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Mormon missionaries -- Southern States

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 39 Collections and/or Records:

Hugh Roberts journals

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2316
Scope and Contents

The collection contains the journals, notebooks, and documents of Hugh Roberts while serving a mission in the Southern States from April 1899 - July 1901. Typescripts of the collection have been made by Brian C. Roberts and are contained in the collection.

Dates: 1899-1902
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Hugh Roberts journals

Second installment of Levi James Taylor papers, 1872-1935

 Series
Identifier: MSS 2200 Series 2
Scope and Contents note From the Collection: Includes ten journals, 1873-1935. There are date gaps in the journals, and some volumes are missing. Includes a typed copy of the journals. Also contains a Taylor family genealogical record which includes an autobiographical sketch of Levi's father, Pleasant Green Taylor. Also includes a journal of Levi's first wife, Nancy Jane Gates, September 1868-August 1869. Her record includes lists of students she taught at Lynne, Utah, in 1868; lists of children who attended Sunday School in Lynne,...
Dates: Other: 1872-1935
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2200, Levi James Taylor papers

David Crockett Shupe journals

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230313352]
Identifier: MSS SC 1585
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of handwritten journals which describe David C. Shupe's missionary experiences in Tennessee, Kentucky, and Virginia.

Dates: 1898-1901
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / David Crockett Shupe journals

Abraham Owen Smoot III mission papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 9253
Scope and Contents

Contains diaries and other materials related to Smoot's service in the Southern States Mission from 1899-1901. Also includes a letter from Jeannine Madsen Beck with notes about Smoot's mission. Dated 1899-1901.

Dates: 1899-1901
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Abraham Owen Smoot III mission papers

Edward F. Stevens missionary journal and family newsletter

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2080
Abstract

This collection contains a journal written by Edward F. Stevens during his LDS mission to the Southern States, 1896-1898, and a photocopy of the journal. It also contains a family newsletter of the Stevens family, from 1978.

Dates: 1896-1978
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Edward F. Stevens missionary journal and family newsletter

Levi James Taylor papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2200
Abstract Includes ten journals, 1873-1935. There are date gaps in the journals, and some volumes are missing. Includes a typed copy of the journals. Also contains a Taylor family genealogical record which includes an autobiographical sketch of Levi's father, Pleasant Green Taylor. Also includes a journal of Levi's first wife, Nancy Jane Gates, September 1868-August 1869. Her record includes lists of students she taught at Lynne, Utah, in 1868; lists of children who attended Sunday School in Lynne,...
Dates: 1868-1935
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Levi James Taylor papers

Wallet, and mission and penitentiary journals of Levi James Taylor, 1883-1897

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 2200 Series 2 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents note

Wallet containing miscellaneous receipts, business cards, bank notes, etc. Letter from Polly Hanslew (from wallet) on genealogy. Mission journal, approximately 200 pages, all written on. Journal kept while Taylor was serving in prison for "cohabitation." 10 x 14 cm. Approximately 150 pages, with about 60 written on.

Dates: Other: 1883-1897
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2200, Levi James Taylor papers / Second installment of Levi James Taylor papers

Charles H. White and John Francis Perkins journals

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197231043578]
Identifier: MSS 2209
Scope and Contents

The collection contains six journals of Charles H. White beginning on May 17, 1899 - March 5, 1901, plus one missionary notebook. It also contains one volume of the Southern States Mission Journal of John Francis Perkins, July 14, 1899 - June 11, 1900, and two copies of Perkins' missionary blessing given by President Seymour B. Young.

Dates: 1899-1901
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Charles H. White and John Francis Perkins journals

Eugene Howard Wiggins diaries

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 900
Scope and Contents Photocopies of four volumes of diaries and a one volume thought book kept while the author served as a Mormon missionary in the Southern States Mission. Wiggins travelled without "purse or script" meaning he was without financial support and had to rely on handouts and the good will of his contacts for support.He tells of sleeping on park benches, about having troubles with bed bugs, and about confrontations with those hostile to his work. He spent some time working among the...
Dates: 1921-1922
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Eugene Howard Wiggins diaries

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