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Latter Day Saint churches -- Missions -- Great Britain

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:

Urvin Gee autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230336585]
Identifier: MSS 938
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typewritten autobiograpy. Gee writes about growing up in Moroni, Utah; attending the University of Utah; teaching school in Moroni from 1901 to 1938; serving a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Britain; performing temple work for the Church in Arizona in 1946 and 1947; and complains of poor eyesight late in his life.

Dates: 1969

Biographical sketches of Samuel Whitney Richards

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230234186]
Identifier: MSS SC 93
Scope and Contents

Three typewritten biographical sketches of Richards containing information on his baptism, missionary labors, political offices, and marriages. One incident as President of the British Mission is included as reported in the Deseret News.

Dates: approximately 1900

Rex B. Blake missionary journals

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232483864]
Identifier: MSS 2651
Scope and Contents

Rex B. Blake's original missionary journal, "My Mission to Great Britain-1934 to 1936 by Rex B. Blake," record of missionary labors.

Dates: 1934-1936

Hugh B. Brown scrapbook

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233249660]
Identifier: MSS 7758
Scope and Contents

Contains two digital copies of a scrapbook of Hugh B. Brown on five CD-ROMs. The scrapbooks contain materials that document his mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Great Britain, with materials dating from between 1937 and 1938.

Dates: 1937-1938

George Crane autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230336551]
Identifier: MSS 450
Scope and Contents

Handwritten autobiography composed near the year 1912. Crane was converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints after he heard Orson Pratt (1811-1881), apostle for that religion, speak in England in 1864. He later served as president of the Wandsworth Branch of the Church. He migrated to Utah. Crane also writes about his courtship and marriage and about his mission to England from 1878 to 1880.

Dates: 1912

Benjamin W. Driggs diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230332568]
Identifier: MSS SC 3279
Scope and Contents

Driggs was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and a missionary for that faith.

Dates: 1871-1872

Charles Alfred Harper diary

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231045268]
Identifier: MSS 1198
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diary. Harper writes about his journey to Great Britain from Utah and describes his service as a Mormon missionary in that country.

Dates: 1852-1855

Abram Hatch diaries

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197235227599]
Identifier: MSS 365
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diaries. Hatch writes about his daily activities from the time he left Salt Lake City, Utah, until he returned. He spent much of his time working in the northern areas of England such as Birmingham and Manchester.

Dates: 1864-1867

Jobe Hill autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230336544]
Identifier: MSS 451
Scope and Contents

Handwritten autobiography. Hill writes about migrating to Utah, about his life in Smithfield and Clarkston, about problems with grasshoppers, and about other difficult situations. He also talks about the death of his mother and his low opinion of his father, who started drinking. He also tells about his mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to England and about his marriage.

Dates: 1904

George Frederick Jarvis life sketch

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230329721]
Identifier: MSS SC 3099
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typescript. The item is an autobiography of George Frederick Jarvis, who was born on 16 June 1847 in Stepney, England. The item was written in the third person. Jarvis migrated to the United States with his family and came to Utah in 1860. He had problems with his feet while walking to Utah. He lived in Salt Lake City until 1861 when his family moved to St. George, Utah. He participated in military actions against Indians, married Eleanor Cannon on...
Dates: approximately 1920