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21, personal journal / James E. Talmage, 1916 June-December

 Item — Box: 5, Folder: 5
Identifier: MSS 229 Series 1
Image of 21, personal journal / James E. Talmage
Image of 21, personal journal / James E. Talmage

Scope and Contents

Typewritten journal includes nearly daily entries from June 1 to December 31, 1916. Begins with Talmage in Kansas City, Missouri, and ends with him in Salt Lake City, Utah. Most entries are of meetings, lectures, funerals, and other duties pertaining to his calling as an Apostle, particularly attending stake conferences, and his position as director of Deseret Museum. Includes visit to Jackson Valley, Wyoming and parts of southeastern Idaho. Mentions ordinations and setting apart of bishops, missionaries, and others in priesthood callings. Includes newspaper clippings and programs related to Talmage. Dated June-December 1916.

Dates

  • 1916 June-December

Conditions Governing Access

Originals restricted. Digital copy of the first twelve of thirty volumes of Talmage's personal journals (1879-1911) available online. Unedited typescripts and microfilm of all thirty volumes also available.

Conditions Governing Use

The literary rights to the Talmage collection rest with the Harold B. Lee Library and the Talmage family. Permission to publish material from the James E. Talmage collection must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services at specialcollections@byu.edu.

Extent

68 p. ; 17 x 26 cm

Language of Materials

English

Other Finding Aids

A more detailed finding aid is available in print in the repository.

Other Finding Aids

File-level inventory available online. http://files.lib.byu.edu/ead/XML/MSS229.xml

Existence and Location of Copies

Microfilm copy of journal is on Reel 4. Photocopy of journal is in Box 30, Folder 7.

General

Typescript, includes newspaper clippings.

Repository Details

Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository

Contact:
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States