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Latter Day Saint missionaries -- Tonga -- Diaries

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

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
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Sioeli Kauvaka papers

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
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Thomas Farrar Whitley missionary diaries

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
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Bryan Winward mission journal

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