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Latter Day Saint missionaries -- Switzerland -- Correspondence

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

William Abplanalp missionary letters

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8566
Scope and Contents Contains letters from William Abplanlp while he was serving his mission in Germany and Switzerland. Correspondences are between William and various family members including: his parents, his brother Pete, a cousin serving a mission in Colorado, his sister Mary, and other relatives. The letters from William relate his experiences on his mission as well as his love for those back at home. Letters addressed to William share stories of home life as well as current events of the time. Letters are...
Dates: 1906-1909

Thomas R. Jones postcards

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197225560637]
Identifier: MSS 3885
Scope and Contents

Collection consists of postcards to and from Thomas R. Jones between 1905 and 1912. The majority of the correspondence documents his service as a Mormon missionary. The collection also includes blank postcards with images of European countries and photographic postcards.

Dates: 1905-1912, bulk 1909-1912

Theodore Nystrom letters

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3170
Scope and Contents

Collection contains mission correspondence from friends and family during Nystrom's mission to Europe between 1897 and 1899. The majority of the letters are from Kate Thomas, a friend of Theodore Nystrom. Her letters, often long, detail events in Salt Lake City, Utah prior to and during the Spanish-American War.

Dates: 1846-1900

Samuel Russell, Jr. mission and other correspondence, between 1878 and 1954

 Series
Identifier: MSS 1511 Series 6
Scope and Contents

Contains mission and other personal correspondence of Samuel Russell [Jr.] with Church leaders and members, etc., as well as articles, Timpanogos Club materials, information on the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its early pioneers, etc. Materials dated some time between 1878 and 1954.

Dates: Other: between 1878 and 1954

Samuel Russell, Jr. mission correspondence with George Q. Morris, 1898 December 2-1900 March 10

 File — Box 5: Series 6 [Barcode: 31197233277612], Folder: 4
Identifier: MSS 1511 Series 6 File 4
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence of Samuel Russell [Jr.] with George Q. Morris. 3 items, dated December 2, 1898 to March 10, 1900.

Dates: 1898 December 2-1900 March 10

Samuel Russell, Jr. mission letters, 1898 November 11-1900 June 4

 File — Box 5: Series 6 [Barcode: 31197233277612], Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 1511 Series 6 File 1
Scope and Contents

Contains mission correspondence of Samuel Russell [Jr.], including with B.H. Roberts, J. Golden Kimball, Lorenzo Snow, James D. Sterling, Richard R. Lyman, Orson F. Whitney, and George Reynolds. 11 items, dated November 11, 1898 to June 4, 1900.

Dates: 1898 November 11-1900 June 4

Samuel Russell, Jr. mission letters, 1900 June 11-1901 December 9

 File — Box 5: Series 6 [Barcode: 31197233277612], Folder: 2
Identifier: MSS 1511 Series 6 File 2
Scope and Contents

Contains mission correspondence of Samuel Russell [Jr.] with Lorenzo Snow, Thomas Hull, the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Platt D. Lyman, John Widtsoe, and the Church's Second Quorum of Seventy. 10 items, dated June 11, 1900 to December 9, 1901.

Dates: 1900 June 11-1901 December 9

Samuel Russell, Jr. mission letters, 1902 April 21-1903 October 15

 File — Box 5: Series 6 [Barcode: 31197233277612], Folder: 3
Identifier: MSS 1511 Series 6 File 3
Scope and Contents

Contains mission correspondence of Samuel Russell [Jr.] with Charles W. Penrose, the First Presidency of the LDS Church, Ben E. Rich, Joseph F. Smith, and B.H. Roberts, as well as a letter from Marie and Mary Walser of Zurich, Switzerland, which included two pictures of them (transferred to Photo Archives). 9 items, dated April 21, 1902 to October 15, 1903 (two letters undated).

Dates: 1902 April 21-1903 October 15

Theodore Nystrom correspondence, 1897-1898

 Series
Identifier: MSS 3170 Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence by Nystrom written in French.

Dates: Other: 1897-1898

Theodore Nystrom correspondence, 1898-1902

 Series
Identifier: MSS 3170 Series 4
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence by Nystrom written in languages besides English and French.

Dates: Other: 1898-1902