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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:

Edward H. Snow mission journal

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7411
Abstract

Collection contains the missionary journal of Edward H. Snow while he served in the Southern States Mission, 18 March 1887 to 14 December 1887.

Dates: 1887
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Lewis Swensen missionary journal

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8031
Abstract

Account of Swensen's time serving in the LDS Southern States mission, 1897-1899, and published copy.

Dates: 1897-1899
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Tonks family biographies and diaries

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 835
Scope and Contents This collection consists of two diaries and their photocopies and biographies of 16 Tonks family members. The members of the Tonks family belonged to the Mormon Church and lived in Utah and Idaho. The diary of Warren Tonks covers from 2 Jan. 1921 to 25 Feb. 1923 when the author was a missionary for the Mormon Church in New Zealand. It is in three notebooks written mostly in pencil.The diary of George Moroni Tonks (1856-1932) covering from 8 March 1887 to 4 June 1887 plus a...
Dates: 1887-1970
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Tuttle family papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197230231653]
Identifier: MSS 2870
Abstract

Contains a correspondence book belonging to Newton Tuttle. Includes courtship letters between Henry Bartholomew and Clara Tuttle. Also contains the missionary diaries of Henry Bartholomew to the Southern States and British missions. Includes financial documents, journals, address books, calling cards, and newspaper clippings belonging to the Tuttle family. Includes Clara Tuttle's patriarchal blessing. Also includes Garretty's Guide to Salt Lake City (circa 1890).

Dates: approximately 1853-1904
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

George Thomas Webster diaries and account books

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1668
Scope and Contents Handwritten diaries, account books, photographs, and miscellaneous items. The diaries cover the years 1896 to 1901, 1903, and 1943 to 1948. Webster gives details about his mission experiences, family matters, and work. The account books relate to personal finances. Also included are brief histories of George Thomas Webster; his father, George Matthew Webster; and his wife, Ada Amelia Dansie Webster. The photographs are taken from a disbounded book of remembrance and include pictures of...
Dates: 1896-1948
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Ether Wolfley mission diary

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6867
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence, photographs, and a journal of Ether Wolfley. These items are all from the time that Ether spent as an LDS missionary in the Southern States mission. The photographs show Ether and a few of his friends from the mission. There are letters and papers pertaining to his assignments as a missionary. The journal spans the years he served.

Dates: 1934-1937
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

John Wood family papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197233633160]
Identifier: MSS 7937
Abstract

The John Wood family papers include journals from John Wood's mission to the Southern States, as well as personal histories, photos, and other family materials, circa 1882-1940.

Dates: 1882-1940
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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