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Maori language

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Joseph Peter Beck diaries

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197231042125]
Identifier: MSS 2317
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a handwritten diary. Beck writes about his preparations for a mission and about walking to San Francisco, California, to buy a ticket to New Zealand. He tells about his journey and his missionary activities in New Zealand which included his studies of the Maori language. He returned and arrived in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Dates: 1888-1892
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Joseph Peter Beck diaries

Matthew Cowley letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230313907]
Identifier: MSS SC 1591
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten letter addressed to his sister, Laura, concerning the translation of Mormon scriptures into the Maori language. In 1917 Matthew Cowley helped revise the original translation of the Book of Mormon with the help of native Maori people. He went on to translate the Doctrine and Covenants and Pearl of Great Price.

Dates: 1932
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Matthew Cowley letter

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
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Maori language manuscript

George Shepherd Taylor diaries

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197231040558]
Identifier: MSS 167
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diaries in ten volumes with a book of missionary expenses. Also included are a printed copy of the New Testament in the Maori language and a printed "ready reference" book of scriptures often used by Mormon missionaries in both English and Maori. Taylor writes about his daily activities in leading the mission.

Dates: 1920-1924
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / George Shepherd Taylor diaries

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