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Mormon Church -- Missions -- Central States

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Theodore Collier missionary journals

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232481348]
Identifier: MSS 2118
Scope and Contents

Account his service as a missioinary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Texas, part of the Central States Mission. He labored in Houston and several other communities in southeast Texas.

Dates: 1922-1925

James G. Duffin diaries

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1696
Scope and Contents Handwritten and bound diaries. Also included are bound photocopies of the handwritten journals. The items are for the years 1887 through 1889 when Duffin served as a missionary for the Mormon Church in the Southern States Mission. The diaries also cover the years 1901 through 1906 when Duffin was president of the Southwestern States Mission (1900-1904) and of the Central States Mission (1904-1906) also for the Mormon Church. Duffin includes handwritten copies of letters both sent and...
Dates: 1887-1906

John Orval Ellsworth papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1782
Scope and Contents

Sixteen bound books containing typewritten and handwritten notes, a diary, theses, lists, laws, scripture references, family genealogy, and an instruction booklet. The materials relate to Ellsworth's occupation as professor and his assignment as a mission president of the Central States Mission of the Mormon Church.

Dates: 1924-1974

Dennison Emer Harris diary

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230327774]
Identifier: MSS 308
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diary. The record was kept from September 13, 1881 to June 15, 1882. Harris writes of his daily activities concentrating on his missionary work.

Dates: 1881-1882

I remember when

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230328913]
Identifier: MSS SC 2983
Scope and Contents Autobiography details memories of his childhood in Salt Lake County, Utah; church service, including a Latter-day Saint Mission to the Central States, 1937-1939; attendance at BYU; service in the U.S. Navy during World War II; marriage; teaching LDS seminary in Logan and Salt Lake City, Utah; teaching LDS institute at University of Alberta (Canada) and Southern Utah University; employment at BYU; service as president of the Southwest Indian Mission; and service as president of Hawaii Temple...
Dates: 1997

Justin Willis Knapp autobiographies, undated

 Series
Identifier: MSS 2085 Series 1
Scope and Contents From the File:

The contents of this collection include: autobiographies, missionary record books, and a mission account book of Justin Willis Knapp. Alma Helaman Hale, Jr. Collection was donated by the same donor. She is a descendent of both of the men. Mabel F. Hale was the daughter of Alma Helaman Hale, Jr, who married Justin Willis Knapp. Autobiography of Justin Willis Knapp and Samuel Rich South; and Central States Mission.

Dates: Other: undated

Justin Willis Knapp mission papers, 1908-1910

 Series
Identifier: MSS 2085 Series 2
Scope and Contents From the File:

The contents of this collection include: autobiographies, missionary record books, and a mission account book of Justin Willis Knapp. Alma Helaman Hale, Jr. Collection was donated by the same donor. She is a descendent of both of the men. Mabel F. Hale was the daughter of Alma Helaman Hale, Jr, who married Justin Willis Knapp. Autobiography of Justin Willis Knapp and Samuel Rich South; and Central States Mission.

Dates: Other: 1908-1910

Justin Willis Knapp papers

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2085
Scope and Contents

The contents of this collection include: autobiographies, missionary record books, and a mission account book of Justin Willis Knapp. Alma Helaman Hale, Jr. Collection was donated by the same donor. She is a descendent of both of the men. Mabel F. Hale was the daughter of Alma Helaman Hale, Jr, who married Justin Willis Knapp. Autobiography of Justin Willis Knapp and Samuel Rich South; and Central States Mission.

Dates: 1908-1910