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Missions and Missionaries

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 1166 Collections and/or Records:

Clyde C. Edmonds scrapbooks, 1935-1955

 Series
Identifier: MSS 1426 Series 7
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Contains the following: Clyde Edmonds' mission journal from the British Mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; personal correspondence; correspondence, notes and manuals on the General Church Welfare Committee; correspondence, notes and folders on various poultry cooperatives and other economic and industrial organizations with which Edmonds was involved; a collection of notes and talks on the poultry industry, by Edmonds and others and, newspaper clippings on the...
Dates: Other: 1935-1955
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1426, Clyde C. Edmonds papers

Theodore Collier missionary journals

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232481348]
Identifier: MSS 2118
Scope and Contents

Account his service as a missioinary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Texas, part of the Central States Mission. He labored in Houston and several other communities in southeast Texas.

Dates: 1922-1925
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Theodore Collier missionary journals

Hugh W. Colton diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197225533055]
Identifier: MSS 3278
Scope and Contents

Diary covers the period November 29, 1920 to October 1922 (March 27, 1920 to April 24, 1920 are torn out but still part of the collection) while Colton was serving in the Eastern States Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Dates: 1921-1922
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Hugh W. Colton diary

Sterling D. Colton papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 9208
Scope and Contents Contains autobiographical writings of Sterling D. Colton and personal items pertaining to his education and early life with his wife, Ellie Ricks Colton. Included are writings by him and his wife regarding their time as mission presidents. Contains audio and video recordings of interviews with Sterling and Ellie Colton and interviews done with other members of the family, including Hugh Colton. Contains annual reports of the Marriott Corporation/Marriott International, Inc., dating between...
Dates: 1944-2017
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Sterling D. Colton papers

Harold G. Connell papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7010
Scope and Contents

Collection contains photographs, scrapbooks, correspondence, memorabilia, medical records, music, research notes, and family histories. The materials document Connell's personal and professional lives, including his service as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to the Palestine, Syria, Mission. Materials date from 1947 to 1967.

Dates: 1947-1993
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Harold G. Connell papers

Adrian David Cook notebooks

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230236371]
Identifier: MSS SC 237
Scope and Contents

Holograph notebooks which relate to Cook's Latter-day Saint Church mission to the Western States. Includes a printed mission journal and a daily diary.

Dates: 1906-1908
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Adrian David Cook notebooks

Frederick Cooke diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230319847]
Identifier: MSS SC 2165
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of a handwritten diary including some introductory notes by Frederick Cooke's granddaughter Alice Cooke Zabriskie in 1954. The diary covers the years 1838 to 1842. Frederick describes his conversion to the Mormon Church and his missionary experiences in Wales.

Dates: 1838-1954
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Frederick Cooke diary

Sidney Algernon Coray mission diaries

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6037
Abstract

Missionary diaries from the LDS mission of Sidney Algernon Coray while serving in the Hawaiian Islands from 1880 to 1883.

Dates: 1880-1883
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Sidney Algernon Coray mission diaries

Joseph Corbett journal

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230315514]
Identifier: MSS SC 1777
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten journal of a Mormon missionary in New York City. The missionary's name is believed to have been Joseph Corbett.

Dates: 1869-1870
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Joseph Corbett journal

Life story of Agnes Howe Corbridge

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230331479]
Identifier: MSS SC 3019
Scope and Contents Autobiography of Agnes Howe Corbridge contains memories of her childhood in Murray, Utah; church service; attendance at the University of Utah, 1934-1938; teaching at Preston High School (Idaho), 1938-1942; marriage; and travels. Autobiography of Ivan L. Corbridge contains memories of his childhood in Malad, Idaho; church service, including a Latter-day Saint Mission to Australia; service in the U.S. Air Force during World War II; attendance at Utah State University; and work as faculty at...
Dates: 1993
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Life story of Agnes Howe Corbridge

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