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James G. Duffin diaries
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1696
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and bound diaries. Also included are bound photocopies of the handwritten journals. The items are for the years 1887 through 1889 when Duffin served as a missionary for the Mormon Church in the Southern States Mission. The diaries also cover the years 1901 through 1906 when Duffin was president of the Southwestern States Mission (1900-1904) and of the Central States Mission (1904-1906) also for the Mormon Church. Duffin includes handwritten copies of letters both sent and...
Dates:
1887-1906
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
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- Berry, William S. (William Shanks), 1838-1884 1
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1
- Duffin, James G. (James Glendhill) 1
- Gibbs, John Henry, 1853-1884 1
- Roberts, B. H. (Brigham Henry), 1857-1933 1
- Robison, Willis Eugene, 1854-1937 1
- Smith, Joseph, Jr., 1805-1844 1
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