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Latter Day Saint missionaries -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:

LDS Missionary Oral History Project transcripts, 1992-1995

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 7752 Series 26 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains transcripts of recorded interviews done with participants in the LDS Missionary Oral History Project, as well as background information about those participants, 1992-1995.

Dates: 1992-1995
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Charles Redd Center for Western Studies oral history project records / LDS Missionary Oral History Project transcripts and case files

LDS Missionary Oral History Project transcripts and case files, 1992-1995

 Series
Identifier: MSS 7752 Series 26
Scope and Contents

Includes contract forms and contact information for participants in the LDS Missionary Oral History Project, as well as the original audio recordings of the oral history interviews, and transcripts for those interviews, 1992-1995.

Dates: 1992-1995
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Charles Redd Center for Western Studies oral history project records

David Pettigrew autobiography and diary

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 473
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a handwritten autobiography and diary with a typescript of the item. Pettigrew (apparently also spelled Pettegrew) started his autobiography in 1840. His diary is sporatic and has many gaps. Pettigrew writes about his conversion to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1832, his life in Missouri during the persecutions of Mormons there, his experiences in Nauvoo, Illinois, his work as an LDS missionary, his participation in the migration of Mormons from Nauvoo,...
Dates: 1840-1861
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Richard Edmond Bennett research notes and drafts of publications, 2002-2009

 Series — Carton 6: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197239134171]
Identifier: MSS 7670 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains drafts, quotes, source lists, and notes for Richard Edmond Bennett and John P. Livingstone's unpublished manuscript, "Already to Harvest" on the history of Latter-day Saint missionary work. Also contains a copy of "How on Earth Did Jesus Become a God?" by Larry W. Hurtado, annotated by Bennett. Materials dated 2002 to 2009.

Dates: 2002-2009
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Richard Edmond Bennett papers

John Andreas Widtsoe letter to Francis W. Kirkham

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230349786]
Identifier: MSS 4058
Abstract

A letter from John A. Widtsoe to Francis W. Kirkham in Salt Lake City, 1943.

Dates: 1943
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Winters-Seely and Tebbs-Burnes family letters

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8074
Abstract

Correspondence between members of the Tebbs family, 1861-1932, and between members of the Winters family, 1899-1931.

Dates: 1861-1932
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Brigham Young letter

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233294351]
Identifier: Vault MSS 693
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter dated September 5, 1860 calling James Wareham of Manti, Utah, to missionary service.

Dates: 1860 September 5
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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