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Missions and Missionaries

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 1165 Collections and/or Records:

James T. Belliston journal

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197227606461]
Identifier: MSS 3873
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of journals written by James T. Belliston during his missionary service in England between 1875 and 1876. Includes descriptions of his mission call, travels, and spiritual experiences.

Dates: 1875-1876
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / James T. Belliston journal

Jesse J. Bennett diaries

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197231055523]
Identifier: MSS 1406
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diaries. Bennett writes about his leaving Meadow, Utah, to serve on a mission for the Mormon Church in the Samoan Islands. He tells about his journeys and his activities there.

Dates: 1889-1892
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Jesse J. Bennett diaries

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
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Wallace F. Bennett papers

Bennion family journals, 1860-1910

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1472 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains the original journals of John Bennion, Samuel R. Bennion, Laura Bennion Dimond, and William Panter, as well as accompanying microfiche copies and photocopies of the journals. Also includes other notebooks and journals of the Bennion family. Materials dated 1860-1910.

Dates: 1860-1910
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1472, Bennion family papers

Bennion family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 1472
Scope and Contents Collection consists of materials by and about the John Bennion family residing in the Taylorsville, Utah, area in the mid to late 19th century. Of particular focus are the missionary diaries of John Bennion, his son Samuel Roberts Bennion, and Samuel's daughter Laura Bennion Dimond. Also includes genealogical information about the Bennion family's ancestors and family history documents and information about their descendants. Primarily consists of original journals, photographs and...
Dates: approximately 1842-1971
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Bennion family papers

Bennion family scrapbooks and family histories, approximately 1842-1981

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1472 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains family histories, scrapbooks, which include original ephemera and correspondence, and the autobiographies of Mildred Bennion Eyring and Helen Bennion Barker. Also contains transcriptions of the Bennion family journals and correspondence, a photocopy of a handwritten list of the Bennion family members written in 1900, and photocopies of a journal ledger and other correspondence. Materials dated approximately 1842-1981.

Dates: approximately 1842-1981
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1472, Bennion family papers

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 / 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
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / John E. Bennion diaries

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
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Josephine Hinckley Bentley mission diary

C. Fred Berghout mission papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8169
Dates: 1926-1928
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / C. Fred Berghout mission papers

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