Biographies
Found in 185 Collections and/or Records:
Utah Federation of Women's Republican Clubs records
The Utah Federation of Women's Republican Clubs records (1929-1971) consist of minute books, newsletters, convention resolutions, scrapbooks, and financial and membership papers.
Utah Medical Association Alliance records
Utah Order of Women Legislators records
The Utah Order of Women Legislators records (1933-1986) consist of a minute book, scrapbooks, biographical sketches, correspondence, resolutions, and bicentennial materials for this women's organization.
Utah State Society Daughters of the Revolution records
The Utah State Society Daughters of the Revolution records (1898-1984) consist of minute books, membership admissions, financial records, correspondence, biographies, scrapbooks, and other materials relating to the society.
Lucy May Van Cott papers
The Lucy May Van Cott papers (1920s-1955) contain correspondence and notes relating to Lucy May Van Cott, as well as genealogy and various personal items which she collected. Van Cott served as Dean of Women at the University of Utah (1907-1931).
Bruce A. Van Orden papers
The Bruce A. Van Orden papers (1981-1993) consist mainly of articles by Van Orden on subjects such as W.W. Phelps, celestial marriage, Brigham Young, hymns, Joseph Smith Jr., and scripture. Family history records and other personal information are also included.
Dorothy Shepherd Van Stipriaan papers
The Dorothy Shepherd Van Stipriaan papers (1876-1984) consist of personal and family materials. Included are handbills, artwork, announcements, flyers, poetry, religious materials, and Dorothy's unpublished master's thesis. Dorothy Van Stipriaan (1909-1976) was a member of Salt Lake City's prominent Shepherd family. She was appointed head of the library's Fine Arts Department in 1966.
Stewart Van Vliet papers
The Stewart Van Vliet papers (1859-1980) contain articles concerning Van Vliet as well as photocopies of photographs and correspondence. Van Vliet (1815-1901) was an army officer who supplied armies in the Utah War and the American Civil War.
Harold George Wagstaff autobiography
This collection consists of a typewritten autobiography of Harold George Wagstaff of Salt Lake City, Utah. Includes biographies of his children and genealogies of the Wagstaff family.
Walker family papers
The Walker family papers (1838-1883) consist of biographical accounts of various Walker family members during the 1880s. The Walker family was prominent in Utah's mining and banking industries.
Glenn Walker Wallace papers
The Glenn Walker Wallace papers (1860s-1991) consist of personal, financial, and business materials relating to the lives of Glenn Walker Wallace (1898-1988) and her family. Wallace was a Utah musician and dancer who was co-founder of the Utah Symphony and Ballet West. She was the daughter of Matthew H. Walker, co-founder and president of the Walker Bank and Trust Company and the wife of John McChrystal Wallace, president of the bank from 1944 to 1957
Florence Ellen Ware papers
The Florence Ellen Ware papers (1895-1967) consist of a variety of materials relating to this Utah artist. Included are catalogs, news articles, writings, programs, diaries, correspondence, drawings, and various ephemera. Ware was a painter, illustrator, costume designer, interior designer, and muralist. She is probably best remembered for her murals at Kingsbury Hall at the University of Utah.
Tim Wengerd papers
The Tim Wengerd papers (1985-1989) contain clippings, a biographical sketch, and articles about Wengerd's career as a dancer and choreographer with the Repertory Dance Theatre in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Jean M. Westwood papers
The Jean M. Westwood papers (1934-1995) contain much that is applicable to national, Utah, and Arizona politics, as well as the women's movement. Included are correspondence, speeches and articles, and a variety of documents resulting from her affiliation with various political and civic organizations, as well as her leadership in the Democratic party at both the state (Utah and Arizona) and national levels.
Charles Willden family papers
The Charles Willden family papers (1949-1963) consist of materials primarily relating to Charles (1806-1883) and Elliott Willden, Charles' son. Included is a biography of Charles Willden, an early settler of southern Utah, compiled by his great granddaughter, Jennie Jensen Hancock. The biography includes diary extracts from an LDS mission to England in 1847 and family group sheets. Also included is a biography of his son, Elliott Willden, by Manila May Willden Hardy.
Joseph S. Willes biography on William Willes
The Joseph S. Willes biography on William Willes consist of a brief biographical sketch of the life of William Willes, with excerpts from several journals kept by him, by Joseph S. Willes, a grandson. The subjects summarized give a biographical sketch of Willes' conversion to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in England, persecution he suffered as a result, his mission to India and England, and his life in Utah.
Thomas S. Williams chronology compiled and edited by James W. Moss
The Thomas S. Williams chronology (2013) was compiled and edited by James W. Moss and is entitled, "Walking Tall in Utah Territory: The Chronology of Thomas S. Williams and His Father, Alexander with Alexander Williams' Genealogy Addendum." Included are research materials collected by Moss while compiling the history.
Marian Robertson Wilson papers
O. Meredith Wilson papers
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.
Joan Woodbury papers
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.