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Missions and Missionaries

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 1160 Collections and/or Records:

Claude L. White papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1817
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, diaries, a play script, and a missionary tracting book. The materials relate to White's activities as a missionary for the Mormon Church in the Northwestern States Mission from 1915 to 1917. The diaries are for the years from 1915 to 1916 and for 1963. Most of the correspondence are between White and family members, but some are also with Melvin J. Ballard, a Mormon official who became an apostle in 1919.

Dates: 1915-1963

Edward D. Whiting diary

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 3265
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a handwritten diary. Whiting writes about his mission to the Eastern States Mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints from 1898 to 1900. He describes his daily activities and the nature of the work.

Dates: 1898-1900

Thomas Farrar Whitley missionary diaries

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197227616775]
Identifier: MSS 3112
Scope and Contents

The Thomas Farrar Whitley missionary diaries, 1935-1938 includes the diary typescript. The typescript includes an introduction containing biographical information about Whitley and historical background about Tonga.

Dates: 1935-1938

Orson F. Whitney diaries

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1825
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of handwritten diaries and an autobiography. Whitney writes about his missions for the Mormon Church to the Eastern United States and to Great Britain. He also served as president of the European Mission. Whitney also tells about his dreams, his service in various political positions, and his numerous positions in the Mormon Church.

Dates: 1877-1931

Orson F. Whitney papers

 Collection — Box 5: [Barcode: 31197239116061]
Identifier: MSS 15
Scope and Contents

Materials include correspondence, blessings, missionary certificates, letters, scrapbooks, poetry, other writings, newspaper clippings, documents, travel souvenirs, and other materials owned, written by, or relating to Orson F. Whitney, his family, and his acquaintances. Dated approximately 1842-1931.

Dates: approximately 1842-1964

Eli Wiggill autobiography

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 9137
Content Description Four-volume handwritten autobiography of Eli Wiggill. Includes an account of the emigration from England of the settlers of South Africa, the wars and events of South Africa, the arrival of missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in South Africa, immigration to the United States and travel on the Mormon Trail, the diamond works in South Africa, and an account of familial events in Utah. The record was created by Wiggill in 1883, one year prior to his death. Also...
Dates: 1883

Charles H. Wilcken papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230309202]
Identifier: MSS SC 1125
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of newspaper clippings and miscellaneous documents relating to the lives of Charles W. Wilcken and his son David. The clippings largely tell of the life of Charles while many of the miscellaneous items relate to the marriage, Church activities, and employment of David.

Dates: 1864-1933

William Daniel Wilcock diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232491065]
Identifier: MSS 679
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of a handwritten diary. Wilcock kept this diary while serving as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Central States Mission. Wilcock writes about his daily activities in Texas and Kansas.

Dates: 1907-1908

John Elbert Wilcox diaries

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 875
Scope and Contents This collection consists of six notebooks on which Wilcox kept diaries while serving on three missions during the years 1887-89, 1897, and 1915-16. He served in South Dakota and in Florida. The diary entries are often brief and largely describe church activities, meetings attended, miles traveled, and the weather. This collection consists of six notebooks on which Wilcox kept diaries while serving on three missions during the years 1887-89, 1897, and 1915-16. He served in South Dakota and in...
Dates: 1887-1916

Ezma Gladys Baxter Wilde papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2039
Scope and Contents

Diary kept by Wilde when she served as a missionary for the Mormon Church in the Southern Sates Mission, 1921-1923. Also included are correspondence and photographs which date until 1992 when Wilde died. These materials relate to family matters and her service in the primary organization of the Mormon Church.

Dates: 1921-1992