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Latter Day Saint missionaries -- Tonga

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:

Lorraine Morton Ashton collection on Ermel J. Morton

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6273
Scope and Contents

Collection consists of papers relating to the dictionary Ermel J. Morton, a Mormon missionary who went to Tonga, created from English to Tongan and Tongan to English, his accounts of his mission and translating the Book of Mormon, a history of his wife, a catalog of his materials from home, a typed copy of the talks at his funeral and a Tongan grammar book. There is also a book written about the time the family spent in Tonga.

Dates: 1956-2011

Verlyn Dale Frost papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 7585
Scope and Contents

Collection contains photographs, correspondence, slides, film reels, and journals related to Verlyn Dale Frost and his mission to the Tongan Islands. A particular emphasis is placed on his work at the Liahona School. The materials are dated 1954-2010.

Dates: 1954-2010

Charles E. Jensen mission journals

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233627717]
Identifier: MSS 7889
Scope and Contents

Collection contains one cd of scanned mission journals of Charles E. Jensen while he served as an LDS missionary in Tonga in 1895. The journals document the experiences he had while serving as a missionary and some financial and personal record keeping.

Dates: 1895-1917

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

Alfred A. Kofoed mission journals

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197231031789]
Identifier: MSS 6693
Abstract

Collection contains photocopies of Kofoed's mission journals. Photocopies of pictures from Kofoed's mission are also included.

Dates: 1895-1897

Mary Ann Linton Morgan family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6710
Scope and Contents The Mary Ann Linton Morgan family papers contain original geneaological research and pedigree charts, including old family trees of the Sutton family, compiled by Mary Ann Linton Morgan. Also contains a diary from 1924, the patriarchal blessing of Mary Ann Linton Morgan, two letters to the family of John Hamilton Morgan (Mary Ann's husband) from Heber J. Grant, 1930s missionary photographs of an Elder Vincent in Tonga, and various books pertaining to the history of the Church of Jesus Christ...
Dates: 1848-1991; Majority of material found within approximately 1930-1950

Ermel J. Morton papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7566
Scope and Contents Collection includes the photocopies of journal entries, experiences, memories, and research papers of Ermel J. Morton regarding the Tongan Mission from 1907 to 1967. The manuscript of this compiled history was published in an abridged version for the Golden Jubilee of the Tongan Mission in 1968, however, the manuscript edition in this collection is a complete form. Collection also includes mission journal, letters and other correspondence; includes a telegram instructing him to go ahead...
Dates: 1936-1997

Zola Jensen Mullins missionary papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6790
Scope and Contents

Contains Zola Jensen Mullins' mission diary, and slides of the missionary diary and pictures. Also includes maps of Tonga, a calendar poster, newspaper articles, and a scrapbook that were all collected by Zola Jensen Mullins. Material dated 1956-1959.

Dates: 1956-1959

Oral history interview with Kenneth Powell Lindsay

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232559101]
Identifier: MSS 8442
Content Description

Contains a recorded oral history of Kenneth Powell Lindsay on three compact discs. He discusses his childhood, serving a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, meeting and marrying his wife, living in Hawaii, and other stories of his life. Interview was recorded and produced by David R. Homer, and dates from between July 19, 2006 and February 21, 2007.

Dates: 2006-2007

Fred W. Stone scrapbook and slides of Tongan mission

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197223104271]
Identifier: MSS 2991
Scope and Contents

Collection contains slides (photographic) and a Tongan mission scrapbook, 1955-1959, including photographs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, Church programs, invitations, and related ephemera. The slides include nineteen color images of Tonga, Tongan people, missionaries, and Stone family members.

Dates: 1955-1959