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Missions and Missionaries

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 1149 Collections and/or Records:

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

William Eugene Bingham mission journal

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 9210
Scope and Contents

Contains materials pertaining to Willard Eugene Bingham's service as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in South Carolina from 1885 to 1886. Includes both the original journal of Willard Eugene Bingham and a transcription created by his grandson George Bingham in 1978. Includes short, daily entries pertaining to the events of his day, individuals taught, members baptized, service administered, and areas traveled to. Dated approximately 1885-1886.

Dates: 1885-1886

Biographies of Beesley family

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230306158]
Identifier: MSS SC 853
Scope and Contents This collection consists of a letter to LeGrand Baker, an archivist at BYU, briefly discussing the ancestors of Mrs. Fifield, biographies of Frederick Beesley and his wife Elizabeth Ellen Solomon Beesley, and a short history of the Beesley Music Co.Frederick Beesley was a musician who conducted the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, an accountant, a shoemaker, one of the founders (along with his father) of the Beesley Music Co., and the secretary/treasurer of the Salt Lake Philharmonic...
Dates: 1975

Biography of George Henry Webb

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230338185]
Identifier: MSS 2819
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. George Henry Webb was born in 1865 in England. His family were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and they migrated to Utah in 1867. He settled in American Fork, Utah. George served on missions for the Mormon Church, and he died in 1944.

Dates: approximately 1958

Henry M. Bird diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230318484]
Identifier: MSS SC 1959
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diary. Bird talks about his activities and about the places he visited while on his mission. Also included are biographies of Henry Bird's father, Edmund Bird, and notes relating to Bird family genealogy.

Dates: 1865-1929

Richard Bird missionary notebook from the Swiss/Austrian mission

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230349018]
Identifier: MSS 3938
Abstract

A missionary notebook belonging to Richard Bird in 1910.

Dates: 1910

JoAn Borg Bitton papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 8828
Scope and Contents Contains materials which pertain to the life of JoAn Borg Bitton and her mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in the Italy Catania Mission, and in particular, the Island of Malta. Materials include a variety of printed materials such as newspapers, periodicals, maps, family records, and articles; containing information collected by Bitton about Malta and the history of missionary work on the island, as well as written and email correspondence with family members and...
Dates: 1912-2010; Majority of material found within 1977-2010

Edward L. Black autobiography

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 1448
Scope and Contents

Typescript and photocopy of missionary experiences by Edward L. Black. Black tells of many faith-promoting events while a missionary in Florida, his experiences with ministers of different denominations, and his fellow missionaries in the field.

Dates: 1978

Edward L. Black journals

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1603
Scope and Contents

Eight original handwritten and bound journals and typescripts of the same. The items describe the experiences of Edward L. Black while serving as a missionary in the Southern States Mission of the Mormon Church.

Dates: 1896-1898

Geroge Black diaries and letters received

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 147
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diaries and letters. The diaries were kept from 1891 to 1894 when Black was serving as a missionary for the Mormon Church in Great Britain. The two letters were written to him by a son and a daughter when he was living in Manti, Utah.

Dates: 1891-1932