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Latter Day Saints -- Utah -- Diaries

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 37 Collections and/or Records:

George Ezra Teasdale journal, 1898-1903

 Item — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2; Series 3 [Barcode: 31197233619607], Folder: 3
Identifier: MSS 8224 Series 2

Hans Hansen journal

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197225546602]
Identifier: MSS 3080
Scope and Contents

Typescript and photocopy of the journal of Hans Martin Hansen while on an mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to Norway, from 20 July 1889 until 7 May 1891.

Dates: 1889-1891

J. W. Booth's daily journal : second book, 1886-1889

 Item — Box 1: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197230364694], Folder: 2
Identifier: MSS 155 Series 1 Item Volume 2
Scope and Contents

Describes his work and school in Alpine, and being a student at Brigham Young Academy. Entries date from between November 1, 1886 and May 27, 1889.

Dates: 1886-1889

Jesse Knight autobiography

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 939

John Peter Sorenson journals, 1879-1908

 Series
Identifier: MSS 1453 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains 17 volumes of journals kept by Sorenson from 1879 to 1908. Includes information about his service in the Australasian Mission in New Zealand and Australia from 1879 to 1881, and in the Scandanavian Mission in Denmark and Sweden in 1887-1889.

Dates: 1879-1908

John Peter Sorenson record books, 1881-1970, bulk: 1881-1920

 Series
Identifier: MSS 1453 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains four volumes of records created by Sorenson. Includes a brief history of his life, genealogical records, temple records, and a financial ledger. Also includes a handwritten transcription of book on the teachings of Jesus Christ that came from Nauvoo, Illinois in the 1840s, and a handwritten report from Sorenson's mission to Scandinavia in the 1880s.

Dates: 1881-1970; Majority of material found within 1881-1920

Joseph W. Booth, Alpine, 1885-1886

 Item — Box 1: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197230364694], Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 155 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Includes poems, stories, life and work (mostly black smithing and farm work) in Alpine, Utah and learning blacksmith trade in Cache County, Utah. Entries date from July 1, 1885 to October 31, 1886.

Dates: 1885-1886

Joseph W. Booth diaries, 1885-1928

 Series
Identifier: MSS 155 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains holograph diaries written by Booth, dated from between 1885 and 1928. Includes descriptions of his life in Utah, his missionary work in Turkey, and his travels. Also includes some poetry and mission records.

Dates: 1885-1928

Joseph W. Booth journal, 1893 June-August

 Item — Box 1: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197230364694], Folder: 2
Identifier: MSS 155 Series 1 Item Volume 4
Scope and Contents

Contains notes by Frank D. Strong, of Alpine, Utah, as well as entries by Booth. Includes information on Booth's summer working in Summit County, songs, and poems. Booth's entries date from between June 3, 1893 and August 5, 1893.

Dates: 1893 June-August

Journal : third book, 1889-1895

 Item — Box 1: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197230364694], Folder: 2
Identifier: MSS 155 Series 1 Item Volume 3
Scope and Contents

Contains a phrenological Chart pasted on back cover. Describes his working in Alpine and Summit County, Utah; selling books in Sanpete County, Utah; marriage, student at Brigham Young Academy, teaching school in Alpine and Pleasant View. Entries date from between May 28, 1889 and March 31, 1895.

Dates: 1889-1895