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Latter Day Saint missionaries -- Virginia

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

First installment of Levi James Taylor papers, 1868-1935

 Series
Identifier: MSS 2200 Series 1
Scope and Contents note

Nancy Jane Gates (Taylor) journal and notebook; Levi James Taylor journals; records of Taylor family genealogy including LDS Church ordinances.

Dates: Other: 1868-1935
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Levi James Taylor papers

Items of or regarding Pleasant Green Taylor [Levi James Taylor’s father], 1890-1917

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 2200 Series 2 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents note

Account book, genealogy and accounts notebook, and collection of stories about Taylor.

Dates: Other: 1890-1917
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Levi James Taylor papers / Second installment of Levi James Taylor papers

Miscellaneous Levi James Taylor notebooks, 1913-1927

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 2200 Series 2 Sub-Series 5
Scope and Contents note

Four notebooks: notes on his farm and plantings, quotes from Rolins Ancient History, Taylor family history and genealogy, and volume of 'Ropp's Business Calculator.'

Dates: Other: 1913-1927
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Levi James Taylor papers / Second installment of Levi James Taylor papers

Missionary journal of Amos Moroni Taylor, 1915-1917

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 2200 Series 2 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents note

Red leather cover. 9 x 15 cm. Approximately 200 pages, 90% written on. Details his mission to Virginia.

Dates: Other: 1915-1917
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Levi James Taylor papers / Second installment of Levi James Taylor papers

Other journals of Levi James Taylor, 1872-1935

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 2200 Series 2 Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents note

51 journal notebooks, and one 'scratchbook.'

Dates: Other: 1872-1935
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Levi James Taylor papers / Second installment of Levi James Taylor papers

Second installment of Levi James Taylor papers, 1872-1935

 Series
Identifier: MSS 2200 Series 2
Scope and Contents note From the Collection: Includes ten journals, 1873-1935. There are date gaps in the journals, and some volumes are missing. Includes a typed copy of the journals. Also contains a Taylor family genealogical record which includes an autobiographical sketch of Levi's father, Pleasant Green Taylor. Also includes a journal of Levi's first wife, Nancy Jane Gates, September 1868-August 1869. Her record includes lists of students she taught at Lynne, Utah, in 1868; lists of children who attended Sunday School in Lynne,...
Dates: Other: 1872-1935
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Levi James Taylor papers

Levi James Taylor papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2200
Abstract Includes ten journals, 1873-1935. There are date gaps in the journals, and some volumes are missing. Includes a typed copy of the journals. Also contains a Taylor family genealogical record which includes an autobiographical sketch of Levi's father, Pleasant Green Taylor. Also includes a journal of Levi's first wife, Nancy Jane Gates, September 1868-August 1869. Her record includes lists of students she taught at Lynne, Utah, in 1868; lists of children who attended Sunday School in Lynne,...
Dates: 1868-1935
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Wallet, and mission and penitentiary journals of Levi James Taylor, 1883-1897

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 2200 Series 2 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents note

Wallet containing miscellaneous receipts, business cards, bank notes, etc. Letter from Polly Hanslew (from wallet) on genealogy. Mission journal, approximately 200 pages, all written on. Journal kept while Taylor was serving in prison for "cohabitation." 10 x 14 cm. Approximately 150 pages, with about 60 written on.

Dates: Other: 1883-1897
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Levi James Taylor papers / Second installment of Levi James Taylor papers

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