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Missions and Missionaries

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 1165 Collections and/or Records:

Walter J. Lewis mission journal

 Digital Record
Identifier: MSS6900
Dates: 1878
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

John M. Ward photographs

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197233628798]
Identifier: MSS 8142
Scope and Contents

Contains photographs of individuals that Ward met while on a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the early 1900s. He served in the Southern States Mission, including the states of Ohio and Kentucky.

Dates: approximately 1905-1908
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / John M. Ward photographs

Elisha Warner journal

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230314137]
Identifier: MSS SC 1695
Scope and Contents

Handwritten journal of the Warners' Texas mission for the Mormon Church.

Dates: 1962-1963
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Elisha Warner journal

Baldwin Harvey Watts diary and prison papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197230232347]
Identifier: MSS 486
Scope and Contents Handwritten diary and prison records. Watts kept the diary while serving on a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Bristol, England, area in 1875. Also included are records relating to Watts' incarceration in the Utah prison for polygamy in 1888. Watts compiled a list of 668 men imprisoned for polygamy from 1884 to 1889. He included the date of sentencing, the length of the sentence, and the age of the prisoners. He also lists each man's home town. Also...
Dates: 1875-1889
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Baldwin Harvey Watts diary and prison papers

George Peden Waugh papers

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197235232599]
Identifier: MSS 8469
Dates: approximately 1854-1856
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / George Peden Waugh papers

We thought you'd like to know

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230318633]
Identifier: MSS SC 1955
Scope and Contents

One typewritten and bound book written by Della and Lawrence Mineer. The Mineers talk about their experiences while serving as Mormon missionaries to the Hmong people in Utah and about their families and friends.

Dates: 1981
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / We thought you'd like to know

We two became one

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230333442]
Identifier: MSS 2368
Scope and Contents

Autobiography details memories of his childhood in Arizona; his mission to the Eastern States Mission; church service; their teaching career; and family life. It also discusses his teaching religion at Brigham Young University.

Dates: 2001
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / We two became one

Carl E. Weaver mission papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8177
Dates: 1923
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Carl E. Weaver mission papers

George H. Webb diaries

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231055465]
Identifier: MSS 1322
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diaries kept while Webb was serving a mission for the Mormon Church in the Southern States.

Dates: 1896-1898
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / George H. Webb diaries

George Thomas Webster diaries and account books

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1668
Scope and Contents Handwritten diaries, account books, photographs, and miscellaneous items. The diaries cover the years 1896 to 1901, 1903, and 1943 to 1948. Webster gives details about his mission experiences, family matters, and work. The account books relate to personal finances. Also included are brief histories of George Thomas Webster; his father, George Matthew Webster; and his wife, Ada Amelia Dansie Webster. The photographs are taken from a disbounded book of remembrance and include pictures of...
Dates: 1896-1948
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / George Thomas Webster diaries and account books

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