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Latter Day Saint missionaries -- Songs and music

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Folksongs of Mormon missionaries / Kris Abel, 1982

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197233253035], Folder: 1
Identifier: FA 1 Item 4967
Scope and Contents

Collection of songs by Mormon missionaries related to their lives and work. Includes songs about ecstasy, mission areas, tension releasers, humorous songs, songs about "apostate" missionaries, and going home songs. Project was created for Utah State University's History/English 524 course in the winter quarter, 1982.

Dates: 1982
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / FA 1, Collection of student folklore projects

William A. Wilson and John B. Harris Missionary Folklore collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: FA 20
Scope and Contents Contains folklore stories and accounts from missionaries or relatives and friends of missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, separated in 17 bound volumes with no inner chronological organization. The stories date back to the 1870s, and they were collected between 1958 and 1994. Includes accounts of missionaries' language mistakes, funny stories, miracles, songs, and experiences with the priesthood, the supernatural, or other people. The interviews for the accounts...
Dates: 1958-1994
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / William A. Wilson and John B. Harris Missionary Folklore collection

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