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Latter Day Saint missionaries -- England -- Diaries

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 50 Collections and/or Records:

David John diaries

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 21
Scope and Contents Materials include five volumes of handwritten diaries kept by John from 1856 until his death in 1908. Contents include an autobiographical sketch, descriptions of migration to Utah, missions served in Wales and Great Britain, arrest, trial, and imprisonment for polygamy, and experiences while serving in various religious or political capacities. Includes information pertaining to ordinations, blessings, and speeches given, letters sent or received, and dreams or visions received. Volumes 1-4...
Dates: 1856-1951; Majority of material found within 1856-1908
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Christopher James Kearl diaries

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197239236190]
Identifier: MSS 8926
Scope and Contents

Four handwritten mission journals from Christopher James Kearl's mission to the British Isles. Materials dated 1906-1908.

Dates: 1906-1908
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Levi Garrett Leatham British mission journals

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3942
Abstract

Two volumes of journals kept by Levi Garrett Leatham during his LDS mission to Britain from 1913 to 1915.

Dates: 1913-1915
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Jesse Bigler Martin diaries

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 446
Scope and Contents Handwritten diaries with a typed copy of one volume. Martin kept diaries apparently in three volumes. The second and third volumes covering the time from 1854 to 1857 are found with the collection. A typed copy of the first diary covering the years from 1853 to 1854 is also included. Martin writes about his work as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in England. He returned to the United States in 1857 and traveled by rail to Iowa City, Iowa. Martin writes in...
Dates: 1853-1857
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

William Harrison Maughan missionary journal

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 4109
Scope and Contents Materials include William Harrison Maughan's original journal that he kept from February 1875 to July 1876 while serving a mission in England for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1874 to 1876. It describes Maughan's sickness in England and his efforts to preach to the people, including family members and other ministers. The journal ends in July 1876 and has some details about Maughan's return to the United States. Dated 1875 to 1876.Also includes photocopy of...
Dates: 1875-1876
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Reuben McBride diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230345529]
Identifier: MSS 2860
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a handwritten diary. McBride left on a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the spring of 1857, and he went with a handcart company to the east. He later got passage to England where he served his mission.

Dates: 1857
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Reuben McBride diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230345404]
Identifier: MSS 2861
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a handwritten diary. McBride writes about his mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to England. Much of the document is difficult to read.

Dates: 1860-1862
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Heber John Mulliner diary

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197239277913]
Identifier: MSS 9389
Scope and Contents Journal kept by Heber John Mulliner (1849-1920), a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints serving in England in 1894. Entries date from January 2 to November 23, 1894. Includes entries made while serving in or near Doncaster, Hatfield, and Gainsburo, England.Although the journal's author is not identified on the item, based on the birthdate and place given by the author in the journal, it appears to belong to Florence Mulliner’s adopted father, Heber John...
Dates: 1894 January-November
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Oliver B. Huntington record books and other material, 1845-1932

 Series
Identifier: MSS 162 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains records of patriarchal blessings, newspaper clippings, and other ephemeral items written or gathered by Oliver B. Huntington. Some of these items were originally found in the diaries of Huntington's father, Oliver Boardman Huntington.

Dates: 1845-1932
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Oliver Boardman Huntington papers

Oliver Boardman Huntington diaries, 1843-1907

 Series
Identifier: MSS 162 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains diaries written by Huntington between 1843 and 1907. Includes descriptions of his early life, his life as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, his service as a Mormon missionary in England, and his life as an early pioneer in Utah. Diaries also include reminiscent accounts of early Church history written by Huntington later in life. There are many gaps in the record.

Dates: 1843-1907
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Oliver Boardman Huntington papers

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