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Latter Day Saint missionaries -- New Zealand

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

John Peter Sorenson journals, 1879-1908

 Series
Identifier: MSS 1453 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains 17 volumes of journals kept by Sorenson from 1879 to 1908. Includes information about his service in the Australasian Mission in New Zealand and Australia from 1879 to 1881, and in the Scandanavian Mission in Denmark and Sweden in 1887-1889.

Dates: 1879-1908

John Peter Sorenson record books, 1881-1970, bulk: 1881-1920

 Series
Identifier: MSS 1453 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains four volumes of records created by Sorenson. Includes a brief history of his life, genealogical records, temple records, and a financial ledger. Also includes a handwritten transcription of book on the teachings of Jesus Christ that came from Nauvoo, Illinois in the 1840s, and a handwritten report from Sorenson's mission to Scandinavia in the 1880s.

Dates: 1881-1970; Majority of material found within 1881-1920

Photographs of Maori members, 1908-1909

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS SC 2956 Series 3 Sub-Series Sub- 2
Scope and Contents

Includes photographs of Maori members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Because of their unique nature, annotations have been included.

Dates: Other: 1908-1909

Photographs of missionaries, 1906-1910

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS SC 2956 Series 3 Sub-Series Sub- 1
Scope and Contents

Contains annotated photographs of missionaries for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in New Zealand. Annotations are general and include greetings and addresses.

Dates: Other: 1906-1910

Photographs of New Zealand, 1906-1910

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS SC 2956 Series 3 Sub-Series Sub- 3
Scope and Contents

Contains photographs of New Zealand street scenes, wagons, and a military parade.

Dates: Other: 1906-1910

William Alvin Bowles diaries, 1906-1910

 Series
Identifier: MSS SC 2956 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains five volumes, dating from October 1906 to March 1910, that chronicle William Alvin Bowles' three-year mission to New Zealand for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Dates: 1906-1910

William Alvin Bowles ephemera, approximately 1897-1910

 Series
Identifier: MSS SC 2956 Series 4
Scope and Contents

Includes one William Alvin Bowles holograph written in Maori; a New Zealand postcard; and dried leaves from New Zealand.

Dates: approximately 1897-1910

William Alvin Bowles library materials, 1897-1905

 Series
Identifier: MSS SC 2956 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Includes two Maori hymnals (1905; no date); a Maori New Testament (1897); and a Maori/English, English/Maori dictionary. These items are, in many cases, annotated.

Dates: Other: 1897-1905

William Alvin Bowles photographs, 1906-1910

 Series
Identifier: MSS SC 2956 Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains photographs of William Alvin Bowles on his mission.

Dates: 1906-1910