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Box 3

 Container

Contains 5 Results:

Joseph W. Booth diaries and poems

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 155
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diaries and poems. These journals were kept from 1885 to 1928 when Booth was in Alpine, Utah, at the Brigham Young Academy in Provo, Utah, and in Turkey and Armenia as a missionary and as mission president.

Dates: 1885-1916
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Joseph W. Booth diaries and poems

Joseph W. Booth poetry, 1885-1921

 Series — Box: 3
Identifier: MSS 155 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains poetry produced by Booth, dated from between 1885 and 1921.

Dates: 1885-1921
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 155, Joseph W. Booth diaries and poems

Daily journal of Jos. W. Booth, 1922-1925

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 155 Series 1 Item Volume 16
Scope and Contents

Contains Church and mission records; describes mission work; activities of the Church; teaching English classes; arrival of wife to mission; visit of David O. McKay. Entries date from between August 1, 1922 and April 30, 1925.

Dates: 1922-1925
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 155, Joseph W. Booth diaries and poems / Joseph W. Booth diaries

Daily journal of J. W. Booth, 1925-1927

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSS 155 Series 1 Item Volume 17
Scope and Contents

Describes mission work; Church activities; writing of pamphlet, "Come Listen to a Prophet's Voice"; visit of Franklin S. Harris and James E. Talmage; moving of mission headquarters from Aleppo, Syria, to Haifa, Palestine; Church and mission records. Entries date from between May 1, 1925 and December 31, 1927.

Dates: 1925-1927
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 155, Joseph W. Booth diaries and poems / Joseph W. Booth diaries

Daily journal of Joseph W. Booth, 1928 January-December

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 3
Identifier: MSS 155 Series 1 Item Volume 18
Scope and Contents

Describes mission work; moving to Haifa; traveling to different branches; entry made by wife recording Booth's death. Entries date from between January 1, 1928 and December 5, 1928.

Dates: 1928 January-December
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 155, Joseph W. Booth diaries and poems / Joseph W. Booth diaries

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