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Missions and Missionaries

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 1166 Collections and/or Records:

JoAn Borg Bitton correspondence on Malta mission, 1912-2010

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8828 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains materials pertaining to JoAn Bitton's missionary service and the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Malta. Includes correspondence between those involved with the missionary work and progress of the Latter-day Saints in Malta. Also included is a range of personal correspondence and documents concerning JoAn Bitton's service as a missionary to Chile, genealogy work, and letters between JoAn and Davis Bitton. Materials dated 1912 to 2010.

Dates: 1912-2010

JoAn Borg Bitton multimedia on Malta mission, approximately 1940-1997

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8828 Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains multimedia materials related to JoAn Borg Bitton's mission to Malta as well as the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Malta. The materials pertain to Malta, Italy, and some other parts of Europe. Includes photographic slides from Davis Bitton's mission to France, dated 1950 to 1953. Materials dated approximately 1940 to 1997.

Dates: approximately 1940-1997

JoAn Borg Bitton printed materials on Malta mission, 1927-2005, bulk: 1962-2005

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8828 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains printed materials related to the missionary work in Malta as well as the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Malta. The documents pertain to Malta, Italy, some other parts of Europe, and Utah. It covers the subjects of Malta's history, missionary work, history and progress of the church in Malta, the Bitton's Temple Square mission, and JoAn and Davis Bitton. Materials dated 1927 to 2005, with the bulk dated 1962 to 2005.

Dates: 1927-2005; Majority of material found within 1962-2005

Clarence Johansen missionary papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2064
Scope and Contents

Papers include two journals reflecting his missionary service in Drammen, Sarvik, Sandefjord, Skien, Oslo, and Trondhjem, Norway. Also includes letters from Johansen to his family, photographs, and a scrapbook of newspaper clippings. Photographs are mostly of him and other missionaries. Some news clippings relate to The Church of Jesus Christ.

Dates: 1927-1930

John McEwan diary

 Digital Record
Identifier: MSS1051
Dates: 1843-1889

John Peter Sorenson journals, 1879-1908

 Series
Identifier: MSS 1453 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains 17 volumes of journals kept by Sorenson from 1879 to 1908. Includes information about his service in the Australasian Mission in New Zealand and Australia from 1879 to 1881, and in the Scandanavian Mission in Denmark and Sweden in 1887-1889.

Dates: 1879-1908

John Peter Sorenson record books, 1881-1970, bulk: 1881-1920

 Series
Identifier: MSS 1453 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains four volumes of records created by Sorenson. Includes a brief history of his life, genealogical records, temple records, and a financial ledger. Also includes a handwritten transcription of book on the teachings of Jesus Christ that came from Nauvoo, Illinois in the 1840s, and a handwritten report from Sorenson's mission to Scandinavia in the 1880s.

Dates: 1881-1970; Majority of material found within 1881-1920

John Smith correspondence, 1848-1911

 Series
Identifier: Vault MSS 803 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains letters to and from Smith from family members and acquaintances, including his aunt Emma Smith Bidamon, his wife Hellen, his sons Alvin and Hyrum, his step brother Joseph F. Smith, and his cousin Joseph Smith III. Also includes some letters from LDS Church Presidents, including John Taylor and Wilford Woodruff. Dated 1848-1911.

Dates: 1848-1911

John Smith letters received, 1848-1911

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Vault MSS 803 Series 2 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Letters written to John Smith from family members and acquaintances, including Alexander Hale Smith, Hyrum F. Smith, Hyrum Gibbs Smith, George A. Smith, Hellen Smith, Joseph Smith III, Joseph F. Smith, Samuel H. B. Smith, John Taylor, Charles Lowell Walker, Orson F. Whitney, and Wilford Woodruff. Dated 1848-1911.

Dates: 1848-1911

John Smith letters sent, 1854-1911

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Vault MSS 803 Series 2 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Letters written by John Smith and sent to family members and other acquaintances, including his wife, Hellen, sons Alvin and Hyrum F., cousin Joseph Smith III, and step-brother Joseph F. Smith. Dated 1954-1911.

Dates: 1854-1911