Missions and Missionaries
Subject
Subject Source: Cclanarrow
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Jacob Hamblin diaries and autobiography
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 770
Scope and Contents
Contains a handwritten diary of Jacob Hamblin, with entries from June 21, 1868 to 1886. Entries relate farming conditions and crop yields in the Kanab Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, travels along Pariah River, and an account of a conference conducted by Brigham Young on April 2, 1870, dedicating a settlement in Kanab. A separate account titled, "Journal of the Moquis" dated September 28, 1869, to October 5, 1869, written by an individual other than Hamblin,...
Dates:
1868-1886
Jacob Hamblin papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 815
Scope and Contents
The letter from Brigham Young to Jacob Hamblin in this collection was written about one month before the Mountain Meadows Massacre took place. In it, Young appoints Hamblin to be president of the Santa Clara Indian mission and tells him to keep good relations with the Indians. This collection also contains four blessings given to Jacob Hamblin.
Dates:
1857-1885
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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Jacob Hamblin papers
Thales Hastings Haskell diary
Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197227341564]
Identifier: Vault MSS 437
Scope and Contents
Handwritten diary. Haskell writes about his experiences with various Indian tribes in Arizona when he was serving as a missionary for the Mormon Church. He was accompainied by Jacob Hamblin and others. Fifteen pages of the item are written in the Deseret Alphabet. Some of the manuscript pages have been torn off and one page is missing.
Dates:
1859-1860