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Missions and Missionaries

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 1167 Collections and/or Records:

Levi Edgar Young correspondence and typescript letter carbons, 1903-1963

 Series
Identifier: MSS 561 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains letters and copies produced by Young, dating from 1903 to 1963.

Dates: 1903-1963
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 561, Levi Edgar Young papers

Levi Edgar Young memorabilia, 1870-1895

 Series
Identifier: MSS 561 Series 5
Scope and Contents

Contains memorabilia collected by Young, including a doctor's bag.

Dates: 1870-1895
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 561, Levi Edgar Young papers

Levi Edgar Young papers from the Swiss-Austrian Mission, 1903-1904

 Series
Identifier: MSS 561 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains a diary, scrapbook, and scriptures from Young's mission, dating from 1903 to 1904.

Dates: 1903-1904
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 561, Levi Edgar Young papers

Levi Edgar Young research and findings, 1835-1931

 Series
Identifier: MSS 561 Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains minutes, notes, and books collected by Young, dating from between 1835 and 1931.

Dates: 1835-1931
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 561, Levi Edgar Young papers

Frederick Lewis diaries

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230318468]
Identifier: MSS SC 1956
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten diary and a typescript. Lewis talks about his missionary experiences while serving a mission for the Mormon Church in Wales. He talks about his daily activities and emphasizes the spiritual dimension of his mission within the framework of Mormon theology.

Dates: 1884-1885
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Frederick Lewis diaries

John A. Lewis diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230330661]
Identifier: MSS SC 3133
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a handwritten diary. Lewis wrote about his experience as a Mormon missionary in Wales. He told of his experiences while teaching, his hopes for the souls of Wales, his testimony of the truthfullness of the Mormon Church, his family members, his visits to his cousins, and the challenges of teaching. He visited Cardiff, Wales, where he was born, and he travelled to many other areas as well.

Dates: 1884-1885
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / John A. Lewis diary

Walter J. Lewis mission journal

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6900
Scope and Contents Journal contains descriptions of the experiences Walter Lewis underwent during his time spent as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Wales at age 24. Though much of the journal is dedicated to missionary work and religious experiences, Lewis also takes time to write about his correspondences, the area he was living in, and also gives personal detail to many of the Latter-day Saints he worked with while in Wales. This journal covers the year of 1878. The...
Dates: 1878
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Walter J. Lewis mission journal

Ernest and Oneta Lichfield memoirs

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197239279281]
Identifier: MSS 9315
Scope and Contents DVD contains materials pertaining to the lives of William Ernest and Oneta Bunnell Lichfield compiled by their granddaughter Cara Nmi Trullo. It includes interviews detailing their childhoods in Utah, time spent living in Iran, Ernest's mission in Norway, Ernest's career as an engineer, and their membership in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It also talks about time Ernest spent as a pilot in the United States Air Force. This memoir spans 1931 to 2011, from the beginning of...
Dates: 2011
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Ernest and Oneta Lichfield memoirs

Abraham Brigham Liechty papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7430
Scope and Contents

Collection contains memorabilia from Abraham Brigham Liechty's mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to Germany. This memorabilia includes journals, schedules, baptism records, and various books printed in German. Other items in the collection include personal documents, photographs, and a wooden tool. Materials date from between 1870 and 1903.

Dates: approximately 1870-1903
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Abraham Brigham Liechty papers

Abraham Brigham Liechty photographs of the German Mission

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 6623
Scope and Contents

Contains several group photographs of the German Mission (1900-1903) in which Abraham Brigham Liechty is identified: 2 photographs of German Mission; Conference of the German Mission held in Berlin January 5-9, 1902; Photograph of the Lars Christian Mickelsen family.

Dates: approximately 1900-1903
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Abraham Brigham Liechty photographs of the German Mission

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