Latter Day Saint missionaries -- Great Britain
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Asa S. Calkins diary
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230236496]
Identifier: MSS SC 226
Scope and Contents
Holograph diary which contains blessings given to Calkins in 1850, experiences as a worker in the Mission home and as Mission President, letters received from Brigham Young and family, and letters sent to Brigham Young and family. A short biography is included with the diary.
Dates:
1855-1858
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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Asa S. Calkins diary
W. C. Parkinson diary
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 3134
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of microfilm copies of a handwritten diary. Parkinson wrote about his life as a Mormon in Franklin, Idaho. He told about working in Franklin's bookstore, going into the canyons to cut lumber, and working on a farm. He also wrote about the death of Brigham Young, second president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-days, and floating logs down the Logan River to be used in the construction of the Mormon temple in Logan, Utah. He married Ellen Nash and served on a mission...
Dates:
1877-1881