Missionary Training Center (Provo, Utah)
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 88 Collections and/or Records:
Physical Plant Department records on the Missionary Training Center, 1946-1974
Contains program requirements for the center, 1946-1974.
Rulon Dean Skinner autobiography
Sound recordings of mission presidents seminars, 1979-1986
Contains audio recordings of seminars given for mission presidents. Dated 1979 to 1986.
Sound recordings of the Missionary Training Center groundbreaking and dedication, 1974-1976
Contains audio recordings of the groundbreaking and dedication of the Missionary Training Center. Dated 1974 to 1976.
Sound recordings on the Missionary Training Center, 1974-1986
Contains audio recordings of seminars, devotionals, groundbreakings, and dedications from the Missionary Training Center. Dated 1974 to 1986.
Student Auxiliary Services general slides, approximately 1970-1986
Contains slides relating to the general functioning of Student Auxiliary Services including slides of the performing arts and various student activities. Also includes slides of faculty and employees as well as slides of campus buildings and aerial shots of Utah Valley and Provo, circa 1970-1986.
Student Auxiliary Services photographs and negatives
Contains slides, photographs, and negatives of the Student Auxiliary Services and its earlier derivatives. Slides and photographs are of food services, the Brigham Young University campus, the Missionary Training Center, training materials, landscapes, as well as various general slides and photographs relating to the activities of the organization, approximately 1957-1999.
Student Auxiliary Services slides of the Missionary Training Center, 1976-1998
Contains slides of the Missionary Training Center (MTC), including the cafeteria and its employees. Also includes slides of missionaries in the cafeteria and classes. Includes slides of the 1976 MTC groundbreaking and reception afterward, 1976-1998.
Additional filters:
- Type
- Archival Object 79
- 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
- Missions and Missionaries 57
- Church Educational System 56
- DVDs 56
- Designs and plans 56
- Missionaries -- Training of 56
- Photographs 12
- Accreditation (Education) -- Utah 10
- Awards 10
- Financial records 10
- Universities and colleges -- Faculty 10
- Negatives 7
- Slides (Photography) 6
- Latter Day Saint temples 5
- Photograph albums 4
- Audiotapes 3
- Latter Day Saint 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
- Latter Day Saint churches -- Missions -- Ghana 1
- Latter Day Saint churches -- Missions -- India 1
- Latter Day Saint missionaries 1
- Latter Day Saint missionaries -- Uruguay 1
- Latter Day Saint missionaries -- Utah -- Provo -- Photographs 1
- Latter Day Saint women missionaries 1
- Letters 1
- Mormon Church -- Doctrines 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
- Scouts (Youth organization members) 1
- Specifications 1
- Universities and colleges -- Utah -- Provo 1
- Utah Valley (Utah) -- Photographs 1 + ∧ less