Autobiographies (literary genre)
Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:
Frank Norton Decker papers
Hervey DeWitt Griswold papers
Dr. Griswold's "Autobiographical Notes, prepared for his descendants" (247 pp., 1938-40); two printed copies of Griswold's studies of Hinduism; five typed or printed items pertaining to his career as a missionary at Forman Christian College, Lahore, India (now Pakistan); pamphlet "Sketches of My Indian Childhood" by Frances Griswold Wooddell (116 pp., n.d.); genealogical pamphlet on the Griswold family of Dryden, New York; and typescript poems by Hervey De Witt Griswold (28 pp.).
Hugh Anderson Moran papers
Papers relating to Moran's career as a Presbyterian clergyman in Ithaca, N.Y. and his involvement in various local, national, and international organizations.
Japanese American relocation centers records
Includes documentation collected by military sociologists on two World War II-era Japanese-American relocation centers, along with sociological observations and studies.
John Henry and Anna Botsford Comstock papers
John P. Sanderson, Jr. autobiography
A typescript of the autobiography of John P. Sanderson, Jr. (1850-1920), a Congregational minister. Although primarily an account of his religious work in Michigan, Missouri, and Illinois, the volume also includes a detailed description of Sanderson's boyhood in Philadelphia, Washington, and Springfield, Ohio. Later chapters also include a description of a European tour he made in the summer of 1914, just before the outbreak of World War I.
Josiah Emery autobiography
Lewis W. Sturtevant diary
Undated autobiographical fragment, which was begun by Lewis W. Sturtevant at age seven and continued for his sons, describes his childhood, education, and work as an accountant for his family's business. The account was never completed.
Orville Theodore Fletcher papers
Manuscript and typescript of Orville Fletcher's "From Plow to Pulpit: An Autobiography..." concerning his boyhood on a farm in McClure Settlement, New York, 1850-1890. Also, photographs of Fletcher farmhouse, 1893, and barn, 1930; the Fletcher children; Fletcher's parents, James and Laura Fletcher; and Patty and Benjamin Fletcher, Jr., 1859, his grandparents. Includes obituaries of James Fletcher, Orville Fletcher's father.
Raymond Clark Hitchings papers
Accounts, correspondence, and financial and legal records relating to Hitchings's various positions as an officer and employee of the Co-operative Grange League Federation Exchange (ca. 1920-1928) and as a consultant and officer in various agricultural agencies; also, other personal and family papers.