Latter Day Saint missionaries -- Samoan Islands
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
Alva Christopher Merkley diary and notes
Digital Record
Identifier: MSS_SC_1941
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
David Foster Cluff mission diaries
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197231030427]
Identifier: MSS 6700
Abstract
The David Foster Cluff mission diaries consist of five diaries from David Cluff's mission to Samoa from 1894-1898.
Dates:
1894-1898
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Lillian H. Heil family papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 9191
Scope and Contents
Contains materials relating to the life of Lillian H. Heil and her family. Includes letter correspondence between Lillian H. Heil's parents Frank Harmon and Lillie Esplin, family newsletters, family reunion bulletins, and histories and poetry about Orderville, Utah. Also contains family histories and photographs compiled and organized by Lillian about her various ancestors, including the Esplin, Harmon, Woodbury, Miller, and Hoyt families. Contains materials from Lillian's mission for the...
Dates:
1908-2017 ; Majority of material found within 1951-2017
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Albert Stephen Jones papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 350
Scope and Contents
Contains diaries and photographs, including twenty stereographs, documenting Jones's experience as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Samoa and Tonga from 1893 to 1896. The diaries detail his daily activities and talk about the nature of his work. Jones continued to write in these diaries after his return to Provo, Utah until 1902. The collections also contains a handwritten Tongan-English dictionary copied by Jones and a 1895 article on Tongan cannibalism...
Dates:
1893-1902
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Charlene Lind papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 9609
Scope and Contents
Contains personal and family papers of Charlene Lind, Brigham Young University professor of Clothing and Textiles. Contains papers on Charlene's involvement with 4-H, including photographs and two 4-H Congress scrapbooks from 1949 and 1959, and documents about the Mutual Improvement Association (MIA), such as a camp manual, schedules, and pamphlets. Includes papers from Charlene's mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Samoa forom 1957 to 1959, including photographs,...
Dates:
approximately 1945-2006
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Alva Christopher Merkley diary and notes
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230317874]
Identifier: MSS SC 1941
Scope and Contents
Handwritten diary and notes. The diary covers the years from 1902 to 1904 while Merkley served as a missionary for the Mormon Church in the Samoan Islands. Some of the notes are in Samoan.
Dates:
1902-1904
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Arla Renee Mitchell papers
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197239250811]
Identifier: MSS 9017
Scope and Contents
Arla Renee Mitchell's letters to her parents, journal, and ephemera from when she was a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Samoan mission. Materials written about and collected while in the Samoan islands from 1955 to 1957.
Dates:
1955-1957
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Edwin H. Smart journals
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 1608
Scope and Contents
Seven handwritten journals, three miscellaneous items enclosed, and photocopies of the enclosures which include a letter, a poem in Samoan, and a pass. The journals describe missionary experiences in Samoa.
Dates:
1897-1901
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Ray Elmer Stewart diaries
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197230331941]
Identifier: MSS SC 3212
Dates:
1898-1901
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections