Newly Accessible Collections, May 2023

Below, you’ll find a list of materials in the Church History Catalog that are newly accessible. Consider, for example, a massive collection (PH 2010) of vintage lantern slides produced by the Church’s Missionary Department from the 1860s to the 1920s. This collection, designed for introducing curious people to the Church and Utah, features hundreds of slides showing Church history sites, Utah national parks, Salt Lake City landmarks, temples, and scenes from scripture, among many others.

For some of these 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

Yamaguchi Japan District general minutes, 1975–1976 (LR 1715 11)

Manuscript Collections

Mervyn S. Bennion family papers, 1883–1991 (MS 29755)

Nauvoo Mayor pay order to John D. Lee, 1844 January 14 (MS 34617)

George Kirkham papers, 1870–1929, bulk 1887 (MS 28728)

Brigham Young letter, Salt Lake City, Utah, to Lucy B. Young, 1859 June 8 (MS 34541)

Judith C. Jardine family history papers, 1830–2013 (MS 26845)

Joseph Christenson journals, 1888–1947 (MS 6088)

James N. Lambert journals, 1916–1919 (MS 6457)

Jose Maria Oliveira Aldamiz papers, circa 1972–2005 (ES-01-00003)

Church Record Collections

Building Department administration block, circa 1940 (CR 103 366)

Vernal Seminary building sketch, circa 1934 (CR 126 101)

Print and Rare Collections

Uniform system for teaching families flipchart (M256.1 C561uf supp. 1977)

Quarterly conference of the Liberty Stake (M204.3 L695 1908)

Food for thought, sermons and essays by Jews and Gentiles (M291.8 R424f)

Which church is right? / by Mark E. Peterson [Petersen]. (M271.3 P484w 1965?)

Photograph Collections

Missionary Department lantern slides, circa 1860–1927 (PH 2010)

Oakland Branch photographs, circa 1920 (PH 11790)

The Mormon Tabernacle Choir, 1893 (PH 1297)

Carl W. Bingham mission photographs, circa 1948–1950 (PH 12056)

John and Lois Bushman golden wedding anniversary celebration photograph, 1915 February 10 (PH 3655)

Field Artillery Camp, Fort Douglas, 1917 (PH 12333)

Downtown Salt Lake City photographs, circa late 1940s (PH 6828)

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

None this month.