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John B. Fairbanks diaries
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 140
Scope and Contents
Handwritten diaries with typescripts of several items. The diaries have many gaps. They principally cover the time Fairbanks served as a missionary for the Mormon Church in the Southern States Mission from 1881 to 1883 and when he served as a missionary for the same faith in South and Central America from 1900 to 1902. On the second mission, Fairbanks accompanied the "Cluff" expedition; led by Benjamin Cluff, president of the Brigham Young Academy in Provo, Utah; to find evidence supporting...
Dates:
1877-1914
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Willis E. Robison journals
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 1591
Abstract
Handwritten missionary journals and typescripts. The items describe Robison's experiences while serving in the Southern States Mission of the Mormon Church. In particular the journal relates information about the slaying of John H. Gibbs and William S. Berry, two Mormon missionaries in the mission; the subsequent investigation of the slayings by Robison and his mission president B.H. Roberts; as well as other stories of persecution towards Mormons.
Dates:
1882-1884
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Tonks family biographies and diaries
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 835
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of two diaries and their photocopies and biographies of 16 Tonks family members. The members of the Tonks family belonged to the Mormon Church and lived in Utah and Idaho. The diary of Warren Tonks covers from 2 Jan. 1921 to 25 Feb. 1923 when the author was a missionary for the Mormon Church in New Zealand. It is in three notebooks written mostly in pencil.The diary of George Moroni Tonks (1856-1932) covering from 8 March 1887 to 4 June 1887 plus a...
Dates:
1887-1970
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
George Thomas Webster diaries and account books
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1668
Scope and Contents
Handwritten diaries, account books, photographs, and miscellaneous items. The diaries cover the years 1896 to 1901, 1903, and 1943 to 1948. Webster gives details about his mission experiences, family matters, and work. The account books relate to personal finances. Also included are brief histories of George Thomas Webster; his father, George Matthew Webster; and his wife, Ada Amelia Dansie Webster. The photographs are taken from a disbounded book of remembrance and include pictures of...
Dates:
1896-1948
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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