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Latter Day Saint missionaries -- Samoan Islands -- Diaries

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

Jesse J. Bennett diaries

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197231055523]
Identifier: MSS 1406
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diaries. Bennett writes about his leaving Meadow, Utah, to serve on a mission for the Mormon Church in the Samoan Islands. He tells about his journeys and his activities there.

Dates: 1889-1892

Brigham Smoot journals and letter, 1889-1892

 Series
Identifier: MSS 3315 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains journals and a letter created and collected by Smoot during his service as a Latter-day Saint missionary in Samoa and Tonga between 1889 and 1892. Also includes transcriptions of the journals prepared by Loretta Nixon.

Dates: 1889-1892

Joseph H. Dean journals

 File — Reel 1: [Barcode: 31197235217665]
Identifier: MSS 7933
Scope and Contents

Contains one microfilm version of the journals of Joseph H. Dean, including accounts of his activities as a missionary in Hawaii and Samoa. Dated from 1876 to 1884.

Dates: 1876-1884

Burton K. and Mabel Pearce Farnsworth papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2282
Scope and Contents Papers reflect Burton Farnsworth's activities as Director of Secondary Education for the state of Utah, 1934-1945, and as a member of the presidency and general board of the YMMIA, while George Q. Morris served as president. Includes photocopied diary of Farnsworth written during his mission to Samoa, 1911-1914; volume includes post-mission entries by his wife, Mabel Pearce Farnsworth. Also includes photocopied diary of Mabel Pearce Farnsworth, 1910-1913, reflecting her activities in...
Dates: 1910-1945

Joseph W. Grow diaries

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3922
Scope and Contents

Collection includes four volumes of Grow's diary from his mission to Samoa, covering the period between 1924 and 1926. Diaries describe Grow's daily activities and pursuits, including prostyletizing, teaching school, working on a plantation, and social activities.

Dates: 1924-1926

Jesse J. Bennett diary, 1889 May-December

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197231055523], Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 1406

Jesse J. Bennett diary, 1889-1890

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197231055523], Folder: 2
Identifier: MSS 1406

Jesse J. Bennett diary, 1891 January-September

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197231055523], Folder: 3
Identifier: MSS 1406
Dates: 1891 January-September

Jesse J. Bennett diary, 1891-1892

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197231055523], Folder: 4
Identifier: MSS 1406

Arla Renee Mitchell papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197239250811]
Identifier: MSS 9017
Scope and Contents

Arla Renee Mitchell's letters to her parents, journal, and ephemera from when she was a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Samoan mission. Materials written about and collected while in the Samoan islands from 1955 to 1957.

Dates: 1955-1957