Missions and Missionaries
Found in 1165 Collections and/or Records:
Alvin Pliny Bean essays
Typewritten talk, a biography of Bean's father, Willard Washington Bean, and a biography of Alvin Pliny Bean by Vicki Zimmerman. The biography of Willard Bean relates his missionary experiences for the Mormon Church in the Southern States, 1882-1884. The other items emphasize Alvin Bean's experiences in Palmyra.
George Washington Bean diaries
Jesse Fuller Bean papers
Holograph missionary diaries kept by Bean while serving in the Southern State Mission of the Latter-day Saint Church, including a missionary blessing; family history; account of coming to Utah in 1847; family genealogy records and certificates of ordination.
Willard Washington Bean autobiography
Softbound photocopy of a typewritten autobiography which includes a newsclipping from "The Church News." Willard W. Bean served the Mormon Church for 29 years and acquired many properties for the Mormon Church in New York State, including the Hill Cumorah.
Willard Washington Beans papers
Photocopies of a typewritten autobiography, a newspaper clipping, a Mormon Church blessing, and an essay. Also included are photocopies of handwritten letters received by Bean. These items include letters received from Mormon Church leaders Heber J. Grant and J. Golden Kimball. Bean was a missionary to the Southern States and lived in Palmyra, New York from 1915 to 1939.
Thomas Beard journals and reminiscence
Holograph documents (plus photocopies) which describe Beard's conversion to Mormonism, immigration to Utah, missionary experiences in England, and genealogical and historical information on Thomas Beard and his family. Reminiscence dated 1862.
Joseph Peter Beck diaries
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a handwritten diary. Beck writes about his preparations for a mission and about walking to San Francisco, California, to buy a ticket to New Zealand. He tells about his journey and his missionary activities in New Zealand which included his studies of the Maori language. He returned and arrived in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Neal and Jackie Beecher collection of oral histories
Contains oral histories of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Kenya. The members were interviewed by Jackie and Neal Beecher while they served as missionaries for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Belgium Brussels Mission collection
Twenty newsletters entitled "The Rolling Stone" and 37 miscellaneous items published by and relating to the Belgium Brussels mission. The bulk of the materials are in English with a few in French. These items were collected by Craig L. Foster who served in the Belgium Brussels mission at that time.
Albert Henry Belliston diaries
Handwritten diaries. Belliston writes about his activities as a missionary and as a temple president for the Mormon church in Hawaii. He also tells about his life in Nephi, Utah. Also included are 59 photographs of members and missionaries in Hawaii (ca. 1900), as well as places in Utah and Idaho (ca. 1890).