Scope and Contents Contains a handwritten autobiography and diaries related to Boyle's life and experience as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The autobiography was written beginning in 1844 and, in the same volume, he starts a diary in 1846. Boyle kept 14 additional volumes of diaries, dating from 1855 to 1889. Most of the content relates to Boyle's missionary experiences in California and to Southern States Mission, including while he was mission president from 1875 to 1878. Also...

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Diary contains entries related to Boyle's experiences as a missionary in the Southern States Mission, primarily Virginia and North Carolina, and his return to Utah. Includes lists of people Boyle took with him from Virginia and New York back to Utah. Also includes details about teaching school and farming in Payson, Utah, and some return trips to Virginia. Dated January 1869-September 1870.

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Diary contains entries related to Boyle's experiences serving a second mission in the Southern States from 1871 to 1872, where he served in Virginia and Tennessee. Also includes some financial records from 1873.

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Diary contains entries related to Boyle's experiences at the end of his tenure as president the Southern States Mission. Includes his travels and preaching through Arkansas and Texas. Ends with Boyle in Payson, Utah, up to January 1878.

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Diary contains entries related to Boyle's life farming in Payson, Utah, during the early part of 1878. Dated January-June 1878.

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Diary contains entries related to Boyle's preparation for, and his first year of service in, his final mission to the Southern States, serving primarily in Virginia.

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Diary contains entries related to Boyle's experiences at the end of his final mission in the Southern States Mission, primarily Virginia, ending in June 1881. Also includes very brief entries for the years following, including 1882-1884, and a few entries from 1888, including some related to Boyle's imprisonment for practicing polygamy. Also includes lists of people to whom Boyle sold books throughout Utah, and other finanicial records. Dated 1881-1888.

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Notebook used by Boyle to record of lists of people who subscribed to the Deseret News and Juvenile Instructor. Sparsely filled. Dated 1882-1884.

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Small memoranda notebook of various financial records kept by Boyle in 1889.

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Various loose papers found in Boyle's diaries and notebooks, including financial records and genealogical records.