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Missions and Missionaries

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 1167 Collections and/or Records:

John U. Stucki journals

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 3117
Scope and Contents

The collection contains the typescripts of the journal between the years of 1874-1917. Also contained is an index of the journals by John R. Stucki. The collection contains material on the Swiss and German Mission between the years 1874-1875 and 1888-1890; autobiographical information; and life in Southern Idaho and Northern Utah.

Dates: 1874-1917

Susan Zeller autobiography

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: A2020-10-074
Dates: 2012 November 14

John Allen Sutton papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230237486]
Identifier: MSS SC 717
Scope and Contents

Two holograph journals, one in 1856 describing his journey from England to Salt Lake City, the other from 1882-1883 containing genealogy and an account of his Latter-day Saint Church mission to England. Also includes a letter (with photocopy) containing short personal history and genealogy, a personal history (with typescript copy), and a letter concerning the provenance of the collection.

Dates: 1856-1898

Swallow family letters

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231061471]
Identifier: MSS 7688
Scope and Contents

Letters written by Asahel and Prudence North, Luthera and Ransom Swallow, on August 23, 1834 from Illinois to their family in Vermont. The letter is addressed to Mr. Nahum Swallow, with an address to Brown's Ville, Winsdor, Vermont. All four letters are written on a single folded sheet, and include updates about their activities. Also includes references to preaching by Mormons and reading the Morning Star.

Dates: 1834 August

Swallow family letters

 Digital Record
Identifier: MSS7688
Dates: 1834 August

Swedish Mission temple record book

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197239118901]
Identifier: MSS SC 1461
Scope and Contents Contains a ledger book created by then-First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Joseph F. Smith, Anthon H. Lund, and Charles W. Penrose; inside the front cover is pasted a letter of "Instructions to the President of the Swedish Mission," signed by the First Presidency and dated April 8, 1914. As the title page reads, the purpose of the book is to be a "Record of the Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who have died in the Swedish Mission, in...
Dates: 1914 April 8; Record Keeping: 1896-1973; Majority of material found within 1914-1933

Kanute Swensen diaries

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 165
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diaries with bound photostat copies of the items. The first two volumes, covering the years 1857 to 1868, are in Danish, while the remainder are in English. Also included is a typewritten translation into English of the diaries for the years 1857 and 1858 when Swensen was serving a mission for the Mormon Church in Denmark. Swensen writes about his immigration to Utah and his life in Pleasant Grove.

Dates: 1857-1902

Lewis Swensen missionary journal

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8031
Abstract

Account of Swensen's time serving in the LDS Southern States mission, 1897-1899, and published copy.

Dates: 1897-1899

John Ephraim Swenson journal

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230327840]
Identifier: MSS 2273
Scope and Contents

Contains John Ephraim Swenson's journal from his mission to Norway, August 10, 1902 to May 25, 1905.

Dates: 1902-1905

John Lewis Swenson missionary journal

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197225522322]
Identifier: MSS 3208
Scope and Contents

Journal documents Elder Swenson's missionary experiences in the Central States Mission from 1912 to 1913. Although Elder Swenson kept three journals, only this third volume has survived.

Dates: 1912-1913