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Biographies

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 3199 Collections and/or Records:

Simonton, Scott, 1987, 1987

 File — Box 195: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197239138578], Folder: 1
Identifier: UA 664 Series 2 Sub-Series 9 File 421
Dates: 1987
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

Simpson, Robert L., approximately 1965

 File — Box 157: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197231008324], Folder: 7
Identifier: UA 909 Series 1
Dates: approximately 1965
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Collection on university faculty and staff / Collection on university faculty members

Simpson, Ron, 1989

 File — Box 157: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197231008324], Folder: 10
Identifier: UA 909 Series 1
Dates: 1989
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Collection on university faculty and staff / Collection on university faculty members

Robert H. Skelton collection

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232481561]
Identifier: MSS 1597
Abstract

Collection of papers by or about Robert Hodgson Skelton. Included in the collection is Skelton's journal from his mission to India, plus a photocopy and transcription of the same. Also includes a petition for assistance to the people of Santa Cruz, California, by Skelton and other Mormon missionaries traveling to their missions without purse or scrip.

Dates: 1852-1941
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Sketch of military experience during WWII / Frank Donald Bailey 1942-1945, 2007 June 25

 Item — Box 3: [Barcode: 3119723912560], Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 9148 Item 9
Scope and Contents

Autobiographical life sketch by Frank Donald Bailey. Includes a table of contents. Materials dated June 25, 2007.

Dates: 2007 June 25
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Don E. Norton interviews with veterans

Mary E. Wooley Chamberlain autobiographical sketch

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 452
Scope and Contents

Typewritten autobiography which tells of her children, friends, labors, marriage and travels. Also includes short typewritten description by Jonathan Chamberlain of his activities as an officer in the Thomas Chamberlain Family Organization.

Dates: 1936-1939
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Sketch of the life of Charles Coulsen Rich Wright

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230240381]
Identifier: MSS SC 399
Scope and Contents

Typewritten life sketch which discusses farm life in Southern Idaho in the 1890's, World War I experiences, Wright's education, position held in Washington, D.C., superintendent of the Ute Indian Reservation at Fort Duchesne, Utah and his ranch in Montana.

Dates: 1968
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

A sketch of the life of Susan Hammond Ashby Noble

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230348952]
Identifier: MSS 525
Scope and Contents

Handwritten biography and a letter. Badger writes a biography of her mother, Susan Hammond Ashby Noble (1808-1851). Susan Noble was a convert to the Mormon Church by Erastus Snow, lived in Nauvoo, Illinois, and migrated to Utah in 1848. Also included is a letter from a "Maria" to her mother in 1857.

Dates: 1924
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Sketch of the life of Thomas Durham

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230329960]
Identifier: MSS SC 3077
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilm reproduction of a typed manuscript. The item is a biography of Thomas Durham. He lived in England, joined the Mormon Church in 1850, married Mary Morton in 1852, and migrated to Utah in 1856 with the Martin handcart company. He soon went to Parowan, Utah, where he led the local choir for 62 years. He married a second wife, Mary Mitchell, in 1860 and took a third wife, Carole Mortensen, in 1867. Durham made a living as a furniture maker. Alfred M. Durham...
Dates: 1936
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Sketch of the lives of James and Emma Priscilla Evans Little, 1875-1929

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232537040], Folder: 5
Identifier: MSS 357 Item 3
Scope and Contents

Recorded in a composition notebook by Emma P. Little.

Dates: 1875-1929
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Emma Priscilla Evans Little papers

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