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Latter Day Saints -- South Africa -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Don McCarroll Dalton papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 1059
Scope and Contents Correspondence, diaries, articles, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and certificates. The correspondents include various leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Dalton's mother, and other friends and associates. The diaries cover the time when Dalton served on a mission for the Church in the Central States from 1914 to 1916, when he was with the United States armed forces in France from 1918 to 1919, and when he served as a mission in South Africa from 1929 to 1935....
Dates: 1906-1965

Don McCarroll Dalton articles, 1938-1957

 Series
Identifier: MSS 1059 Series 4
Scope and Contents

Articles written by Don McCarroll Dalton, dated 1938 to 1957.

Dates: 1938-1957

Don McCarroll Dalton correspondence, 1905-1963

 Series
Identifier: MSS 1059 Series 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Correspondence, diaries, articles, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and certificates. The correspondents include various leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Dalton's mother, and other friends and associates. The diaries cover the time when Dalton served on a mission for the Church in the Central States from 1914 to 1916, when he was with the United States armed forces in France from 1918 to 1919, and when he served as a mission in South Africa from 1929 to 1935....
Dates: 1905-1963

Don McCarroll Dalton family papers

 Series
Identifier: MSS 1059 Series 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Correspondence, diaries, articles, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and certificates. The correspondents include various leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Dalton's mother, and other friends and associates. The diaries cover the time when Dalton served on a mission for the Church in the Central States from 1914 to 1916, when he was with the United States armed forces in France from 1918 to 1919, and when he served as a mission in South Africa from 1929 to 1935....
Dates: 1906-1965

E. Dale LeBaron case files of South African Church members, 1988 July-August

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1937 Series 2 Sub-Series 22
Scope and Contents

Contains case files for oral histories with members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the country of South Africa conducted by E. Dale LeBaron. Dated 1988 July-August.

Dates: 1988 July-August

E. Dale LeBaron oral histories with South African Church members, 1988-1989

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1937 Series 1 Sub-Series 6
Scope and Contents

Collection contains transcriptions of interviews conducted by E. Dale LeBaron with converts to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in South Africa. The items were transcribed by the College of Religious Instruction at Brigham Young University. The interviews date from between 1988 and 1989.

Dates: 1988-1989

Miscellaneous

 Series
Identifier: MSS 1059 Series 6
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Correspondence, diaries, articles, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and certificates. The correspondents include various leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Dalton's mother, and other friends and associates. The diaries cover the time when Dalton served on a mission for the Church in the Central States from 1914 to 1916, when he was with the United States armed forces in France from 1918 to 1919, and when he served as a mission in South Africa from 1929 to 1935....
Dates: 1906-1965

Eli Wiggill autobiography

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 9137
Content Description Four-volume handwritten autobiography of Eli Wiggill. Includes an account of the emigration from England of the settlers of South Africa, the wars and events of South Africa, the arrival of missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in South Africa, immigration to the United States and travel on the Mormon Trail, the diamond works in South Africa, and an account of familial events in Utah. The record was created by Wiggill in 1883, one year prior to his death. Also...
Dates: 1883

Eli Wiggill autobiography typescript

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230348564]
Identifier: MSS 504
Scope and Contents

Typewritten copy of an autobiography. Wiggill was born in England and migrated to South Africa where he joined the Mormon Church. He came to Utah in 1861 and worked as a wagon maker there. His account gives a lot of detail on his activities as a Mormon in South Africa, his journey to Utah, and his subsequent life in that state.

Dates: 1883