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Missions and Missionaries

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Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 1166 Collections and/or Records:

I remember when

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230328913]
Identifier: MSS SC 2983
Scope and Contents Autobiography details memories of his childhood in Salt Lake County, Utah; church service, including a Latter-day Saint Mission to the Central States, 1937-1939; attendance at BYU; service in the U.S. Navy during World War II; marriage; teaching LDS seminary in Logan and Salt Lake City, Utah; teaching LDS institute at University of Alberta (Canada) and Southern Utah University; employment at BYU; service as president of the Southwest Indian Mission; and service as president of Hawaii Temple...
Dates: 1997
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / I remember when

George S. Tanner papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230305184]
Identifier: MSS SC 775
Scope and Contents Retrospective account transcribed by the author from his diary. Record of a revelation received by an unnamed Moenkopi Indian who prayed to know the truth about the Book of Mormon. He was told in a vision to believe the things his Mormon brethern had told him, and to obey their words. The Indian also saw the coming persecutions against the Mormon Church for polygamy and many other events as well. Author believed that most of what the Indian saw had come to pass by 1890.Entitled:...
Dates: 1881-1890
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / George S. Tanner papers

Edwin Kimball interview with Rod Kimball

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2965
Scope and Contents

Typescript of an interview taken from the included reel-to-reel sound tape. Rod Kimball was interviewed by Edwin Kimball, his older brother. Rod talks about his early life, mentions his mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-days Saints to Germany in the early 1930s, and discusses his experiences as a student at Brigham Young University in 1933.

Dates: 1979
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Edwin Kimball interview with Rod Kimball

Irene Adams journals, 1968-2011

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7810 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains journals and writings from Irene Adams' life, travels, and education. Materials dated 1968-2011.

Dates: 1968-2011
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 7810, Irene Adams papers

Isgreen family correspondence

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 612
Scope and Contents

Holographs, two printed items and one typescript. The collection includes 28 letters written by or to members of the Isgreen family, 15 of which are written by or to Emil Isgreen. The correspondence is generally family news with a few business letters, two missionary letters from Wales and a description of Mattie Isgreen's travel in Hawaii. Also included are an invitation to a ball, 1896, the Democratic ticket for Provo, Utah, ca. 1900, and a thought on prayer.

Dates: 1894-1907
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Isgreen family correspondence

William Charles Isgreen letter to Emil Benjamin Isgreen

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197239236414]
Identifier: MSS 8864
Dates: 1892 October 6
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / William Charles Isgreen letter to Emil Benjamin Isgreen

Katherine Nagasawa Ishimoto letter

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197235221444]
Identifier: MSS 6952
Scope and Contents

Materials include a twenty-four page letter written by Katherine Nagasawa Ishimoto to a "Dearest Cassie." Ishimoto discusses her conversion to and membership in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, along with detailing her Church community. She tells about her family, the family business, her goals in religious worship and education, and current events, including her life in Hawaii as a Japanese citizen during World War II. Dated November 1945.

Dates: 1945 November
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Katherine Nagasawa Ishimoto letter

Lloyd Oscar Ivie diaries

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232488913]
Identifier: MSS 871
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diaries. Ivie writes about his daily activities while serving on a mission to Japan for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Dates: 1910-1914
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Lloyd Oscar Ivie diaries

Lloyd Oscar Ivie records

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197227629067]
Identifier: MSS 3949
Abstract

Personal papers, phonographs and financial records of Lloyd Oscar Ivie, pertaining to his LDS mission to Japan, 1911-1924.

Dates: 1911-1924
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Lloyd Oscar Ivie records

J. Wyley Sessions collection of genealogy, personal, and family records, 1885-1973

 Sub-Series — Box 5: Series 4 [Barcode: 31197231033496]
Identifier: UA 156 Sub-Series 5
Scope and Contents note

Contains a collection of family history work of the Sessions family. This includes documents pertaining to family history, memories, documentation of the 50th wedding anniversary of J. Wyley and his wife, and patriarchal blessings.

Dates: 1885-1973
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / UA 156, J. Wyley Sessions papers

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