Deseret Sunday School Union

Organization

Staff Only

Dates

Existence: 1872 - 1971

Administrative History

The Deseret Sunday School Union (1872-1971) was an auxiliary program of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that provided Sunday religious instruction to members of the Church.

The Deseret Sunday School Union was established in 1872 in a renaming of the earlier Parent Sunday School Union. The organization provided Sunday religious instruction in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, as well as support services such as curriculum development, teacher training, and library services. The Deseret Sunday School Union was renamed the Sunday School during a reorganization of Church auxiliaries in 1971.

Citation:

nuc87-34314: Sperry, S.B. The Old Testament prophets, 1965(hdg. on UU rept.: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Deseret Sunday School Union; usage: Deseret Sunday School Union)

LC data base, 2-23-88(Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Deseret Sunday School Union; usage: Deseret Sunday School Union)

Files of The Church History Catalog, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, viewed 11 March 2013(Parent Sunday School Union (1867-1872); organized on November 4, 1867 as Parent Sunday School Union; Deseret Sunday School Union (1872-1971); Sunday School (August 1971-present) also known as Great Salt Lake Sunday School Union; Sunday School Union of Utah Territory; Sunday School Union)

Wikipedia, website viewed 11 March 2013(Sunday School (LDS Church); Sunday School; formerly Deseret Sunday School Union; official auxiliary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; November 11, 1867 Brigham Young ordered that a union of the Sunday Schools be carried out and Daniel H. Wells, George A. Smith, Wilford Woodruff, George Q. Cannon, and Brigham Young, Jr. met and organized the Parent Sunday School Union; In 1872 the Sunday School organization was renamed the Deseret Sunday School Union; named Deseret Sunday School Union until 1971 when it was renamed simply Sunday School)

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Abraham H. Cannon diaries

Collection

Identifier: Vault MSS 62

Scope and Contents Nineteen volumes of diaries kept by Abraham H. Cannon from 1879 to 1895. Abraham begins his diary when he leaves his family in Utah to serve a three-year mission to Europe for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He writes of his life as a missionary in England and Germany, his return to farm life, and details of his daily life, such as the birth of children, his duties in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, his occupation, and current world events. Includes details of his...

Dates: 1879-1895; approximately 1969

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Abraham H. Cannon diaries

George Q. Cannon letter

File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230322395]

Identifier: MSS SC 2340

Scope and Contents

Typewritten letter addressed "to Presidents of Stakes, Bishops, and Stake Superintendents of Sunday Schools." The item expresses faith in the Sunday School system of the Mormon Church and states that it will help the membership earn their salvation. The letter was signed by Cannon, George Goddard, and Karl G. Maeser as members of the General Superintendency of Sunday School for the Mormon Church. The signatures were placed on the item by some form of mechanical reproducing process.

Dates: 1897

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / George Q. Cannon letter

Marie F. Felt speeches and Sunday school lessons

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: MSS 1770

Scope and Contents

Handwritten and typewritten drafts and final versions of speeches and Sunday school lessons. Also included are newspaper clippings, magazine articles, and a biography of Felt by her children. Most of the materials are intended for Mormon children and teach simple precepts of the Mormon faith.

Dates: 1940-1964

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Marie F. Felt speeches and Sunday school lessons

Lorin Farrar Wheelwright religious papers, circa 1952-1977

Series — Multiple Containers

Identifier: MSS 3164 Series 5

Scope and Contents Contains Wheelwright's religious papers, circa 1952-1964. This includes Wheelwright's Sunday School General Board activities, Instructor activities, stake and ward leadership callings, and lesson outlines. The Sunday School General Board activities include conventions, correspondences, and conferences concerning teaching. The Instructor was a Mormon magazine production in which Wheelwright collected and had dealings of correspondences, manuscripts, and reports with The Church of Jesus...

Dates: circa 1952-1977

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 3164, Lorin Farrar Wheelwright papers

L. H. McCullough diaries

File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230306364]

Identifier: MSS SC 874

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a diary kept in a notebook. One section of the journal covers the years 1885-1886 when McCullough traveled to California to work. The remaining section covers the years 1895-1896. At this time McCullough was active in the Mormon Church. He visited local Mormon wards and branches and held meetings relating to the Sunday School.

Dates: 1885-1896, bulk 1895-1896

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / L. H. McCullough diaries

Rules of disipline of the ward Sunday School

File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230347467]

Identifier: MSS 1326

Scope and Contents

Typewritten and mimeographed rules for conducting Sunday School meetings, including prayer meeting, opening exercises, classes, and the closing exercises.

Dates: 1903

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Rules of disipline of the ward Sunday School

Sunday school meeting minute book

File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230321504]

Identifier: MSS SC 2283

Scope and Contents

Handwritten meeting minutes of the sunday school held in Farmington, New Mexico for the Mormon Church. The item records the songs and mentions who conducted the meetings, led the singing, and gave talks.

Dates: 1913-1915

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Sunday school meeting minute book