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Latter Day Saint churches -- Missions -- West (U.S.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Robert John Evans and Alice Pugmire Evans letters to Robert P. Evans, 1966-1979

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8244 Series 8 Sub-Series 6
Scope and Contents

Letters written to Robert P. Evans by his parents Robert John Evans and Alice Pugmire Evans. Includes written correspondence sent to Robert P. Evans while he served in the West Central States mission from 1966-1968. Later letters discuss family happenings and school and work updates. Materials dated 1966-1979.

Dates: 1966-1979
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 8244, Robert John Evans papers / Robert John Evans and Alice Hazel Stallings Evans family correspondence

Robert P. Evans correspondence, 1965-1985

 Sub-Series — Carton 9: Series 8 [Barcode: 31197239116830], Folder: 15-24
Identifier: MSS 8244 Series 8 Sub-Series 7
Scope and Contents

Letters written by Robert P. Evans to his parents Robert John Evans and Alice Pugmire Evans while serving in the West Central States mission. Letters after his mission include family, school, and work updates. Miscellaneous correspondence is also included from family friends writing to Robert P. Evans throughout the years. Materials dated 1966-1978.

Dates: 1965-1985
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 8244, Robert John Evans papers / Robert John Evans and Alice Hazel Stallings Evans family correspondence

Silas Derryfield Smith papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230233527]
Identifier: MSS SC 21
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and typewritten autobiographies telling of Smith's youth in Snowflake, Arizona, marriages, labors as a missionary in Colorado, endeavors in Arizona and Utah, genealogical data and information about his father, Jesse N. Smith. Also includes a handwritten biography of his mother, Emma Seraphine West Smith, and two handwritten historical articles, one describing the building of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad in New Mexico, and the other relating Indian stories.

Dates: 1937-1954
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Silas Derryfield Smith papers

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