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Latter Day Saint missionaries

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Isabel Modalena Whitney Sears correspondence, 1865

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 2 Sub-Series 3 Sub-Series 7
Scope and Contents

Contains two letters by Whitney focusing on family and personal matters, dating from around 1865.

Dates: 1865
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 76, Newel Kimball Whitney papers / Whitney family papers / Papers of Whitney family children

Papers of Whitney family children, 1957, 1843-1900

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 2 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains the papers from seven of Whitney's children, including correspondence, legal records, and personal papers dating from between 1843 and 1900. Materials document a range of family and personal activity, such as missionary service, colonization efforts, and business activities.

Dates: 1957; 1843-1900
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 76, Newel Kimball Whitney papers / Whitney family papers

Whitney family correspondence and other material, 1854-1910

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 2 Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents

Contains letters from relatives and friends of the Whitney family, as well as other materials. Includes information on the family, as well as the individual authors lives and experiences. Materials date from between 1854 and 1910.

Dates: 1854-1910
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 76, Newel Kimball Whitney papers / Whitney family papers

Whitney family papers, 1817-1910, 1957

 Series
Identifier: Vault MSS 76 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence, diaries, account books, patriarchal blessings, and other materials related to various members of the Whitney family. Includes information on the early history of the Church and the migration to Utah, as well as missionary life, personal business and social activities, and other aspects of Mormon life. Materials date from between 1817 and 1910.

Dates: 1817-1910; 1957
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 76, Newel Kimball Whitney papers

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