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Missions and Missionaries

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 1149 Collections and/or Records:

Brigham Young letter to Andrew S. Siler

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230338581]
Identifier: MSS 930
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten and signed letter dated December 1, 1854 and addressed to Andrew S. Siler in St. Louis, Missouri. Young offers encouragement to Siler, who was serving on a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Dates: 1854 December 1

Brigham Young letter to John R. Young

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 780
Scope and Contents Material contains a handwritten and signed letter dated March 1, 1857, addressed to John R. Young in Honolulu, Hawaii. The item was composed in Salt Lake City, Utah. Brigham Young encourages John, his nephew, and his fellow missionaries for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Hawaii by making comparisons between the "quiet and purity that prevail in Utah" and the "gross darkness" that covers the other people of the Earth. He comments on the missionary work of the Church in...
Dates: 1857 March 1

Brigham Spencer Young newspaper clippings

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197239266114]
Identifier: MSS 9275
Scope and Contents

Contains two compact discs of scanned newpaper clippings compiled by Brigham Spencer Young from his mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in England. Dated 1935-1938.

Dates: 1935-1938

Feramorz L. Young diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230319524]
Identifier: MSS SC 2142
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and bound diary. Young talks about his journey to Mexico and his cultural and religious experiences there while serving there. Young became ill on his mission and died at sea on his way back to Utah. He was buried at sea off the coast of Florida.

Dates: 1880-1881

Levi Edgar Young papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 561
Abstract

Correspondence, journals, scrapbooks, lecture materials, published and unpublished manuscripts, memorabilia, and miscellany. The materials cover a large number of topics because of Young's involvement in religion, education, government (historical societies), and professional organizations. The diaries were kept while Young was serving as a missionary for the Mormon Church in Switzerland.

Dates: 1835-1973

Norma P. Young papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1884
Scope and Contents

Biographies, diaries, newspaper clippings, poems, correspondence, histories of Monticello, Utah, photographs of family members, and genealogies. The materials relate the Perkins family which settled in Monticello, Utah. The diaries deal largely with missions served by family members for the Mormon Church. Also included are accounts of family members attending college, encountering Indians, and working with women's organizations.

Dates: 1914-1973

Phineas Young papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2281
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and typewritten autobiograpy, diary, biographies, and genealogies of Young's descendents. The diary covers the years 1856 and 1857 and document Young's mission to England. Young's atuboiography covers his life to 1857. Also included are two biographies of Young written by family members.

Dates: approximately 1856-1950

Young Women's Mutual Improvement Association records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1765
Scope and Contents

Ledger books, schedule books, a history, a deed, receipts, reports, and correspondence. The materials relate to the Girl's Canyon home in Provo Canyon, Utah, for the Mutual Improvement Association of the Mormon Church. The items document the financing and the operation of the camp.

Dates: 1928-1980

Abraham E. Zundell missionary diary

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 4215
Abstract

Original handwritten diary of Abraham Zundell with photocopy, spanning the dates June 25, 1901, through August 10, 1902.

Dates: 1901-1902