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Missions and Missionaries

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 1166 Collections and/or Records:

George Thomas Webster diaries and account books

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1668
Scope and Contents Handwritten diaries, account books, photographs, and miscellaneous items. The diaries cover the years 1896 to 1901, 1903, and 1943 to 1948. Webster gives details about his mission experiences, family matters, and work. The account books relate to personal finances. Also included are brief histories of George Thomas Webster; his father, George Matthew Webster; and his wife, Ada Amelia Dansie Webster. The photographs are taken from a disbounded book of remembrance and include pictures of...
Dates: 1896-1948

J. S. Welch mission journal

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197227606347]
Identifier: MSS 3892
Scope and Contents

Typescript of journal produced by J. S. Welch during his service as principal of the Latter Day Saints' Maori Agricultural College. Includes photographs and Maori vocabulary, as well as entries describing his work at the college farm, the landscape and vegetation of New Zealand, and the impact of his service on his family.

Dates: 1917-1920

Jabez W. West journal

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3856
Abstract

Two volumes of Jabez William's journal.

Dates: 1897-1898

Alvin Bryon White papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232568599]
Identifier: MSS 3705
Scope and Contents

Contains journals, photographs, and other material relating to White's mission in England from 1913 to 1915. Also contains photographs and other material from the White and Thorup family, dated from 1905 to 1960.

Dates: 1905-1960; Majority of material found within 1913-1915

Charles H. White and John Francis Perkins journals

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197231043578]
Identifier: MSS 2209
Scope and Contents

The collection contains six journals of Charles H. White beginning on May 17, 1899 - March 5, 1901, plus one missionary notebook. It also contains one volume of the Southern States Mission Journal of John Francis Perkins, July 14, 1899 - June 11, 1900, and two copies of Perkins' missionary blessing given by President Seymour B. Young.

Dates: 1899-1901

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