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Handwritten diary. Bird talks about his activities and about the places he visited while on his mission. Also included are biographies of Henry Bird's father, Edmund Bird, and notes relating to Bird family genealogy.

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Handwritten diaries. Butler writes about his daily activities while serving on a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the new Northwestern States.

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Photocopy of handwritten diaries. The collection consists of two diaries. The first was kept from 1879 to 1880 while Carver was serving in the Southern States. The second was kept from 1898 to 1899 while Carter was working in the Northwestern States. Also included is an account of Carter's interview with a female servant of the infamous John D. Lee, who was associated with the Mountain Meadows Massacre of 1857.

Scope and Contents note Election as Utah State Senator. Nomination as Utah State Senator. Appointment as Cache County Chairman for Utah Savings Bond Committee. Cache County Chairman Savings Bond Program award. Completion of National Security Seminar. 25th Anniversary Award in Support of U. S. Savings Bond Program. Appointment as Inheritance Tax Appraiser for 28 Cache County, Utah. Personalities of the West and Mid West. Florida Vacation Gift Certificate. Release from Logan Temple duties. Outstanding Senior...

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Incoming: typed letters of thanks and congratulations; one handwritten note of appreciation. Outgoing: Letter relating to Special Priesthood class, typed, mimeographed.

Scope and Contents note Folder 1: Partial history of James L. McMurrin, written by him; 52 typed pages include election to Idaho State Senate, call to be member of European Mission and service in that mission including trips through Great Britain and Europe, meeting President David O. McKay in Glasgow; the birth of a child. Folder 2: Log kept from arrival in mission field in 1950 at Portland, Oregon, Northwestern States Mission, through various duties in the mission field; reference to both President and Mrs....

Scope and Contents note News articles from theDeseret News, Salt Lake City, Utah;The Herald Journal, Logan, Utah;The Washington Evening Star, Washington, D. C.;The Washington Post, Washington, D. C.; and undesignated newspaper, including the following items: McMurrin named to mission post; picture of Bishop Thorpe B. Isaacson, Elder Alma Sonne, and James A. McMurrin; Cache County bond chairman named; U. S. Treasury award picture; Cache Red Cross volunteers; articles on elderly citizens and conference on aging;...

Scope and Contents note Incoming: Mark E. Peterson and Marion G. Romney, requesting information on Northwestern States Mission; Mark E. Petersen, organizing a stake; the First Presidency, release from Northwestern States Mission. Outgoing: Mark E. Petersen and Marion G. Romney, reply about Northwestern States Mission; Joseph Fielding Smith, organizing a stake; 1 unidentified letter.Letters of Mission President, typed mimeographed. Two missionary proselyting plans: a mimeographed work of 20 pages; a...

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Black and white photograph prints of various sizes accompanied the collection. They have been transferred to the James A. McMurrin Photograph Collection in the Photo Archives. Photocopies of the photographs are retained here in the collection. (9 items)

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General Conference reports and excerpts.