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Biographies

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 2700 Collections and/or Records:

Young, Levi Edgar, 1956-1963

 File — Carton 20: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233630612], Folder: 51
Identifier: UA 5395 Series 2 Sub-Series 5
Dates: 1956-1963
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / UA 5395, University Communications records / University Communications files on personnel / University Communications biographical records

Norma P. Young papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1884
Scope and Contents

Biographies, diaries, newspaper clippings, poems, correspondence, histories of Monticello, Utah, photographs of family members, and genealogies. The materials relate the Perkins family which settled in Monticello, Utah. The diaries deal largely with missions served by family members for the Mormon Church. Also included are accounts of family members attending college, encountering Indians, and working with women's organizations.

Dates: 1914-1973
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Norma P. Young papers

Phineas Howe Young biography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230308600]
Identifier: MSS SC 1073
Scope and Contents

Typewritten biography of Phineas Howe Young (1799-1880) by his granddaughters Eleanor White Mackay, Seraph White Allred, and Naomi Wright. Phineas Young was a printer; building contractor; and Mormon bishop, missionary, and pioneer. He was a brother of the Mormon prophet, Brigham Young (1801-1877).

Dates: 1940-1970
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Phineas Howe Young biography

Phineas Young papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2281
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and typewritten autobiograpy, diary, biographies, and genealogies of Young's descendents. The diary covers the years 1856 and 1857 and document Young's mission to England. Young's atuboiography covers his life to 1857. Also included are two biographies of Young written by family members.

Dates: approximately 1856-1950
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Phineas Young papers

Young, Richard Whitehead, 1904-1978

 File — Box 194: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197231015196], Folder: 11
Identifier: UA 909 Series 1
Dates: 1904-1978
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / UA 909, Collection on university faculty and staff / Collection on university faculty members

Young, S. Dilworth, 1963-1981

 File — Carton 20: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233630612], Folder: 52
Identifier: UA 5395 Series 2 Sub-Series 5
Dates: 1963-1981
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / UA 5395, University Communications records / University Communications files on personnel / University Communications biographical records

Young, S. Dilworth, 1965-1978

 File — Box 194: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197231015196], Folder: 14
Identifier: UA 909 Series 1
Dates: 1965-1978
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / UA 909, Collection on university faculty and staff / Collection on university faculty members

Zacheus Cheney, 1964-1967

 File — Box 40: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233644621], Folder: 25
Identifier: MSS 8000 Series 2 Sub-Series 1 File 73
Scope and Contents

Contains a glossy reproduced photo of Zacheus "Cheny," biographical sketches for Zacheus and two wives (Mary Ann Fisher and Amanda Miller Evans), and a family group record for Zacheus and Amanda. Materials dated 1964 to 1967.

Dates: 1964-1967
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 8000, Mormon Battalion Association records / Mormon Battalion Association records / Mormon Battalion Association biographies of original members

Zaidee Walker Miles biography of Abigail Middlemass Walker, 1943

 File — Folder 3: [Barcode: 31197235233266]
Identifier: MSS 8222
Scope and Contents Written by her daughter Zaidee Walker Miles, this 26 page typed life sketch portrays Abigail Middlemass Walker's family history, life, and service. Zaidee writes extensively of Abigail's childhood, describing it as "a good living, plain but wholesome." She also details her early marriage to Charles Lowell Walker and relocation to Southern Utah when they were called to the "Cotton Mission" in 1862. Zaidee also describes Abigail's legacy of tireless service to her family,...
Dates: 1943
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 8222, Charles L. Walker and Zaidee Walker Miles papers

Zane Grey biographical histories , 1943-1949

 File — Box 2: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 31197235219026], Folder: 9
Identifier: MSS 6081 Series 1 Sub-Series 5
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence from authors wanting to write biographies of Grey, and Zane Grey as I Know Him, by Bob Carney dating from 1943 to 1949.

Dates: 1943-1949
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 6081, Zane Grey papers / Zane Grey personal papers / Zane Grey biographies

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