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Latter Day Saint missionaries -- Hawaii -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

Thomas Brimley diaries

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 1766
Scope and Contents

The collection includes the photocopied handwritten diary, typewritten copies of the originals, and some photocopied pictures. Brimley describes the temporal and spiritual experiences of his mission.

Dates: 1894-1896

William Farrer diaries and letters

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1521
Scope and Contents

Contains seven handwritten volumes, plus typescripts which focus on Farrer's Hawaiian Mission, 1850-1854. Volume one contains accounts of his work in the California gold fields prior to his mission call. Volume seven is entirely in the Hawaiian language. Also included are photocopies of typescripts of 71 letters written to and by Farrer when he served in the Hawaiian Islands.

Dates: 1849-1860

Ephraim Green certificates

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230344050]
Identifier: MSS 180
Scope and Contents

Printed and handwritten certificates. These items certify that Green is of good character and is travelling to Hawaii on a mission for the Mormon Church. Two of the manuscripts are signed by the second president of the Mormon Church, Brigham Young.

Dates: 1852

Ephraim Green diary

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 227
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diary. The item documents Green's mission for the Mormon Church in Hawaii. He writes about his travels to and from Hawaii and the establishing of missionary activities there.

Dates: 1852-1855

Mission of love

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230320639]
Identifier: MSS SC 2239
Scope and Contents

Typewritten correspondence, newspaper clippings, and autobiographical materials relating to Murphy and the Mormon Church in Hawaii.

Dates: 1935-1981

Olivia Waddoups diaries, 1930-1958

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8421 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains the personal and mission diaries of Oliva Waddoups, who served as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Hawaii, Samoa, and the Salt Lake City Temple. Materials dated 1930-1958.

Dates: 1930-1958

Ward E. Pack biography, genealogy, and other material

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2167
Abstract

The papers, included genealogy and a biographical sketch, of Ward E. Pack, 1837-1907.

Dates: 1837-1907

Laura Ann Keeler Thurber autobiography

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232484524]
Identifier: MSS 436
Scope and Contents Handwritten autobiography which has been encapsulated and bound. The item starts with Thurber's biographies of her father, James Keeler, and her mother, Eliza Shelton Keeler. James Keeler's account was copied from his autobiography and diary. Laura lived in Santaquin, Goshen, and Richfield, Utah, and in Grass Valley, Nevada. Laura married Joseph Thurber in 1876, who entered into polygamy by marrying another woman in 1885. James Keeler joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...
Dates: approximately 1900

Genevieve Tietjen papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1857
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, speeches, memorabilia, newspaper clippings, biographies, autobiographies, and patriarchal blessings for the Mormon Church. The materials relate to Genevieve Tietjen and her husband, Henry Roland Tietjen, particularly when Henry served as a mission president for the Mormon Church in Hawaii. The biographies and autobiographies relate largely to Sarah' ancestors.

Dates: 1857-1982

William Mark and Olivia Waddoups diaries

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 8421
Scope and Contents

Contains the mission and personal journals of William Mark Waddoups and Olivia Waddoups from 1900 to 1958. Diaries discuss William Mark Waddoups' first mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to Hawaii, and William and Olivia's missions together to Hawaii and to the Samoan Islands (which also encompassed New Zealand), and their service in the Salt Lake City Temple.

Dates: 1900-1958