Diaries
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Benjamin Cluff diaries
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1667
Scope and Contents
Contains four diaries and their respective transcripts covering the period from 1881-1909 and detailing Cluff's time as a student at Brigham Young Academy and the University of Michigan, as well as his subsequent appointment as President of the Academy. Also describes his activities and experiences as a plantation owner in Tabasco, Mexico.
Dates:
1881-1909
John B. Fairbanks diaries
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197231567188]
Identifier: MSS 140
Scope and Contents
Handwritten diaries with typescripts of several items. The diaries have many gaps. They principally cover the time Fairbanks served as a missionary for the Mormon Church in the Southern States Mission from 1881 to 1883 and when he served as a missionary for the same faith in South and Central America from 1900 to 1902. On the second mission, Fairbanks accompanied the "Cluff" expedition; led by Benjamin Cluff, president of the Brigham Young Academy in Provo, Utah; to find evidence supporting...
Dates:
1877-1914
Parley Pratt Nelson diaries
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2261
Scope and Contents
Collection contains photocopies of two diaries of Parley Pratt Nelson, a student who participated on the Benjamin Cluff Brigham Young Academy Expedition (1899-1900) and served a mission in Southern California for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1901-1903).
Dates:
1900-1903