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Latter Day Saint missionaries

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

James Stephens Brown diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230305549]
Identifier: MSS SC 807
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of typescript. Author recounts his call to serve as a missionary among the Navajo Indians by Mormon church president Brigham Young (1801-1877); the trip to Arizona; his activities among the Indians; and his return to Utah a year later.

Dates: 1875-1876
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / James Stephens Brown diary

Asa S. Calkins diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230236496]
Identifier: MSS SC 226
Scope and Contents

Holograph diary which contains blessings given to Calkins in 1850, experiences as a worker in the Mission home and as Mission President, letters received from Brigham Young and family, and letters sent to Brigham Young and family. A short biography is included with the diary.

Dates: 1855-1858
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Asa S. Calkins diary

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