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Missions and Missionaries

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 1165 Collections and/or Records:

Jennifer Reeder interview with Catherine Bowles

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2947
Scope and Contents

Oral history of Catherine Bowles, from an interview conducted by Jenny Reeder.

Dates: 2004
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Jennifer Reeder interview with Catherine Bowles

William Alvin Bowles papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2956
Abstract

William Alvin Bowles papers includes personal mission diaries, his mission library, including hymn books, a dictionary, and scriptures; mission photographs; and related mission ephemera.

Dates: 1906-1910
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / William Alvin Bowles papers

Henry Green Boyle diaries

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 156
Scope and Contents Contains a handwritten autobiography and diaries related to Boyle's life and experience as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The autobiography was written beginning in 1844 and, in the same volume, he starts a diary in 1846. Boyle kept 14 additional volumes of diaries, dating from 1855 to 1889. Most of the content relates to Boyle's missionary experiences in California and to Southern States Mission, including while he was mission president from 1875 to 1878. Also...
Dates: 1844-1912
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Henry Green Boyle diaries

Henry Green Boyle papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230339860]
Identifier: MSS 59
Abstract

The collection contains a printed certificate with handwitten notations affirming that Boyle was a Seventy in the LDS Church. Also included is a typewritten letter to Boyle from some unknown person in Arkansas between the years of 1851-1876.

Dates: 1851-1876
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Henry Green Boyle papers

William S. Bradshaw and Marge Bradshaw papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 6947
Scope and Contents Collection contains handbooks, publications, and letters relating to William S. and Marge Bradshaw's mission to Hong Kong from 1971 to 1974, including Cantonese Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price translation material, and some Vietnamese gospel teaching and Book of Mormon language material. Also contains documents relating to Bradshaw family properties in Star Valley, Wyoming, their 2019 family history, academic papers of William S. Bradshaw, and emails,...
Dates: 1889-2021
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / William S. Bradshaw and Marge Bradshaw papers

Jordan Hendrickson Brady correspondence

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3069
Scope and Contents Originals and photocopies of handwritten correspondence including letters, newspaper clippings, and postal cards. The materials relate to primarily Brady's experiences as a missionary in the Northern States Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1911-1913. He served much of his time in the Chicago, Illinois, area and in Indiana. Brady often mentions his son, Sidney Alphonso Brady. Jordan received letters from his wife, Alberta Brady, children, and other friends and...
Dates: 1909-1914
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Jordan Hendrickson Brady correspondence

William Bramall journals

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 619
Scope and Contents

Holographs. The journals concern three missions to England, recording places he visited, people he stayed with and subjects he preached about.

Dates: 1845-1879
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / William Bramall journals

Brewer family collection of missionary photographs

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197233616611]
Identifier: MSS 8158
Scope and Contents

Collection contains sixty-five portraits of individuals that were given to members of the Brewer family around 1940 to 1950 while they were on their missions. Some of the photographs have a note to the recipient written on the back.

Dates: approximately 1940-1950
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Brewer family collection of missionary photographs

Brief history of Brigham Morris Young

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230318674]
Identifier: MSS SC 1999
Scope and Contents

Typewritten biography of Brigham Morris Young. B. M. Young was a businessman who served two missions to Hawaii (1873-1875 and 1883) and helped organize the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations in numerous places for the Mormon Church. He married Armeda Snow who was the daughter of the fifth president of the Mormon Church, Lorenzo Snow (1814-1901).

Dates: approximately 1970s
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Brief history of Brigham Morris Young

Jens Peter Larsen Brienholt journal

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 421
Scope and Contents

Holograph journal which tells of his service as a Latter-day Saint Church missionary to Denmark.

Dates: 1904-1906
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Jens Peter Larsen Brienholt journal

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