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Biographies

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 3198 Collections and/or Records:

Reef Percy Kelly papers, approximately 2001, 1987 September 27

 File — Box 3: Series 4; Series 5; Series 6; Series 7 [Barcode: 31197231237980], Folder: 37
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 6 Sub-Series 4 File 67
Scope and Contents File contains materials relating to the service as a tail gunner of Reef Percy Kelly in the U.S. Navy Air Corps during World War II. Materials contain brief autobiography and photocopied newspaper article concerning Kelly's last flight over Tokyo Bay, Japan, after the war was over but before the official surrender. A brief biography of Kelly includes a description of Kelly's plane being attacked and how he was wounded and awarded the Navy Cross. Dated September 27, 1987 and approximately...
Dates: approximately 2001; 1987 September 27
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / 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

Reflections of mother and family life / by Ortho Harding, 1978 August 1

 Item — Box 24: Series 10; Series 12; Series 13; Series 14 [Barcode: 31197227605687], Folder: 13
Identifier: MSS 229 Series 14
Dates: 1978 August 1
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / James E. Talmage papers / Talmage family papers

Regan, Albert B., 1925-36

 File — Box 144: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197231008464], Folder: 19
Identifier: UA 909 Series 1
Dates: Majority of material found within 1925-36
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Collection on university faculty and staff / Collection on university faculty members

Arvil Reid papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6794
Abstract

The Arvil Reid papers includes a scrapbook including a written life history with photographs and other ephemera. Loose ephemera also comprises the collection. The collection mostly pertains to World War II, engineering, and family issues.

Dates: 1922-2007
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Religious and spiritual history of Gaylen S. Young

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230318815]
Identifier: MSS SC 2001
Scope and Contents

Two typewritten biographies and an essay. The biographies are by Gaylen Snow Young and are entitled: "Religious and Spiritual History of Gaylen S. Young" and "Brief Social and Civic History of Gaylen Snow Young and Mary R. Young and our Family." Also included is an essay entitled: "My Testimony: Why and How" by Gaylen S. Young, Jr.

Dates: 1947-1977
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Remembering Horace Alma Smoot

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230327048]
Identifier: MSS SC 2687
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typewritten biography of Horace Smoot. The item was probably composed by a family member around the year 1970. The materials include photocopies of letters, cetificates, photographs, and genealogies. Also included are two patriarchal blessings given to Smoot. He was born in Provo, Utah, married Edna Louise Stubbs in 1902, was a dairyman in Bountiful, Utah, and held various positions in the Mormon Church.

Dates: approximately 1970
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Report of the Secretary of the Navy, 1854 August 6

 Item — Box 2: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197232550639], Folder: 3
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 3
Scope and Contents

Printed pages from "Report of the Secretary of the Navy," by Elisha Kent Kane, which contains an incomplete, damaged, account of his Arctic explorations, notes made in pencil and ink, includes page 59-60, 63-66, dated August 6, 1854.

Dates: 1854 August 6
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Kane family papers / John K. Kane papers / John K. Kane papers on ancestors and relatives

Representative sculpture, biography, and bibliography of Avard T. Fairbanks

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230318062]
Identifier: MSS SC 1934
Scope and Contents

Illustrations of creative art, news clippings, correspondence, a biography by Eugene Fairbanks, biographical notes, bibliographies, and miscellaneous items. The materials were collected by Avard's son Eugene Fairbanks.

Dates: 1940-1980
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Residence halls correspondence, memos, minutes, and names, 1969

 File — Box 505: Series 12 [Barcode: 31197239261719], Folder: 2
Identifier: UA 1086 Series 12 Sub-Series 4 File 35
Dates: 1969
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Office of the President records / Office of the President records / Office of the President records on Auxiliary Services and academic aids

Reuben Gardner Miller biographical sketches, undated

 Series
Identifier: MSS 418 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains biographical sketches about parents, relatives, and friends including Mary Jane Gardner Miller, James R. Miller, Frank J. Taylor, E. J. Winder, Robert Gardner, and Reuben Miller.

Dates: undated
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Reuben Gardner Miller papers

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