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Histories (Literary works)

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Chronological records of significant events, as of the life or development of a people, country, or institution, often with an explanation of the causes.

Found in 1183 Collections and/or Records:

Who's who in the Bott family in England and America

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230323252]
Identifier: MSS SC 2428
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a history of the Bott family and its members. The items include histories, biographies, and letters from members of the family. A branch of the Bott family joined the Mormon Church.

Dates: 1957

Wilford Fischer papers, 1943-2001

 File — Box 22: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 10; Series 12; Series 16; Series 14; Series 15; Series 18; Series 8 [Barcode: 31197231005163], Folder: 29
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 6 Sub-Series 3 File 579
Scope and Contents Materials contain papers relating to Wilford Fischer and his service in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II as a naval gunfire observer (JASCO) in the Pacific Theater. Contains a handwritten personal history by Fischer that describes his war experiences and his involvement in the battle of Saipan and Tinian. Contains photocopied military certificates (1943-1948), maps, copied segments of articles about battles in the Pacific, copied photographs of scenes in Saipan and Tinian (1944), a...
Dates: 1943-2001

Wilford Young papers, 1997

 File — Box 96: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 10; Series 14 [Barcode: 31197233285177], Folder: 11, Folder: 3
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 6 Sub-Series 4 File 1759
Scope and Contents note

Materials contain written history detailing Wilford Young's service in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He describes going through a training program to be an officer, being assigned to a mine sweeper ship, and seeing the after math of Nagasaki when it was destroyed by the atomic bomb. Dated 1997.

Dates: 1997

Wilkinson, Cragun & Barker microfilm, approximately 1848-1970

 Series — Carton 251: Series 35 [Barcode: 31197232519857]
Identifier: MSS 2291 Series 35
Scope and Contents

Contains microfilm copies of histories, correspondence, and other records on Native American tribes compiled by Wilkinson, Cragun & Barker. Dated approximately 1848 to 1970.

Dates: approximately 1848-1970

Willard DeLoy Smith papers, approximately 1980-2000

 File — Box 4: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 8 [Barcode: 31197231005429], Folder: 37
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 7 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 7 File 102
Scope and Contents note Materials contain pages 67-131 of Willard DeLoy Smith's personal history regarding his service in the U.S. Army during World War II. Details his stateside military training, service in England as a chaplain's assistant, touring Dachau Concentration Camp, attending an LDS servicemen's conference in Paris with Hugh B. Brown, trips through the United Kingdom and Ireland, and comments about his voyage aboard the Queen Mary. Also includes writings by Smith's wife, Olga Smith, about her...
Dates: approximately 1980-2000

William Bradford Burch papers, 2005 April 7, 1942-1945

 File — Box 40: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 10; Series 14 [Barcode: 31197231005304], Folder: 3
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 6 Sub-Series 4 File 893
Scope and Contents note

Materials contain a memoir of William Bradford Burch about his service in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He describes his work with sonar equipment, the U.S.S. Conyngham's travels through the South Pacific, and combat and kamikaze attacks. Also contains a history of the U.S.S. Conyngham (2006), copied photographs, and a photocopied Navy letter (1945). Dated 1942-1945, April 7, 2005.

Dates: 2005 April 7; 1942-1945

William Dean Lewis papers, approximately 1990-2002

 File — Box 111: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 10; Series 12; Series 14; Series 18 [Barcode: 31197233285326], Folder: 15
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 14 Sub-Series 1 File 1849
Scope and Contents note Materials include Participant Information Sheet and a brief memoir about William Dean Lewis's military experience and service before, during, and after World War II and the Korean War. Includes a copied photograph of Lewis in full U.S. Army uniform. Also includes a brief history of William J. and Ethel Lewis and family, parents of William Dean Lewis, as they had four sons serving at the same time in World War II. The history gives a very brief account of each. Dated approximately...
Dates: approximately 1990-2002

William Dean Whitaker history, approximately 1943-1995

 File — Box 43: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 12; Series 14 [Barcode: 31197231005338], Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 7 Sub-Series 2 File 951
Scope and Contents note

Material contains history of Whitaker's life in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. Describes his missions. He tells of how his plane was shot down by German fighters and he parachuted out and landed 50 yards from a prisoner-of-war camp. Describes typical days and experiences in prison life, also of his liberation. Dated approximately 1943-1995.

Dates: approximately 1943-1995

William Fred Banks history and news articles, after 1944

 File — Box 30: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 12 [Barcode: 31197231005122], Folder: 9
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 6 Sub-Series 1 File 718
Scope and Contents

Materials contain an excerpt from the personal history of William Fred Banks regarding his service, who served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Also includes photocopied news articles detailing Banks’ service and his award of the Bronze Star. Dated after 1944.

Dates: after 1944

William Hatch Davis papers, 1944-2001

 File — Box 14: Series 4; Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 14 [Barcode: 31197231005049], Folder: 29
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 14 Sub-Series 2 File 373
Scope and Contents note File contains materials relating to the service of William Hatch Davis in the U.S. Navy and U.S. Army. Materials include several handwritten pages outline Davis's experiences as they relate specifically to his religious experiences during the war. Two short histories of the U.S.S. Signet detail its life and service during World War II are included. In "The Saga of the Signet," a longer history of his experiences aboard the Signet, Davis writes of the specific manuevers he and the rest of the...
Dates: 1944-2001