List of Mormon missionary diarists

This is a list of Mormon missionary diarists, including male and female missionaries that served missions for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in different regions around the world.

Personal diaries

Since the early days of the LDS Church, church leaders have encouraged the record-keeping of individuals and the church as an organization. Personal record-keeping is considered to be a high priority, especially as an individual experiences "spiritual, cultural, social relationships, and personal growth".[1] Because a mission is viewed as an "intensive spiritual experience, accompanied frequently by the gaining of new cultural and social insights", missionary journaling has been emphasized by the church throughout the years.[1]

Digitizing the diaries

Many of the missionary diaries in this collection were saved as archives by the diarist's family and later donated to Brigham Young University's Harold B. Lee Library. In 2003, students and faculty began the five-year project to transcribe and digitize the diary collection, consisting of 115 missionary diarists and 376 written volumes.[1][2] Criteria including readability, language, and content were established to determine which diaries would be most valuable to the collection. Most of the diarists featured in the collection never rose to great prominence. However, the mission diaries of church leaders such as Hyrum Smith, James E. Talmage, and Moses Thatcher are included.[1] All diary pages were digitally prepped, scanned and uploaded online to create the collection.[1] The digital images of the diary pages appear next to the transcription to make the information easy to read.

List of diarists

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Mormon Missionary Diaries | Collections | HBLL". lib.byu.edu. Retrieved 2016-10-26.
  2. ↑ Stuart, Elizabeth (2007-12-26). "BYU posts 115 LDS missionary journals online". DeseretNews.com. Retrieved 2016-10-26.

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