Abstract Thirty volumes of personal journals and four pocket diaries; school notes, notebooks, examinations, and memorabilia from his student days in England and America; lectures, notes, and administrative material from his years as a teacher and university president, as well as assignments completed by his students during that period; research notes on scientific and religiouis topics; materials relating to his work as a consulting gealogist and mining engineer; material from scholarly societies;...

Scope and Contents Typewritten journal includes nearly daily entries from August 1 to December 31, 1913. Begins and ends with Talmage in Salt Lake City, Utah. Most entries are of meetings, lectures, funerals, and other duties pertaining to his calling as an Apostle, particularly attending stake conferences, and his position as director of Deseret Museum. Mentions ordinations and setting apart of bishops, missionaries, and others in priesthood callings. Includes newspaper clippings and programs related to...