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Missions and Missionaries

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 1167 Collections and/or Records:

Manual of procedure for the Finnish Mission

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232489440]
Identifier: MSS 555
Scope and Contents

Typewritten manual of procedures with correspondence, pamphlets, and lists of guidelines. On the first page is written: "Booklet arranged by President Phileon B. Robinson, Jr. for John D. Warner who took his place as president of the Finnish Mission."

Dates: 1956-1958

Maori language manuscript

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197235231856]
Identifier: MSS 8601
Content Description

Materials include part of a manuscript for a manual for teaching the Maori language. This was likely created to assist LDS missionaries serving in New Zealand.

Dates: date of production not identified

Margaret Grace Greer Nuttall papers, 1897-1976

 Series — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233618542], Folder: 1-15
Identifier: MSS 2070 Series 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Diaries, photographs, and other papers of Margaret Greer Nuttall and her husband, William A. Nuttall. Includes autobiographical sketch of Margaret and papers relating to her activities as a student at Brigham Young Academy, including diaries, class notes, report card, and three group photographs of her with classmates. Her diaries, dated 1896-1902, also reflect her activities in Wallsburg, Utah, and in Provo Canyon. William Nuttall's papers relate to his service as a Mormon missionary in New...
Dates: 1897-1976

Margaret Grace Greer Nuttall photographs, approximately 1899-1903

 Series — Folder 18: Series 3 [Barcode: 31197233624540]
Identifier: MSS 2070 Series 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Diaries, photographs, and other papers of Margaret Greer Nuttall and her husband, William A. Nuttall. Includes autobiographical sketch of Margaret and papers relating to her activities as a student at Brigham Young Academy, including diaries, class notes, report card, and three group photographs of her with classmates. Her diaries, dated 1896-1902, also reflect her activities in Wallsburg, Utah, and in Provo Canyon. William Nuttall's papers relate to his service as a Mormon missionary in New...
Dates: approximately 1899-1903

Philip Margetts papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 406
Scope and Contents Photocopies of diaries, newspaper clippings, play scripts, articles on Utah and LDS Church history, and correspondence. Margetts writes about his trip to Utah in 1850. His diary covers the time he served as a missionary for the LDS Church in Great Britain from 1857 to 1858. Many of the items relate to Margetts' career in the theater, to the Salt Lake Theater, and to drama in Utah. The correspondence includes a letter from the second president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...
Dates: 1850-1928

Joseph Markham diary

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 703
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diary chronicling Markham's activities as a Mormon missionary in New Zealand during the last decade of the nineteenth century. Also included is a photocopy of the item.

Dates: 1895-1897

Thomas C. Martele diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230318542]
Identifier: MSS SC 1986
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of a handwritten missionary journal. Martell writes about his experiences while serving in Carmarthen and Cardigan Counties, Wales as a missionary for the Mormon Church.

Dates: 1875-1876

David C. Martin collection on Mormon history

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232560455]
Identifier: MSS 8879
Content Description

Contains correspondence between various people, an autobiography of Andrew Hunter Scott's missionary work, notes about leaders of the Church of Christ, writings on some of the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints including notes on John Whitmer, and magazine and newspaper clippings. The book was created by David C. Martin. Dates approximately 1927 to 1975, bulk approximately 1950 to 1975.

Dates: approximately 1927-1975; Majority of material found within 1950-1975

Jesse Bigler Martin diaries

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 446
Scope and Contents Handwritten diaries with a typed copy of one volume. Martin kept diaries apparently in three volumes. The second and third volumes covering the time from 1854 to 1857 are found with the collection. A typed copy of the first diary covering the years from 1853 to 1854 is also included. Martin writes about his work as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in England. He returned to the United States in 1857 and traveled by rail to Iowa City, Iowa. Martin writes in...
Dates: 1853-1857

Moses Martin letter to Joseph Smith

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233288460]
Identifier: Vault MSS 316
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter, composed in La Porte, Indiana, dated November 7, 1841, and addressed to Joseph Smith, first president of the Mormon Church. Martin writes to introduce himself, tells of his efforts to preach the Mormon faith, and asks for a blessing.

Dates: 1841 November 7