Guide to Women's Manuscript Collections

Browsing 201–250 of 660
Author Abstract
Day, Eliza Jane Staker This collection includes a two-page autobiography, written by Eliza in 1942, which is followed by a one-page memoir entitled, 'A Short Sketch of My Childhood Days.' In this memoir, Eliza recalls th...
Day, Lillie Buhler This is a 54-page typescript autobiography of Lillie Buhler Day. Within these recollections, she writes many of her personal feelings: as a child, she describes how weak she was, and the impact her...
Day, Lillie Buhler This manuscript is a 55-page typescript autobiography written by Lillie Buhler Day. She starts with her birth, on 22 June 1917 in Highland, Utah. She weighed only 2 pounds when she was born and should
Derrick, Sarah Francella Haskell This manuscript is ninety-eight typewritten pages long. The first fifty-three pages are a biography of her father Thales Hastings Haskell, followed by a four-page biography of her mother Margaret Joha
Derricott, Martha This two-page, typewritten biography was written by Edna Hansen Sheets, a great-granddaughter of Martha Derricott. It belongs to a collection of biographies mostly from the Tonks family, and is pr...
DeSpain, Joanna Matilda Erickson Westover This collection is called Westover Family History and includes a short biography, a letter, photos, and two family group sheets. There is a two page original letter plus a copy of the letter, w...
Dewey, Joy Olsen Part of the J. Allen Parkinson collection, this is a one-page typescript biography located in the fifth folder of the collection, which is labeled, Biographies, DA-DU. There is a short descr...
Dewey, Violet McKenzie Rogerson This folder contains a 717 page book compiled by Joseph Raymond Dewey and Violet McKenzie Rogerson Dewey. The book discusses the histories of the authors ancestors, together with poems, genealogy, fu
Dillman, Julia Ellen Davis This 300-page, handwritten journal is a collection of original poems. The poems are written in Iambic Tetrameter and focus mainly on family values and love of family
Dillman, Mildred This collection of items is divided into three boxes, within which, the papers are categorized into various folders, according to date and content. Many of the folders contain letters of ...
Dilworth, Sinah Ceneth Chipman Eldredge This manuscript is a 5-page photocopy of a typescript biography entitled, Biographical Sketch of Sinah Chipman Eldredge. It is written by Sinahs daughter, Anne C. Hoggard, and if covers Sinahs par
Donaghue, Barbara Mann This autobiography was written in 1978; it is handwritten legibly and is ten pages in length. Barbara goes into detail about her youth, mainly describing her involvement with the M...
Dorland, Lillian Byrl Brown This collection contains a 3-page typescript letter, dated 2 March 1984 from Tarrytown, New York to LeGrand Liston Baker, her nephew. The letter opens with a note of thanks for the packet of newspap
Dowdell, Phebe Hannah Phillips This collection has been assembled by the descendants of the Jonah Phillips Family. The collection is 143 lose sheets in length, containing biographies for Jonah and Ann Phillips and all their chil...
Draper, Elizabeth This collection consists of twelve letters that Elizabeth Draper supposedly wrote to Laurence Sterne the week before she was to return to India. The letters are in manuscript form, and have been c...
Drysdale, Eva Christine Lundberg Wennergren This is a two-page typescript biography written by one of Eva's grandchildren. There is little description of her youth, but the manuscript provides a small insight into some of the culture of Ev...
Dudley, Susan J. This collection consists of two folders: one folder contains the holograph, or handwritten, letters of correspondence among the Dudley family, and the other folder contains some of the transcribed ...
Duke, Christina Lindsay Christina's autobiography is a 35-page handwritten document written in a spiral bound notebook. The autobiography is legible, but is in fragile condition: several pages are coming out. Christina ...
Dunyon, Evelyn Maxine Curry Part of the J. Allen Parkinson collection, this is a one-page typescript biography written by Evelyn's son, Earl Dunyon. It is located in the fifth folder of the collection, which is labeled, ...
Durfee, Jane Isabella Barker This collection includes a letter, a biography of Jane, a partial autobiography, and a newspaper clipping. The letter in the collection was written by Marilyn Elison to BYU Librarian LeGrand L. Ba...
Durrant, Ada Augusta Dawson Rendell This biography, entitled 'The Legacy of the Trunk,' is a fictionalized account of Ada's life written by Verna Durrant Humphries. Ada collected important personal belongings such as photographs, le...
Dusenberry, Ida Smoot The Ida Smoot Dusenberry papers are found in one box containing thirteen folders. Articles found in the collection include: short biographies about her; correspondence from family, sc...
Dyer, Edna Helena Coray This is a large and vast collection, containing numerous items from the Dyer family. Included in the collection is Edna Coray Dyer's typewritten two and a half page autobiography entitled 'Autobio...
Earl, Ada Arvilla Burk This folder contains 2 photocopies of the same typescript autobiography. The manuscript is titled, Federal Writers Project: Pioneer Personal History, John H. and Ada Arvilla Burk Earl, Utah HRS 314,
Edwards, Mary Barker Mary's autobiographical account of her life is part of a collection containing information on the Alfred Great Barker family. Mary's autobiography is a typewritten account which Hazel B. Bott comp...
