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Collection consists of papers relating to the dictionary Ermel J. Morton, a Mormon missionary who went to Tonga, created from English to Tongan and Tongan to English, his accounts of his mission and translating the Book of Mormon, a history of his wife, a catalog of his materials from home, a typed copy of the talks at his funeral and a Tongan grammar book. There is also a book written about the time the family spent in Tonga.

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Collection contains photographs, correspondence, slides, film reels, and journals related to Verlyn Dale Frost and his mission to the Tongan Islands. A particular emphasis is placed on his work at the Liahona School. The materials are dated 1954-2010.

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Collection contains one cd of scanned mission journals of Charles E. Jensen while he served as an LDS missionary in Tonga in 1895. The journals document the experiences he had while serving as a missionary and some financial and personal record keeping.

Scope and Contents Contains diaries and photographs, including twenty stereographs, documenting Jones's experience as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Samoa and Tonga from 1893 to 1896. The diaries detail his daily activities and talk about the nature of his work. Jones continued to write in these diaries after his return to Provo, Utah until 1902. The collections also contains a handwritten Tongan-English dictionary copied by Jones and a 1895 article on Tongan cannibalism...

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Collection contains photocopies of Kofoed's mission journals. Photocopies of pictures from Kofoed's mission are also included.

Scope and Contents The Mary Ann Linton Morgan family papers contain original geneaological research and pedigree charts, including old family trees of the Sutton family, compiled by Mary Ann Linton Morgan. Also contains a diary from 1924, the patriarchal blessing of Mary Ann Linton Morgan, two letters to the family of John Hamilton Morgan (Mary Ann's husband) from Heber J. Grant, 1930s missionary photographs of an Elder Vincent in Tonga, and various books pertaining to the history of the Church of Jesus Christ...

Scope and Contents Collection includes the photocopies of journal entries, experiences, memories, and research papers of Ermel J. Morton regarding the Tongan Mission from 1907 to 1967. The manuscript of this compiled history was published in an abridged version for the Golden Jubilee of the Tongan Mission in 1968, however, the manuscript edition in this collection is a complete form. Collection also includes mission journal, letters and other correspondence; includes a telegram instructing him to go ahead...

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Contains Zola Jensen Mullins' mission diary, and slides of the missionary diary and pictures. Also includes maps of Tonga, a calendar poster, newspaper articles, and a scrapbook that were all collected by Zola Jensen Mullins. Material dated 1956-1959.

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Contains a recorded oral history of Kenneth Powell Lindsay on three compact discs. He discusses his childhood, serving a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, meeting and marrying his wife, living in Hawaii, and other stories of his life. Interview was recorded and produced by David R. Homer, and dates from between July 19, 2006 and February 21, 2007.

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Collection contains slides (photographic) and a Tongan mission scrapbook, 1955-1959, including photographs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, Church programs, invitations, and related ephemera. The slides include nineteen color images of Tonga, Tongan people, missionaries, and Stone family members.