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Missions and Missionaries

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

James Richard Bodily mission diaries

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 6120
Scope and Contents Two diaries from Bodily's mission to the Southern States for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. One journal is a “synopsis of (his) missionary labors,” beginning from the time of his call to his journey to the Southern States from Utah. Elder Bodily makes reference to conditions and also many of the individuals and families he had the privilege to visit, teach, and baptize. The second journal continues to document his labors in the Southern States Mission. In the second journal...
Dates: 1897-1900

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Southern States Mission records

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230334333]
Identifier: MSS 1144
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of handwritten church records including minutes of meetings and newspaper clippings. Most of the items relate to the activies of the Mormon Church in Florida including the creation of the Florida Stake. The district clerk who recorded the minutes was Joseph S. Copeland.

Dates: 1937-1947

David Horton Elton journals

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2050
Abstract

The papers of David Horton Elton contain David Horton Elton’s LDS Church mission diaries, 1898 – 1900, and one additional diary, 1905.

Dates: 1898-1905

Facer family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2332
Abstract

Contains books, records, diaries, correspondence, and other documents from Joseph Facer's life, dealing mainly with his service in the LDS Church. Also contains Hill and Richards family books and a detailed history on the John Kenny and Agnes Hill Richards families and the Alexander Hill and Elizabeth Currie Hill families(the grandparents and great-grandparents of Emma Richards Facer, Joseph's wife).

Dates: 1856-1977

Asahel Luther Fuller journal typescript

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2940
Scope and Contents

The collection contains a typescript with annotations of Asahel Luther Fuller's first Southern States Mission journal, 14 February 1887 - 31 December 1887, and a typescript of his second Southern States Mission journal, 1 January 1888 - 19 February 1888.

Dates: 1887-1888

Thomas William Gunn mission diaries

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197230364728]
Identifier: MSS 2062
Scope and Contents Account of his activities as a Latter-day Saint missionary, primarily in Florida, part of the Southern States Mission. Collection also includes a photocopy and typescript of each volume, prepared by the Department of Special Collections and Manuscripts at Brigham Young University. The third volume includes poetry, song lyrics, scripture references, and financial and other notes. A list of persons baptized by Gunn and a missionary companion, September 1906-March 1907, is included at the...
Dates: 1906-1908

Tuttle family papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197230231653]
Identifier: MSS 2870
Abstract

Contains a correspondence book belonging to Newton Tuttle. Includes courtship letters between Henry Bartholomew and Clara Tuttle. Also contains the missionary diaries of Henry Bartholomew to the Southern States and British missions. Includes financial documents, journals, address books, calling cards, and newspaper clippings belonging to the Tuttle family. Includes Clara Tuttle's patriarchal blessing. Also includes Garretty's Guide to Salt Lake City (circa 1890).

Dates: approximately 1853-1904

Ether Wolfley mission diary

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6867
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence, photographs, and a journal of Ether Wolfley. These items are all from the time that Ether spent as an LDS missionary in the Southern States mission. The photographs show Ether and a few of his friends from the mission. There are letters and papers pertaining to his assignments as a missionary. The journal spans the years he served.

Dates: 1934-1937