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Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 2699 Collections and/or Records:

Biography : Maregaret Hall Ruston Alston, came to Utah in 1850

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230339506]
Identifier: MSS 2512
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Maragaret Hall Rushton Alston was born in England. She joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated with her first husband, John Rushton, to the United States. He died in St. Louis, Missouri, and she arrived in Utah in 1850 and later settled in American Fork. She caught cold and died.

Dates: 1940
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Biography : Maregaret Hall Ruston Alston, came to Utah in 1850

Alva Phelps, 1997-2003

 File — Box 49: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233644712], Folder: 2
Identifier: MSS 8000 Series 2 Sub-Series 1 File 221
Scope and Contents

Contains biography of Alva Phelps and family group record for Alva and wife Margaret Robison, biographies of Margaret Robison Phelps, family group record for Margaret and husband William E. Bridges, and name index featuring Margaret. Materials dated 1997 to 2003.

Dates: 1997-2003
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 8000, Mormon Battalion Association records / Mormon Battalion Association records / Mormon Battalion Association biographies of original members

Alvin R. Dyer, date of production not identified

 File — Box 285: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197230191089], Folder: 26
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

Amanda M. Knight, biography, new worth, cash statement

 File — Box 167: [Barcode: 31197231210771], Folder: 5
Identifier: MSS 278
Dates: 1915-1946
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 278, Knight Investment Company records / Financial and legal papers

Amanda M. McEwen biography

 File — Box 167: [Barcode: 31197231210771], Folder: 9
Identifier: MSS 278
Dates: 1915-1946
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 278, Knight Investment Company records / Financial and legal papers

The American ancestry of Joseph Robison and his wife Lucretia Hancock

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230315126]
Identifier: MSS SC 1709
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of an unbound biography and two brief typed biographies of Joseph and Lucretia Robison, converts to the Mormon Church from New York state who settled in Utah. The large biography contains extensive genealogies of different related families.

Dates: 1958
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / The American ancestry of Joseph Robison and his wife Lucretia Hancock

Amos Cox, 1962-2007

 File — Box 41: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233644639], Folder: 12
Identifier: MSS 8000 Series 2 Sub-Series 1 File 90
Scope and Contents

Contains family group record for Amos Cox (one featuring just Amos and detailing all marriages, and one for just Amos and Philena Morley), photocopies of book chapters highlighting Amos within the life of Isaac Morley, biography of wife Philena Morley Cox, and biography of Henderson Cox (unknown relation, but another member of the Battalion, who was killed at Tragedy Spring in 1848). Materials dated 1962 to 2007.

Dates: 1962-2007
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 8000, Mormon Battalion Association records / Mormon Battalion Association records / Mormon Battalion Association biographies of original members

Amy Pratt Romney to E. Kent Kane, 1972 February 16

 Item — Box 52: Series 9 [Barcode: 31197232551181], Folder: 3
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 9 Sub-Series 3 Sub-Series 8
Dates: 1972 February 16
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

Anciel Twitchell, 1989-1998

 File — Box 52: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233644746], Folder: 10
Identifier: MSS 8000 Series 2 Sub-Series 1 File 278
Scope and Contents

Contains glossy photo and biographies of Anciel/Ancel Twitchell (including excerpts from "Our Pioneer Heritage" and printouts from the internet), name index, biography of wife Louisa Samantha Hitchcock, and family group records for Anciel and wives Louisa Hitchcock and Malinda Margaret Brown. Materials dated 1989 to 1998.

Dates: 1989-1998
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 8000, Mormon Battalion Association records / Mormon Battalion Association records / Mormon Battalion Association biographies of original members

Andelin, Olof Wilheim, 1957-1973

 File — Box 3: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197231007334], Folder: 16
Identifier: UA 909 Series 1
Dates: 1957-1973
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / UA 909, Collection on university faculty and staff / Collection on university faculty members

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