Mormon Church -- Missions -- Northwestern States -- History
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Henry M. Bird diary
Handwritten diary. Bird talks about his activities and about the places he visited while on his mission. Also included are biographies of Henry Bird's father, Edmund Bird, and notes relating to Bird family genealogy.
Alma Butler diaries
Handwritten diaries. Butler writes about his daily activities while serving on a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the new Northwestern States.
George H. Carver diaries
Photocopy of handwritten diaries. The collection consists of two diaries. The first was kept from 1879 to 1880 while Carver was serving in the Southern States. The second was kept from 1898 to 1899 while Carter was working in the Northwestern States. Also included is an account of Carter's interview with a female servant of the infamous John D. Lee, who was associated with the Mountain Meadows Massacre of 1857.
James A. McMurrin papers
Diaries, correspondence, an autobiography, sermon notes, conference talks, articles, award certificates.
James Ephraim Peterson diary
Photocopies of a handwritten diary and a letter to Peterson from his wife. Peterson writes about the work he was involved in while in the Northwestern States and gives details of many of his daily experiences.
Miranda C. Stringham diaries
Handwritten diaries with photocopies of the materials. The items relate to Stringham's family, her activities in the Mormon Church, her writing, and her missions for the Mormon Church in the Northwestern States and Texas.