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Missions and Missionaries

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 1166 Collections and/or Records:

Arthur Gaeth papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2017
Scope and Contents

Typescript of an oral history, newspaper clippings, articles, correspondence, periodicals, and miscellaneous items. Most of the items were written by Gaeth as part of his broadcasting and journalism careers. The oral history is an interview conducted by Ronald G. Watt in 1976 as part of the James Moyle Oral History Program of the Historical Department of the Mormon Church. This interview largely relates to Gaeth's missionary activities in Europe.

Dates: 1941-1982

Hagop Gagosian papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7785
Scope and Contents

Contains the Armenian Bible of Hagop Gagosian, a typescript of an autobiography of Hagop Gagosian from 1939 translated into English, an Armenian language book that belonged to John Taylor Woodbury, Jr. (Gagosian's son-in-law and a missionary in Turkey), and a CD with scanned images of parts of the Bible and language book plus translations.

Dates: 1882-1939

David Gardner interview

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230330273]
Identifier: MSS SC 3170
Scope and Contents Transcript of an interview conducted by Chinez Chukwurah on August 11, 1985 for the Ray Hillam military history project. Gardner served as an entertainer with the USO before he was drafted in the United States Army. He was trained on high-speed computers and was deployed in Vietnam in 1971 to the Saigon-Tansunut Air Force Base. He repaired computers handled top-secret information that went from Vietnam to important government leaders and agencies. He never saw combat and served in the...
Dates: 1985 August 11

James Hamilton Gardner diaries

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 1733
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of a handwritten diary. Gardner talks about his temporal and spiritual experiences while serving as a missionary in Hawaii.

Dates: 1880-1884

Robert R. Gardner and Neil S. Gardner journals and notebook

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230244441]
Identifier: MSS SC 550
Scope and Contents

The collection includes the missionary journals of Robert R. Gardner serving in Australia, 1907-1908, and of Neil S. Gardner serving in Canada, 1894-1896. Also a notebook of Robert R. Gardner containing historical quotes and references to the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and polygamy.

Dates: 1894-1908

William Erastus Gee missionary papers

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233616546]
Identifier: MSS 8866

John T. Gerber correspondence

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 138
Scope and Contents

Handwritten correspondence. Most of the items are between Gerber and Louis von Buren and John Lyman Smith. Typescripts accompany many of the letters and some of the manuscripts are in German. Gerber and his correspondents write about Switzerland and the work of Mormon missionaries there.

Dates: 1862

German letter fragment

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230308667]
Identifier: MSS SC 1079
Scope and Contents

Pages 2, 3, and 4 of a holograph letter in German by an unknown author. The item tells of some of the activities of the Mormon Church in Germany.

Dates: approximately 1875-1900

John Thomas Giles diaries

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232486941]
Identifier: MSS 994
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diaries and teaching notes. Giles writes about his daily activities in Provo, Utah; his two missions for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Hawaii (1890-1897 and 1905-1907); his work at a lime kiln; his work on a railroad; and his teaching of Sunday School for the Church.

Dates: 1890-1927

Thomas Davis Giles journals

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 959
Scope and Contents Materials include a holograph journal and photocopies of two holograph journals. The original holograph item is in Welsh and dates from 1852-1856. This journal has been photocopied. Also includes a photocopy of a journal in English that dates from 1850-1856. Giles was an 1844 convert to the Mormon church and served as a local official in that organization in Great Britain. He was blind and his diary is believed to have been penned by William Lewis and others. Giles recounts many instances of...
Dates: 1850-1856