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Latter Day Saint missionaries

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 108 Collections and/or Records:

Russell R. Rich personal papers, approximately 1955-1984

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 611 Series 4
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence, pamphlets, and a sound recording related to Rich's missionary service and other activities. Materials date from between approximately 1955 and 1984.

Dates: approximately 1955-1984

Jeanne Rutishauser pardon my French

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230330000]
Identifier: MSS SC 2981
Dates: circa 1995

Rouzelle Eugene Scott diaries

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 243
Scope and Contents

Holograph diaries describing in detail his mission in New Zealand. A few letters and mission conference reports are in the front covers of the volumes.

Dates: 1893-1896

Mette K. Seppi papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 9382
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence Mette K. Seppi and her family kept from various missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, photographs and programs from Mette's time at Young Women's camp, and a talk that Mette Seppi wrote about fellowship. Materials are dated 2001 to 2014.

Dates: 2001-2014

Miller F. Shurtleff papers

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197239115212]
Identifier: MSS SC 2863
Scope and Contents Photocopies of typewritten and signed correspondence, newspaper articles and their translations, court records, and a travel itinerary, all collected by Miller F. Shurtleff while serving as a mission president in the Southeast Asia Mission. The materials deal with the arrest of two missionaries serving in Thailand for desecrating a Buddha statue by sitting on its head. The missionaries, Joseph K. Wall and Kimball Larson, spent six months in jail for the crime. Materials date from between...
Dates: 1972-1973

David W. Smith and Charles Richard Shumway Letters

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230240258]
Identifier: MSS SC 394
Scope and Contents

ALS's written between Charles R. Shumway and David W. Smith, descendants of Asahel Smith, Sr., the grandfather of Joseph Smith, Jr., which relates to Smith family history. Also contains a letter from Shumway to The Ensign concerning David W. Smith and J. Winter Smith and a copy of an Ensign article about the Smiths.

Dates: 1975

Samuel H. B. Smith diary

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 870
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of photocopies of Smith's mission diary, his autobiography, some correspondence, and records of ordinances performed in the Endowment House in the 1870s. Smith kept his diary while serving on a mission to Great Britain (1860-1863). He recorded the activities and experiences of missionary life and activities. The autobiography is brief and covers from Smith's birth to 1857.

Dates: 1840-1889, bulk 1860-1863

William Snow diary and biographies

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230306182]
Identifier: MSS SC 857
Scope and Contents This collection consists of photocopies both of typescripts of excerpts from the diary of William Snow and of typescripts of two biographies of the same man. The authors of the biographies are unknown.William Snow was a captain of a wagon train en route to Utah, was sent to colonize in St. George, Utah with his families, became the bishop of the Pine Valley Ward and later, the patriarch of the St. George Stake of the Mormon Church. He was also a judge in St. George, Utah. The...
Dates: 1832-1850

Sound recordings of mission presidents seminars, 1979-1986

 Sub-Series
Identifier: UA 1197 Series 2 Sub-Series 7 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains audio recordings of seminars given for mission presidents. Dated 1979 to 1986.

Dates: 1979-1986

John W. Tate diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230307495]
Identifier: MSS SC 961
Scope and Contents Photocopies of a 224 page holograph diary. Tate, a native of Tooele, Utah, was called as a missionary to the Southern States' Mission for the Mormon Church in 1887. His diary recounts how he received this call, how he prepared for his mission, and various incidents relating to missionary activities and his personal experiences.On one occasion (23 Dec. 1887), he and his companion (Milo Hendricks) were shot with a shot gun. Tate was struck by 21 pieces of shot. Fifteen of which...
Dates: 1887-1888