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Biographies

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 188 Collections and/or Records:

Marian Robertson Wilson papers

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 0202
Abstract The Marian Robertson Wilson papers (1920s-2013) consist of correspondence, article drafts, writings, research materials and other papers. The bulk of the materials relate to Wilson's writings about her father, Leroy J. Robertson, a world-renowned musician and composer, and her research into coptic studies. Wilson (b. 1926) is a musician, as well as a linguist and teacher. She has been recognized internationally as music editor of Coptic Encyclopedia and has lectured and taught at...
Dates: 1920s-2013
Found in: J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections

O. Meredith Wilson papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS 0389
Abstract

The O. Meredith Wilson papers (1961) consist of a biographical sketch and materials relating to Wilson's Milton Bennion Memorial Lecture at the University of Utah. Also included are materials pertaining to Wilson's inauguration as president of the University of Minnesota, including a microfilmed scrapbook.

Dates: 1961
Found in: J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections

Joan Woodbury papers

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2384
Abstract

The Joan Woodbury papers (1936-2010) consist mainly of dance materials generated from Woodbury's years teaching at the University of Utah and her career as co-founder of the Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company. Included are programs, announcements, news articles, correspondence, biographical papers, notes, reports, minutes, travel information, and other dance-related materials.

Dates: 1936-2010
Found in: J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections

Woodward family biographies

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 3061
Abstract

The Woodward family biographies (2011-2017) detail the histories of Luacine Peery Pingree Bunnell, Wyoma Lynn Woodward, Louise Howard Hogan and their families. The three bound biographies also contain family photographs.

Dates: 2011-2017
Found in: J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections

Thomas J. and Lydia H. Yates papers

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1287
Abstract

The Thomas J. and Lydia H. Yates papers (1888-1985) contain correspondence, biographies, and a penitentiary autograph book. Thomas Yates was an engineer and active in the Mormon Church.

Dates: 1888-1985
Found in: J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections

Emily Dow Partridge Smith Young papers [photocopies]

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0113
Abstract

The Emily Dow Partridge Smith Young papers (1832-1970) is a compilation of histories, letters, and a portion of Emily Young's diary copied by relatives from original manuscripts. Emily was a polygamous wife of Joseph Smith (1843) and of Brigham Young (1845).

Dates: 1832-1970
Found in: J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections

Lorenzo Snow Young papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0497
Abstract The Lorenzo Snow Young papers consist of biographical materials including photocopied pages of a diary (1918), correspondence, articles describing architectural projects, an oral history transcript, and a biography which includes a list of projects. Included are architectural drawings of the University of Utah Marriott Library designed by Lorenzo Snow Young and Partners. Also included are biographical materials relating to Lorenzo Snow's wife, Aleine Margetts Young. Snow was a prominent Salt...
Dates: 1830s-1970s
Found in: J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections

Truman R. Young papers

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2901
Abstract

The Truman R. Young papers (1911-1923) consist of some of Young's yearbooks as well as a portrait of the LDS University president in 1911.

Dates: 1911-1923
Found in: J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections

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