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Latter Day Saint missionaries -- Samoan Islands -- Diaries

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 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

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

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

Barnard J. Nicholls journal

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197225538013]
Identifier: MSS 3353
Scope and Contents

DVD containing scanned images of B.J. Nicholls' mission to the Samoan Islands.

Dates: 1921-1925