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Latter Day Saint missionaries

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 108 Collections and/or Records:

Daniel Francis Thomas family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 3197
Scope and Contents

Collection contains materials relating to the Daniel Francis Thomas family. The collction contains photocopies of letters written by Thomas and members of his family, biographies about Thomas and members of his family, as well as legal documents. Items date from 1847-1942.

Dates: 1847-1942
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

University Communications files on The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1967-2000

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 5395 Series 4 Sub-Series 7
Scope and Contents note Contains newspaper clippings, news releases and photographs regarding the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1969 to 2000. Topics range from the Church's organization at Brigham Young University to general church topics, including temples, the Missionary Training Center, the Mormon History Association, LDS Foundation, the Sesquicentennial, missionaries, mission presidents, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, the Encyclopedia of Mormonism, the Church Education System, the Mormon Purge,...
Dates: Other: 1967-2000
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / University Communications records / University Communications subject files

Whitney family correspondence and other material, 1854-1910

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 2 Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents

Contains letters from relatives and friends of the Whitney family, as well as other materials. Includes information on the family, as well as the individual authors lives and experiences. Materials date from between 1854 and 1910.

Dates: 1854-1910
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Newel Kimball Whitney papers / Whitney family papers

Whitney family papers, 1817-1910, 1957

 Series
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence, diaries, account books, patriarchal blessings, and other materials related to various members of the Whitney family. Includes information on the early history of the Church and the migration to Utah, as well as missionary life, personal business and social activities, and other aspects of Mormon life. Materials date from between 1817 and 1910.

Dates: 1817-1910; 1957
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Newel Kimball Whitney papers

John Elbert Wilcox diaries

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 875
Scope and Contents This collection consists of six notebooks on which Wilcox kept diaries while serving on three missions during the years 1887-89, 1897, and 1915-16. He served in South Dakota and in Florida. The diary entries are often brief and largely describe church activities, meetings attended, miles traveled, and the weather. This collection consists of six notebooks on which Wilcox kept diaries while serving on three missions during the years 1887-89, 1897, and 1915-16. He served in South Dakota and in...
Dates: 1887-1916
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

James W. Wilson diary

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2364
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a handwritten diary. Wilson writes about his experiences and activities as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Southern States Mission.

Dates: 1892-1895
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Barry Wride journal and autobiography

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 204
Scope and Contents

Holograph diary covering April, 1867 to July, 1868 while on a Latter-day Saint Church mission to Wales; retrospective account of his life 1833-1867, 1868-1901 was written in 1901. Entries continue to 1903. Also includes an 8 p. entry by George Thomas Wride, 1 p. entry by Barry Wride's grandchild, a transcript of Wride's patriarchal blessing and a family genealogical record.

Dates: 1867-1903
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Kimball Young papers

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231027605]
Identifier: UA 39
Scope and Contents

Includes a letter from Kimball Young to the Presidency of the Utah Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, April 16, 1912, accepting a mission call, with a note of recommendation by Bishop Alfred Booth. Also include extract of anti-Mormon articles from the Salt Lake Review, 1871-1872, compiled 1959.

Dates: 1912-1959
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives

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