Willard L. and Jennie Hill Leavitt Smith collection
Scope and Contents
The collection, containing mission diaries, World War I army diary, family histories, and bound copies of autobiographies and family histories, has been organized by (1) mission diaries of Willard and Jennie Smith; (2) family histories; and (3) bound copies. The collection contains material on the First Tongan Mission after it was separated from the Samoan Mission; Samoan Mission; genealogy of the Willard L. Smith family and the Jennie Hill Leavitt family; Haun's Mill Massacre; and personal histories.
Dates
- 1915-1918
Creator
- Smith, Willard L., 1891-1955 (Person)
- Smith, Jennie Hill Leavitt, 1891-1973 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for public research.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Willard L. and Jennie Hill Leavitt Smith collection must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical / Historical
Willard Lisbon Smith (1891-1955) Mission President of Samoan and Tongan Missions, son of Willard Gilbert Smith and Anna Maria Lamb. Married to Jennie Hill Leavitt (1891-1973), daughter of William Jenkins Leavitt, Mormon Church colonizer in Southern Alberta, Canada.
Extent
3 boxes (1.5 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Other Finding Aids
Item-level inventory available online. http://files.lib.byu.edu/ead/XML/MSS2260.xml
Custodial History
All items remained in the Willard L. Smith family until donated to the BYU Library in January 2001.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated; Willard De Loy Smith; 2001 January.
Appraisal
19th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts.
- Autograph albums
- Cardston (Alta.)
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
- Diaries
- Electronic books
- Genealogies
- Haun's Mill Massacre, Mo., 1838
- Latter Day Saint churches -- Missions -- Samoan Islands
- Latter Day Saint churches -- Missions -- Tonga
- Material Types
- Missions and Missionaries
- Samoan Islands
- Smith, Jennie Hill Leavitt, 1891-1973 -- Diaries
- Smith, Willard L., 1891-1955 -- Diaries
- Tonga
- Title
- Register of Willard L. and Jennie Hill Leavitt Smith collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Garrett Schroath
- Date
- 2011 March 11
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States