Missionary Training Center (Provo, Utah)
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 15 Collections and/or Records:
LTM, 1977
Negatives of the Brigham Young University lower campus buildings
This collection contains 5 nitrate negatives, 225 35-mm black and white negatives, and 10 photographic prints of negatives. All of the images are of lower-campus buildings of Brigham Young University between 1914 and 1989. Buildings included in the images are the Brigham Young Academy, the Old Missionary Training School, and the College Hall. Many of the photographs are of the interiors of these buildings. One of the nitrate negatives is of the May Ward Food Laboratory taken in 1914.
Student Auxiliary Services general slides, approximately 1970-1986
Contains slides relating to the general functioning of Student Auxiliary Services including slides of the performing arts and various student activities. Also includes slides of faculty and employees as well as slides of campus buildings and aerial shots of Utah Valley and Provo, circa 1970-1986.
Student Auxiliary Services photographs and negatives
Contains slides, photographs, and negatives of the Student Auxiliary Services and its earlier derivatives. Slides and photographs are of food services, the Brigham Young University campus, the Missionary Training Center, training materials, landscapes, as well as various general slides and photographs relating to the activities of the organization, approximately 1957-1999.
Student Auxiliary Services slides of the Missionary Training Center, 1976-1998
Contains slides of the Missionary Training Center (MTC), including the cafeteria and its employees. Also includes slides of missionaries in the cafeteria and classes. Includes slides of the 1976 MTC groundbreaking and reception afterward, 1976-1998.
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- Negatives 7
- Colleges and Universities 6
- Education 6
- Slides (Photography) 6
- Latter Day Saint temples 5
- Photograph albums 4
- Buildings -- Utah -- Provo -- Photographs 2
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 2
- College campuses -- Utah -- Provo -- Photographs 2
- Universities and colleges -- Food service -- Photographs 2
- Aerial photographs 1
- Architecture -- Utah -- Provo 1
- Caterers and catering -- Utah -- Provo -- Photographs 1
- Christian leadership -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1
- College buildings -- Utah -- Provo -- Photographs 1
- College campuses 1
- College students -- Utah -- Provo -- Photographs 1
- Cycling -- Utah -- Photographs 1
- Digital images 1
- Food service -- Utah -- Provo -- Photographs 1
- Halloween -- Photographs 1
- Handbooks and manuals 1
- Hiking -- Utah -- Photographs 1
- Landscapes -- Utah -- Photographs 1
- Latter Day Saint churches -- Missions -- Ghana 1
- Latter Day Saint churches -- Missions -- India 1
- Latter Day Saint missionaries -- Training of 1
- Latter Day Saint missionaries -- Utah -- Provo -- Photographs 1
- Latter Day Saint women missionaries 1
- Letters 1
- Missions and Missionaries 1
- Performing arts -- Utah -- Provo -- Photographs 1
- Provo (Utah) 1
- Provo (Utah) -- Photographs 1
- Relief Society 1
- Utah Valley (Utah) -- Photographs 1 + ∧ less