Skip to main content

Latter Day Saints -- New Zealand

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

John Austin Abbott mission diaries

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197233618799]
Identifier: MSS 7963
Scope and Contents

Contains five volumes of photocopied pages from the mission diaries of John Austin Abbott. Abbott served in the New Zealand Mission, and these diaries detail his daily occasions. He talks about his time with the Mormon Church, their lives, the weather, and baptism numbers. Dated 1899-1901.

Dates: 1898-1901

William Alvin Bowles papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2956
Abstract

William Alvin Bowles papers includes personal mission diaries, his mission library, including hymn books, a dictionary, and scriptures; mission photographs; and related mission ephemera.

Dates: 1906-1910

Harold Alonzo Hinckley journal

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7857
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a journal from the mission of Hinckley, who served in New Zealand. Though he served a four-year mission (1915-1919), this journal only covers the period from 1916 to 1917, when he worked mainly in the mid-west portion of New Zealand's northern island. Elder Hinckley provides a detailed account of day-to-day life as a missionary: prayers in the morning, followed by visits, meetings, and religious discussions with individuals and families studying the Church of Jesus Christ of...
Dates: 1916-1917

Photographs of Maori members, 1908-1909

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS SC 2956 Series 3 Sub-Series Sub- 2
Scope and Contents

Includes photographs of Maori members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Because of their unique nature, annotations have been included.

Dates: Other: 1908-1909

Photographs of missionaries, 1906-1910

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS SC 2956 Series 3 Sub-Series Sub- 1
Scope and Contents

Contains annotated photographs of missionaries for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in New Zealand. Annotations are general and include greetings and addresses.

Dates: Other: 1906-1910

Photographs of New Zealand, 1906-1910

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS SC 2956 Series 3 Sub-Series Sub- 3
Scope and Contents

Contains photographs of New Zealand street scenes, wagons, and a military parade.

Dates: Other: 1906-1910

William Alvin Bowles diaries, 1906-1910

 Series
Identifier: MSS SC 2956 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains five volumes, dating from October 1906 to March 1910, that chronicle William Alvin Bowles' three-year mission to New Zealand for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Dates: 1906-1910

William Alvin Bowles ephemera, approximately 1897-1910

 Series
Identifier: MSS SC 2956 Series 4
Scope and Contents

Includes one William Alvin Bowles holograph written in Maori; a New Zealand postcard; and dried leaves from New Zealand.

Dates: approximately 1897-1910

William Alvin Bowles library materials, 1897-1905

 Series
Identifier: MSS SC 2956 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Includes two Maori hymnals (1905; no date); a Maori New Testament (1897); and a Maori/English, English/Maori dictionary. These items are, in many cases, annotated.

Dates: Other: 1897-1905

William Alvin Bowles photographs, 1906-1910

 Series
Identifier: MSS SC 2956 Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains photographs of William Alvin Bowles on his mission.

Dates: 1906-1910