collection on university faculty and staff / Collection on university faculty members

Ward E. Pack biography, genealogy, and other material

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2167
Abstract

The papers, included genealogy and a biographical sketch, of Ward E. Pack, 1837-1907.

Dates: 1837-1907
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Ward E. Pack biography, genealogy, and other material

Milan Packard biography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230314186]
Identifier: MSS SC 1679
Scope and Contents

Typewritten biography of Packard taken from "Portrait: Genealogical and Biographical Record of the State of Utah."

Dates: 1900
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Milan Packard biography

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