E. Dale LeBaron oral histories with Réunionese Church members, 1988 July

Sub-Series

Identifier: MSS 1937 Series 1 Sub-Series 5

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Collection contains transcriptions of interviews conducted by E. Dale LeBaron with converts to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Réunion. The items were transcribed by the College of Religious Instruction at Brigham Young University. The interviews date from 1988.

Dates

1988 July

Creator

LeBaron, E. Dale (creator, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Open for public research. Folders 49, 50, 51 kept in cold storage; requires 24 hours advance notice to access collection.

Conditions Governing Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from E. Dale LeBaron oral history project on Africa must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.

Biographical History

From the Collection:

E. Dale LeBaron was born on October 8, 1934 in Barnwell, Alberta, Canada to Homer Neal LeBaron and Luella Pearl Wight. He went on to serve a mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in South Africa from 1955 to 1958. He returned home and married Laura May Brooks in the Cardston, Alberta Temple on August 19, 1959, and together they had six children. LeBaron attended Brigham Young University where he would earn his bachelor's, master's and doctorate degree. He then served as mission president of the South African Johannesburg mission from 1976 to 1979. He was a professor of religion at Brigham Young University from 1986 until 2001. LeBaron wrote and spoke widely on the Church and its history in Africa and returned to Africa to collect oral histories of the early African converts to the Church. E. Dale LeBaron passed away on December 3, 2009.