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Bennion family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 1472
Scope and Contents Collection consists of materials by and about the John Bennion family residing in the Taylorsville, Utah, area in the mid to late 19th century. Of particular focus are the missionary diaries of John Bennion, his son Samuel Roberts Bennion, and Samuel's daughter Laura Bennion Dimond. Also includes genealogical information about the Bennion family's ancestors and family history documents and information about their descendants. Primarily consists of original journals, photographs and...
Dates: approximately 1842-1971
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Emmett R. Hayes missionary papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7586
Scope and Contents

Collection contains photocopies of missionary diaries of Emmett R. Hayes during his Mormon mission as the thirteenth missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to enter post-WWI Germany. Also contained are a series of photocopied outgoing letters from Emmett Hayes during this period to his family, primarily his parents. A small collection of mission-related ephemera is contained.

Dates: approximately 1919-1928
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Brigham Smoot family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3315
Scope and Contents

Collection contains journals, letters, transcripts, and other materials produced by members of the Smoot family in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The materials document the missionary service of Brigham Smoot in Samoa and Tonga, the missionary service of Gilbert Van Schoonhoven, the military service of Roland Nesbit Smoot during World War II, and various family events and issues that were occuring at the time. Dated 1866 to approximately 1949.

Dates: 1866-approximately 1949
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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Dimond, Laura B., 1872-1948 1
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