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Missions and Missionaries

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 1166 Collections and/or Records:

Group portrait of Mormon missionaries in England

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231238368]
Identifier: MSS P 800
Scope and Contents

Cabinet portrait of ten men believed to have been Mormon missionaries serving in England around 1886. In the center of the photographs is Daniel H. Wells, apostle in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. From the position of Wells in the center of the portrait, it may be assumed he was serving as mission president at that time. Wells was president of the British Mission of the Church from 1885 to 1887.

Dates: approximately 1886

Roscoe E. Grover mission photograph

 Item — Oversize-folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233284170]
Identifier: MSS 7993
Scope and Contents

Contains one photograph of the missionaries attending a conference in Bradford, England in the British Mission. The photograph features twenty-four missionaries, and is labeled with their names.

Dates: approximately 1901-1902

Joseph W. Grow family history

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230357128]
Identifier: MSS 6221
Abstract

The Joseph W. Grow family history is the photocopied family history of the Grow family. It mainly consists of a personal history of Joseph Wayne Grow with copies of letters and some personal documents. It also includes a genealogical record, a typed history of Henry Grow, as well as photocopies of photographs of the Grow family.

Dates: 1979-1980

Thomas William Gunn mission diaries

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197230364728]
Identifier: MSS 2062
Scope and Contents Account of his activities as a Latter-day Saint missionary, primarily in Florida, part of the Southern States Mission. Collection also includes a photocopy and typescript of each volume, prepared by the Department of Special Collections and Manuscripts at Brigham Young University. The third volume includes poetry, song lyrics, scripture references, and financial and other notes. A list of persons baptized by Gunn and a missionary companion, September 1906-March 1907, is included at the...
Dates: 1906-1908

Lilian Joan Lockhart Guy autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230307719]
Identifier: MSS SC 1007
Scope and Contents

Typescript of an autobiography. Guy describes her childhood on the island of Tasmania and, at age fifteen, being conscripted into a military clothing factory during World War II. She relates how her family joined the Mormon Church as a unit in 1961 and details their church activities in Brisbane.

Dates: 1978

Curt Haehle journal

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197235233795]
Identifier: MSS 8498
Scope and Contents

Contains the diary of Curt Haehle. It relates his work as a stake missionary and contains letters to his wife Erna. Diary is dated 1921-1922.

Dates: 1921-1922

Joseph Y. Haight diaries

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197230364702]
Identifier: MSS 1687
Scope and Contents

Four volumes of handwritten diaries covering the time from 20 February 1899 to 30 July 1902. The final volume contains twenty-four pages of prayers in the Tahitian language. Haight writes about his daily activities, the missionary effort in the Society Islands, and the internal functioning of the mission.

Dates: 1899-1902

Joseph Y. Haight mission papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6940
Scope and Contents Contains several types of materials used by Haight during his mission to the island of Tahiti from 1899 to 1902. The collection contains photographs of Tahitian missionaries, scenery, and people. It also contains a missionary Bible, used by Haight during his three years in Tahiti. In this Bible, there are multiple personal notes written by Haight in both English and Tahitian, listing references and spiritual realizations. The Latter-day Saint Articles of Faith are also pasted into the front...
Dates: 1899-1902

Alma Helaman Hale papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 300
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diaries from 1889 to 1890 and 1909, notebooks, autobiographies, and notes. The diary was kept while Hale served on a mission for the Mormon Church in Great Britain and Ireland. The notebooks were kept while Hale was attending the University of Deseret.

Dates: 1874-1930

Delbert R. Hales missionary journal

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 3011
Scope and Contents

Bound diary produced by Hales describing his experiences as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the German-Austrian Mission. The journal begins with him in Salt Lake City and continues in Meerane, Aschersleben, and Leipzig, Germany. The last few pages of the volume contain street addresses and notes.

Dates: 1936-1938