Diaries
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Clarence Marcellus Barker papers
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197223105948]
Identifier: MSS 2057
Scope and Contents
Includes journals, notebooks, an autograph album, letters, and articles relating to his mission in Australia. Five journals document his missionary activities in Sidney, Tasmania, Adelaide, and Perth, including encounters with RLDS missionaries. Notebooks contain a statistical record of his missionary activities, and missionary references, including notes on polygamy and on the RLDS Church. Autograph album contains messages from missionaries, Church members, and other friends in Australia....
Dates:
1905-1987
C. N. Brown missionary journal
Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197239115618]
Identifier: MSS 9518
Scope and Contents
Missionary journal kept by C. N. Brown, a missionary for the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (RLDS). Dated approximately 1860 to 1870. The majority of the text consists of religious content concerning Mormonism and missionary sermons from Latter-day Saint Church doctrine and events related to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the RLDS church. It is written to be like a "Missionary Pal," including numerous references concerning Church history and...
Dates:
approximately 1860-1870
Mark Hill Forscutt papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 811
Scope and Contents
Contains the journals of Mark Hill Forscutt from June 1855 to May 1900. They illustrate his religious conversions from membership in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, to a follower of the Morrisite movement, and finally to a leader in the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (now the Community of Christ). The collection also contains some miscellaneous material such as copies of The Saints' Harmony and The Saints' Harp, as well as photographs and other...
Dates:
1855-1900
Robert R. Gardner and Neil S. Gardner journals and notebook
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230244441]
Identifier: MSS SC 550
Scope and Contents
The collection includes the missionary journals of Robert R. Gardner serving in Australia, 1907-1908, and of Neil S. Gardner serving in Canada, 1894-1896. Also a notebook of Robert R. Gardner containing historical quotes and references to the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and polygamy.
Dates:
1894-1908
Hyrum Jenkins Smith diaries and correspondence
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197231211019]
Identifier: MSS 1631
Scope and Contents
Diaries and correspondence. Hyrum's correspondence is between family members and church leaders including his father, who was serving as a mission president in Canada, and Frederick Madison Smith (1874-1946), historian for the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
Dates:
1835-1940
Joseph C. Walker papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1461
Scope and Contents
Collection includes histories, travelogues, correspondence, accounts of early settlers, a genealogical review and other genealogical information, and a chapter from Walker's memoirs. Tells of his travels, 1863-1865, family history and genealogy, Mountain Meadows Massacre, anti-Mormon sentiment in various localities, conditions in Iowa and Montana, an encounter with Reorganized Latter Day Saint Church members, origin of Montana place names, story of T.C. Everts' rescue during the...
Dates:
1864-1907