William Alvin Bowles papers includes personal mission diaries, his mission library, including hymn books, a dictionary, and scriptures; mission photographs; and related mission ephemera.

26 photographs of New Zealand LDS Missionaries, LDS members, and a military parade. A. Henderson, Dannevirke, New Zealand; The Crown Studios Whalley & Co., Palmerston North, New Zealand; W. L. Joys, Masterton, Wairarapa, New Zealand; A. McCusker, Blenheim, New Zealand; W. H. Bartlett, Auckland, New Zealand.

Includes photographs of Maori members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Because of their unique nature, annotations have been included.

Contains annotated photographs of missionaries for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in New Zealand. Annotations are general and include greetings and addresses.

Contains photographs of New Zealand street scenes, wagons, and a military parade.

Contains five volumes, dating from October 1906 to March 1910, that chronicle William Alvin Bowles' three-year mission to New Zealand for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Includes one William Alvin Bowles holograph written in Maori; a New Zealand postcard; and dried leaves from New Zealand.

Includes two Maori hymnals (1905; no date); a Maori New Testament (1897); and a Maori/English, English/Maori dictionary. These items are, in many cases, annotated.

Contains photographs of William Alvin Bowles on his mission.