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Missions and Missionaries

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 1166 Collections and/or Records:

Yesharah Society Provo chapter 1 biographical records, 1933-1969

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 730 Series 1 Series II Sub-Series II
Scope and Contents

Contains the biographies of various members of the first Provo chapter of the Yesharah Society. Dated 1933-1969.

Dates: 1933-1969
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 730, Yesharah Society records / Yesharah Society history, constitution, and by-laws / Yesharah Society breakfast programs / Yesharah Society Provo chapter 1 records

Yesharah Society Provo chapter 1 minute and roll books, 1929-1975

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 730 Series 1 Series II Sub-Series I
Scope and Contents

Subseries contains the mintute books kept by the first Provo chapter of the Yesharah Society. Dated 1929-1975.

Dates: 1929-1975
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 730, Yesharah Society records / Yesharah Society history, constitution, and by-laws / Yesharah Society breakfast programs / Yesharah Society Provo chapter 1 records

Yesharah Society Provo chapter 1 records, 1929-1994

 Series
Identifier: MSS 730 Series 1 Series II
Scope and Contents

Series contains minutes, yearly programs, member biographies, and newspaper articles created by the activities of or collected by the first Provo chapter of the Yesharah society. Dated 1929-1994.

Dates: 1929-1994
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 730, Yesharah Society records / Yesharah Society history, constitution, and by-laws / Yesharah Society breakfast programs

Yesharah Society records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 730
Scope and Contents The Yesharah Society records contain items created by and collected by the society in the course of its operations. These items include a constitution and by-laws of the organization, correspondence, meeting minutes, pamphlets and programs, newspaper clippings and articles, scrapbooks, histories and biographies, music, and photos. The records come from the two Provo Chapters, Orem, Logan, and Salt Lake. The society was founded in Provo, Utah, in 1929 and the records go up to nearly the...
Dates: 1928-2011
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Yesharah Society records

Brigham Young and Willard Richards certificate of introduction

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233284816]
Identifier: Vault MSS 63
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed certificate including the official seal of the territory of Utah with a green ribbon attached. The item is written "to whom it may concern." It introduces the bearer as an acquaintance of Brigham Young. The manuscript was probably used for missionaries of the Mormon Church. The item was signed by both Young and Willard Richards, an apostle in the Mormon Church.

Dates: 1852
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Brigham Young and Willard Richards certificate of introduction

Brigham Young letter

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233294351]
Identifier: Vault MSS 693
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter dated September 5, 1860 calling James Wareham of Manti, Utah, to missionary service.

Dates: 1860 September 5
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Brigham Young letter

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
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Brigham Young letter to Andrew S. Siler

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
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Brigham Young letter to John R. Young

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
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Brigham Spencer Young newspaper clippings

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
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Feramorz L. Young diary

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