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Found in 1629 Collections and/or Records:

Frank Aldridge biography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230319706]
Identifier: MSS SC 2127
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of a history of the Aldridge family. The history begins with Frank Aldridge's great-grandfather, Joseph Aldridge, relates the involvement of the Aldrideg family in the early history of the Mormon Church, and ends shortly after Frank's retirement in 1965. Aldridge also tells of his experiences in World War I.

Dates: approximately 1979
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Frank Aldridge biography

Alexander Ross Holmes family papers and scrapbook, approximately 1891-1986

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3220 Series 7
Scope and Contents

Includes a life sketch of Harold Harper Holmes' mother, and other materials, such as legal documents, certificates, and correspondence relating to Harold Harper Holmes parents. There is also a scrapbook that belonged to Alexander Ross Holmes.

Dates: approximately 1891-1986
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 3220, Harold Harper Holmes family papers

Allard : researched for Peter Andrew Allard, Vancouver, B.C. / researched and compiled by Louise Elizabeth Post.

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197230351071]
Identifier: MSS 7074
Abstract

Volume of genealogical information on the Allard family of Western Canada, produced in 1981.

Dates: 1981
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Allard : researched for Peter Andrew Allard, Vancouver, B.C. / researched and compiled by Louise Elizabeth Post.

Andrew Jackson Allen autobiography and diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230330851]
Identifier: MSS SC 3213
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typescript of an autobiography and diary. Allen writes about his youth in Kentucky and move to Missouri after he joined the Mormon Church. He later moved to Nauvoo, Illinois, and joined the Mormon exodus to Utah in 1847. He tells about the hardships of early settlement in Salt Lake City, Utah. His diary starts in 1857. It has many gaps and entries were often months apart. He writes about the "Utah War;" his work on the railroad in 1868 and 1869; his...
Dates: 1857-1884
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Andrew Jackson Allen autobiography and diary

Allen family correspondence

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230318039]
Identifier: MSS SC 1933
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of correspondence between members of the Allen family. The items relate to personal and family matters.

Dates: 1875-1879
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Allen family correspondence

Allen family papers

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2337
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and printed correspondence, certificates, deeds, postcards, family histories, and miscellaneous items. The materials document the private and legal activities of the Allen family.

Dates: approximately 1890-1944
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Allen family papers

Ida Lowry Allen journal

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31997227629380]
Identifier: MSS 6029
Scope and Contents

Collection contains one journal with daily entries for the year 1888. The journal chronicles family temple trips, extended family gatherings, church and Sunday school meetings for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Manti, Utah, as well as various other recreation, work, and church-related activities. Also contains a transcript of the original journal.

Dates: 1888
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Ida Lowry Allen journal

Marva Genevieve Stevens Allen papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 8819
Scope and Contents

Contains materials pertaining to the life of Marva Genevieve Stevens Allen. Included are her journals, some correspondence with her husband, and digital images of members of her family on DVD discs. Dated circa 1950-2010.

Dates: approximately 1950-2010
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Marva Genevieve Stevens Allen papers

William Coleman Allen biography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230305242]
Identifier: MSS SC 769
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of short typewritten biography. Crossed the plains to Utah with the pioneers as a child in 1847, settled with family in Mill Creek Canyon and, in 1851, in Draper. In 1876, called by Brigham Young to head the colonization of the Little Colorado River settlements in Arizona. Moved back to Draper in 1884.

Dates: 1843-1917
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / William Coleman Allen biography

J. Urban Allred diaries

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230328988]
Identifier: MSS SC 2909
Scope and Contents Volume begins with autobiographical sketch concerning Allred's early life in Lehi, Utah. Diaries document his attendance at Brigham Young Academy, September 1892-May 1898; service as a Mormon missionary in Tennessee in the Southern States Mission, June 1898-July 1900; activities as a school teacher in Vernal, Utah, August 1900-May 1901; family life with Amelia May Hammond in Lehi, 1901-1910; and family life with Edna Bingham in Raymond, Alberta, and elsewhere, beginning in 1912. Diaries also...
Dates: 1892-1956
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / J. Urban Allred diaries

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