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Mormon missionaries -- Diaries

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:

Angus M. Cannon journals, 1900-1901

 Sub-Series — Carton 2: Series 1; Series 2, Folder: 3-5
Identifier: MSS 6154 Series 1 Sub-Series 5
Scope and Contents

Contains photocopies of journals of Angus Munn Cannon. Journals detail daily life in his household, including interactions with his wives. Dated 1900-1901.

Dates: 1900-1901
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 6154, Donald Q. Cannon faculty and family papers / Cannon family journals and 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 1860-1981
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Bennion family papers

Brittany Long Olsen missionary sketchbooks, 2012-2013

 Series — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2; Series 3 [Barcode: 31197239251785], Folder: 1-6
Identifier: MSS 8839 Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains Brittany Long Olsen missionary sketchbooks, which served as her missionary diary during her mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to Tokyo, Japan. Her entries assume the form of a graphic novel and focus on daily events, people, and her personal feelings. Materials dated 2012 to 2013.

Dates: 2012-2013
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 8839, Brittany Long Olsen missionary papers

Cannon family journals and papers, 1881-1959

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6154 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Includes journals of Donald Q. Cannon, Quayle Cannon, Jr., and Quayle Cannon, and photocopies of the journals of Abraham H. Cannon and Angus M. Cannon. Also includes a copy of The Book of Mormon. Journals document missionary and daily life from the late 1800s to early 1900s.

Dates: 1881-1959
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 6154, Donald Q. Cannon faculty and family papers

David Foster Cluff mission diaries

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197231030427]
Identifier: MSS 6700
Abstract

The David Foster Cluff mission diaries consist of five diaries from David Cluff's mission to Samoa from 1894-1898.

Dates: 1894-1898
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / David Foster Cluff mission diaries

Clyde C. Edmonds personal papers, 1937-1955, 1911-1913

 Series
Identifier: MSS 1426 Series 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Contains the following: Clyde Edmonds' mission journal from the British Mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; personal correspondence; correspondence, notes and manuals on the General Church Welfare Committee; correspondence, notes and folders on various poultry cooperatives and other economic and industrial organizations with which Edmonds was involved; a collection of notes and talks on the poultry industry, by Edmonds and others and, newspaper clippings on the...
Dates: Other: 1937-1955; Other: 1911-1913
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1426, Clyde C. Edmonds papers

Gerald N. Christiansen mission papers, 1909-1967, bulk: 1918-1920

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 9100 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains photographs, diaries, an account book, an address book and weekly reporting missionary books from Gerald N. Christiansen's mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Northwestern States Mission from 1918-1920. Also contains a few documents from various points in Gerald N. Christiansen's life dated 1909-1967.

Dates: 1909-1967; Majority of material found within 1918-1920
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 9100, Gerald N. and Florence I. Christiansen mission papers

Lars J. Halling Jr. diaries

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230349000]
Identifier: MSS 3933
Abstract

The Lars J. Halling Jr. diaries, both recorded during his missions to Scandinavia.

Dates: 1896-1908
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Lars J. Halling Jr. diaries

Jacob Hamblin diaries and autobiography

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 770
Scope and Contents Contains a handwritten diary of Jacob Hamblin, with entries from June 21, 1868 to 1886. Entries relate farming conditions and crop yields in the Kanab Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, travels along Pariah River, and an account of a conference conducted by Brigham Young on April 2, 1870, dedicating a settlement in Kanab. A separate account titled, "Journal of the Moquis" dated September 28, 1869, to October 5, 1869, written by an individual other than Hamblin,...
Dates: 1868-1886
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Jacob Hamblin diaries and autobiography

Emmett R. Hayes missionary papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7586
Scope and Contents

Collection contains photocopies of missionary diaries of Emmett R. Hayes during his Mormon mission as the thirteenth missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to enter post-WWI Germany. Also contained are a series of photocopied outgoing letters from Emmett Hayes during this period to his family, primarily his parents. A small collection of mission-related ephemera is contained.

Dates: approximately 1919-1928
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Emmett R. Hayes missionary papers

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