Guide to Women's Manuscript Collections

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Young, Zina Diantha Huntington Jacobs This collection contains four folders of materials by or about Zina. The first folder contains a biography of Zina. The title page states that it was written by a granddaughter, Oa J...
Young, Zina Diantha Huntington Jacobs This collection includes a handwritten, signed letter from Zina to her step-son Willard at West Point Military Academy and a typewritten transcript of the letter. The letter is dated ...
Young, Zina Diantha Huntington Jacobs This folder contains a single-page photocopy of a handwritten declaration, dated 30 April 1890 in Salt Lake City.
Young, Susanna Snively This folder contains a single-page photocopy of a handwritten declaration, dated 30 April 1890 in Salt Lake City.
Young, Naamah Kendel Jenkins Carter Twiss This folder contains a single-page photocopy of a handwritten declaration, dated 30 April 1890 in Salt Lake City.
Young, Martha Bowker This folder contains a single-page photocopy of a handwritten declaration, dated 30 April 1890 in Salt Lake City.
Young, Margaret Pierce Whitesides Margaret Pierce Whitesides Young wrote her autobiography in December 1903. She spent her life mixing with many leaders of the Mormon Church and relates several experiences that help...
Young, Lucy Ann Decker This folder contains a single-page photocopy of a handwritten declaration, dated 30 April 1890 in Salt Lake City.
Young, Harriet Emeline Barney This folder contains a single-page photocopy of a handwritten declaration, dated 30 April 1890 in Salt Lake City.
Young, Harriet Elizabeth Cook This folder contains a single-page photocopy of a handwritten declaration, dated 30 April 1890 in Salt Lake City.
Yearsley, Mary Ann Hoopes This collection contains of a biography compiled in 1914 by Mary Ann's grandson, J.D. Cummings, a photograph of Mary Ann, correspondence from LeGrande L. Baker requesting biographical informati...
Wright, Margaret Eccles Thornton This manuscript contains the life sketch of Margaret Thornton Wright, written by an unknown author. It has been photocopied from a single-page, typescript microfilm record. The Manuscript contains a f
Woolley, Flora Snow This collection contains a ten-page transcript of Flora's memoirs and family photographs complied by Julius Woolley Dalley. It is entitled, 'Experiences in the Life of Edwin Dilworth Woolley, Jr. a...
Woodmansee, Emily Hill Mills This collection includes three boxes of material dating from 1852 to 1906. The bulk of the three boxes are Emily's poems. Most are organized with an original copy of the poem followed...
Woodman, Jean Florence Maw This collection is held within one Hollinger box and is further divided into eleven folders. The first folder contains an edited transcript of Dennis Rowley's interview with Jean on June 10, 1989 a...
Woodbury, Phoebe K. This is a collection of thirty-two holographic letters written by Phoebe Woodbury, one current letter, five newspaper clippings, and a small book. The letters cover a period from 1847 to 1867 and r...
Wood, Stella Permelia Sudweeks Stella Permelia Sudweeks Wood wrote her autobiography as a Christmas present for her children and grandchildren. The autobiography was written in four installments, each one a continuation of t...
Wood, Kathleen Blanche Bird This is a three-page typescript biography written by Kathleen's granddaughter, Afton G. Wood, and it is found in the sixth folder of the Margaret Steed Hess collection. There are not many personal ...
Winter, Julia Restel This two-page typewritten biography of Julia Restel Winter was written by Ruby Kate Smith, a granddaughter of Julia, and is found in the bound book entitled 'Family Biographies' (Box 6, Folder 1)....
Winn, Sarah Louisa Presnell Porter This folder contains 6 items pertaining to Sarah Louisa Presnell Porter Winn and her life. The first item is a blue, paperback, personal notebook, numbering 80 pages. In the front cover page is writ
Winchester, Frances Amelia This manuscript contains six original handwritten letters and two original envelopes. The letters are all addressed to Savillion A. Winchester, the brother of Frances Winchester. During the time of th
Wilson, Margaret Campbell Margaret was an amazing example of faith and persistence. When she was only nine years old, Margaret went to work in a cotton mill to help her family survive. She married very young, and had to d...
Wilson, Emelia This is a photocopy of a 4-page holograph letter written by A. and Emilia Wilson from Clay County, Missouri on 4 July 1836 to Samuel Turrentine in Orange County, North Carolina, Red Mountains.
Wilmott, Zillah Emma 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...
Williams, Mary Morgan Davis This collection contains the biographies of Jonah Phillips and his wife Ann Thomas Phillips, both which are available in collections MSS SC 234 and MSS SC 1837. This collection has been...
