Missionaries
Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest
Found in 74 Collections and/or Records:
Thomas A. Kerr diary
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1751
Abstract
The Thomas A. Kerr diary (1899-1900) is a missionary journal kept by Kerr. Thomas A. Kerr (1849-1942) was born in Harthill, Lanarkshire, Scotland. He was set apart for a mission to Great Britain on 17 February 1899 and arrived in Liverpool on 13 March 1899. He was assigned to the Scottish Conference and labored in the areas of Ayrshire, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Uddington.
Dates:
1899-1990
David Oscar Kirk diary
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31114041929755]
Identifier: MS 0317
Abstract
The David Oscar Kirk diary (1909-1910) was written by Kirk while on a mission to Scotland for the LDS Church.
Dates:
1909-1910
Ora Lee Knecht correspondence [photocopies]
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1607
Abstract
The Ora Lee Knecht correspondence (1926-1931) contains photocopies of four letters from historian B. H. Roberts to Ora Lee Knecht. Roberts was a Mission President for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and Knecht was a missionary for the Eastern States Mission from 1924 to 1926, serving as Roberts' secretary for most of that time.
Dates:
1926-1931
Frederick William Larson papers
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2106
Abstract
The Frederick William Larson papers (1906-2004) contain his LDS missionary diaries in the Colorado Mission from 1906 to 1908, as well as some of his letters and drawings. It also includes the 1955 memoirs of his wife, Alice Larson, and two documents by a granddaughter, Dolores Varela Allred, titled "Larson and Tolman Life Stories" and "Making Wishes in Peaceful Valley." Larson was born in Grantsville, Utah in 1880 and moved to Oakley, Idaho as a baby. He married Mary Alice Tolman in 1903 and...
Dates:
1906-2004
O. Ragnar Linde photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P0601
Abstract
The O. Ragnar Linde photograph collection consists of images of Linde during an L.D.S. mission in the Eastern States from 1922-1925.
Dates:
circa 1922-1925
Allen H. Lundgren papers
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1786
Abstract
The Allen H. Lundgren papers (1936-1947), consist primarily of correspondence from Allen Lundgren to his wife, Ruth, describing events during his service as a missionary for the LDS Church in Sweden and as a soldier in France and Germany during and after World War II. Included are newspaper clippings and ephemera collected by Allen Lundgren related to World War II. Lundgren was born in Bisbee, Arizona and lived in Salt Lake City. He graduated from the University of Utah in 1941 and served with...
Dates:
1936-1947
Allen D. Marler diary and correspondence
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31114042155228]
Identifier: ACCN 1376
Abstract
The Allen Dean Marler diary and correspondence (1923-1924) were both written by Marler while serving a mission for the LDS Church in the Eastern United States.
Dates:
1923-1924
John Meldrum diary [typescript]
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31114042316085]
Identifier: ACCN 0535
Abstract
The collection consists of a transcription of the diary of an LDS missionary to Hawaii 1881-1884. Includes detailed notes on the trip to San Francisco, the steam voyage to the Islands, and activities in Hawaii. Original may be incomplete; does not include return trip.
Dates:
1881-1884
Joseph H. Michell diary [photocopy]
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31114042079154]
Identifier: ACCN 1770
Abstract
The Joseph H. Michell diary (1897-1899) is a photocopy of Mitchell's LDS mission journal from Great Britain. Mitchell joined the LDS Church in 1882. He later served as a missionary in Scotland from 1897 to 1899.
Dates:
1897-1899
A. Selden Millward correspondence
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1912
Abstract
The A. Selden Millward correspondence (1926) consists of letters, some from B. H. Roberts, regarding the management of the Eastern States Mission. Millward was a native of Utah who served as president of the Eastern States Mission of the LDS Church.
Dates:
1926