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Calvin Delos McOmber mission papers, 1930-1980

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6951 Series 1

Scope and Contents

Contains letters written while McOmber was serving as a Mormon missionary in Czechoslovakia, papers regarding the Czech mission, Czech religious books, legal documents in Czech, and ephemera from his mission. Also includes negatives, prints made of the negatives, and compact discs of the scanned images. Dated 1930-1980.

Dates

  • Creation: 1930-1980

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Open for public research.

Conditions Governing Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to use material from this collection must be obtained from Reference Services at specialcollections@byu.edu.

Biographical / Historical

From the Collection:

Calvin Delos McOmber, Jr., was born April 11, 1910, in Blackfoot, Idaho, to Calvin Delos McOmber and Achsah Stout. He served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to Czechoslovakia from 1934 to 1937. He served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to Czechoslovakia from 1934 to 1937. In 1940, he graduated from the University of Utah. Calvin married Frances Brodil on April 30, 1937, in Salt Lake City. Calvin later served in the institute and seminary programs in Idaho for the church. He also served in a stake presidency, and as a stake patriarch. He served in the Idaho Falls temple presidency in 1975. Calvin died November 4, 1980, in Yolo, California.

Extent

21 folders

4 media boxes

Language of Materials

English

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