Missions and Missionaries
Subject
Subject Source: Cclanarrow
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
George Washington Bean diaries
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1038
Scope and Contents
Handwritten diaries, two autobiographies, account books, patriarchal blessings, biographies of family members, and Bean family history and genealogy. Bean writes about his early life and migration to Utah; his work as an Indian interpreter from 1852 to 1853; his pursuit of the Ute chief, Walker, in 1854; his Indian mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Las Vegas, Nevada from 1855 to 1856; his life in Provo, Utah; his participation in the Black Hawk Indian War; and...
Dates:
1852-1897
Willard Washington Bean autobiography
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230312826]
Identifier: MSS SC 1529
Scope and Contents
Softbound photocopy of a typewritten autobiography which includes a newsclipping from "The Church News." Willard W. Bean served the Mormon Church for 29 years and acquired many properties for the Mormon Church in New York State, including the Hill Cumorah.
Dates:
1880-1978
Willard Washington Beans papers
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230321710]
Identifier: MSS SC 2271
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of a typewritten autobiography, a newspaper clipping, a Mormon Church blessing, and an essay. Also included are photocopies of handwritten letters received by Bean. These items include letters received from Mormon Church leaders Heber J. Grant and J. Golden Kimball. Bean was a missionary to the Southern States and lived in Palmyra, New York from 1915 to 1939.
Dates:
1893-1978