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Latter Day Saint churches -- Missions -- Illinois -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Jordan Hendrickson Brady correspondence

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3069
Scope and Contents Originals and photocopies of handwritten correspondence including letters, newspaper clippings, and postal cards. The materials relate to primarily Brady's experiences as a missionary in the Northern States Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1911-1913. He served much of his time in the Chicago, Illinois, area and in Indiana. Brady often mentions his son, Sidney Alphonso Brady. Jordan received letters from his wife, Alberta Brady, children, and other friends and...
Dates: 1909-1914

Elders at the first conference at Nauvoo since the expulsion of 1846 : photographed in front of the the Joseph Smith Mansion

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233623732]
Identifier: MSS 2191
Scope and Contents

An oversize photograph, a newspaper clipping entitled: "Mormons Visit Nauvoo". A brief biography of Gilbert Morse Burr (1881-1982), one of the missionaries in the photograph, is enclosed. It was written by his daughter, Ardys Burr Crane.

Dates: 1905 September 30

John T. Flake diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230321389]
Identifier: MSS SC 2293
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diaries and a typescript of these items. The entries go from 16 June 1907 to 26 Sept. 1908. Flake writes about his experiences as a missionary for the Mormon Church. He spent most of his time as a missionary working in Illinois.

Dates: 1907-1908

Geroge Washington Hickerson correspondence and family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 840
Scope and Contents Handwritten correspondence largely to and from family members. Also included are biographies and a genealogy of Hickerson family members. Hickerson lived much of his life in Davis County, Utah. Some of the letters were written by Hickerson while serving on a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Illinois. Several of the letters were written by Hickerson's son, Isaac Hickerson, when he was in California and in Carson City, Nevada. Among the items is a letter from...
Dates: 1852-1932

Asa Solomon Kienke diaries and other material

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197231027258]
Identifier: UA 88
Scope and Contents

Contains two journals of Keinke's mission to Illinois and Indiana for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints between 1896 and 1898, seven journals kept as a member of the Brigham Young Academy South American Expedition of 1900-1902, and archaelogical and miscellaneous papers. Also includes a bound typescript of the expedition journals.

Dates: 1896-1902

Memories of our parents : Victor Emanuel Bean and Mary Hannah Baker

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230345636]
Identifier: MSS 966
Scope and Contents

Typewritten biography of Victor Emanuel Bean and Mary Hannah Baker Bean. The item was "compiled and written" by Ethel Bean Andrew. The materials include excerpts from Victor Bean's missionary diaries from 1884 to 1886 while in Indiana, Illinois, and Pennsylvania.

Dates: 1966

Alonzo Winters diary

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230349091]
Identifier: MSS 523
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten diary. Winters writes about his missionary activities for the Mormon Church. He worked in Nauvoo, Illinois, in other areas of that state, and in Iowa.

Dates: 1876-1877