Willardson, Caroline (Karen) This folder contains the typed patriarchal blessing of Caroline (Karen) Willardson given on March 5, 1857 by James Allred, patriarch. The blessing states that she will be blessed as long as she is
Wilcox, Matilda Neilson This manuscript is an 8-page, part-typescript, part-holograph temple record book for ordinances done within the temples of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Some ordinances were done in
Wilcox, Judith Oviatt This is a three-page typescript biography written by Judith's granddaughter and located in the sixth folder of the Margaret Steed Hess collection. The wilderness of Council Bluffs is detailed as Ju...
Wihongi, Mary This collection was submitted as part of the Women's History Archives at Brigham Young University. Mary said of being asked to submit her life story, 'When I was approached I was overcome with awe...
Whitney, Joan Betty LeRoy This collection includes a total of 3 items from Joan B. Whitney. The first is a 1-page typescript letter with a header reading, Mrs. Joan B. Whitney, 150 First Avenue, Plainwell, Michigan 49080. It
Whitney, Helen Mar Kimball Smith This folder contains a book by Karen M. and Paul D. Larsen titled Remembering Winter Quarters. The book is a collection of first-person writings from sixteen pioneers who lived temporarily at Winter
White, Clara Burge This autobiography is 29 pages typewritten. Clara gives a brief history of her ancestors, telling how her father came to the area. She loved living near the Hobolochitto River as a child, with a ...
Whipple, Marilyn D. This collection contains numerous program schedules and handouts for classes on fashion, skincare, and self-esteem taught by Marilyn and mostly offered through the Brigham Young University Division...
Whipple, Emma Melissa Oliver This manuscript is two hundred and six typewritten pages long. A bound biography of Willard and Emma Whipple complied by their daughters Lydia Hansen and Alzada Stratton. The first two pages have phot
Whipple, Ellen Bowen Mullen This autobiography is written in a notebook, with a photograph of Ellen on the front cover, along with the title, The History of Ellen B. Whipple, dated August 7, 1976. There are 31 pages, type wr...
Westcott, Angeline Duckett This collection includes an oral history tape (150 minutes in length) and a transcript (26 pages in length) that consists of an interview between Angeline Westcott and Richard Swanson on August 23,...
West, D. Alexa This collection contains 2, 2-page typescript newsletters from the Consortium for Utah Women in Higher Education. Both newsletters are addressed to Dr. Reba L. Keele, Director at the Center for Women
Welsh, Eliza Faulkner This manuscript is a 4-page photocopy of a microfilm record. It contains biographical sketches in the form of obituaries for Emma J. King, Eliza F. Welsh, George T. Baker, and William Kershaw and is o
Wells, Emmeline Blanche Woodward Harris Whitney This collection consists of four boxes of Emmeline B. Well's journals, dating from 1844 to 1920. These journals discuss Emmeline's life as a Mormon woman, a polygamous wife, and a grow...
Welch, Martha Jane Tonks The fifth folder of this collection contains biographical information for several members of the Tonks family including Martha Jane Tonks Welch. It consists of four typed pages written by Martha i...
Webster, Rose Glen This collection contains letters received by Rose Glen Webster and a flyer announcing a free lecture on Mormonism by Miss Glen Webster of Salt Lake City, Utah at the Baptist Church on Thursday even...
Watters, Madge Fillmore This folder contains a typed book 259 pages long by Madge F. Watters written in 1998 titled Of One Heart: A Story of a Man and a Woman of Family, of Country, of Faith. It is the personal history of Ra
Washburn, Tamer Washburn Tamer's three-page, typewritten biography was authored by a step-daughter, Lorena Eugenia Washburn Larsen. There is also a biography in the collection that Lorena wrote for her mother Flora, Abrah...
Washburn, Flora Clarinda Gleason Johnson Flora's nine-page, typewritten biography was authored by her daughter Lorena Eugenia Washburn Larsen. Included in the collection is a biography of Abraham's first wife, Tamar, which was also writt...
Warnick, Lurena Eldredge This is twenty-three page autobiography of Lurena Warnick and a biography of her husband, Merrill Warnick. The two biographies are bound together in a neat folder, the first half being dedicated to...
Warner, Mary Reynolds
Warner, Amy Martha Alberta Oliver 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
Ward, Anna Catherine Adams This collection consists of several folders containing manuscripts on Thomas Adams. In the third folder information can be found on Anna Catherine Adams Ward. The manuscript is forty-four typewritten
Walker, Esther Holbrook This is a two-page typescript biography written by Esther's daughter, included in the Margaret Steed Hess collection. During the trip west, the manuscript describes an instance in which the Indians...
Walker, Emily Ann This is a two-page typescript biography written by Margaret Steed Hess, and a one-page typescript recollection written by Emily's friend, Ida Southworth Griffith. This biography, included in the Ma...