Diaries and scrapbooks, ca. 1903-1964.

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Diaries and scrapbooks, ca. 1903-1964.

Handwritten diary and scrapbooks. Jones writes a biogrpahy of his father, Albert Jones (1839-1925), and then writes an autobiography of his own life up to the 1890s when his diary begins. The early entries are retrospective, and the actual diary begins some time later. Most entries are short and relate to activities in Provo, Utah. Also included are thirty nine scrapbooks, most of which start in the 1920s and are arranged by subject. These items consist largely of newspaper clippings document events in Provo, Utah, the United States, and at Brigham Young University.

41 vols.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6753018

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Brigham Young University.

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Plans for the David O. McKay building began in 1952 after an evaluation by the Brigham Young University College of Education concluded that the existing building for the College of Education were no longer meeting the growing needs of the program. Plans were officially announced in February of 1954 with the completion deadline being set for December of the same year. The building was officially dedicated on December 14, 1954 by President and Sister McKay along with members of the First Presidenc...

Jones, Albert William, 1881-1964.

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Mormon living in Provo, Utah. From the description of Diaries and scrapbooks, ca. 1903-1964. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122536357 ...

Jones, Albert, 1839-1925

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Jones, a businessman, Secretary of the Provo City Corporation, and one of the founders of Provo, Utah was convicted of bigamy during Utah's Polygamy Raid in the 1880s. From the guide to the Albert Jones prison journal, 1888, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Mormon living in Provo, Utah. From the description of Diaries, 1881-1925. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367409408 From the guide to the Albert Jones diaries, 1881-1925, (L. Tom Perry Special Collec...