Egan, Amanda Ann Andrus This five-page, typewritten biography is in the third folder of the Andrus family collection. This biography was written by Amanda's granddaughter, Vivian Egan Marcusen Auhder, in 1956. Someone h...
Eggertsen, Annie Nielson This is a 121-page typescript autobiography, transcribed and compiled by Annie Eggertsen's great-niece, Anna Marie. The autobiography is entitled 'My Memories,' and is preceded by a foreword writte...
Ek, Pearl Elizabeth Trollip This autobiography is one and a half typed pages. It is uncertain if the document is a photocopy, but it appears to be. The manuscript is easily read and is very short and concise....
Eldredge, Hannah Adams This collection contains biographies of the Eldredge family. Hannah's two typewritten-page biography was submitted and compiled by Martha Garbett Fackrell in 1958. Some discrepancy exists conce...
Eldredge, Julia Lambert This is a five-page biography written by Julia's daughter, Lurena Eldredge Warnick. As a youth, Julia was an avid singer who loved her schoolwork, and was especially good with arithmetic. Her socia...
Eldredge, Ruth Baker Underwood This is a six-page typescript, entitled, the 'Story of Mary Mountain.' It briefly follows Ruth's life, though it provides very little information concerning her youth. Apparently, Ruth was extremel...
Erickson, Hilda Anderson The oral history (MSS OH 233) is an interview conducted on January 13, 1966 by Hollis Scott'Archivist with Brigham Young University Archives. The interview was conducted at the home of Mrs. John U....
Evans, Priscilla Livingston Priscilla received this five-year diary as a Christmas present in 1932. She wrote her first entry on January 1, 1933: 'I arrived in Washington D.C. from Salt Lake City where I went to Ann's funera...
Everett, Orpha Marie This file contains two folders. The first folder contains the original documents: a letter to Samuel R. Redfield and his wife, Sarah, from their daughter, Orpha M. Everett, in Salt Lake City
Eyre, Sarah Ann Gillins Sarah's autobiography is a three-page typewritten copy of a handwritten document. At the beginning there is a note stating that this manuscript is a 'copy of Mother Eyre's writings as near as we c...
Eyre, Sarah Ann Gillins This is a 3-page typescript autobiography called, Biography of Sarah Ann Gillins Eyre. It is a copy of Mother Eyres writings as near as we can make it out of very dim pencil. The manuscript des
Farr, Nancy Chase Part of the Mary Ellen Stoddard Smith collection, this three-page typescript biography, written October 3, 1937, is located in the twenty-seventh folder of the collection. The biography begins by d...
Farr, Olive Hovey Freeman This is a two-page typescript biography, a part of the Mary Ellen Stoddard Smith collection, located in the twenty-forth folder of the collection, and written by her great-granddaughter, Julia Etta...
Farrer, Minnie Rasmussen This is a collection of 8 items pertaining to the Hutchings family and relatives. The items mostly make up a collection of life sketches and family newsletters. All items are primarily typescript phot
Fawson, Charlotte Perhson Part of the J. Allen Parkinson collection, this is a one-page typescript biography written by one of Charlotte's granddaughter, Sharlene Fawson. It is located in the seventh folder of the collect...
Fawson, Chrisitina Gregerson Miner Part of the J. Allen Parkinson collection, this is a three-page typescript biography written by one of Christina's daughters, Deana Lyne Fawson. It is located in the seventh folder of the collection,
Fawson, Leona Beth Roach Part of the J. Allen Parkinson collection, this is a brief one-page typescript biography written by Leona's daughter. It is located in the seventh folder of the collection, which is labeled, ...
Fawson, Sarah Elisabeth Curtis Part of the J. Allen Parkinson collection, this is a two-page typescript biography written by Betty Kayne Fawson, Sarah's granddaughter, accompanied with a one-page typescript biography writing b...
Fidler, Annie Elizabeth Andersson As part of the J. Allen Parkinson collection, the papers about Annie Fidler are located in the seventh folder, which labeled, Biographies, FA-FR. The papers include a thirteen-page biography...
Fillerup, Moneta Johnson This manuscript is fifty pages long, copied from the original. There are three pages of copied photos, which appear faint. She includes a lengthy list of her descendants and also talks briefly abou...
Fisher, Flora Davis This collection contains an eight page autobiography of Flora Davis Fisher. Within the autobiography, Flora describes her service in the LDS Church as a stake primary leader, Sunday ...
Fleischman, Lynn This collection contains 5 issues of a Southwest Institute for Research on Women Newsletter. They are all addressed to Reba L. Keele at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. Issues 1 and 3 name as
Foote, Artemisia Sidnie Myers This abstract is two typewritten over-sized pages. It is mainly dedicated to Artemisia's account of the Haun's Mill Massacre and persecution in Missouri. She mentions her birth and baptism but ...
Foy, Margaret Ann Payne Margaret's two-page, typewritten biography is included in a collection of biographical materials related to the Payne family. It was compiled and written by her children in 1964. This brief biogr...