Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a handwritten autobiography and diary. Bigler wrote about his early life from 1815 to 1846 when his diary began. He was born in West Virginia, had encounters with Indians in that state, and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1837. He moved to Far West, Missouri, in 1838; met Joseph Smith, the first president of the Mormon Church; suffered persecutions in Missouri; moved to Qunicy, Illinois, in 1839; and served on a mission for the...

Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typescript. The item is "extracts from missionary experiences. Copied from original diary owned by Delbert Bigler, Provo, Utah." The extracts start in 1853 when Bigler was on a mission for the Mormon Church in Hawaii. He writes about a smallpox epidemic and missionary experiences. He returned to Utah in 1855. He married Cynthia Jane Whipple in November of 1855. He went on another mission to Hawaii in 1857 and returned in 1858. He talks about his...

Scope and Contents This collection consists of a letter to LeGrand Baker, an archivist at BYU, briefly discussing the ancestors of Mrs. Fifield, biographies of Frederick Beesley and his wife Elizabeth Ellen Solomon Beesley, and a short history of the Beesley Music Co.Frederick Beesley was a musician who conducted the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, an accountant, a shoemaker, one of the founders (along with his father) of the Beesley Music Co., and the secretary/treasurer of the Salt Lake Philharmonic...

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Typewritten biography of Brigham Morris Young. B. M. Young was a businessman who served two missions to Hawaii (1873-1875 and 1883) and helped organize the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations in numerous places for the Mormon Church. He married Armeda Snow who was the daughter of the fifth president of the Mormon Church, Lorenzo Snow (1814-1901).

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Photocopies of a handwritten diary. Gardner talks about his temporal and spiritual experiences while serving as a missionary in Hawaii.

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Holograph journal of Grace's Latter-day Saint Church Hawaiian mission and two typewritten biographical sketches (part duplicated, part photocopied) of Grace written by his great grandson, Steven Ostler.

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Contains photocopies of the mission journals and life history of John D. Hooper. The mission diaries were written while he served in the Hawaiian Islands, and the life history was written a year before his death.

Abstract This collection contains the papers of Senator William H. King and his son David S. King. The papers of William H. King include both professional and personal papers: mission journals from his mission to Great Britain, a book of his speeches while he served in the Senate, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and articles, both written by or about King. This collection also contains personal and professional papers of David S. King: church materials, pamphlets, articles, newsletters, newspaper...

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Account of his missionary service in the following locations in Hawaii: Kohala (Island of Hawaii), January-March; Honolulu (Oahu) March-April; and island of Kauai, April-August. Further entries document Lazenby's voyage to Los Angeles, California, August-September, and his subsequent activities in Los Angeles.

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,...