The Works Progress Administration (Utah Section) Biographical Sketches, ca. 1930-1940

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The Works Progress Administration (Utah Section) Biographical Sketches, ca. 1930-1940

1936-1943

Short biographies generated by the WPA from and about Utah's remaining pioneers and historical figures. The collection consists of Personal Pioneer History questionnaires, autobiographical and biographical sketches, autobiography and diary transcriptions.

5.5 lin. ft. (11 boxes)

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Baker, Jim, 1818 or 1819-1898

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United States. Works Progress Administration. Utah Section

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Baker, James K. (James Kendrick), 1931-

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Baker lived in Clear Creek, CO. From the description of Records 1930 Oct. 15. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 28387762 Epithet: of Add MS 39672 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000677.0x0001be Dixon, Wyo. resident. From the description of Record book, [ca. 1861]-1910. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 13488663 ...

Benson, Ezra T. (Ezra Taft), 1811-1869

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Kenney is a Mormon author and historian. From the guide to the Scott G. Kenney research materials, 1820-1984, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Mormon apostle, polygymist, and territorial legislator who arrived in Utah with the pioneer company of 1847. From the description of Receipt, 1853. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122391885 From the guide to the Ezra Taft Benson receipt, 1853, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Ezra Taft Benson was born ...

Blake, Ida, 1864-

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Baker, George Fales, 1863-1929

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Averett, George W. Gill, 1824-

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Aldrich, Hannah Madsen, 1840-

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Andrus, James, 1814-1914

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Beecher, Lucinda Zundel, 1859-

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Andrus, Milo, 1814-1893

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Mormon patriarch and missionary who played a vital role in the emigration of British Mormons to Utah. From the description of Personal history items, 1848-1980. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122553181 Milo Andrus was a Mormon pioneer, missionary, and Patriarch. Born March 6, 1814 in Elizabethtown, Essex County, New York, he was baptized into the Mormon Church in 1833. He served as a missionary in England, Canada, and the United States, as a stake President, and as a member ...

Adams, Arzes, 1865-

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Bingham, Thomas, 1845-1910

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Thomas Bingham, Sr., born in 1824 in New Hampshire, with family converted to LDS Church moved to Missouri and Nauvoo, a member of Mormon Battalion, settled in Ogden, Huntsville and Ashley Valley, called on Salmon River Mission. Thomas Bingham, Jr., made trip across plains in 1868, settled in Uintah county, polygamist, active in church and civic affairs. From the description of History of Thomas Bingham, Sr., and Thomas Bingham, Jr. (Utah Historical Society). ...

Allen, John Millard, 1861-

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Benee, William, 1833-

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Black, Ida, 1874-

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Billington, E. A., 1855-

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Bleak, Elizabeth Moor, 1828-

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Bethers, William Samuel.

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Beatty, Mary Ann Duffin, 1852-1922

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Blair,Sylvia Scovil Roylance, 1868-

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Beacham, Jacob, 1829-

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Allred, James Martin, 1865-

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Barson, Peter Sheffield, 1849-

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Anderson, Pernilla, 1850-

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Allen, Syria, 1863-

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Allen, Laura E. Chaffin, 1850-

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Anderson, Stena M., 1849-

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Adams, James Barton, 1843-1918

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Adams was a Mormon pioneer who settled in Parowan, Utah. From the description of Autobiography, ca. 1910. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83911352 ...

Black, Joseph Smith, 1836-1910

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Mormon pioneer, polygamist, and bishop. From the description of Autobiography, 1889-1890. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122599027 ...

Bailey, May Westerhold, 1872-

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Bingham, Hannah McFarland, 1863-

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Allred, Clara Alice Robinson, 1855-

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Andrews, Elizabeth B.

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Benson, Cynthia Vail, 1801-

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Barton, Lydia Anne Robb, 1868-

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Barnson, Elizabeth Hannah, 1862-

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Black, Mette Katherine Miller, 1866-

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Bishop, Ann Elizabeth Milville, 1856-

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Black, George, 1854-1936

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Mormon missionary, farmer, stock raiser, and justice of the peace. He lived in Coyote, Marion, and Manti, Utah. From the description of Diaries and letters received, 1891-1932. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122497378 ...

Bertelsen, Annie E., 1854-

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Baker, Lydia Hamp, 1848-

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Anderson, Mads, Jr., 1863-

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Atkinson, Matilda Peterson, 1852-1929.

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Bingham, Joseph Walter

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Bay, Edwin E., 1876-

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Blair, Alice Rose Tucker, 1863-

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Bladen, Thomas Samuel, 1852-1920

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Aldous, Olive Cheney.

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Bingham, Erastus Perry, 1846-

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Allred, Isabelle Wade, 1861-

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Barton, John Hyrum, 1868-

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Beacham, Rosina, 1866-

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Bjerregaard, Ann Maria, 1851-

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Allen, Hyrum, 1862-

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Barrows, Elizabeth Emma Brwer, 1860-

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Bird, Ellen George, 1858-

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Banford, Samuel, 1845-

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Aveson, Robert, 1847-

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Mormon newspaperman in Salt Lake City, Utah. From the description of Robert Aveson newspaper clippings, ca. 1870?-ca. 1900. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86171839 From the guide to the Robert Aveson newspaper clippings, circa 1870?-circa 1900, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) ...

Andrus, Manomas L. Gibson.

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Allen, Rufus Chester, 1827-

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Allred, Sarah L. Turner, 1854-

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Anderson, James, 1854-

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Beatty, John

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Badger, Nathan Bradley, 1862-

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Blanchard, Thomas, -1859

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Barnhurst, Miltiar Hatch, 1893-

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Andrews, W. D. (William Darling), 1853-1903

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W. D. Andrews, bookbinder of Plymouth, Devon, England. From the description of The complete bookbinder : containing many valuable recipes for marbling, &., &c., 1825 / by W. D. Andrews, bookbinder. (RIT Library). WorldCat record id: 655919825 ...

Adams, William B.

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William B. Adams was professor of Theater Arts at UCLA; published Handbook of motion picture production (c1977). From the description of Papers, 1977. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 39618038 William Adams was a Methodist Episcopal preacher of Lexington, Kentucky. From the description of William Adams circular letter, 1831 Nov. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86142640 Planter, of Goochland County, Va. From the d...

Allen, Charles Warrenne, 1854-1906

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Bay, Mary E. LeBaron, 1867-

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Baxter, Elizabeth Horrocks, 1856-

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Andersen, Anders Haae, 1850-

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Belnap, Hyrum, 1858-

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