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Willard L. and Jennie Hill Leavitt Smith collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2260
Scope and Contents The collection, containing mission diaries, World War I army diary, family histories, and bound copies of autobiographies and family histories, has been organized by (1) mission diaries of Willard and Jennie Smith; (2) family histories; and (3) bound copies. The collection contains material on the First Tongan Mission after it was separated from the Samoan Mission; Samoan Mission; genealogy of the Willard L. Smith family and the Jennie Hill Leavitt family; Haun's Mill Massacre; and personal...
Dates: 1915-1918
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Johan Söderholm journal

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7866
Scope and Contents Collection contains photocopies of the journal of Johan Söderholm and of the translation of the journal from Swedish to English. The journal covers the period from 1867 to 1895, with the majority of events mentioned occurring between 1867 and 1873. The translation was made in 1981 by his great-grandson Carl R. Sederholm. Johan gives his story and thoughts of converting to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with his wife Carolina. The journal describes Church life in southern...
Dates: 1867-1895, 1981
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Harmon S. Sowards mission diary and day-book

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230348721]
Identifier: MSS 1294
Scope and Contents

Relates activities and experiences. Includes a certificate of release and thanks for service rendered in the Eastern States Mission, signed by Mission President, Ben E. Rich. Day books give an accound of LDS publications distributed and missionary activities.

Dates: 1911-1913
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Margaret Reid Stockman mission journal

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230240373]
Identifier: MSS SC 398
Scope and Contents

Holograph journal which includes daily entries concerning experiences in the Latter-day Saint Church Scotland Edinburgh mission with her husband, Herbert G. Stockman.

Dates: 1964-1965
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Supreme Headquarters daily battle communiques

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197230232362]
Identifier: MSS 2766
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of daily battle communiques from 6 June 1944 to 7 May 1945 for the Allied Expeditionary Forces, Europe. These materials document the United States armed forces activities during the European Campaign in Western and Central Europe. These items were collected by Lt. Col. D. Reed Jordan, Chief, Communique Section, Public Relations Division.

Dates: 1944-1945
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

John Ephraim Swenson journal

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230327840]
Identifier: MSS 2273
Scope and Contents

Contains John Ephraim Swenson's journal from his mission to Norway, August 10, 1902 to May 25, 1905.

Dates: 1902-1905
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Alma O. Taylor diaries

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 166
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diaries and two folders of correspondence and newspaper clippings. Taylor was called to serve on a mission to Japan for the Mormon Church in 1901. He presided over the Japan Mission from 1905 to 1910. A few diary entries were made between 1911 and 1946. Also included are correspondence relating to the mission and newspaper clippings about the work of translating the Book of Mormon into Japanese.

Dates: 1901-1946
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

George Shepherd Taylor diaries

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197231040558]
Identifier: MSS 167
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diaries in ten volumes with a book of missionary expenses. Also included are a printed copy of the New Testament in the Maori language and a printed "ready reference" book of scriptures often used by Mormon missionaries in both English and Maori. Taylor writes about his daily activities in leading the mission.

Dates: 1920-1924
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Levi James Taylor papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2200
Abstract Includes ten journals, 1873-1935. There are date gaps in the journals, and some volumes are missing. Includes a typed copy of the journals. Also contains a Taylor family genealogical record which includes an autobiographical sketch of Levi's father, Pleasant Green Taylor. Also includes a journal of Levi's first wife, Nancy Jane Gates, September 1868-August 1869. Her record includes lists of students she taught at Lynne, Utah, in 1868; lists of children who attended Sunday School in Lynne,...
Dates: 1868-1935
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Moses Thatcher diaries

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 248
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diaries. The materials cover the years 1866 to 1868, 1878 to 1881, and 1883 to 1884. Thatcher writes about his missionary activities Great Britain for the Mormon Church and to the Crow and Shoshoni Indians. He also tells of his life in Logan, Utah.

Dates: 1866-1881
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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