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Latter Day Saint missionaries

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 92 Collections and/or Records:

Miscellaneous items : letter and poems

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230335231]
Identifier: MSS SC 3118
Scope and Contents The collection contains: (1) a letter to Oswald Johnson from a fraternity brother named Bill, serving a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Kolberg [Kolobrzeg, Poland], dated 26 September 1929. Four pages. (2) A poem, "Two Elders in S.C.", composed by Robert A. Paxton of Kanosh, Millard Co., Utah, who died while serving a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grover, North Carolina according to a note at the end of the poem written by...
Dates: 1894-1929
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Miscellaneous items : letter and poems

Godfrey J. Fuhriman mission journal

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230244201]
Identifier: MSS SC 638
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of a handwritten journal which relates his experiences in the Swiss-German Mission and other European countries. Describes native lifestyle as well as his exposure to art, history, and culture. Describes his attendance at Prince Regent Leapold's funeral.

Dates: 1911
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Godfrey J. Fuhriman mission journal

Missionary pamphlets of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197231190056]
Identifier: MSS 6001
Abstract

Missionary pamphlets of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, circa 1899-1981.

Dates: 1899-1981
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Missionary pamphlets of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Missionary postcards to Orville Stanley Cox

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7716
Scope and Contents

This collection includes seventy-six postcards with pictures of different Mormon missionaries from the Northern States Mission in 1919-1922. The postcards were written to Orville Stanley Cox who served his mission in the Northern States Mission.

Dates: 1919-1922
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Missionary postcards to Orville Stanley Cox

Jessie E. Murphy diary

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 1010
Scope and Contents

Holograph diary. Murphy describes his activities as a missionary for the Mormon Church in the Southern States Mission.

Dates: 1867-1869
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Jessie E. Murphy diary

John E. Myers journal

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 538
Scope and Contents

Holograph journal which tells of his experiences while in England, with a trip to Paris in 1891.

Dates: 1891-1892
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / John E. Myers journal

Abinadi Olsen papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197231063261]
Identifier: MSS 1454
Scope and Contents

Holographs with typescript copies. Collection includes journals written during Olsen's mission to Samoa, a manuscript titled "History of Abinadi Olsen" written in 1931 by Olsen and reprinted in 1974; an anecdote titled "A missionary experience"; and a letter by Rulon Killian.

Dates: 1895-1898; 1931
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Abinadi Olsen papers

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

Portrait of men

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233623765]
Identifier: MSS 2738
Scope and Contents

1 oversize photograph of twenty men, who appear to be missionaries, in a portrait studio. Three of the men were copied and pasted into the photograph after it was printed.

Dates: approximately 1920
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Portrait of men

Louisa Barnes Pratt : a noted lady missionary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230242510]
Identifier: MSS SC 541
Scope and Contents

Carbon copy of typescript. A life sketch of a Mormon missionary to Tahiti in the 1850's.

Dates: 1850-1852
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Louisa Barnes Pratt : a noted lady missionary

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