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Contains a transcript, created by Karen Christian Jensen, of the journal of Lewis Earl Christian one of the first Mormon missionaries to South America. He relates his experience in the 1920's receiving his call and preparing to serve in South America, arriving in Argentina, and preaching the gospel to the people there. Also included are copies of his call and other documents important to his missionary service as well as copies of photographs taken by Christian on his mission.

Scope and Contents Contains materials primarily created or collected by Lorin Franklin and Ivie Maude Huish Jones during the time he served as president of the Spanish American mission (1943-1954), or items created or collected by their granddaughter, Janelle Brimhall Lysenko, in the process of writing Mission to the Lamanites: The Story of Lorin Franklin Jones and Ivie Maude Huish Jones (worked on in the 1990s and 2000s, published in 2008). Items include books, pamphlets, magazines, articles, interviews,...

Scope and Contents Contains folklore stories and accounts from missionaries or relatives and friends of missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, separated in 17 bound volumes with no inner chronological organization. The stories date back to the 1870s, and they were collected between 1958 and 1994. Includes accounts of missionaries' language mistakes, funny stories, miracles, songs, and experiences with the priesthood, the supernatural, or other people. The interviews for the accounts...