Newly Accessible Collections, June 2023

Below, you’ll find a list of materials in the Church History Catalog that are newly accessible. Consider, for example, a Historian’s Office-compiled collection of miraculous events (MS 2696). For several decades, the Historian’s Office (the precursor to the modern-day Church History Department) solicited accounts of faith-promoting experiences that occurred in Latter-day Saints’ lives with the purpose of using such stories in Church publications. This large collection of mostly firsthand recollections is the result. The collection is also searchable by name using a general catalog search; thus, if you search the catalog for a specific person, this collection will appear if they are in it.

For some of the following collections, login may be required to view them online. For more information on how the Church History Library determines access to materials, please see our access policy.

Newly digitized collections

Local Record Collections

Francisco Bilbao Ward annual historical reports, 1983, 1988 (LR 283169 3)

Knik Meetinghouse dedicatory prayer, 2012 (LR 516619 21)

Hawaii Honolulu Mission general minutes, 1851–1972 (LR 3695 11)

Tonga Nuku’alofa Mission manuscript history and historical reports, 1891–1976 (LR 9197 2)

Sannomiya Branch general minutes, 1957–1977 (LR 8041 11)

Houma Ward general minutes, 1937–1977 (LR 3906 11)

Ha’alaaufuli Branch general minutes, 1909-1977 (LR 3528 11)

Northern States Mission cottage meeting minutes, undated (LR 6227 30)

Manuscript Collections

Jerry B. Butt mission papers, 1957–1959, 2001–2017 (MS 31056)

Solicited accounts of Latter-day faith, 1902–1976 (MS 2696)

Simon Bautista Zuniga letter, El Paso, Texas to Rex D. Pinegar, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1987 November 9 (MS 9878)

A portion of the Guzman land, Canton Galeana, Chihuahua, Mexico, 1890 (MS 11763)

George W. Hill collection, 1840–1908 (MS 8172)

Print and Rare Collections

Statement on homosexuality (M241.1 P976s 1978)

賛美歌: 末日聖徒イエス・キリスト教会 [Hymns, Japanese, 1960] (M285.2 H99JPN 1960)

A book of commandments, for the government of the Church of Christ, organized according to law, on the 6th of April, 1830. Wilford Woodruff Copy (M223.1 D637 1833)

A book of commandments, for the government of the Church of Christ, organized according to law, on the 6th of April, 1830 (23578720)

The Autobiography of George H. Taylor (M270.1 T241t 1949)

[1960s missionary discussions for teaching American Indians] (M256.1 L214 196-?)

The handcart companies of 1856 and Arza Erastus Hinckley / by Earl S. Paul (M273.41 P324 1980)

The Book of Mormon: an account written by the hand of Mormon, upon plates taken from the plates of Nephi / translated by Joseph Smith, Jr. [2nd edition of the 1837 Kirtland version] (M222.1 B724 1837)

The Friend (M205.1 F911 v. 1- 1971-)

Woman of Deseret, pioneer of Parowan, also Salt Lake City: Mary Ann Leech Adams (M270.07 A2151w)

Zion’s Harp: a collection of sacred hymns for divine worship / by D.L. Wood. (M291.852 Z79h 1871)

Hymns of the Restoration: A compilation of words only for a group of songs suitable for most all occasions (M291.852 H997or 1930?)

Sacred Hymns (1942) (M293.8 H99 1942)

Songs by the Spirit / through Elder Joseph Luff. (1912) (M291.85 L949s 1912?)

Hymns of the Restoration (M291.852 H997ore 1984; M291.852 H997ore 1984 no. 2)

“The Saints Hymnal” ; a choice selection of hymns for use in the Church of Jesus Christ (M294.4 H996 1937)

Hymns of the Restoration (M291.91 H997ore 1989; M291.91 H997ore 1989 no. 2; M291.91 H997ore 1989 no. 3) [Enlarged text edition]

The Saints’ Harp: a collection of hymns and spiritual songs for public and private devotion / compiling committee: Joseph Smith, Mark H. Forscutt, David H. Smith, and Norman W. Smit (M291.852 S157ha 1881)

Hymns of Zion (1961) (M295.7 H996)

Hymnes (M285.2 H99FRE 1954)

The Seagull (M205.2 S1945 1981-2012)

Plain facts for students of the Book of Mormon, with a map of the promised land (M222.091 P698)

Photograph Collections

Kirtland Temple, circa 1870 (PH 1526)

Goteborg choir, 1905 April (PH 4297)

Wilford Woodruff, circa 1900 (PH 5546)

Newly opened collections (items are accessible in-person at the Church History Library and may be digitally accessible upon request)

None this month.