Robert Hook was born in 1921 in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Hook writes about his life experiences. He lived through the Great Depression,graduated from Madison High School in Rexburg in 1939, and Joined the U.S. Army in 1942 where he would be stationed in Honolulu, Hi, and serve in Iwo Jima. He later married Evelyn Farley and lived in Rexburg.
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Hook, Robert Lester
Autobiography of William Corlas Roberts
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Roberts, William Corlas
Autobiography of William Corlas Roberts
Typescript of the autobiography of William Corlas Roberts who was born in Logan, Utah and lived in Sugar City, Idaho.
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Roberts, William Corlas
Biographical Sketch of John Edmund Pincock
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Cheney, Carrie Alene Pincock
Biographical Sketch of John Edmund Pincock
Typescript biographical sketch of John Edmund Pincock.
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Cheney, Carrie Alene Pincock
Biography of John William Hart
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Hart, John W.
Biography of John William Hart
Original letter from John W. Hart to Dr. Jes F. Merrell, June 5th, 1930. Hart describes the need to meet with the Church Board of Education to discuss the future of Ricks College and local interest in it.
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Hart, John W.
Biography of John William Hart
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Hart, John W.
Biography of John William Hart
Original letter from John W. Hart to President Heber J. Grant, June 5th, 1930. Hart describes the need for a meeting on the future of Ricks College and attaches a letter for Church Commissioner of Education, Dr. Merrell.
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Hart, John W.
Biography of John William Hart
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Mattice, Veda Hart
Conger, Katheryn Hart
Biography of John William Hart
Typescript Biography of John William Hart prepared by Veda Hart Mattice and Katheryn Hart Conger, it includes his patriarchal blessing. Notably, John Hart's desire to see that the college maintain support and keep operating during the depression is described, and two letters pertaining to those activities are included in this collection.
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Mattice, Veda Hart
Conger, Katheryn Hart
Frank Leroy Davis Life Sketch
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Rytting, Alvaretta D.
Jenkins, Caddie D.
Frank Leroy Davis Life Sketch
Life Sketch of Frank Leroy Davis. Typescript on 8x17 in. paper. Frank Leroy Davis lived in Sugar City and Rexburg, Idaho
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Rytting, Alvaretta D.
Jenkins, Caddie D.
Histories of Eastern Idaho
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Mitchell, Rebecca
Histories of Eastern Idaho
Typewritten copy of a pamphlet Historical Sketches: Pioneer Characters and Conditions of East. Idaho, by Rebecca Mitchell. The pamphlet became badly worn and the Library made this typed copy, but not all pioneers described in the pamphlet are included in this copy. A number of individuals and places are described in short passages throughout the typewritten paper.
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Mitchell, Rebecca
Life History of Cheryl Valentine Reeser
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Smith, Ruth
Life History of Cheryl Valentine Reeser
Typescript of The life history of Cheryl Valentine Reeser read at her funeral, by Ruth Smith. Includes "Memories of Cheryl Reeser" by Dortha Young.
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Smith, Ruth
Life history of Hans Peter Jensen
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Jensen, Hans Peter
Life history of Hans Peter Jensen
Typescript autobiography of Hans Peter Jensen, who lived from 1863-1949. The last few paragraphs of the autobiography were finished by his second wife, Elsie Kornmuller.