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Latter Day Saint missionaries

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 107 Collections and/or Records:

Isaac Henry Grace journal and sketch

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230241272]
Identifier: MSS SC 437
Scope and Contents

Holograph journal of Grace's Latter-day Saint Church Hawaiian mission and two typewritten biographical sketches (part duplicated, part photocopied) of Grace written by his great grandson, Steven Ostler.

Dates: 1891-1892
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Isaac Henry Grace journal and sketch

Gail S. Halvorsen papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 2220
Scope and Contents Contains letters, emails, photographs, video and audio recordings, awards, ephemera and other memorabilia from the personal collection of Gail S. Halvorsen. Most of the material is directly related to his role as the "Candy Bomber" during the Berlin Airlift, which he continued to receive recognition for long after the end of the blockade. Included are items relating to his military career after the Berlin Airlift, including material on the Cold War, his retirement activities, his family, and...
Dates: 1905-2018; Majority of material found within 1920-2018
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Gail S. Halvorsen papers

Ray Hanchett history and diary

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197239127134]
Identifier: MSS 9351
Scope and Contents

Contains Ray Hanchett's life history and mission journal, dated 1918 to 1991. The life history discusses Ray's family, college years, mission, Navy service, marriage, and service in church callings, including bishop, temple worker, and patriarch for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It includes photographs, ticket stubs, postcards, copies of a yearbook, and other documents. The mission journal details Ray's service in the North Central States Mission from 1938 to 1940.

Dates: 1918-1991
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Ray Hanchett history and diary

Harold B. Lee scrapbooks, 1893-1968

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 9392 Series 2
Scope and Contents

The Harold B. Lee scrapbook series contains a missionary scrapbook, scouting scrapbook, and papers from a book of remembrance with handwritten annotations from Harold B. Lee. Materials are dated 1893 to 1968.

Dates: 1893-1968
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 9392, L. Brent Goates collection of Harold B. Lee papers

John W. Hess autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230325430]
Identifier: MSS SC 2635
Scope and Contents

Typewritten autobiography. Hess was born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania and was converted to the Mormn Church in 1834. He lived with the Mormons in Missouri and Illinois and witnessed persecutions in both places. He was a member of the "Mormon Battalion" during the war with Mexico, migrated to Utah, married several women, served as a legislator in Utah, and served as a missionary to the "Washakie" (Shoshoni) Indians.

Dates: approximately 1900
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / John W. Hess autobiography

History of William Adams written by himself January 1894 age 72 years

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230329838]
Identifier: MSS SC 3089
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typescript. The item is a 26 page autobiography of William Adams. Adams describes how was born in Ireland on January 8, 1822. He was raised a Protestant but joined the Mormon Church in 1842. He migrated to the United States up the Mississippi River. He settled in Nauvoo, Illinois, where he worked as a stone mason on the Nauvoo Temple. Adams was present at a meeting after the death of Joseph Smith, the first president of the Mormon Church. "I heard a voice...
Dates: 1894
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / History of William Adams written by himself January 1894 age 72 years

Home missionary meeting minutes

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230319797]
Identifier: MSS SC 2118
Scope and Contents

Three handwritten items. One item contains a list of Home Missionaries for the Mormon Church who were being set apart and blessed by the Mormon leaders Lorenzo Snow (1814-1901), Joseph Edward Taylor (1830- ), Angus Munn Cannon (1834- ), and Charles Coulson Rich (1809-1883) on October 8th, 1877 in Salt Lake City, Utah. The other two documents are written accounts of Home Missionary meetings.

Dates: 1877
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Home missionary meeting minutes

Horace K. Whitney papers, 1847-1885

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 2 Sub-Series 3 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence, a promissory note, and other materials related to the life of Whitney. Includes information on his personal life and business activities. Materials date from between 1847 and and 1885.

Dates: 1847-1885
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 76, Newel Kimball Whitney papers / Whitney family papers / Papers of Whitney family children

Thomas Jefferson Howell mission journal

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197227636880]
Identifier: MSS 3960
Scope and Contents

The Thomas Jefferson Howell Mission Journal, 1899, contains a photocopy of one mission journal. The journal, which covers from February to September 1899, was written while Howell served as the Nebraska Conference president.

Dates: 1899
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Thomas Jefferson Howell mission journal

George Tilton Hyde oral history transcript

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230308923]
Identifier: MSS SC 1105
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a transcript of an interview done with George Hyde by his son, Rosel H. Hyde, on 16 Aug. 1956. George was raised in Kaysville, Utah, served on a Mormon mission to the Southern States, and spent most of his adult life in Idaho. He lived in Downey and was stake president of the Pocatello Stake for the Mormon Church for twenty-five years.

Dates: 1956 August 16
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / George Tilton Hyde oral history transcript

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