Abstract Within this collection are biographical accounts of Arvil B. Harris' father, Leander S. Harris and his grandfather, Martin Henderson Harris of which Harrisville in Weber County is named after. These biographies have been compiled and edited by Arvil Harris. Also in this collection is a diary kept by Leander on his experiences in his LDS mission to the eastern states, an Ogden Standard Examiner article on Martin H. Harris, an historical...

Abstract The Claude T. Barnes Collection was bought by Weber State University. This collection contains letters written to Claude Barnes while he was attending college and while he served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint in England. The letters have a wide range of authors. Some are from his family, such as his mother, father, sisters and nephew. Most are from female acquaintances he corresponded with here in Utah. Of...

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This collection contains the diary of Henry Nelson from 1904-1905. During this time, Nelson was serving a LDS mission in Germany. He covers his time in Germany , England , and the steamship trip back to the United States. He included ticket stubs, play bills, and newspaper articles that he collected during this time. See MS 163 for the Fred Kotter Missionary Letters who also was serving in Germany during the same time.

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This collection was gifted to Weber State University Special Collections in 1999 by the Stewart Family following the death of Elizabeth in 1996. The collection contains most memorabilia items from Donnell and Elizabeth such as certificates, plaques, and scrapbooks. Four family albums were disassembled to preserve the photographs but are groups together by subject.

Abstract The Fred Kotter Collection was donated by F. Ralph Kotter in November 2001. This collection contains sixty-four letters written from Fred Kotter to his family while on a mission in Germany for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Fred served from 1902-1904. The correspondence is mainly addressed to his father, Henry Kotter and his sister, Nora Kotter. The letters detail Fred’s experiences while serving a mission in Hamburg, Dresden, and the Saxony region. Of particular...

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Handwritten personal journal entry for June 7, 1898 from

Frederick E. Barker, president of the Australian Mission of

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Also

included is an eleven page typeset copy of President

Barker’s “Missionary Experience.” Located in the oversize

manuscript drawer.

Abstract This collection contains the diary of Grant C. Aanesen during his German Austrian Mission in 1933. The entries include excerpts of quotes from famous people in English and German. Most of the entries in the diary are in German. It also includes outlines of the Missionary discussions, prayers, answers to frequently asked questions to LDS Missionaries, and Aanesen's personal testimony of the LDS Church. Several pages are dated in...

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Letter from Heber J. Grant to Elder Harold R. Hansen of Ogden, Utah, calling

him to do missionary work for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Hawaiian

Islands on April 5, 1928. Dated March 2, 1928.

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A collection of correspondence from James E. Lindsay, Jr.