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Missionary Training Center (Provo, Utah)

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1978-

Administrative History

The Missionary Training Center (1978- ) in Provo serves to train missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints before they depart to their specific assignments.

The Missionary Training Center began operation in 1978 to replace the Language Training Mission. The campus can house up to 4,000 missionaries at a time. Approximately fifty languages are taught at the MTC by staff composed mostly of returned missionaries.

Citation:
Missionary vocabulary & phrases, 2006: t.p. (Missionary Training Center) found: Google website, 2007-08-23 (Missionary Training Center; hdqts.: Provo, Utah; also MTC)

Navajo dictionary for missionaries, 1979: t.p. (Missionary Training Center) verso t.p. (c[opyright] Brigham Young University)

Wikipedia, Apr. 20, 2012 (Missionary Training Center; Missionary Training Centers (MTCs) are centers devoted to training missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). The flagship MTC is located in Provo, Utah, adjacent to the campus of Brigham Young University, a private university owned and operated by the church)

Encyclopedia of Mormonism, 1992: p. 913 (completed in 1978; replaced Language Training Mission)

Missionary Training Center, via WWW, Aug. 27, 2014 (About the MTC; houses up to 4000 missionaries; approximately 50 languages taught; staff composed mostly of returned missionaries; trains missionaries)

Found in 86 Collections and/or Records:

Office of the President correspondence with Church Educational System, 1981-1982

 Sub-Series
Identifier: UA 1030 Series 7
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Contains correspondence with various subsets of the Church Educational System including LDS Business College, BYU-Hawaii, Ricks College, Utah Technical College, MTC, Polynesian Cultural Center, and seminaries and institutes. Covers project funding, management reports, accreditation reviews, and financial information. Also includes information on policy enforcement, award nominees, and faculty records. Materials date from 1979-1989.

Dates: 1981-1982
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / UA 1030, Office of the President records / Office of the President correspondence with Church Educational System

Office of the President correspondence with Church Educational System, 1982-1983

 Sub-Series
Identifier: UA 1030 Series 7
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Contains correspondence with various subsets of the Church Educational System including LDS Business College, BYU-Hawaii, Ricks College, Utah Technical College, MTC, Polynesian Cultural Center, and seminaries and institutes. Covers project funding, management reports, accreditation reviews, and financial information. Also includes information on policy enforcement, award nominees, and faculty records. Materials date from 1979-1989.

Dates: 1982-1983
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / UA 1030, Office of the President records / Office of the President correspondence with Church Educational System

Office of the President correspondence with Church Educational System, 1983-1984

 Sub-Series
Identifier: UA 1030 Series 7
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Contains correspondence with various subsets of the Church Educational System including LDS Business College, BYU-Hawaii, Ricks College, Utah Technical College, MTC, Polynesian Cultural Center, and seminaries and institutes. Covers project funding, management reports, accreditation reviews, and financial information. Also includes information on policy enforcement, award nominees, and faculty records. Materials date from 1979-1989.

Dates: 1983-1984
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / UA 1030, Office of the President records / Office of the President correspondence with Church Educational System

Office of the President correspondence with Church Educational System, 1984-1985

 Sub-Series
Identifier: UA 1030 Series 7
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Contains correspondence with various subsets of the Church Educational System including LDS Business College, BYU-Hawaii, Ricks College, Utah Technical College, MTC, Polynesian Cultural Center, and seminaries and institutes. Covers project funding, management reports, accreditation reviews, and financial information. Also includes information on policy enforcement, award nominees, and faculty records. Materials date from 1979-1989.

Dates: 1984-1985
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / UA 1030, Office of the President records / Office of the President correspondence with Church Educational System

Office of the President correspondence with Church Educational System, 1985-1986

 Sub-Series
Identifier: UA 1030 Series 7
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Contains correspondence with various subsets of the Church Educational System including LDS Business College, BYU-Hawaii, Ricks College, Utah Technical College, MTC, Polynesian Cultural Center, and seminaries and institutes. Covers project funding, management reports, accreditation reviews, and financial information. Also includes information on policy enforcement, award nominees, and faculty records. Materials date from 1979-1989.

Dates: 1985-1986
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / UA 1030, Office of the President records / Office of the President correspondence with Church Educational System

Office of the President correspondence with Church Educational System, 1986-1987

 Sub-Series
Identifier: UA 1030 Series 7
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Contains correspondence with various subsets of the Church Educational System including LDS Business College, BYU-Hawaii, Ricks College, Utah Technical College, MTC, Polynesian Cultural Center, and seminaries and institutes. Covers project funding, management reports, accreditation reviews, and financial information. Also includes information on policy enforcement, award nominees, and faculty records. Materials date from 1979-1989.

