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Denmark -- History -- 19th century

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Christian Fjeldsted journals

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197225538062]
Identifier: MSS 3216
Scope and Contents

Two journals beginning with Fjeldsted's call to serve a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Chicago.

Dates: 1895-1901

Anders Fredricksen autobiography

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 914
Scope and Contents

Holograph autobiography covering roughly from the 1850s to 1884. Fredricksen tells of his investigation of the Mormon Church and of contacts with and activities of family members.

Dates: 1884

Niels Christian Jensen autobiography and day book

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1005
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of a handwritten autobiography and a day book. Jensen writes about his life in Denmark including his participation in the war with Prussia in 1864. Jensen also relates his migration to the United States; his conversion to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; his settling in Manti and Richmond, Utah; and his later move to the Rexburg, Idaho, area.

Dates: 1876-1927

Richard C. Miller diary and papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230342708]
Identifier: MSS 817
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of a handwritten diary, financial recorts, newspaper clippings, and missionary announcements. The diary covers the years from 1899 to 1902 when Miller served as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Denmark. His financial records cover the years from 1899 to 1911. The newspaper clippings and announcements are in Danish and relate to missionary activities in Denmark.

Dates: 1899-1911

Ernest Waldemar Alpers Mohr diary and memoirs

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231045144]
Identifier: MSS 1033
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of a handwritten diary and a handwritten autobiography. The diary is in Danish and was written from 1874 to 1875 when Mohr was serving on a mission in Denmark for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Also included is an autobiography written in English. Mohr writes about his early life in Denmark, his conversion to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and his life in Tooele, Utah; St. Johns, Arizona; and Logan, Utah.

Dates: 1874-1903

Johan Christian Poulsen autobiography and diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232491156]
Identifier: MSS 668
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten autobiography and diary in Danish. The autobiography covers Poulsen's life to 1864 when he began his diary. Poulsen was converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1862. He served as a missionary for that faith in Denmark from 1864 to 1866. He migrated to the Utah and settled in Millard County. Also included are patriarchal blessings of family members in English.

Dates: 1864-1866

Herman Thorup journal

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197225536322]
Identifier: MSS 3709
Scope and Contents

Typewritten transcript of Herman Thorup's journal for the period of 1879 to 1929; documents his mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to Denmark, as well as his life in Salt Lake City, Utah; his arrest, trial, and imprisonment for "unlawful cohabitation"; his work as a florist and nurseryman; the impact of the Edmunds Tucker Act; Utah politics; his own political activities; his volunteer work; and his family and spiritual life.

Dates: 1879-1929