Missions and Missionaries
Subject
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Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Bush family papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2217
Abstract
This collection, containing letters, journals, newspaper articles, and other family correspondence, has been organized into folders by year, starting in 1846 and ending in 1960.
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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Bush family papers
First Presidency letter to all mission presidents in foreign areas
Item — Folder 1: [31197233267928]
Identifier: MSS 6067
Abstract
Letter to all mission presidents in foreign areas from the First Presidency concerning “purchase of future branch meetinghouse sites in foreign areas,” 1961.
Sidney J. and Ernest A. Ottley scrapbooks
Collection
Identifier: MSS 3734
Scope and Contents
Contains five albums. The first three albums include photographs, postcards, booklets, and newspaper clippings, relating to Sidney James Ottley's mission to New Zealand from 1912-1914. The fourth album includes family photographs, announcements of weddings, deaths, and anniversaries, as well as greeting cards. The fifth album belongs to Ernest A. Ottley and covers his life in Millard County, Utah to his missionary service in New Zealand.
Afton K. and L. Sid Shreeve autobiographical information
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2100
Scope and Contents
Includes "The Land Shadowing with Wings," by Lyman S. Shreeve, a compilation of correspondence, 1955-1991; reports, news clippings, and narrative. The account briefly documents his early life in St. Johns, Arizona, 1915-1930s; Latter-day Saint mission to Argentina, 1936-1938; second mission to Argentina, accompanied by his wife, 1945-1948; service as mission president in Uruguay and Paraguay, 1951-1955; work as director of Utah Society for Crippled Children and Adults, 1956-1959; work as...
John Henry Smeath mission journals
Collection — Box 1: [31197227635445]
Identifier: MSS 3917
Scope and Contents
The John Henry Smeath mission journals, 1923-1990. Includes: John Henry Smeath journals, 1923-1925 and Maude Frances Smeath Weight personal history, 1990. John Henry Smeath served in the British Isles Mission from 1923-1925, and the collection includes both his original journals and a bound typescript. The personal history of Maude Weight, John Henry's sister, is also included.
A. Walter Stevenson papers and photographs
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1574
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a diary which Stevenson kept while on his mission in England during 1921-1923, 4 anti-Mormon posters acquired while on his mission, 4 scrapbooks, and miscellaneous items. The scrapbooks relate to Stevenson's travels and activities, especially with the Boy Scouts of America. Photographs are located in box 2 and mainly deal with Stevenson's involvement with the Boy Scouts of America. These photographs include pictures of LDS church leaders David O. Mackay, Harold B....