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Latter Day Saint missionaries -- England -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:

Wendell J. Ashton collection on the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' 150th Anniversary in England

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232477577]
Identifier: MSS 6222
Abstract

The collection consists of speeches made by President Ronald Reagan, Gordon B. Hinckley, Ezra Taft Benson and Sir Rhodes Boyson at the celebratory 150th anniversary dinner of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in England. It also includes letters by David Whittaker to the donor Wendell J. Ashton.

Dates: 1987

Asa Starkweath Calkin diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230330562]
Identifier: MSS SC 3138
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a handwritten diary. The diary is in two sections, 1850-1853 and 1855-1858. In the earlier diary, Calkin writes that he arrived in Salt Lake City, Utah, and talks about hauling wood and teaching school to provide for his family. In the later diary, Calkin writes about his mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to England. He also worked in the office of tithing records in England. He includes copies of letters and blessings in his...
Dates: 1850-1858

David Candland diary and pamphlets

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197231210987]
Identifier: MSS 1627
Scope and Contents Collection includes Candland's personal diary, covering 1841 to 1861, and with brief entries on his birthday in both 1900 and 1901. Candland documents his missionary service in the British Isles in the 1840s, and in the Eastern States and Canada in the early 1850s. He also describes some of his experiences during the Utah War of 1857 and 1858. A typescript of the diary is also included. Also includes photocopies of pamphlets in defense of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...
Dates: 1841-1907

George Crane Missionary Journal

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197225522280]
Identifier: MSS 3182
Scope and Contents

The journal describes George Crane's activities as a missionary between 1879 and 1880. It also includes a list of livestock he owned in 1890 and a brief biographical sketch of President John Taylor.

Dates: 1879-1880

Thomas Durham autobiography and diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230349190]
Identifier: MSS 517
Scope and Contents Typewritten copy of an autobiography and diary. Durham wrote his autobiography in 1854 and started his diary the same year. The journal is sketchy in many places and has many gaps. Durham wrote about his youth in England, his conversion to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, his mission in England, his spiritual manifestations, blessings, and his migration to Utah. He left Florence, Nebraska, on 23 Aug. 1856 and arrived in Salt Lake City, Utah, on 30 Nov. 1856. He...
Dates: 1854-1871

George Halliday papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 139
Scope and Contents Materials include a handwritten diary that was kept from 1845 to 1854, part of which was written in Pitman shorthand. The diary also includes a brief autobiographical sketch on Halliday from his birth up to 1845. Also includes a family record book for George Halliday's family, which includes a short handwritten autobiography. A volume with a typed version of the short autobiography and handwritten transcriptions of the Pitman shorthand sections of the diary are also included. Dated...
Dates: approximately 1845-1951

Leonard M. and Hazel G. Haynie papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3363
Scope and Contents

Collection contains a variety of documents related to the Haynie family, including Haynie family correspondence, scrapbooks, photographs, journals, ephemera, and related family history publications.

Dates: 1893-1991

John Horne Miles interviews, 1962-1993

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2310 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Interview typescripts and resulting essays by Henry Landon Miles: works on J. H. Miles, George E. Miles, Ezra Weekes, LaRue Miles Elison, Maurice Jarvis Miles, and Richard Miles. Dated 1962-1993.

Dates: Other: 1962-1993

John Horne Miles miscellany, 1862-2001

 Series — Box 3: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7 [Barcode: 31197232484136], Folder: 7, 10-16
Identifier: MSS 2310 Series 7
Scope and Contents

Copies of various biographical writings on John Horne Miles, written by his great-grandson, Henry Landon Miles, as well as an index to the collection created by the same; a copy of Robert Joseph Dwyer's dissertation, "The Gentile Comes to Utah: A Study in Religious and Social Conflict (1862-1890)"; and a bound family history temple records book. Dated 1862-2001.

Dates: 1862-2001

John Horne Miles polygamy trial materials, 1877-1968

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2310 Series 5
Scope and Contents Documents related to John Horne Miles' polygamy trial, including legal documents, photocopies of The Deseret Evening News Report and Commentary (and of the Salt Lake Daily Herald Report and Commentary) on the trial of John Horne Miles, typescripts of articles from the Salt Lake Daily Herald and Daily Tribune, photocopies from the Documentary History of the Church (trial proceedings as recorded by the Church), genealogy reports, and typescripts of Henry Landon Miles's research on J.H. Miles....
Dates: Other: 1877-1968