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Latter Day Saint missionaries -- Tonga -- Diaries

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

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

Sioeli Kauvaka papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8968
Scope and Contents

Comprised of the journal of Sioeli Kauvaka and a volume of family history information compiled by Sisi Kafa and Paul F. Muti. The family history chronicles the lives of 'Amelia Toloa and 'Aisake Ta'e'aonga Sika and their descendants, including Sioeli Kauvaka. Most of the events described took place in Tonga, and the journal is written in Tongan. Kauvaka's journal is dated 1938-1961, and the family history was published in 2016.

Dates: 1938-2016; Majority of material found within 1938-1961

Verlyn Dale Frost journal, 1954-1958

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7585 Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains a journal written by Frost between 1954 and 1958. The journal covers some of his experiences at Arizona State College, but more particularly includes his Latter-day Saint mission to Tonga. Also includes a digital transcription of the journal. Dated 1954-1958.

Dates: 1954-1958

Thomas Farrar Whitley missionary diaries

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197227616775]
Identifier: MSS 3112
Scope and Contents

The Thomas Farrar Whitley missionary diaries, 1935-1938 includes the diary typescript. The typescript includes an introduction containing biographical information about Whitley and historical background about Tonga.

Dates: 1935-1938

Bryan Winward mission journal

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197227616783]
Identifier: MSS 3196
Scope and Contents

Collection includes photocopies of the journal written by Bryan Winward during his mission to Tonga between 1916 and 1919. Also includes photocopies of photographs from the period.

Dates: 1916-1919