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Missionary Training Center (Provo, Utah)

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1978-

Administrative History

The Missionary Training Center (1978- ) in Provo serves to train missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints before they depart to their specific assignments.

The Missionary Training Center began operation in 1978 to replace the Language Training Mission. The campus can house up to 4,000 missionaries at a time. Approximately fifty languages are taught at the MTC by staff composed mostly of returned missionaries.

Citation:
Missionary vocabulary & phrases, 2006: t.p. (Missionary Training Center) found: Google website, 2007-08-23 (Missionary Training Center; hdqts.: Provo, Utah; also MTC)

Navajo dictionary for missionaries, 1979: t.p. (Missionary Training Center) verso t.p. (c[opyright] Brigham Young University)

Wikipedia, Apr. 20, 2012 (Missionary Training Center; Missionary Training Centers (MTCs) are centers devoted to training missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). The flagship MTC is located in Provo, Utah, adjacent to the campus of Brigham Young University, a private university owned and operated by the church)

Encyclopedia of Mormonism, 1992: p. 913 (completed in 1978; replaced Language Training Mission)

Missionary Training Center, via WWW, Aug. 27, 2014 (About the MTC; houses up to 4000 missionaries; approximately 50 languages taught; staff composed mostly of returned missionaries; trains missionaries)

Found in 56 Collections and/or Records:

Missionary Center Training records on Estonian language training, approximately 2008

 Sub-Series — Box 44: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 31197239244483], item: 14
Identifier: UA 5545 Series 1 Sub-Series 11
Scope and Contents

Contains materials for training missionaries to teach in the Estonian language.

The 2015 accession consists of one T.A.L.L. disc of "VP" content and language resources for Estonian-speaking missionaries. Materials dated approximately 2008.

Dates: approximately 2008

Missionary Training Center floor plans, 1990-2011

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 5545 Series 3
Scope and Contents Series 3, Missionary Training Center floor plans, contains floor plans for Missionary Training Centers and related LDS historical sites all over the world. This includes plans and related documents for various Visitors' Centers (Mesa Arizona Temple, Kanesville Tabernacle and center, Hawaii Temple, Temple Square North and South centers and campus signage diagrams, Hill Cumorah, Joseph Smith Memorial, Palmyra, and Park City); it also includes plans for the building/remodel of MTCs...
Dates: 1990-2011

Missionary Training Center Gospel research and training materials, approximately 1929-2011

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 5545 Series 2
Scope and Contents Contains studies and research done by the Missionary Training Center and gospel training materials such as DVDs, textbooks, and pamphlets to teach missionaries and Mission Presidents how to teach the Gospel. This includes Mission President/Visitor's Center Director seminar files and media, the original systems of missionary discussions, the development of the Preach My Gospel system by manuscript chapter, curriculum committee materials, proselyting area books, TRC journals, missionary...
Dates: approximately 1929-2011

Missionary Training Center records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 5545
Scope and Contents Collection documents the operation of primarily the Provo Missionary Training Center; it is divided into series of language training materials, gospel teaching and missionary training materials, and floor plans (and similar/related documents) for other worldwide missionary training centers, visitors' centers, LDS Church historical sites, etc.Contains language textbooks, foreign editions of Church materials, cultural guides, study plans and area handbooks, grammar and vocabulary...
Dates: approximately 1929-2017

Missionary Training Center records on Afrikaans language training, 1967-2006

 Sub-Series — Carton 17: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197235232649]
Identifier: UA 5545 Series 1 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains materials for training missionaries to teach in the Afrikaans language (a South African Dutch derivative). Specific materials unknown--only in previous accessions. Materials dated 1967-2006.

Dates: 1967-2006

Missionary Training Center records on Albanian language training, approximately 2008

 Sub-Series — Box 44: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 31197239244483], item: 9
Identifier: UA 5545 Series 1 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains materials for training missionaries to teach in the Albanian language.

The 2015 accession includes part of a T.A.L.L. (Technology-Assisted Language Learning) disc of ProTools Sessions and WAV files for Albanian-speaking missionaries. Material dated approximately 2008.

Dates: approximately 2008

Missionary Training Center records on Aymara language training, 1967-2006

 Sub-Series — Carton 16: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197235232631]
Identifier: UA 5545 Series 1 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains materials for training missionaries to teach in the Aymara language, spoken by a native people of the Andes (specific materials unknown--only in previous accessions). Materials dated 1967-2006.

Dates: 1967-2006

Missionary Training Center records on Cakchiquel language training, 1967-2006

 Sub-Series — Carton 16: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197235232631]
Identifier: UA 5545 Series 1 Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents

Contains materials for training missionaries to teach in the Cakchiquel, or Kaqchikel, language, spoken by one of the Maya peoples of Guatemala (specific materials unknown--only in previous accessions). Materials dated 1967-2006.

Dates: 1967-2006

Missionary Training Center records on Cambodian (Khmer) language training, 1967-2006

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 5545 Series 1 Sub-Series 5
Scope and Contents

Contains materials for training missionaries to teach in the Cambodian language, more commonly known as Khmer.

The 2015 accession includes the books "Khmer: Basic Course, Volume 1"; "Selections from the Book of Mormon (Cambodian)"; and "Cambodian for Missionaries". Materials dated 1967-2006.

Dates: 1967-2006

Missionary Training Center records on Cantonese language training, 1978-1984

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 5545 Series 1 Sub-Series 6
Scope and Contents

Contains materials for training missionaries to teach in Cantonese (a dialect of Chinese).

The 2015 accession includes "Cantonese Sounds & Tones" and "Cantonese for Missionaries." Items dated 1978-1984.

Dates: 1978-1984

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