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Found in 119 Collections and/or Records:

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
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / James G. Duffin diaries

William Benbow Erekson diaries

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197231043305]
Identifier: MSS 1037
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diaries. Erekson writes about his mission to New Zealand for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and his service as the secretary of the mission and president of the Auckland Conference.

Dates: 1899-1902
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / William Benbow Erekson diaries

John B. Fairbanks diaries

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197231567188]
Identifier: MSS 140
Scope and Contents Handwritten diaries with typescripts of several items. The diaries have many gaps. They principally cover the time Fairbanks served as a missionary for the Mormon Church in the Southern States Mission from 1881 to 1883 and when he served as a missionary for the same faith in South and Central America from 1900 to 1902. On the second mission, Fairbanks accompanied the "Cluff" expedition; led by Benjamin Cluff, president of the Brigham Young Academy in Provo, Utah; to find evidence supporting...
Dates: 1877-1914
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / John B. Fairbanks diaries

William Farrer diaries and letters

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1521
Scope and Contents

Contains seven handwritten volumes, plus typescripts which focus on Farrer's Hawaiian Mission, 1850-1854. Volume one contains accounts of his work in the California gold fields prior to his mission call. Volume seven is entirely in the Hawaiian language. Also included are photocopies of typescripts of 71 letters written to and by Farrer when he served in the Hawaiian Islands.

Dates: 1849-1860
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / William Farrer diaries and letters

Edwin W. Fifield diaries

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 1549
Scope and Contents

Four handwritten notebooks. Three contain Fifield's diaries of the Hawaiian mission and the fourth is an account of his subsequent teaching career.

Dates: 1896-1902
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Edwin W. Fifield diaries

First installment of Levi James Taylor papers, 1868-1935

 Series
Identifier: MSS 2200 Series 1
Scope and Contents note

Nancy Jane Gates (Taylor) journal and notebook; Levi James Taylor journals; records of Taylor family genealogy including LDS Church ordinances.

Dates: Other: 1868-1935
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2200, Levi James Taylor papers

Oz Flake family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1564
Scope and Contents Holograph diaries of Osmer Flake including an autobiography of his life from 1868 to 1893. The diaries cover 1893-1898, 1899-1913, 1935-1954. Also included is a diary of Osmer's first wife, Elsie Owens Flake 1897-1900 and a diary of his second wife, Ethel Ray Flake 1925-1926. Also in the collection is Osmer's biography of his father William Jordon Flake and an autograph book compiled at the Beaver Stake Academy, 1887-1888. His first wife Elsie kept a diary when he was serving on the...
Dates: 1887-1958
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Oz Flake family papers

Amos Botsford Fuller diaries

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232487568]
Identifier: MSS 292
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diaries. Fuller kept these diaries while on a mission for the Mormon Church in Ohio and New York State. He worked primarily in upper New York State and in Medina and Stark Counties in Ohio. Fuller writes of his daily activities and his missionary work. The items are in pencil and are much faded.

Dates: 1837-1838
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Amos Botsford Fuller diaries

John Henry Gibbs papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 741
Scope and Contents

The John Henry Gibbs Collection deals mainly with Gibbs' mission. The collection is organized into the following categories: genealogical information, journals, notebooks and miscellaneous items, letters, personal history of Louisa Gibbs, articles written about the Tennessee Massacre and books owned by Gibbs.

Dates: 1872-1938
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / John Henry Gibbs papers

John Thomas Giles diaries

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232486941]
Identifier: MSS 994
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diaries and teaching notes. Giles writes about his daily activities in Provo, Utah; his two missions for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Hawaii (1890-1897 and 1905-1907); his work at a lime kiln; his work on a railroad; and his teaching of Sunday School for the Church.

Dates: 1890-1927
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / John Thomas Giles diaries

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