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Missions and Missionaries

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 1165 Collections and/or Records:

B. F. Cummings journal

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230233667]
Identifier: MSS SC 91
Scope and Contents

Holograph journal, written to replace a previously lost volume, in which Cummings describes his assistance of Latter-day Saint Church members in New England in preparing to move west to Utah, and his work as president of the New England Mission. Also contains a handwritten note by Benjamin Franklin Cummings III concerning other volumes of the journal.

Dates: 1876
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / B. F. Cummings journal

Benjamin Franklin Cummings diaries and an autobiography

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 164
Scope and Contents Handwritten diaries including an autobiography. Cummings' autobiography covers his early life when he lived in Ohio and Navuoo, Illinois, served on a mission to Maine, and left Illinois for Utah. Cummings' diaries tell about his mission to the Indians in Idaho in the "Salmon River Mission," his service during the "Utah Expedition" of 1857-1858, his various encounters with Indians, his mission to Iowa in 1878 and 1879, and his life in Ogden and Salt Lake City, Utah. Also included is a...
Dates: 1854-1879
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Benjamin Franklin Cummings diaries and an autobiography

Edwin M. Curtis mission journal

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230351329]
Identifier: MSS 7410
Abstract

Journal is a record of the life Curtis led as he served a mission to Great Britain for the Latter-day Saint Church.

Dates: 1878-1879
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Edwin M. Curtis mission journal

Samuel Frederick Curtis papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 9035
Scope and Contents Materials include journals, letters, notebooks, photographs, negatives, and audiocassettes of Samuel Frederick "Fred" Curtis and his wife Emmeline Curtis. Topics of materials include Fred's mission in Germany and the mission Samuel and Emmeline later served in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, both for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, their family of six children, and Fred's work at and donations to Brigham Young University. Some photographs depict military camps and activities aboard...
Dates: approximately 1930-2017
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Samuel Frederick Curtis papers

Czech letter fragment

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230308659]
Identifier: MSS SC 1078
Scope and Contents

Pages 15 and 17 of a holograph letter by an unknown author. It tells how the writer became interested in the Mormon Church and comments on its strengths as a faith. The item is written in Czech.

Dates: approximately 1900-1920
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Czech letter fragment

Abram and Sadie Dalley journals

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3155
Scope and Contents

Collection includes the journals of both Abram F. Dalley and Sadie Buttars Dalley between 1978 and 2004. The journals include descriptions of the writers' personal thoughts and daily activities, including a desciption of their missionary service to South Carolina. Some of the journals include indexes and some greeting cards.

Dates: 1978-2004
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Abram and Sadie Dalley journals

Dalton family diaries

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230306067]
Identifier: MSS SC 837
Scope and Contents The collection includes copies of the diaries of Charles Dalton (1810-1891) and John Luther Dalton (1843- ). Charles was an early convert to the Mormon Church, lived in Nauvoo, Illinois, and was an early pioneer to Utah. His diary is a fifteen-page typescript covering the years 1855 to 1858 during which he served a Mormon Church mission to the Indians of Idaho. He describes some contact with the Bannock and Nez Perce Indians, but most of the entries are short and relate to the repairs...
Dates: 1890-1974
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Dalton family diaries

William Horne Dame diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230345396]
Identifier: MSS 2862
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a handwritten diary. Dame writes about his missionary activities in England for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This copy is often hard to read.

Dates: 1860-1861
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / William Horne Dame diary

David Horton Elton papers, v. 1

 Digital Record
Identifier: MSS2050_v1
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

David Horton Elton papers, v. 2

 Digital Record
Identifier: MSS2050_v2
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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