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Card family mission photographs

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS P 367

Scope and Contents

Collection includes four photographs and a postcard related to Card family missionary activities, including missionary group photographs including members of the Sloan family, as well as B.H. Roberts, Church history sites, and an illustration of the officers of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Photographs were taken between the 1890s and the 1930s.

Dates

  • approximately 1890s-1930s

Conditions Governing Access

Open for public research. Items kept in cold storage; access requires 24 hours advance notice.

Conditions Governing Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Card family mission photographs must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.

Biographical / Historical

The Card family, headed by Charles Ora Card, were pioneering members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and helped found the Mormon settlements in Alberta, Canada. Card had four wives, Sarah Jane Beirdneau, Sarah Jane Painter, Zina Presendia Young, and Lavinia Clark Rigby.

Extent

1 folder (0.01 linear ft.)

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated; JoAnn S. Rogers; 1980.

Appraisal

Photographs (Photograph Archives).

Related Materials

See also the Charles Ora Card genealogical materials (MSS SC 1787).

Title
Register of Card family mission photographs
Author
Garrett Schroath
Date
2011 July 26
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English in Latin script.

Repository Details

Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository

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