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Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms
Found in 6554 Collections and/or Records:
21, personal journal / James E. Talmage, 1916 June-December
Item — Box 5: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197227606693], Folder: 5
Identifier: MSS 229 Series 1
Scope and Contents
Typewritten journal includes nearly daily entries from June 1 to December 31, 1916. Begins with Talmage in Kansas City, Missouri, and ends with him 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. Includes visit to Jackson Valley, Wyoming and parts of southeastern Idaho. Mentions ordinations and setting apart of...
Dates:
1916 June-December
22, personal journal / James E. Talmage, 1917-1918
Item — Box 5: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197227606693], Folder: 6
Identifier: MSS 229 Series 1
Scope and Contents
Typewritten journal includes nearly daily entries from January 1, 1917, to December 31, 1918. 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 traveling to different regions of the United States. Includes mentions of the escalation of warfare in Europe, including the eventual involvement of the United States in April 1917, and the...
Dates:
1917-1918
23, personal journal / James E. Talmage, 1919-1920
Item — Box 6: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197227606701], Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 229 Series 1
Scope and Contents
Typewritten journal includes nearly daily entries from January 1, 1919, to December 31, 1920. 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 traveling to different regions of the United States. Mentions attending meetings of the Book of Mormon committee, tasked with making revisions and printing a new edition, throughout much of...
Dates:
1919-1920
24, personal journal / James E. Talmage, 1921
Item — Box 6: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197227606701], Folder: 2
Identifier: MSS 229 Series 1
Scope and Contents
Typewritten journal includes nearly daily entries from January 1 to December 31, 1921. 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 traveling to different regions of the United States. Continues with entries on new edition of the Book of Mormon, and mentions decision to also revise the Doctrine and Covenants and Pearl of Great...
Dates:
1921
25, personal journal / James E. Talmage, 1922-1923
Item — Box 6: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197227606701], Folder: 3
Identifier: MSS 229 Series 1
Scope and Contents
Typewritten journal includes nearly daily entries from January 1, 1922, to December 31, 1923. 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 traveling to different regions of the United States. Includes entries on Talmage's participation in the dedication of the Alberta Temple in Cardston, Alberta, Canada, in August, 1923, and his...
Dates:
1922-1923
26, personal journal / James E. Talmage, 1924-1925
Item — Box 6: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197227606701], Folder: 4
Identifier: MSS 229 Series 1
Scope and Contents
Typewritten and handwritten journal includes nearly daily entries from January 1, 1924, to December 31, 1925. Begins and ends with Talmage in Salt Lake City, Utah. The first half includes primarily entries of meetings, lectures, funerals, and other duties pertaining to his calling as an Apostle, particularly attending stake conferences and traveling to different regions of the United States. The second half revolves around Talmage's appointment as president of the European Mission in...
Dates:
1924-1925
28, personal journal / James E. Talmage, 1928-1929
Item — Box 7: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197227606719], Folder: 2
Identifier: MSS 229 Series 1
Scope and Contents
Typewritten and handwritten journal includes nearly daily entries from January 1, 1928, to December 31, 1929. Begins with Talmage in Liverpool, England, and ends with him in Salt Lake City, Utah. Most entries pertain to Talmage's return to England after being released as mission president, and meetings or other events related to Talmage's duties as an Apostle, particularly attending stake conferences and visiting members of the Church throughout the United States, or ordaining missionaries,...
Dates:
1928-1929
29, personal journal / James E. Talmage, 1930-1931
Item — Box 7: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197227606719], Folder: 3
Identifier: MSS 229 Series 1
Scope and Contents
Typewritten journal includes nearly daily entries from January 1, 1930, to December 31, 1931. Begins and ends with Talmage in Salt Lake City, Utah. Most entries pertain to meetings, travels, and other duties related to his calling as an Apostle. These include funerals, presiding at stake conferences, setting apart missionaries and bishoprics, ordaining men to priesthood offices, and meeting with various committees and Church organizations. Also includes entries related to family events. ...
Dates:
1930-1931
30, personal journal / James E. Talmage, 1932-1933
Item — Box 7: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197227606719], Folder: 4
Identifier: MSS 229 Series 1
Scope and Contents
Typewritten journal includes nearly daily entries from January 1, 1932, to July 4, 1933. He died on July 27, 1933. Begins with Talmage in Salt Lake City, Utah. Most entries pertain to meetings, travels, and other duties related to his calling as an Apostle. These include funerals, presiding at stake conferences, setting apart missionaries and bishoprics, ordaining men to priesthood offices, and meeting with various committees and Church organizations. Also includes entries related to...
Dates:
1932-1933
50th anniversary of the Federal Republic, 1921
Item — Box 29: [Barcode: 31197230227271], Folder: 2
Identifier: MSS 1540
Dates:
1921