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Diaries

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6562 Collections and/or Records:

William Thomas Stewart autobiography and diary

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197233604484]
Identifier: MSS 6638
Scope and Contents In the first 43 pages of his diary, Stewart documents: the settlement of Kanab, Utah; childhood spiritual experiences; the establishment of the United Order in Kanab; interactions with the Navajo; life and work on the range; the death of his first wife, Rachel Hamblin Stewart; his subsequent marriage to Fannie Little; his later plural marriage to Mary Udall; his election as County Prosecuting Attorney in Kane County, Utah; and the death of his second wife, Fannie Little Stewart. Stewart...
Dates: approximately 1883
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / William Thomas Stewart autobiography and diary

Stock: Rubio Cannon Land and Water Association, Las Flores Water Co., date of production not identified

 File — Carton 8: [Barcode: 31197239253146], Folder: 20
Identifier: MSS 8710
Dates: date of production not identified
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 8710, Zane Grey Inc. records

John Stockdale diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230309814]
Identifier: MSS SC 1135
Scope and Contents

Holograph diary. Stockdale started this record after hearing a talk from a Mormon Church leader suggesting that the members keep diaries. Stockdale's account is largely concered with his activities in the Mormon Church. He mentions meetings and often recounts what was said by various speakers. His entries are often short and there are many gaps in the record. Stockdale has also included some genealogical material relating to his family.

Dates: 1845-1848
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / John Stockdale diary

Margaret Reid Stockman mission journal

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230240373]
Identifier: MSS SC 398
Scope and Contents

Holograph journal which includes daily entries concerning experiences in the Latter-day Saint Church Scotland Edinburgh mission with her husband, Herbert G. Stockman.

Dates: 1964-1965
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Margaret Reid Stockman mission journal

Rudolph Martinius Jensen Stockseth diaries

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2064
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diaries in three volumes, written by Stockseth. Includes a description of his experiences as a missionary in the Scandinavian Mission, as well as essays relating to Mormon topics copied from various publications.

Dates: 1903-1905
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Rudolph Martinius Jensen Stockseth diaries

Oscar Orlando Stoddard diary

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2070
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of a handwritten diary by Orson O. Stoddard and a handwritten history of the Stoddard family. Also included is a typescript of the diary. Orson's diary focuses on his experiences while serving on a mission for the Mormon Church in Michigan in 1856 and 1857. The family history was composed in 1897 by an unknown author.

Dates: 1856-1897
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Oscar Orlando Stoddard diary

Stories, manuscripts, date of production not identified

 File — Carton 49: [Barcode: 31197239253542], Folder: 16
Identifier: MSS 8710
Dates: date of production not identified
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 8710, Zane Grey Inc. records

Stories of three musketeers who fought in the battles of World War II / Frederick T. Baird, approximately 2009

 Item — Carton 4: [Barcode: 31197239125617], Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 9148 Item 7
Scope and Contents

Autobiography of Frederick Baird and short World War II biographies of two of his friends which, combined with himself, he refers to as the Three musketeers: Cecil Losse and Archie Millett. Also includes photocopies of photographs and of hand written letters from Jack (Marion) Monk who served with the three men in the European theater of World War II.

Dates: approximately 2009
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 9148, Don E. Norton interviews with veterans

George Q. Stott mission diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 3119723533577]
Identifier: MSS 7745
Scope and Contents

Collection contains the transcribed mission journals of Elder George Q. Stott, an Mormon missionary from Meadow, Utah, who served a mission in the Southwestern States Mission from 1902-1904.

Dates: 2006
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / George Q. Stott mission diary

Allen Joseph Stout journal

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197227629612]
Identifier: MSS 5900
Scope and Contents Materials include a photocopy of a typescript of a journal kept by Allen Joseph Stout. Includes a table of contents and index, and begins with an autobiographical sketch written up to 1845, where it turns to more daily entries. Stout writes about his conversion to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Missouri in 1838, his activities in Missouri, the organization of the Danites, the expulsion of the Mormons from Missouri, meeting with Orson Hyde in his disaffected state, his...
Dates: 1845-1889
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Allen Joseph Stout journal

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