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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 4 Collections and/or Records:

Wesley C. Carter scrapbooks

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 9162
Scope and Contents Contains scrapbooks from Wesley Carol Carter pertaining to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints building mission program in the southeast area of the United States and histories of the YWMIA. Scrapbooks include photographs and brief histories of church building missionaries called to serve in the southeast area, as well as newspaper and church publications pertaining to church building projects in which Wesley Carol Carter was involved. Scrapbooks also include photographs of the...
Dates: 1963-1972

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

Edward Hunter Snow papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2051
Scope and Contents This collection includes family correspondence, autobiographical and biographical material of Edward H. Snow, journals, notebooks, documents, and miscellaneous papers. There are also newspaper clippings and published materials about Snow, as well as several photographs of Snow family members. The correspondence is largely from Snow to his wife, Hannah, and was written at the time of Snow's mission to the Southern States in the 1880's. There are also letters from Snow's father, Erastus...
Dates: approximately 1865-1993

John Wood family papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197233633160]
Identifier: MSS 7937
Abstract

The John Wood family papers include journals from John Wood's mission to the Southern States, as well as personal histories, photos, and other family materials, circa 1882-1940.

Dates: 1882-1940

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  • Subject: Southern States X
  • Subject: Photographs X

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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 2
Diaries 2
Missions and Missionaries 2
Alabama -- Pictorial Works 1
Articles 1