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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Southern States Mission

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1867 - 1971

Administrative History

The Southern States Mission (1867-1971) provided religious instruction for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Mississippi, Alabama, Kentucky, Tennessee, and parts of Ohio.

Citation:
President Charles A. Callis and his contributions to the Southern States Mission, 1980:p. 15 (encompassed Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Mississippi, Alabama, Kentucky, Tennessee, and parts of Ohio)

Deseret News 2001-2002 Church Almanac, 2000:p.428 (Southern States Mission; organized Nov. 1867; renamed to Georgia-South Carolina Mission in June 1971; renamed to Georgia Atlanta Mission on June 20, 1974)

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Photograph album of Southern States Mission

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233622007]
Identifier: MSS P 807
Scope and Contents

Photograph album, 1920s, owner unknown, with pictures from a mission to the Southern States. Some pictures are labeled to be from North Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, Arizona, Utah, and Wyoming. The album contains a photograph of Apostle David O. McKay, labeled from Sarah, Mississippi, on December 7, 1926.

Dates: approximately 1920-1929
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Photograph album of Southern States Mission

Edward F. Stevens missionary journal and family newsletter

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2080
Abstract

This collection contains a journal written by Edward F. Stevens during his LDS mission to the Southern States, 1896-1898, and a photocopy of the journal. It also contains a family newsletter of the Stevens family, from 1978.

Dates: 1896-1978
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Edward F. Stevens missionary journal and family newsletter

Filtered By

  • Subject: Southern States X
  • Subject: Mississippi X

Additional filters:

Subject
Alabama 1
Alabama -- Pictorial Works 1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 1
Diaries 1
Latter Day Saint missionaries -- Southern States -- Photographs 1
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Missions and Missionaries 1
Mississippi 1
Mississippi -- Pictorial works 1
Mormon Church -- Missions -- Southern States 1
Mormon missionaries -- Southern States 1
Newsletters 1
North Carolina -- Pictorial works 1
Photocopies 1
Photograph albums 1
Photographs 1
Southern States 1
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