Missions and Missionaries
Found in 1167 Collections and/or Records:
Johan Söderholm journal
Hans Christian Sørensen diaries
Handwritten diaries kept in English while Sorensen served as a missionary for the Mormon Church. Sorensen was a native of Denmark and spent most of his time working in that country. Sorensen writes of his daily activities and about the condition of the Mormon Church in Denmark. Dated 1887-1889.
John Peter Sorensen papers
Harmon S. Sowards mission diary and day-book
Relates activities and experiences. Includes a certificate of release and thanks for service rendered in the Eastern States Mission, signed by Mission President, Ben E. Rich. Day books give an accound of LDS publications distributed and missionary activities.
Special West Central district conference
Conference held at the Osaka Mainichi Hall, Japan. Contains addresses concerning "The Mormon Church in Japan," and "The Book of Mormon" and "The Conversion of Brother Aki." Speakers include Brother Tokiichih Yanagida, Katayama Okamachi, President Paul C. Andrus, and Sister & Brother Peterson. Also includes a postcard written in Japanese conji with a photograph of two women and LDS missionary.
Claudius V. Spencer journal
Journal records Spencer's overland journey from Salt Lake City, Utah to Liverpool, England between April 22, 1850 to September 19, 1850.
David Spilsbury diaries
Handwritten diaries for the years 1881, 1906-1916, and 1934-1936. The 1881 diary covers the time Spilsbury was a missionary for the Mormon Church in England, the 1906-1916 diary was kept while Spilsbury lived in Toquerville, Utah, and the final journal was kept while he was in Salt Lake City, Utah. Spilsbury writes about his work in the Mormon Church, farming, and international news.
George Spilsbury autobiography
Handwritten autobiography with a photocopy of the item. The volume includes handwritten copies of letters received and patriarchal blessings of family members. Spilsbury writes about travelling in southern Utah as a patriarch, gives a brief description of his mission to Wales, talks about some of the prophecies of the first president of the LDS Church, Joseph Smith (1805-1844), and describes the exodus west of Mormons from Nauvoo, Illinois to Utah. Dated from 1843 to 1911.
T. Joseph Steed mission papers
T. Joseph Steed mission paper, 1923-1926, includes three archival series: 1)Correspondence, 1923-1926 -- 2)News Reviews, 1925-1926 -- 3)Miscellaneous Items, 1925-1926.
John Steele and Mahonri Moriancumer Steele diaries
Collection contains the mission diaries of John and Mahonri M. Steele. Included in the diaries of John are day to day descriptions of his time serving as a Mormon missionary, and serving in the Mormon Battalion. He also gives some family history and autobiographical information about his life prior to the journal. The journals written by Mahonri M. Steele tell about his time as a Mormon missionary to England and Scotland.