Church work with Indians -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Dalton family diaries
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230306067]
Identifier: MSS SC 837
Scope and Contents
The collection includes copies of the diaries of Charles Dalton (1810-1891) and John Luther Dalton (1843- ). Charles was an early convert to the Mormon Church, lived in Nauvoo, Illinois, and was an early pioneer to Utah. His diary is a fifteen-page typescript covering the years 1855 to 1858 during which he served a Mormon Church mission to the Indians of Idaho. He describes some contact with the Bannock and Nez Perce Indians, but most of the entries are short and relate to the repairs...
Dates:
1890-1974
Out of obscurity into light
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197230305630]
Identifier: MSS SC 813
Scope and Contents
Typewritten manuscript. This is a history of Mormon missionary activities among "Lamanites," broadly defined as Native Americans in both North and South America and the natives in the Pacific Islands. Included is a large section of the work of Cordell M. Anderson, field director of the Foundation for Indian Development.
Dates:
1983