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Latter Day Saint missionaries -- Southern States -- Diaries

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:

Reuben Hatch mission journals

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 9074
Scope and Contents

Contains print outs of three volumes of journals written by Reuben Hatch during his time in the Southern States Mission from 1896-1898. Print outs are taken from an M disc also contained in collection. Journals discuss personal observations of Reuben Hatch and work pertaining to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Dates: 1896-1898

Louis Reuben Jensen missionary journal original, volume 1, 1898-1899

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232503331], Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 6189
Scope and Contents

Materials include the volume 1 of the original missionary journal of Louis Reuben Jensen while he served as a missionary to the Southern States.

Dates: 1898-1899

Louis Reuben Jensen missionary journal original, volume 1

 Digital Record
Identifier: MSS6189_B1_F1
Dates: 1898-1899

Louis Reuben Jensen missionary journal transcription, volume 1 and 2, 1898-1900

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232503331], Folder: 2
Identifier: MSS 6189
Scope and Contents

Materials include a transcribed copy of volume 1 and 2 of Louis Reuben Jensen's missionary journal while he served in the Southern States Mission, dated 1898-1900.

Dates: 1898-1900

Louis Reuben Jensen missionary journal transcription, volume 1 and 2

 Digital Record
Identifier: MSS6189_B1_F2
Dates: 1898-1900

Heber Kimball Maxham papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7652
Scope and Contents

The Heber Kimball Maxham papers includes four photos of Heber Kimball Maxham and his family, typewritten records of the history of the Maxham family (along with genealogy records), and two volumes of Maxham's missionary experiences from 1908 to 1910. He includes stories about church meetings, blessings, illnesses, hardships, and conversions that he experienced while in the mission field in Alabama.

Dates: approximately 1908-1910

Wiley Nebeker mission journal

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230328202]
Identifier: MSS SC 3277
Scope and Contents

Journal by Nebeker while on his mission to the Southern States, Sepember 15, 1897 to April 18, 1898 (192 p. : 12 x 20 cm, pages 144-192 blank).

Dates: 1897-1898

Arvin and Jean Palmer collection of Palmer and Thomas family mission journals

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197233647194]
Identifier: MSS 8410
Scope and Contents

Contains the missionary journals of Elijah Thomas Jr. to the Northwestern States, LeRoy Arthur Palmer to the Southern States, and Elijah and Mary Ann Petersen Thomas to the Spanish-American Mission. Also contains transcriptions of the diaries. Materials date from 1907-2013.

Dates: 1907-2013

Reuben Gardner Miller mission papers, 1888-1890

 Series
Identifier: MSS 418 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains six diaries, fifteen letters, and three envelopes. Included are diaries concerning his mission in the Southern States for the Church of Jesus Chirsit of Latter-day Saints, and various mission-related correspondence.

Dates: 1888-1890

Willis E. Robison journals

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232481546]
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