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Missions and Missionaries

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 1166 Collections and/or Records:

Joseph Ellis Johnson diary and biographies

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230345743]
Identifier: MSS 960
Scope and Contents

Typescript of a diary and two biographies. Johnson kept the diary from 1886 to 1887 while serving on a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Southern States. Also included are two biographies of Johnson by family members.

Dates: 1886-1963

Neils P. Johnson song book

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230319862]
Identifier: MSS SC 2170
Scope and Contents

Handwritten songs in Danish copied by Johnson.

Dates: approximately 1900

Albert Stephen Jones papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 350
Scope and Contents Contains diaries and photographs, including twenty stereographs, documenting Jones's experience as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Samoa and Tonga from 1893 to 1896. The diaries detail his daily activities and talk about the nature of his work. Jones continued to write in these diaries after his return to Provo, Utah until 1902. The collections also contains a handwritten Tongan-English dictionary copied by Jones and a 1895 article on Tongan cannibalism...
Dates: 1893-1902

Lavon B. Jones biography of Henry Hamilton

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231058816]
Identifier: MSS 6242
Abstract

The Lavon B. Jones biography of Henry Hamilton is a biography that accounts for the life of Hamilton from his birth in Scotland to his death in Utah. Henry Hamilton was an early pioneer that forged his way from Scotland to the Utah Valley.

Dates: 1980

Robert Allen Jones diaries

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 625
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diaries. Jones writes about his daily activies in Henefer and in Ogden, Utah, his mission to England for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1890 to 1892, his occupations, and his various church callings.

Dates: 1888-1934

Thomas R. Jones postcards

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197225560637]
Identifier: MSS 3885
Scope and Contents

Collection consists of postcards to and from Thomas R. Jones between 1905 and 1912. The majority of the correspondence documents his service as a Mormon missionary. The collection also includes blank postcards with images of European countries and photographic postcards.

Dates: 1905-1912, bulk 1909-1912

Mads Jorgensen diaries and Letters

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2060
Scope and Contents

Handwritten letters and a diary. Also included are typescripts of diaries. Some items are in Danish. Most of the materials were produced when Jorgensen was serving on a mission for the Mormon Church in Scandinavia. The letters were written to his wives. His diaries also cover the time he spent in prison for polygamy.

Dates: 1879-1890

Joseph W. Booth diaries and poems, 1885-1928

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 155 Series 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Handwritten diaries and poems. These journals were kept from 1885 to 1928 when Booth was in Alpine, Utah, at the Brigham Young Academy in Provo, Utah, and in Turkey and Armenia as a missionary and as mission president.

Dates: 1885-1928

Joseph W. Booth poetry, 1885-1921

 Series — Box 3: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 31197230364678]
Identifier: MSS 155 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains poetry produced by Booth, dated from between 1885 and 1921.

Dates: 1885-1921

Journal David H. McAllister : northern Arizona period

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230305556]
Identifier: MSS SC 806
Scope and Contents

Typescript. Includes short autobiographical sketch of author's life from his birth to his mission call to Arizona in 1876. Rest of the text is a daily journal covering the trip from Salt Lake City to Arizona, daily life in the Mormon settlements, and a trip back to Utah in 1877. Almost all of McAllister's journal entries are one line in length.

Dates: 1876-1877