Missions and Missionaries
Subject
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Found in 1142 Collections and/or Records:
Ralph M. Aldous letters
Collection — Box 1: [31197230218007]
Identifier: MSS 1695
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and signed letters. Aldous writes to Phyllis whom he often refers to as "sweetheart" and "my dear." Aldous talks about his missionary experiences, complains that his parents never write, and asks about what is happening at home.
Inez Knight Allen diary
Item — Folder 1: [31197230306968]
Identifier: MSS SC 932
Scope and Contents
Holograph manuscript written by Inez Knight Allen before she married. It is a diary kept from 1898 to 1899 while she was on a mission for the Mormon Church in England. Lengthy entries describe her missionary activities and her travels in England. There are many gaps in the record.
Margaret S. Allen photograph collection of missionaries and friends
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2657
Scope and Contents
Collection of 91 photographs gathered by Allen. Includes photographs by R. H. Carling, W. Stocks, Warren, Photo SO. Shields, S. & D. Jack, Columbia, N. S. Seaward, Leo. Legge, Western, John A. Kraus, Rotary, R. Johnston and Son, Auty, T. Taylor, Whyte and Sons, Northern Photo Co., Toynter, Gales Studio, K. J. Hey, Davidson Brothers, Thirlivell, Paterson, Ronald's Studio, Chase, W. H. Elliott, Kenworthy, Miss Wright.
Shirley R. Allen collection of Bailey and Garrett family papers
Collection — Oversize 1: [31197239252684]
Identifier: MSS 9344
Scope and Contents
Includes a photocopy of Langley Allgood Bailey's diary, kept from about 1885 to 1927, and provides an autobiographical sketch of Bailey's early life, his journey as a pioneer in the Martin handcart company, and his mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Also includes a scrapbook kept by Langley with documents and articles related to his life and his obituary in 1928. The scrapbook also includes several original poems and was kept in a Juab Stake Annual Report ledger,...
William Wilford Allen : his journal and other chapters of his life
File — Folder 1: [31197232533627]
Identifier: MSS 7746
Scope and Contents
Contains a transcription of William W. Allen’s journal with commentary and other notes on his life, written and compiled by Allen C. Christensen. Also included is an electronic copy of the manuscript.
Alva Christopher Merkley diary and notes
Digital Record
Identifier: MSS_SC_1941
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Alvin Benson papers, 1898-1903
Series
Identifier: MSS 8555 Series 3
Scope and Contents
Contains the personal papers of Alvin Benson (1859-1942), including two missionary journals and a letter written to him. All documents are dated between 1898-1903.
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions letter received
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2197
Scope and Contents
Materials include a five page unsigned handwritten letter dated October 2, 1833, to Reverend D. Green, secretary of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, from the chairman of a committee in Jacksonville, Illinois, requesting the Board's aid in outfitting a missionary group to the "Indians West of the Rocky Mountains." This letter is accompanied by a two page manuscript copy of a petition titled "Incipient measures in relation to the establishment of a mission," with...
Andrew Amundsen autobiography and diary
File — Folder 1: [31197230326420]
Identifier: MSS SC 2845
Scope and Contents
Typescript of an autobiography and of a diary. Amundsen writes about his early life, conversion to the Mormon Church, his migration to Utah, his missions for the Mormon Church in Arizona and Norway, and his life in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Duwayne Leroy Anderson missionary papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 6060
Scope and Contents
Materials contain papers dated from 1922 to 1925, which include a mission journal and accompanying transcription, missionary meeting notes, "Swiss and German Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints" LDS Church directory, and photograph and postcard albums. All these things were created in conjunction with Anderson's missionary service in Germany from 1922 to 1925.