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Latter Day Saint churches -- Missions -- Australia -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Berry Hamblin diary

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2840
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diaries. Hamblin writes about his experiences as a missionary for the Mormon Church in Austrialia and about his return trip to the United States.

Dates: 1892-1895

John Murdock autobiographies and an essay

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 3241
Scope and Contents Photocopies of microfilm copies of handwritten materials. The collection consists of a lengthy and a shortened version of an autobiography. Murdock wrote about his early life and his converstion to the Mormon Church in 1830. He followed that faith to Kirtland, Ohio; Missouri; and Illinois. He migrated to Council Bluffs, Iowa, and came to Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1847. He served on missions for the Mormon Church in New York and Australia. Murdock copied letters from leaders of the...
Dates: 1835-1864

John Murdock autobiography and diary

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 928
Scope and Contents

Typescripts of a diary and an abridgement of diaries for the years from 1830 to 1859 and 1832. Murdock joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1830 and lived in Kirtland, Ohio; Missouri; Nauvoo, Illinois; and Salt Lake City, Utah. He had numerous assignments for the Church and migrated to Utah in 1847. He participated in Zion's Camp in 1834 and went on a mission to Australia from 1852 to 1853.

Dates: 1830-1867

Melvin Paskett diaries

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230313881]
Identifier: MSS SC 1602
Scope and Contents

Two handwritten diaries. Pasket tells about his missionary and spiritual experiences while serving in Australia.

Dates: 1927-1930

William Griffiths Reese diaries

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1952
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diaries with photocopies of the items. Reese writes about his work as a teacher and as a school administrator, his missions to Wales and Australia for the Mormon Church, his service as a local politician, and his assignments as a local Mormon leader. Reese also tells about personal and family matters and records partriarchal blessings and lists important dates in family history. Materials dated 1882-1979.

Dates: 1882-1979