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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Southern States Mission

 Organization

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 23 Collections and/or Records:

Frank S. Griffin papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197239248682]
Identifier: MSS 9221
Scope and Contents

Contains eight journals and record books produced by Frank S. Griffin documenting his mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to North Carolina in the Southern States Mission. Materials date from approximately 1913 to 1915.

Dates: approximately 1913-1915

Thomas William Gunn mission diaries

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197230364728]
Identifier: MSS 2062
Scope and Contents Account of his activities as a Latter-day Saint missionary, primarily in Florida, part of the Southern States Mission. Collection also includes a photocopy and typescript of each volume, prepared by the Department of Special Collections and Manuscripts at Brigham Young University. The third volume includes poetry, song lyrics, scripture references, and financial and other notes. A list of persons baptized by Gunn and a missionary companion, September 1906-March 1907, is included at the...
Dates: 1906-1908

Thomas Ephraim Harper missionary journals

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197225536892]
Identifier: MSS 3181
Scope and Contents Thomas Ephraim Harper served as a missionary for the Mormon Church in the Southern States Mission (1884-1887) working largely in Virginia and West Virginia Harper gives a detailed account of his missionary experiences, including run-ins with anti-Mormon mobs. The transcription includes title page, preface, guide to the editorial procedures used, 12 illustrations, transcripts of the journals, and photocopies of the items. Also included in the collection is a life sketch of Thomas Harper,...
Dates: 1884-1887

Warren Milton Hughes church papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197225523684]
Identifier: MSS SC 3031
Scope and Contents

Includes his Latter-day Saint infant blessing certificate, patriarchal blessing received from Presiding Patriarch Hyrum G. Smith, high priest ordination certificate, and a poem. Also includes pictorial priesthood lineage card for Cecil I. Birmingham, who ordained Hughes to be a high priest. Poem appears to be from Hughes's mission in the Southern States in the early 1920s, and contains humorous references to other missionaries.

Dates: 1900-1962

J. Warren Johnson papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2275
Abstract

The collection contains the journals of J. Warren Johnson before and after his mission to the Southern States during the years 1895-1899. It also contains the journals while he was serving as a Mutual Improvement Missionary in Wasatch County, Utah. The Journals are organized chronologically. The collection contains material on the Southern States Mission during the years 1895-1899 and of the Mutual Improvement Program along the Wasatch front from 1901-1902.

Dates: 1895-1902

Heber Meeks papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1677
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1942-1951

Arvin and Jean Palmer collection of Palmer and Thomas family mission journals

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197233647194]
Identifier: MSS 8410
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1907-2013

Abraham Owen Smoot III mission papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 9253
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1899-1901

Edward Hunter Snow papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2051
Scope and Contents This collection includes family correspondence, autobiographical and biographical material of Edward H. Snow, journals, notebooks, documents, and miscellaneous papers. There are also newspaper clippings and published materials about Snow, as well as several photographs of Snow family members. The correspondence is largely from Snow to his wife, Hannah, and was written at the time of Snow's mission to the Southern States in the 1880's. There are also letters from Snow's father, Erastus...
Dates: approximately 1865-1993

Edward F. Stevens missionary journal and family newsletter

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2080
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1896-1978

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Collection 22
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Missions and Missionaries 20
Diaries 18
Mormon Church -- Missions -- Southern States 7
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Mormon missionaries -- Southern States 6
Letters 5
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Southern States 4
Typescripts 3
Alabama 2
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Latter Day Saint churches -- Missions -- Southern States -- History 2
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Utah 2
Account books 1
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Great Britain 1
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Latter Day Saint churches -- Missions -- Florida 1
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Latter Day Saint youth 1
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Latter Day Saints -- Mississippi -- History 1
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Minutes (Records) 1
Mississippi 1
Mormon Church -- Southern States -- History 1
Mormon missionaries -- Northwestern States -- Diaries 1
Mormon missionaries -- Spanish-American Mission -- Diaries 1
Newsletters 1
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Politicians -- Utah -- Correspondence 1
Postcards 1
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Saint George (Utah) 1
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Speeches, addresses, etc., American 1
Tennessee 1
Transcripts 1
Vernal (Utah) 1
Washington (D.C.) 1
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