Franklin William Marchant Hawaiian mission diaries
Scope and Contents note
Seven volumes of Franklin William Marchant’s diaries. Photocopied. The diaries cover Marchant’s missions to the Sandwich Islands (1881-1884 and 1906-1908). Marchant writes his first three diaries in daily entries: in the fourth volume, he begins to write in chapters. He writes about the social structure of Hawaii in 1884, with the Germans in the aristocracy. He makes friends with a Catholic man who offers to send the missionaries’ mail for them. The fifth journal, 1902-1905, contains song lyrics, thoughts about the gospel and names of people instead of regular entries. His sixth diary covers his second mission to Hawaii. It, like the first three diaries, is written in daily entries again: sometimes days spent doing the same thing are grouped together in the same sentence. Marchant helps regulate the affairs of the Church in Hawaii. The Church is young there and complications arise. At the end of the seventh journal is an obituary for two people: Oscar F. Lyons and John Alma Marchant. John Alma Marchant was Franklin’s older brother.
Dates
- 1881-1908
Creator
Conditions Governing Access note
Open for public research.
Conditions Governing Use note
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from the Franklin Willaim Marchant Hawaiian mission diaries must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical History
Franklin William Marchant was born on September 20, 1853 in Birmingham Warwick, England. His parents were Abraham Marchant and Lydia Lidiard Johnson. He married Anna Pearson (or Pehrson) on February 15, 1875 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He passed away on January 11, 1937 in Peoa, Summit County, Utah.
Extent
7 folders (0.7 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Seven volumes of Franklin William Marchant's photocopied diaries of his Hawaiian LDS mission, 1881-1908.
Custodial History note
Donated by Harold S. Davis in 1991.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Donated; Harold S. Davis; 1991.
Appraisal note
LDS cultural, social, and religious history (Collection development policy of 19th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts, August 2007).
Processing Information note
Processed; H. Christine Swindler; 20 July 2007.
- Title
- Register of Franklin William Marchant Hawaiian mission diaries
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- H. Christine Swindler and Karen Glenn, student processors and John Murphy, curator
- Date
- 2009
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- 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