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Biographies

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 2700 Collections and/or Records:

Clarke, Edward, no date, approximately 1950-1959

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232486420]
Identifier: MSS 827
Dates: approximately 1950-1959
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 827, J. Allen Parkinson biographies / CA-CU

Biographical sketch of Ellen Drew Gemmel Clarke

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230332964]
Identifier: MSS SC 3303
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography of Ellen Drew Gemmel Clarke by an unknown author. Ellen was born in Scotland in 1839, converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1849, migrated to Utah in 1861, settled in American Fork, married James Clarke in 1862, and had five children.

Dates: 1930
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Biographical sketch of Ellen Drew Gemmel Clarke

Clarke, J. Richard, 1989-1996

 File — Carton 28: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233630695], Folder: 9
Identifier: UA 5395 Series 2 Sub-Series 5
Dates: 1989-1996
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / UA 5395, University Communications records / University Communications files on personnel / University Communications biographical records

Roberta Flake Clayton book drafts

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 715
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of typescripts of biographies used in Clayton's "Pioneer Women of Arizona," published in 1969, and "Pioneers and Prominent Men of Arizona," published in 1974. Most of the 195 women and 118 men are Mormons who relate their personal experiences in the early settlements of Arizona.

Dates: 1969-1974
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Roberta Flake Clayton book drafts

Clayton Skinner biography, approximately 2001

 File — Box 7: Series 4; Series 5; Series 6; Series 7 [Barcode: 31197231005452], Folder: 30
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 6 Sub-Series 4 File 206
Scope and Contents note

Materials include a biography of Clayton Skinner regarding his service in the U.S. Navy during World War II from 1944-1946. Contains a summary of Skinner's military experience during the war. Also discusses his experiences with Japanese prisoners of war. Dated approximately 2001.

Dates: approximately 2001
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2350, Saints at War Project records / Saints at War Project records for World War II (Pacific) / Saints at War Project records for the United States Navy

Biography of Joseph Smith Clements and his wife, Roxie Ann Baker Clements

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230338524]
Identifier: MSS 2787
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten dual biography. Joseph Smith Clements was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1842. He came to Utah in 1849. He live in Salt Lake City and in Stockton, Utah. Roxie Ann Baker was born in 1849 in Des Moines, Iowa, and came to Utah in 1850. Joseph married Roxie Ann, and they had 12 children. They were both members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They lived in American Fork, Utah. Joseph died in 1895, and Roxie Ann...
Dates: 1958
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Biography of Joseph Smith Clements and his wife, Roxie Ann Baker Clements

Cleon Skousen, date of production not identified

 File — Box 287: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197230190891], Folder: 15
Identifier: UA 1000 Series 2 Sub-Series 10
Dates: date of production not identified
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / UA 1000, Ernest L. Wilkinson papers / Office of the President records / Ernest L. Wilkinson biographical sketches

Cleve H. Swenson papers, approximately 2000, 1968

 File — Box 45: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 10; Series 12; Series 14; Series 8 [Barcode: 31197231005353], Folder: 3
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 6 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 1 File 988
Scope and Contents

Materials contain the biography of Cleve H. Swenson's service in the Pacific during World War II as a paratrooper in the U.S. Army. Discusses getting injured while scouting and spending sometime in Japan at the end of the war. Also contains Sweson's answers to the Latter-day Saint Military Survey and a certificate indicating Swenson's receipt of the Valley Forge Teachers Medal. Dated 1968, approximately 2000.

Dates: approximately 2000; 1968
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2350, Saints at War Project records / Saints at War Project records for World War II (Pacific) / Saints at War Project records for the United States Army / Saints at War Project Records for the United States Army Airborne

Clifton G. M. and Irene Pack Kerr books, 1859-1981

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8844 Series 4
Scope and Contents

Includes books detailing the history of both Box Elder County and historical figures like John Pack and Delbert and Geneve Walker, case studies on the population of Box Elder County, books detailing the laws of Utah, and a Map of the British Isles. Materials dated 1859-1981.

Dates: 1859-1981
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 8844, Clifton G. M. and Irene Pack Kerr family papers

Clinton D. Bronson, undated

 File — Box 38: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233644605], Folder: 26
Identifier: MSS 8000 Series 2 Sub-Series 1 File 37
Scope and Contents

Contains a brief military biography of Bronson and family group record for Clinton Doneral Bronson and Lovisa Andrews. Materials undated.

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

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