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Latter Day Saint missionaries -- Diaries

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 26 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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