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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 79 Collections and/or Records:

The ancestral lineage of Elias Willis Howell, Fairview, Utah

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230329226]
Identifier: MSS SC 3062
Scope and Contents

Traces seven generations of Elias W. Howell's paternal ancestry. Includes maps, pictures, and other copied documents. Elias's parents joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in New York, 1841-42. Elias crossed the plains to Utah in 1852 and settled in North Bend (subsequently named Fairview) in 1860.

Dates: 2000

Ernest H. Burgess diary

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230322098]
Identifier: MSS SC 2333
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diary kept by Ernest Burgess and by his wife, Donna Miles Burgess. Ernest writes about his missionary experiences in Germany and about his life in Roosevelt, Utah. Donna Burgess continues the account of life in Roosevelt until 1959. Many of the entries are long and detailed, but there are many lengthy gaps in the record.

Dates: 1905-1959

Alma Butler diaries

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 790
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diaries. Butler writes about his daily activities while serving on a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the new Northwestern States.

Dates: 1910-1912

Robert Lang Campbell journal

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 496
Scope and Contents note The collection contains Campbell's original handwritten journal where he describes his missionary experiences in Scotland; emigration to Nauvoo, Illinois; experiences traveling to Utah as a Mormon pioneer; and duties as a Mormon Church leader. Dated 1843-1848. Campbell also added to the end of his journal handwritten transcriptions of his missionary certificate, his appointment to the Glasgow Conference, and a letter to the Church in Wales from Franklin D. Richards. Dated...
Dates: approximately 1843-1941; Majority of material found within 1843-1850

Eugene M. Cannon diaries

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1002
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diaries in ink and pencil. Cannon writes about his first mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Tahiti starting in 1893 and about his activities in Salt Lake City, Utah. Also included are notes on the Tahitian language.

Dates: 1893-1940

Joseph Hatten Carpenter diaries

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 349
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diaries, notes, account books, correspondence, and a translation of the Book of Mormon into the Samoan language. Carpenter writes about his mission for the Mormon Church in Samoa and about his activities as a resident of Manti. Late in life, Carpenter moved to Salt Lake City, Utah. Also included is a printed copy of a microfilm copy of a handwritten diary. Carpenter also writes about his early life and his travels to northern Germany and France in 1884 and 1885.

Dates: 1884-1961

Christen N. Christensen diaries

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230319854]
Identifier: MSS SC 2166
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diaries. Christensen writes about his experiences and the work in which he was involved while on his mission.

Dates: 1900-1902

John Van Cott diaries

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197231043289]
Identifier: MSS 1035
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diaries with typescripts. The diaries cover the years 1852 to 1856 and 1859 to 1862. Van Cott writes about his service as president of the Scandinavian mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He lived in Copenhagen, Denmark. He also writes about helping organize the migration of Mormon pioneers by handcart in 1856 at Iowa City, Iowa.

Dates: 1852-1862

Joseph Raymond Dewey memories

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230328996]
Identifier: MSS SC 2973
Scope and Contents Contains histories of author's ancestors, together with poems, genealogy, funeral talks, speeches, and pictures. Includes autobiographical accounts by Nellie L. Dewey, Elijah K. Fuller, Edward M. Thurman, Horace S. Rawson, Violet M. Dewey and J. Raymond Dewey; biographical sketches of Lewis C. Rogerson, Fannie V. Smith, Matilda S. Farnes, George U. Smith, John Cook Dewey, John Cyrus Dewey, S. Annie C. Dewey, Sarah U. Child, Mary Ann G. Perkes, and Jane M. Dean; and a large number of family...
Dates: 1995

James G. Duffin diaries

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1696
Scope and Contents Handwritten and bound diaries. Also included are bound photocopies of the handwritten journals. The items are for the years 1887 through 1889 when Duffin served as a missionary for the Mormon Church in the Southern States Mission. The diaries also cover the years 1901 through 1906 when Duffin was president of the Southwestern States Mission (1900-1904) and of the Central States Mission (1904-1906) also for the Mormon Church. Duffin includes handwritten copies of letters both sent and...
Dates: 1887-1906