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Missions and Missionaries

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 1167 Collections and/or Records:

William M. Timmins radio talks

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230305663]
Identifier: MSS SC 818
Scope and Contents

This is a collection of 13 radio talks given by William M. Timmins, Jr. on the Salt Lake City radio station KSL in 1959. Also enclosed are one program copy and one fan letter. Timmin's talks include such diverse subjects as "Christ's True Church," "The Book of Mormon," and the "Signs of the Times."

Dates: 1959

Tonks family biographies and diaries

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 835
Scope and Contents This collection consists of two diaries and their photocopies and biographies of 16 Tonks family members. The members of the Tonks family belonged to the Mormon Church and lived in Utah and Idaho. The diary of Warren Tonks covers from 2 Jan. 1921 to 25 Feb. 1923 when the author was a missionary for the Mormon Church in New Zealand. It is in three notebooks written mostly in pencil.The diary of George Moroni Tonks (1856-1932) covering from 8 March 1887 to 4 June 1887 plus a...
Dates: 1887-1970

George M. Tonks mission journal

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233618633]
Identifier: MSS 7966
Scope and Contents

Contains a photocopy of pages of Tonks' mission journal, relating to his service in Great Britain. Dated 1916.

Dates: 1916

John Toone missionary journal

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232594991]
Identifier: MSS 8775
Content Description Compilation of transcriptions of journal entries written by John Toone. Describes his experiences as a missionary in England from May 8, 1854-April 29, 1856; the last few days of his journal describe when he entered the Salt Lake Valley, August 31-September 13, 1852. Contains a biographical sketch, a paper on John Toone and his music, and a history of Croydon, Utah, which Toone helped settle, written by decendants of John Toone. This book was put together by members of the John Toone Family...
Dates: 1854-1856; Publication: 1997

S. S. Topham ledger

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230332378]
Identifier: MSS SC 3256
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a ledger recording "circulars" sent out by South Carolina Conference President, S.P. Oldham, from January 4, 1897 to February 9, 1898. There are nine circulars labeled "Circular A #1" through "Circular A #9." Topham inserted four pages of notes, which he titled "Items of instructions in Priesthood meeting at Chesterfield Conf. Nov 15 & 16, [18]97 From Apostles Lymon [sic] & Cowley, Pres. [Elias] Kimball & Pres. Oldham." (83 pp.)

Dates: 1897-1898

Wallace Felt Toronto journal and family records

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197235233548]
Identifier: MSS 8503
Scope and Contents

Materials consist of digital images and photocopies of Wallace Felt Toronto journals from 1929 to 1931.

Dates: 1929-1932

Helon Henry Tracy diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230326859]
Identifier: MSS SC 2779
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diary with photocopies. Tracy writes about his activities as a missionary for the Mormon Church in the East of the United States and in Great Britain. He also writes about his life after returning to Ogden.

Dates: 1881-1885

Nancy Alexander Tracy autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230306851]
Identifier: MSS SC 918
Scope and Contents

Typescript of autobiography. Nancy was born in New York and raised by her grandparents. She married Moses Tracy in 1832 and joined the Mormon Church in 1834. She lived in Kirtland, Ohio; Far West, Missouri; Nauvoo, Illinois; "Winter Quarters"; and Ogden, Utah. She witnessed and experienced some of the persecutions of Mormons in Missouri and Illinois. She went with her husband on a mission to New York and was a member of the Mormon Relief Society in Nauvoo. She covers her life until 1860.

Dates: 1885

Transcription of Philip B. Lewis journal by Glade Tew

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232571825]
Identifier: MSS 8574
Scope and Contents

Contains a transcription of the journal of Philip B. Lewis created by Glade Tew. It relates Lewis's experience as a missionary in the Sandwich Islands. A short description of his life is also included as well as a brief family history. Materials are dated 1997.

Dates: 1851-1873

A travelling ministry : the journals and letters of Thomas Owen King Jr., Latter-day Saint missionary, 1860-1864 / Dorothy Brewerton, Carolyn Gorwill and Leonard Reed

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233247029]
Identifier: MSS 7677
Scope and Contents

Biography of Thomas Owen King, Jr., including letters, journal entries, and photographs. The compiled book documents his experiences as a Mormon missionary in England from 1860 to 1864, and his time as a pony express rider and rancher in Almo, Idaho.

Dates: 2010 June