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Latter Day Saint missionaries -- New Zealand

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 35 Collections and/or Records:

Ezra F. Richards diaries, letters, and newspaper clippings

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2311
Scope and Contents Photocopies of microfilm copies of handwritten diaries. In the first diary, Richards, told about his experiences in New Zealand as a missionary for the Mormon Church from 1885 to 1888. He worked with the Maori people. Also included are his correspondence while he was in New Zealand at that time. Also included is a second diary Richards kept while he was on another mission to Australia and New Zealand from 1896 to 1897. He wrote about his missionary activities at that time. Some of the...
Dates: 1885-1897

Sarah A. Scott letters received

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2051
Scope and Contents

Handwritten letters and miscellaneous items. The items contain various letters from children and grandchildren of Sarah A. Scott and were written to her. The majority of these letters came from her children living in the Mormon colonies in Mexico. Also included are letters from children in New Zealand, Georgia, and New Mexico.

Dates: 1878-1903

Wilford E. Smith personal narratives

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2112
Scope and Contents Includes four volumes of autobiographical writings and two volumes of poems, essays, addresses, messages to his children, and other information. Autobiographical writings reflect his early life in Holladay, Utah, 1916-1934; work for the Civilian Conservation Corps in Utah, 1935; Latter-day Saint mission to New Zealand, 1936-1938; experiences as a student athlete at Brigham Young University, 1939, and the University of Utah, 1940-1943; service as a chaplain in World War II; experiences as a...
Dates: approximately 1980-1998

John Peter Sorensen papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1453
Scope and Contents Collection includes diaries, genealogy, finanical records, and an autobiography, dated from 1879 to 1920. Sorensen writes about his dreams, family, finances, and opinions of various books, church meetings, and the doctrine of plural marriage. He also tells about his experiences as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in New Zealand, Australia, Denmark, and Sweden. Genealogy records included in a family record detailing the births, marriages, and deaths of John...
Dates: 1879-1970

Stark family collection

 Collection — Box 18: [Barcode: 31197239115931]
Identifier: MSS 2357
Scope and Contents

Collection contains correspondence, photographs, journals, and ephemera collected by the Stark family. Materials are related to the personal lives of the Stark family. Some materials relate to Moroni Stark's mission to Denmark for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Grant Stark's mission to New Zealand. Materials dated approximately 1880 to 2014, with the bulk dated approximately 1880 to 1986.

Dates: approximately 1880-2014

Stark family papers, 1891-1984

 Series
Identifier: MSS 2357 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Materials contain correspondence, postcards, journals, and other ephemera collected by members of the Stark family. Most of these materials relate to personal and family life. Many materials also relate to the missions Moroni Stark and Grant Stark served for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Materials dated 1891 to 1984.

Dates: 1891-1984

Stark family photographs, approximately 1880-2014, bulk: approximately 1880-1986

 Series — Box 7: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 31197232481207]
Identifier: MSS 2357 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Materials contain photographs, slides, and photograph albums collected by various members of the Stark family. These include professional individual and family photographs. These also include candid photographs of friends and family and photographs and slides taken while traveling. There are also photocopies of many of these photographs. Materials dated approximately 1880-2014, with the bulk from approximately 1880-1986.

Dates: approximately 1880-2014; Majority of material found within approximately 1880-1986

William Thomas Stewart autobiography and diary

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197233604484]
Identifier: MSS 6638
Scope and Contents In the first 43 pages of his diary, Stewart documents: the settlement of Kanab, Utah; childhood spiritual experiences; the establishment of the United Order in Kanab; interactions with the Navajo; life and work on the range; the death of his first wife, Rachel Hamblin Stewart; his subsequent marriage to Fannie Little; his later plural marriage to Mary Udall; his election as County Prosecuting Attorney in Kane County, Utah; and the death of his second wife, Fannie Little Stewart. Stewart...
Dates: approximately 1883

The missionary journals of Edward Daniel Harris : New Zealand 1917-1920 / transcribed and edited by Mark F. Harris

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197239146001]
Identifier: MSS 9500
Scope and Contents

Transcribed journals titled, "The Missionary Journals of Edward Daniel Harris: New Zealand 1917-1920," transcribed and edited by Mark F. Harris, son of Edward Harris, in 2005. Edward Harris served in the New Zealand mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1917 to 1920. The transcription includes photocopies of photographs, certificates, a map, indexes of people mentioned in the journals, and a life sketch of Edward Daniel Harris.

Dates: 2005; Other: 1917-1920

Parley Pearson Walker diaries

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197233252540]
Identifier: MSS 1635
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diary in bound volumes. Walker talks about his daily spiritual and temporal experiences as a Mormon missionary in New Zealand.

Dates: 1901-1903