Item Detail
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King, Lucille Olson
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1907-1992
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MSS SC 2991
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Autobiography
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Lucille Olson King was born in Mammoth, Utah on July 3, 1907 to Alice Jenkins Olson and Lars L. Olson Jr. She was the second of four children and the only girl in the family. Lucille lived in Mammoth until she was three-years-old when her family moved to Provo, Utah. She attended BYU and she married Alma King on September 3, 1930 in the Salt Lake Temple. As newly weds, Lucille and Alma moved to Garland, Utah where Alma worked as a seminary teacher. Lucille served in the MIA. Lucille suffered from anemia and was often very weak or ill. They had three children Marlene, Paul, and Larry. Lucille died in 1992.
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The collection contains a 250-page document titled The Kings of the Kingdom Book III. It contains the autobiographies of Alma W. King and Lucile Olson King edited by their son Larry King, and the book is dated 1999. The first section contains the autobiography of Alma and the second half of the book contains the autobiography of Lucille. In her childhood years, Lucille describes the flu epidemic and her memories of World War I. Lucille, her parents and her brother contracted the flu but survived, and neighbors supported the family. Lucille also recounts buying war stamps with any spare money. Her family was always struggling financially and Lucille worked many jobs to support herself and her family. She worked to support her part-time schooling at BYU. She also met and dated Alma and they were married in 1930 in the Salt Lake Temple. The couple moved to Garland, Utah to live with Almas father while Alma worked as a seminary teacher. They later bought their own home and Lucille had her first baby Marlene, and later a son Paul. Lucille helped her husband with his Masters thesis. The family moved to Chicago, for Almas schooling. They spent a year in Chicago at the Divinity School, during which time Lucille gave birth to Larry. The book also includes information on the couples parents, children, and other family members.
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1907-1992