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Biographies

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 3198 Collections and/or Records:

Robert W. Lees, 1/24/80, 1979-1980

 File — Box 184: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197239138453], Folder: 24
Identifier: UA 664 Series 2 Sub-Series 9 File 269
Dates: 1979-1980
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Marriott School of Management records / Marriott School of Management college records / Marriott School of Management subject files

Robert Wallace Fossum papers, approximately 1991, 1944-1946

 File — Box 5: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 14 [Barcode: 31197231005437], Folder: 29
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 6 Sub-Series 4 File 132
Scope and Contents File contains materials related to the service of Robert Wallace Fossum in the U.S. Navy during World War II aboard the U.S.S. Drew (APA 162) as a radar operator. Materials contain brief excerpts from Robert Wallace Fossum's autobiography, oral interviews, and a biography, which describe his naval service throughout the Pacific and Kamikaze attacks. Also includes the wartime experiences of his wife, Crystal B. Fossum, photocopied military documents, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and...
Dates: approximately 1991; 1944-1946
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

B. H. Roberts papers

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 1922
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of typescripts. The collection contains a biography of Roberts and a book draft of his "The Truth, The Way, The Life." Also included is correspondence between Roberts and other Mormon Church leaders.

Dates: 1888-1920
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

John Robertson biography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230314046]
Identifier: MSS SC 1686
Scope and Contents

Typescript of the biography of John Robertson who settled in Spanish Fork, Utah. He was a Scottish convert to the Mormon Church who emigrated to Utah.

Dates: approximately 1950
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Robertson, Joseph Thomason, 1862-1936, approximately 1950-1959

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

Robins, Roland K., 1978-1980

 File — Box 150: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197231008282], Folder: 8
Identifier: UA 909 Series 1
Dates: 1978-1980
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Collection on university faculty and staff / Collection on university faculty members

Biography of Edward Robinson

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230337047]
Identifier: MSS 2707
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Robinson was born in England in 1807, joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and migrated to Utah in 1849. He later lived in American Fork, Utah, and died in 1896.

Dates: 1944
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Biography of Elizabeth Ellen Adams Robinson

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197225523726]
Identifier: MSS 2822
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Elizabeth Ellen Adams Robinson was born in 1860 in American Fork, Utah. She married William A. Robinson in 1879. She lived in Bingham Canyon, Utah, and American Fork, Utah, for most of her life. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and died in 1948.

Dates: 1958
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Biography of George Robinson and wife Sarah Holt

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230337559]
Identifier: MSS 2744
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. George Robinson was born in 1800 in England. Sarah Holt was born in 1804 also in England. They were married in 1824. They joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, migrated to Utah in 1852, and settled in American Fork. George died in 1884, and Sarah died in her eighty-fifth year.

Dates: 1944
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Biography of Hannah Laycock Robinson

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230337054]
Identifier: MSS 2706
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Robinson was born in 1860 in England. She migrated to Utah in 1863 and settled in American Fork. She married William Robinson and later married Daniel R. Rhodes.

Dates: 1944
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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