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Missions and Missionaries

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 1165 Collections and/or Records:

Mercy Harmon autograph book

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232484854]
Identifier: MSS 333
Scope and Contents

Autograph book with salutations and good wishes to Mercy and her husband, George. Many of these items were written by residents of St. George, Utah, when Mercy and George were leaving on a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Dates: 1888-1891

Ames K. Bagley mission teaching notebook

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197239267120]
Identifier: MSS 9445
Scope and Contents

German language mission notebook kept by Ames K. Bagley during his service as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Germany. Notebook includes German language sayings and proverbs, missionary talks, lessons and visual aids, poems, pedagogical materials, and newspaper clippings. Dated approximately 1923 to 1926.

Dates: approximately 1923-1926

Bahamas History Project sound recordings

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 7608
Content Description

Contains 55 audiocassettes and 14 compact discs with preservation copies of each disc accompanying containing oral histories or interviews of Mormons in the Bahamas. The materials document the early growth and development of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the region. The tapes date 1999-2007, with the bulk of the recordings from 1999.

Dates: 1999-2007; Majority of material found in 1999; before 2015 June

Langley Allgood Bailey scrapbook and diary

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197239252684]
Identifier: MSS 9344
Scope and Contents Includes a photocopy of Langley Allgood Bailey's diary, kept from about 1885 to 1927, providing 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,...
Dates: approximately 1880-1928

Nathan Bennett Baldwin journal

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230314707]
Identifier: MSS SC 1703
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of a handwritten diary. Baldwin describes his temporal and spiritual experiences as a missionary.

Dates: 1868-1877

Jesse O. Ballenger letters

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31179230305408]
Identifier: MSS SC 795
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of typescripts of four letters by Ballenger, three addressed to President Brigham Young and one to Apostle John Taylor outlining conditions in the settlement at Sunset Crossing, Arizona. Content includes relationship with local Native American tribes. Dated 1876-1877.

Dates: 1876-1877

Clarence Marcellus Barker papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197223105948]
Identifier: MSS 2057
Scope and Contents Includes journals, notebooks, an autograph album, letters, and articles relating to his mission in Australia. Five journals document his missionary activities in Sidney, Tasmania, Adelaide, and Perth, including encounters with RLDS missionaries. Notebooks contain a statistical record of his missionary activities, and missionary references, including notes on polygamy and on the RLDS Church. Autograph album contains messages from missionaries, Church members, and other friends in Australia....
Dates: 1905-1987

Harold S. Barnes journals

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232588654]
Identifier: MSS 8672
Scope and Contents

Four journals written by Harold S. Barnes during his time as a missionary in the Eastern States Mission. Materials date from 1914-1917.

Dates: 1914-1917

Emery F. Barrus letters and diary

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 947
Scope and Contents

Nine handwritten letters and 6 pages of Elder Emery F. Barrus' journal kept while he served as a missionary for the Mormon Church in the Southern States Mission in 1899. Letters and journal describe both Barrus' travels and attempts to preach the restored gospel, primarily to people of Tennessee and Missouri. Both letters and journal pages are photocopied for patron use. Also included are the funerary program and a newspaper obituary of Ruth Hammond Barrus.

Dates: 1889-1980

Calvin Henry Bartholomew scrapbook

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232571734]
Identifier: MSS 8433
Content Description

Contains a scrapbook from Bartholomew's mission. It features pictures of all the elders in the West German Mission that served with Clavin. Also contains a few notes explaining contents within the scrapbook. Materials are dated 1937-1939.

Dates: 1937-1939