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Biography

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 1747 Collections and/or Records:

Apostol, Chris J., approximately 1968

 File — Box 5: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197231007359], Folder: 6
Identifier: UA 909 Series 1
Dates: approximately 1968
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / UA 909, Collection on university faculty and staff / Collection on university faculty members

Archibald MacLeish's life and career / David Barber, 1892-2008

 File — Box 4: [Barcode: 31197227615389], Folder: 18
Identifier: MSS 3280
Dates: 1892-2008
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 3280, Bette B. Ashworth memorial collection

Area angle, 1973 March 23

 Item — Box 50: Series 9 [Barcode: 31197232551165], Folder: 9
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 9 Sub-Series 3 Sub-Series 3
Dates: 1973 March 23
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 Elisha Kent Kane

Biography : Alice Tomlison Armstrong, native pioneer

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230339530]
Identifier: MSS 2516
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. Alice Tomlison was born in 1857 in England. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and she migrated to Utah and settled in American Fork. She married Joseph Armstrong in 1871 and died in 1941.

Dates: 1941
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Biography : Alice Tomlison Armstrong, native pioneer

Armstrong family histories

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230243815]
Identifier: MSS SC 594
Scope and Contents Typewritten biographical sketches of Mormon pioneers John Christopher and Mary Kirkbride Armstrong and of their son and daughter-in-law, John Graham and Mary Jane Simkins Armstrong by James V. Armstrong and Marcia Armstrong Jolley. Tells of emigration of John Sr. and wife from England to Utah, of his service as bugler in Parley P. Pratt's Southern Utah Exploration Company, LDS church mission to England and death enroute home. Describes John Graham's work as a stagecoach driver and law...
Dates: Date not identified
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Armstrong family histories

Biography : John Armstrong and wife Mary Hellen Wilson Armstrong, pioneer 1853

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230339514]
Identifier: MSS 2514
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typewritten biography. John Armstrong was born in England in 1848. His family joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Utah in 1853 and later settled in American Fork. He married Mary Helen Wilson. Mary Wilson was born in 1848 in Philadelphia, and she died in 1919. He died in 1940.

Dates: 1940
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Biography : John Armstrong and wife Mary Hellen Wilson Armstrong, pioneer 1853

Biography : Joseph H. Armstrong, pioneer 1853

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230339522]
Identifier: MSS 2515
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typed biography. Joseph H. Armstrong was born in England in 1850. His family joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and migrated to Utah in 1853. They suffered many harships on the way. The family settled in American Fork, Utah, in 1862. He was a carpenter and a farmer, and he died in 1933.

Dates: 1940
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Biography : Joseph H. Armstrong, pioneer 1853

Arthur J. Wiscombe, date of production not identified

 File — Box 287: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197230190891], Folder: 18
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

Arthur O. Chapman papers, approximately 2001, 1942-1945

 File — Box 12: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 12; Series 8 [Barcode: 31197231005023], Folder: 8-9
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 5 Sub-Series 1 File 304
Scope and Contents File contains materials relating to Arthur O. Chapman and his service during World War II. Materials include a short biography, compilation of his letters sent home during the war and photographs. Letters touch on subjects such as his interaction with other LDS servicemen, his gratitude for being able to hold religious meetings (both LDS and Protestant), and his work in the labs, morale among his unit, his discharge, and his feelings for his wife. Photographs show Chapman with his LDS...
Dates: approximately 2001; 1942-1945
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2350, Saints at War Project records / Saints at War Project records for World War II / Saints at War Project records for the United States Army

Arthur V. Watkins biographical papers, 1887-1981

 Series
Identifier: MSS 146 Series 1
Scope and Contents note

Contains newspaper articles, biographies, certificates, personal correspondence, and records concerning Arthur V. Watkins, his family and political activities between 1887 and 1981.

Dates: Other: 1887-1981
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 146, Arthur V. Watkins papers

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