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Miles P. Romney Building an L.D.S. Chapel in South Africa

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 4

Scope and Contents

  • P0793n02_04_001 : "All [exterior] side walls up. Saturday, November 1, 1924."
  • P0793n02_04_002 : "Taken from fire tower." View of the partially constructed chapel, October 21, 1924.
  • P0793n02_04_003 : "Foundation completed. Monday October 1924. From the fire tower across the street."
  • P0793n02_04_004 : "Dinner on the job. Mrs. Harding and a friend supplied the eats. Wednesday, October 22, 1924."
  • P0793n02_04_005 : "The second day on the building. You can get a good idea of the house plan from this. Wednesday October 15, 1924."
  • P0793n02_04_006 : "Building the fireplace." Monday, October 20, 1924.
  • P0793n02_04_007 : "Building arch for fireplace, Elder Ballard." Thursday, October 16, 1924.
  • P0793n02_04_008 : "The corner stone set in here, the two brick masons Mr. Gauwers and Mr. Swaneysol, President Sessions and Elder Ballard."
  • P0793n02_04_009 :  Miles P. Romney (left) with fellow missionary, building a L.D.S. chapel in Johannesburg, South Africa.
  • P0793n02_04_010 :  Miles P. Romney (left) with fellow missionary, building a L.D.S. chapel in Johannesburg, South Africa. (Duplicate, see P0793n02_04_009)
  • P0793n02_04_011 : "Elder Engstrom, Romney, Brother Waymouth, and Elder Ballard. Saturday, November 15, 1924."
  • P0793n02_04_012 : "Single door opens from living room and double doors open into church. You can see how it is arranged by looking on the plans. These steel windows are surely fine. Here where lumber is so dear they cost about the same with the saving on casing. They are as you can see set into the center wall."
  • P0793n02_04_013 : "These are the cabinets in the bedroom. The other bedroom has the same except the linen closet on the side. I made the whole thing with the exception of the doors. So don't say we have rotten carpenters in South Africa, they didn't do it. I didn't find it hard except the drawers and I spoiled one. You can hook a team of horses to them."
  • P0793n02_04_014 : "Picture of inside of hall at Joberg. Taken by Elder Clayton. Shows the doors on the left leads to the house part."
  • P0793n02_04_015 : "Inside the hall facing the stand. Benches of Douglas fir. Pulpit of teak, India, imported."
  • P0793n02_04_016 : "These are the cabinets in the bedroom. The other bedroom has the same except the linen closet on the side. I made the whole thing with the exception of the doors. So don't say we have rotten carpenters in South Africa, they didn't do it. I didn't find it hard except the drawers and I spoiled one. You can hook a team of horses to them."
  • P0793n02_04_017: "Building when almost finished steps being put in. Taken by Brother A.G. Brummer. January 1925."
  • P0793n02_04_018: "The front elevation, will send you a better picture later. February 1925."
  • Dates

    • circa 1880-1979

    Conditions Governing Access

    Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

    Extent

    From the Collection: 1 Linear Feet (2 archives boxes) : 460 items

    Language of Materials

    From the Collection: English

    Creator

    Repository Details

    Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository

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