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Latter Day Saint churches -- Missions -- South Africa

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Clarence D. Taylor correspondence, 1930-2000, 1862-1882

 Series
Identifier: MSS 3254 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains letters mainly between Clarence D. Taylor and his mother, Maria D. Taylor, while he served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in South Africa and in the military during World War II. Dated 1862-2000.

Dates: 1930-2000; 1862-1882
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 3254, Clarence D. Taylor papers

Clarence D. Taylor mission correspondence, 1930-1933

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3254 Series 2 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains 271 letters between Clarence D. Taylor and his mother, Maria D. Taylor, while he served as a missionary for the the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in South Africa. Includes letters between Clarence D. Taylor and his parents, letters regarding his missionary service, newspaper clippings about the Mormon baseball team, and letters about the experiences he was having as a missionary. Also includes transcripts of letters. Dated 1930-1933.

Dates: 1930-1933
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 3254, Clarence D. Taylor papers / Clarence D. Taylor correspondence

Clarence D. Taylor personal correspondence, 1990-2000

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3254 Series 2 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains letters between Clarence D. Taylor and his family members. The letters document family affairs and day-to-day occurrences in the correspondents' lives. Dated 1990-2000.

Dates: 1990-2000
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 3254, Clarence D. Taylor papers / Clarence D. Taylor correspondence

J. Wyley Sessions papers on mission to South Africa, 1919-1929

 Sub-Series
Identifier: UA 156 Series 3 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Contains papers regarding his profession and church service. Includes materials related to missions he served as the president of, his service with the Institute program, his work at Brigham Young University, and other papers regarding his career.

Dates: 1919-1929
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / UA 156, J. Wyley Sessions papers / J. Wyley Sessions papers on career and full-time church assignments

Robert John Evans missionary papers, 1929-1950

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8244 Series 3
Scope and Contents

Series contains Evans' missionary journals and record book from his experiences in South Africa in 1929-1932, and issues of Cumorah's Southern Cross (title changed to Cumorah's Southern Messenger in July 1933) from 1929 to 1937, plus one issue from 1950. Also contains assorted missionary broadsides from 1929-1932 and statistical mission reports. Dated 1929 to 1950.

Dates: 1929-1950
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 8244, Robert John Evans papers

Clarence D. Taylor papers

 Collection — Box 17: [Barcode: 31197233618617]
Identifier: MSS 3254
Scope and Contents Contains photographs, family history materials, letters, and other papers of Taylor. Collected materials contain information about Provo history, including his grandfather's business, Taylor Brothers Department Store; about his father's business, Dixon-Taylor-Russell Company; about the Lake Resort Provana; about the Wildwood Resort in Provo Canyon; about the Brickerhaven Country Club; about the Bonneville Development Corporation which developed the hills east of Provo; about the construction...
Dates: 1820-2005
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Clarence D. Taylor papers

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