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Missions and Missionaries

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 1160 Collections and/or Records:

Robert Rex Wilde missionary papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6866
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence, ephemera, and a mission journal of Robert Rex Wilde. He served a Mormon mission to Japan from 1980 to 1982. The journal contains a few item of ephemera, such as business cards, a stamp, a Kentucky Fried Chicken wrapper, and a receipt. The correspondence includes letters, cards, postcards, and notes. There is also included a wedding announcement and the talk that Elder Robert Rex Wilde gave at his homecoming.

Dates: 1980-1982
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Robert Rex Wilde missionary papers

Wilford D. Lee correspondence, circa 1934-1980

 Series — Box 7: Series 4 [Barcode: 31197231026003]
Identifier: MSS 1553 Series 4
Scope and Contents

Correspondence of Lee, including correspondence concerning "Ghost-town," Garfield Co. School District, President Wilkinson, and other various personal correspondence, dated 1934-1980.

Dates: Other: circa 1934-1980
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1553, Wilford D. Lee papers

Wilford D. Lee notes, circa 1930-1979

 Series — Box 9: Series 6 [Barcode: 31197231025781]
Identifier: MSS 1553 Series 6
Scope and Contents

Unidentified or miscellaneous notes, circa 1930-1979.

Dates: Other: circa 1930-1979
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1553, Wilford D. Lee papers

Wilford D. Lee personal and family history, circa 1915-1937, date of production not identified

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1553 Series 3
Scope and Contents

Personal and family history of Lee, including biographies, certificates, essays, and correspondence, circa 1915-1937. Includes information on his personal history, as well as biographies of members of the Lee, Woolf, Hansen, Sorenson, and Holman families.

Dates: Other: circa 1915-1937; Other: date of production not identified
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1553, Wilford D. Lee papers

Wilford E. Smith audiotapes, 1977

 Series — Carton 4: Series 4 [Barcode: 31197233247870]
Identifier: MSS 7936 Series 4
Scope and Contents

Contains reel to reel tapes of trips taken by Wilford E. and Ruth Smith, 1977.

Dates: 1977
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 7936, Wilford E. Smith papers

Wilford E. Smith scrapbooks, 1934-1952

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7936 Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains scrapbooks containing greeting cards from 1934 to 1939, materials from Wilford E. Smith and Ruth Christensen's wedding in 1949, and materials from Wilford E. Smith's time in the U.S. Army from 1944 to 1952.

Dates: 1934-1952
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 7936, Wilford E. Smith papers

William A. Wilson and John B. Harris Missionary Folklore collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: FA 20
Scope and Contents Contains folklore stories and accounts from missionaries or relatives and friends of missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, separated in 17 bound volumes with no inner chronological organization. The stories date back to the 1870s, and they were collected between 1958 and 1994. Includes accounts of missionaries' language mistakes, funny stories, miracles, songs, and experiences with the priesthood, the supernatural, or other people. The interviews for the accounts...
Dates: 1958-1994
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / William A. Wilson and John B. Harris Missionary Folklore collection

William Albert Nuttall diaries, 1900 January-October

 Series — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233618542], Folder: 16-17
Identifier: MSS 2070 Series 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Diaries, photographs, and other papers of Margaret Greer Nuttall and her husband, William A. Nuttall. Includes autobiographical sketch of Margaret and papers relating to her activities as a student at Brigham Young Academy, including diaries, class notes, report card, and three group photographs of her with classmates. Her diaries, dated 1896-1902, also reflect her activities in Wallsburg, Utah, and in Provo Canyon. William Nuttall's papers relate to his service as a Mormon missionary in New...
Dates: 1900 January-October
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2070, Margaret Grace Greer Nuttall family papers

William Alvin Bowles diaries, 1906-1910

 Series
Identifier: MSS SC 2956 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains five volumes, dating from October 1906 to March 1910, that chronicle William Alvin Bowles' three-year mission to New Zealand for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Dates: 1906-1910
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS SC 2956, William Alvin Bowles papers

William Alvin Bowles ephemera, approximately 1897-1910

 Series
Identifier: MSS SC 2956 Series 4
Scope and Contents

Includes one William Alvin Bowles holograph written in Maori; a New Zealand postcard; and dried leaves from New Zealand.

Dates: approximately 1897-1910
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS SC 2956, William Alvin Bowles papers

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