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Latter Day Saints -- Great Britain -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:

Discourse on missionary activities in Great Britain

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233288569]
Identifier: Vault MSS 308
Scope and Contents

Handwritten discourse delivered in the "tabernacle" on Sunday 29 Oct. 1854. The item was recorded by J. V. Long. Richards tells about his experiences as a missionary for the Mormon Church in Great Britain.

Dates: 1854 October 29

John Dudman diary

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230343292]
Identifier: MSS 148
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diary kept from July 29 to August 21, 1855. Dudman writes about his daily activities and about how the women were treated and abused in England. Also included are four accounts of Dudman's drowning while swimming in the Lynher River.

Dates: 1855

John Evans diary and autobiography

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 1951
Scope and Contents

Typescripts of diary and an autobiography. In his 1881 diary, Evans describes his activities as a Mormon missionary in Wales. In his personal history, he writes about his conversion to the Mormon faith in Great Britain, his migration to Utah, and his experiences in Brigham City, Utah.

Dates: 1881-1917

Charles Alfred Harper diary

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231045268]
Identifier: MSS 1198
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diary. Harper writes about his journey to Great Britain from Utah and describes his service as a Mormon missionary in that country.

Dates: 1852-1855

Abram Hatch diaries

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197235227599]
Identifier: MSS 365
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diaries. Hatch writes about his daily activities from the time he left Salt Lake City, Utah, until he returned. He spent much of his time working in the northern areas of England such as Birmingham and Manchester.

Dates: 1864-1867

Robert W. Heyborne diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230318146]
Identifier: MSS SC 1918
Scope and Contents

One bound and handwritten diary. Heyborne talks about his missionary activities in Great Britain and his temporal and spiritual experiences on this assignment in the context of Mormon theology.

Dates: 1873-1874

Illustrious forebearers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230315464]
Identifier: MSS SC 1774
Scope and Contents

Bound history of the Lindsay and related families. The volume includes genealogical material and maps of various areas in Great Britain (home of some of Susan Easton Black's ancestors). She describes the temporal and spiritual experiences of her ancestors.

Dates: 1978

George Isom autobiography

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 1851
Scope and Contents

Handwritten original and typewritten copy. Isom describes the temporal and spiritual experiences of his life. He lived in Virgin, Utah and was active in Mormon Church affairs. Also included are patriarchal blessings of some of Isom's children.

Dates: 1885

Alma Johnson diaries

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 589
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diaries for the years 1883-1885 and 1894-1896. Johnson kept these records while serving as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Great Britain. Two of the volumes are about the first mission while four are about the second.

Dates: 1883-1896

John Ephraim Myers diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230319375]
Identifier: MSS SC 2071
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of a handwritten diary. Myers records his daily activities while serving as a Mormon missionary in England in 1892 and 1893. Also included is genealogical information on the Myer's family until the year 1979.

Dates: 1892-1979