Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Southern States Mission
Dates
- Existence: 1867 - 1971
Administrative History
The Southern States Mission (1867-1971) provided religious instruction for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Mississippi, Alabama, Kentucky, Tennessee, and parts of Ohio.
Citation:
President Charles A. Callis and his contributions to the Southern States Mission, 1980:p. 15 (encompassed Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Mississippi, Alabama, Kentucky, Tennessee, and parts of Ohio)Deseret News 2001-2002 Church Almanac, 2000:p.428 (Southern States Mission; organized Nov. 1867; renamed to Georgia-South Carolina Mission in June 1971; renamed to Georgia Atlanta Mission on June 20, 1974)
Found in 34 Collections and/or Records:
Joseph B. Keeler family papers
Includes journals, biographical sketches, correspondence, articles, lesson manuals, published and unpublished manuscripts, photographs, and ephemera. The bulk of the material was created by Joseph B. Keeler's descendants, who used his papers as they compiled their published family history, "Build Thee More Stately" (1989). The collection focuses on family history, religion, education, and professional organizations.
Heber Meeks papers
Correspondence, reports, and speeches. The materials relate to Meeks' assignment as the mission president to the Southern States Mission for the Mormon Church and to his work with the Democratic Party in Utah.
Arvin and Jean Palmer collection of Palmer and Thomas family mission journals
Contains the missionary journals of Elijah Thomas Jr. to the Northwestern States, LeRoy Arthur Palmer to the Southern States, and Elijah and Mary Ann Petersen Thomas to the Spanish-American Mission. Also contains transcriptions of the diaries. Materials date from 1907-2013.
Photograph album of Southern States Mission
Photograph album, 1920s, owner unknown, with pictures from a mission to the Southern States. Some pictures are labeled to be from North Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, Arizona, Utah, and Wyoming. The album contains a photograph of Apostle David O. McKay, labeled from Sarah, Mississippi, on December 7, 1926.
A. O. Smoot family papers
The A. O. Smoot family papers consists of correspondence, publications, genealogy records, journals, account books, receipts, and related ephemera. The collection covers several generations and family members of the Smoot Family. Materials are dated 1815 to 1961.
A. O. Smoot papers
Abraham Owen Smoot III mission papers
Contains diaries and other materials related to Smoot's service in the Southern States Mission from 1899-1901. Also includes a letter from Jeannine Madsen Beck with notes about Smoot's mission. Dated 1899-1901.
Edward Hunter Snow papers
Southern States Mission records
Handwritten and typewritten reports, correspondence, receipts, and certificates (51 items). The materials document the finances, organization, and operation of the Southern States Mission.
Edward F. Stevens missionary journal and family newsletter
This collection contains a journal written by Edward F. Stevens during his LDS mission to the Southern States, 1896-1898, and a photocopy of the journal. It also contains a family newsletter of the Stevens family, from 1978.
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- Mormon Church -- Missions -- Southern States 8
- Mormon missionaries -- Southern States 8
- Latter Day Saint missionaries -- Southern States -- Diaries 7
- Photographs 7
- Certificates 4
- Latter Day Saint churches -- Missions -- Southern States -- History 4
- Southern States 4
- Account books 3
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- Immigration and American Expansion 2
- Latter Day Saint missionaries -- Arizona 2
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- Saint George (Utah) 2
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- Address books 1
- Alabama -- Pictorial Works 1
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- Latter Day Saint women -- Utah -- Biography 1
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- Latter Day Saint women missionaries -- Diaries 1
- Latter Day Saint youth 1
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- Latter Day Saints -- Diaries 1
- Latter Day Saints -- Mississippi -- History 1
- Latter Day Saints -- Virginia -- History 1
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- Mayors -- Utah -- Provo -- History 1
- Minutes (Records) 1
- Mississippi 1
- Mississippi -- Pictorial works 1
- Mormon Church -- Southern States -- History 1
- Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail 1
- Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail -- History 1
- Mormon missionaries -- Northwestern States -- Diaries 1
- Mormon missionaries -- Spanish-American Mission -- Diaries 1
- Mormons -- Southern States 1
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- North Carolina -- Pictorial works 1
- Notebooks 1
- Ordination -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1
- Patriarchal blessings (Latter Day Saint churches) -- History 1
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