Dates: 1986-1987
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / UA 1030, Office of the President records / Office of the President correspondence with Church Educational System

Office of the President correspondence with Church Educational System, 1987-1988

 Sub-Series
Identifier: UA 1030 Series 7
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Contains correspondence with various subsets of the Church Educational System including LDS Business College, BYU-Hawaii, Ricks College, Utah Technical College, MTC, Polynesian Cultural Center, and seminaries and institutes. Covers project funding, management reports, accreditation reviews, and financial information. Also includes information on policy enforcement, award nominees, and faculty records. Materials date from 1979-1989.

Dates: 1987-1988
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / UA 1030, Office of the President records / Office of the President correspondence with Church Educational System

Office of the President correspondence with Church Educational System, 1988-1989

 Sub-Series
Identifier: UA 1030 Series 7
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Contains correspondence with various subsets of the Church Educational System including LDS Business College, BYU-Hawaii, Ricks College, Utah Technical College, MTC, Polynesian Cultural Center, and seminaries and institutes. Covers project funding, management reports, accreditation reviews, and financial information. Also includes information on policy enforcement, award nominees, and faculty records. Materials date from 1979-1989.

Dates: 1988-1989
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / UA 1030, Office of the President records / Office of the President correspondence with Church Educational System

Physical Plant Department records on the Missionary Training Center, 1946-1974

 Sub-Series — Carton 25: Series 3 [Barcode: 31197227646673], Folder: 28-30
Identifier: UA 1330 Series 3 Sub-Series 35
Scope and Contents

Contains program requirements for the center, 1946-1974.

Dates: 1946-1974
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / UA 1330, Physical Plant Department records / Physical Plant Department records on campus buildings

Rulon Dean Skinner autobiography

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2955
Scope and Contents A two-volume account relating his early life in Safford, Arizona, 1931-1948; experiences at Gila Junior College, 1948-1950; Latter-day Saint mission to Uruguay and Paraguay, 1950-1953; employment and experiences with Boy Scouts of America beginning in 1943; service to Latter-day Saint Boy Scouts of Uruguay, 1950-1953; helping to begin the Latter-day Saint Boy Scouts of Paraguay, 1951-1953; service as a branch president at Missionary Training Center in Provo, Utah, 1989-1993; employment in...
Dates: 1997
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Rulon Dean Skinner autobiography

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Archival Object 77
Collection 9
 
Subject
Colleges and Universities 63
Education 63
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 58
Provo (Utah) 58
Handbooks and manuals 57
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Missions and Missionaries 57
Church Educational System 56
DVDs 56
Designs and plans 56
Missionaries -- Training of 56
Accreditation (Education) -- Utah 10
Awards 10
Financial records 10
Photographs 10
Universities and colleges -- Faculty 10
Negatives 7
Slides (Photography) 6
Mormon temples 5
Photograph albums 4
Audiotapes 3
Mormon missionaries -- Training of 3
Buildings -- Utah -- Provo -- Photographs 2
College campuses -- Utah -- Provo -- Photographs 2
Evangelistic work -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 2
Home and Family 2
Social Life and Customs 2
Universities and colleges -- Food service -- Photographs 2
Aerial photographs 1
Architecture -- Utah -- Provo 1
Autobiographies 1
Boy Scouts -- Paraguay 1
Boy Scouts -- Uruguay 1
Caterers and catering -- Utah -- Provo -- Photographs 1
Christian leadership -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1
Church officers -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1
College buildings -- Utah -- Provo 1
College buildings -- Utah -- Provo -- Photographs 1
College campuses 1
College students -- Utah -- Provo -- Photographs 1
Cycling -- Utah -- Photographs 1
Dedication services -- Utah -- Provo 1
Digital images 1
Facility management -- Utah -- Provo 1
Food service -- Utah -- Provo -- Photographs 1
Funding 1
Halloween -- Photographs 1
Hiking -- Utah -- Photographs 1
Landscapes -- Utah -- Photographs 1
Letters 1
Mormon Church -- Doctrines 1
Mormon Church -- Missions -- Ghana 1
Mormon Church -- Missions -- India 1
Mormon missionaries 1
Mormon missionaries -- Uruguay 1
Mormon missionaries -- Utah -- Provo -- Photographs 1
Mormon women missionaries 1
Oral histories 1
Performing arts -- Utah -- Provo -- Photographs 1
Provo (Utah) -- Photographs 1
Relief Society 1
Reports 1
Safford (Ariz.) 1
Scouting (Youth activity) 1
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Specifications 1
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Utah Valley (Utah) -- Photographs 1
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