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Latter Day Saints -- French Polynesia -- Tahiti (Island) -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Grant Lee Benson papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 304
Abstract

Lesson outlines, notes, scriptural references, grammar and vocabulary words, word lists, publications, patriarchal blessings, and correspondence. Most of the materials relate to the Tahitian language and Benson's attempts to master it and use it in his missionary work.

Dates: 1917-1921

Eugene M. Cannon diaries

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1002
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diaries in ink and pencil. Cannon writes about his first mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Tahiti starting in 1893 and about his activities in Salt Lake City, Utah. Also included are notes on the Tahitian language.

Dates: 1893-1940

Caroline Barnes Crosby autobiography and diary

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2343
Scope and Contents These materials were photocopied from microfilm copies of handwritten items. Caroline Crosby wrote about her early life in Massachusetts and Canada. She married Jonathan Crosby in 1834. She was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in 1835. She lived in Kirtland, Ohio, and later moved to Indiana. Caroline came to Nauvoo, Illinois, in 1843. She later migrated to Utah in 1848. Caroline and her husband were called to the Society Islands as missionaries in 1850 and...
Dates: 1848-1883

C. J. Hansen diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232489218]
Identifier: MSS 532
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diary. Hansen writes about his experiences in Tahiti and in other members of the Society Islands as a missionary for the Mormon Church. There are many gaps in the record and many entries describe the activities of several days.

Dates: 1899-1902