Missions and Missionaries
Subject
Subject Source: Cclanarrow
Found in 1137 Collections and/or Records:
Wallace F. Bennett papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 20
Scope and Contents
Collection contains correspondence, speeches, bills, legislative resolutions, press releases, and financial records that document Wallace F. Bennett's activities during his time as a senator between 1948 and 1974 in Utah and Washington D.C. The central topic of these materials (which were mostly created during Bennett's later terms in the US Senate) is the Cold War, including how to promote peaceful coexistence between the Soviet Union and America. They also reveal the immense changes that...
Dates:
1948-1984
Ira Bennion diary
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230318724]
Identifier: MSS SC 1943
Scope and Contents
Handwritten diary. Bennion records his activities from the time he left Salt Lake City, Utah through his first year as a missionary for the Mormon Church in England.
Dates:
1894
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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Ira Bennion diary
John E. Bennion diaries
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 981
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of handwritten diaries. Bennion writes about his life in the Taylorsville area of Utah and in Rush Valley and Long Valley, Utah. He also lived for a time in Nevada. Bennion was married polygamously, participated in the Utah War of 1857-1858, had an encounter with an Indian in 1858, saw the first handcart company arrive in Salt Lake City in 1856, served on a mission to England for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and participated in many other activities.
Dates:
1855-1877
Josephine Hinckley Bentley mission diary
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197227629182]
Identifier: MSS 3934
Abstract
The Josephine Hinckley Bentley mission diary includes the photocopied account of Josephine's mission to California. The diary is from 1913.
Dates:
1913
C. Fred Berghout mission papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8169
Dates:
1926-1928
John Watts Berrett diary
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232489960]
Identifier: MSS 611
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a handwritten diary. The original journals are in four volumes and are located in the LDS Church Library-Archives in Salt Lake City, Utah. Berrett was a convert to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in England who served on a mission for that faith in his native country. Berrett writes about his daily activities as a Mormon and as a missionary in England.
Dates:
1856-1863
Henry William Bigler diary
Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230329697]
Identifier: MSS SC 3095
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typescript. The item is "extracts from missionary experiences. Copied from original diary owned by Delbert Bigler, Provo, Utah." The extracts start in 1853 when Bigler was on a mission for the Mormon Church in Hawaii. He writes about a smallpox epidemic and missionary experiences. He returned to Utah in 1855. He married Cynthia Jane Whipple in November of 1855. He went on another mission to Hawaii in 1857 and returned in 1858. He talks about his...
Dates:
1853-1899
Jacob G. Bigler autobiography
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230326263]
Identifier: MSS SC 2757
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a typescript of an autobiography. Bigler writes about his relationship with the first president of the Mormon Church, Joseph Smith (1805-1844), his life in Nauvoo, Illinois, his migration to Utah, and his life in Nephi, Utah. Bigler served on a mission for the Mormon Church in Ireland and was active in Mormon Church activities in Nephi.
Dates:
1907
Jacob G. Bigler diaries and correspondence
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 3243
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of handwritten diaries and correspondence. Bigler was a bishop for the Mormon Church in Nephi, Utah. He also served as a member of the Utah territorial legislature and was mayor of Nephi. Bigler served as a Mormon missionary to Ireland and as president of the European Mission for that same faith. The collection also includes correspondence between Bigler and family members mostly when he served as a missionary in Ireland.
Dates:
1854-1865
Alfred N. Billings diary
Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232490158]
Identifier: MSS 636
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a handwritten diary kept from 21 May 1855 to 3 Oct. 1855. Billings was called to serve as a missionary to the Ute Indians in the Elk Mountain area of southeastern Utah. After some initial success the Mormon missionaries were forced to leave by the Indians. Also included are Billings' financial records from the 1850s and 1860s.
Dates:
1855