Recently Digitized Collections, February 2021

The library digitizes many items from our collections each month for viewing in the Church History Catalog. Below, you’ll find February’s list of recently digitized materials to explore, such as a list of women set apart to serve as midwives in the 19th century. (Yes, it was a Church calling back then.)

All of the following collections feature one or more items that have been digitized and are available for viewing online. For some collections, login may be required for access.

Local Record Collections

Richland 1st Ward general minutes, 1950–1977 (LR 7470 11)

Lucero Ward bishop’s files, 1945–1973, 1992–2000 (LR 5089 22)

West Sacramento Ward manuscript history and historical reports, 1961–1983 (LR 10076 2)

Beazer Ward general minutes, 1901–1969 (LR 600 11)

Cassia Stake Stake general minutes, 1887–1904, 1947–1977 (LR 1465 11)

Ayr Branch manuscript history and historical reports, 1842–1898, 1964–1982 (LR 10895 2)

Lee Ward publications, 1964–1974 (LR 4792 20)

Wenatchee Branch general minutes, 1942–1977 (LR 10016 11)

Lawndale Ward general minutes, 1951–1977 (LR 4752 11)

Frankfurt Ward general minutes, 1951–1977 (LR 2990 11)

Las Vegas 2nd Ward general minutes, 1940–1945, 1954–1977 (LR 4702 11)

Iron County Mission historical record, 1850–1859 (LR 6778 25)

Wenatchee Branch manuscript history and historical reports, 1953–1983 (LR 10016 2)

Lawndale Ward Primary Association minutes and records, 1951–1971 (LR 4752 18)

Randolph Ward general minutes, 1870–1977 (LR 7326 11)

Inglewood California Stake Melchizedek Priesthood minutes and records, 1939–1973 (LR 4100 13)

Weiser Branch general minutes, 1908–1977 (LR 9990 11)

Roseville California Stake historical records, 1916, 1928–2009 (LR 7643 21)

Camp Pahatsi: North Sacramento Stake scrapbook, 1963 (LR 7643 21)

Mesquite 1st Ward Young Women’s Mutual Improvement Association minutes and records, 1899–1968 (LR 5490 17)

France Paris Mission manuscript history and historical reports, 1849–1977 (LR 2978 2)

East Kilbride Branch manuscript history and historical reports, 1964–1982 (LR 2434 2)

Print and Rare Collections

My life story: Milton Herman Knudsen, June 30, 1881–January 10, 1970 (M270.1 K74k)

The songs of Zion: a collection of choice songs especially selected and arranged for the home and for all meetings, Sunday Schools and gatherings of Elders and Saints in the mission field (M285.2 H99z 1908)

Brigham Young a New Yorker (M270.3 B855n 1857)

Manuscript Collections

Varsall L. and Sarah R. Cowley papers, 1907, 1916–1920, 1926 (MS 30565)

Marguritte P. and Devere H. Leavitt mission papers, 1982–1983 (MS 25652)

LaMar S. Williams papers, 1959–1962 (MS 2015)

Thomas S. Court papers, 1904–circa 1990 (MS 29050)

Gibbons family papers, 1900–1945, 1962–1983, 2000 (MS 27061)

George A. Smith journal and autobiography, 1845–1847 and 1870 (MS 30882)

Andrew Kimball papers, 1884–1923 (MS 2694)

David N. Morrell mission papers, 1953–1956 (MS 19930)

C. David Freeman mission papers, 1964–1967 (MS 30310)

Edson Whipple record books, circa 1836–1936 (MS 9213)

Truman O. Angell autobiography, 1884 (MS 5688)

Ernest Wright journal, 1915–1931 (MS 12941)

James P. Olson journals, 1883–1887 (MS 7320)

Claudia S. Young collection, 1883–1979, 2014 (MS 27162)

John J. Walser diaries, 1874–1933 (MS 1642)

Grover Clyde journals, 1915–1916 (MS 20181)

Leonard W. Hardy blessings, 1845 February (MS 11978)

Heber D. C. Clark diary, 1953 June–1976 May (MS 8731)

Donna Steed history of Michael and Lilly Archibald Family, 1978 (MS 9447)

Ralph D. Baker papers, circa 1901, 1920–1983 (MS 10318)

Gertrude Mason letter, Exeter, Maine to Sadie C. Tripp, Perry, Oregon, 1927 December 17 (MS 22480)

Emmeline B. Wells Centennial Memorial Committee report, 1928 (MS 2214)

Charles M. Nielsen papers, 1894–1940 (MS 10271)

Charles F. Middleton notes, 1892 (MS 3180)

Edward Hunter letter, Great Salt Lake City, Utah to A. H. Scott, 1866 April 21 (MS 32742)

Hiram H. Hinchman letter, Great Salt Lake City, Utah, 1852 July 7 (MS 32743)

Anders H. Beck journal, circa 1874–1903 (MS 32779)

Barbara D. Jones family collection, 1880–1902 (MS 32852)

Charles Clarke missionary journal, 1908 April–1909 June (MS 32908)

John H. Stott notebook, 1895–1896 (MS 32995)

Collection of early Church documents, 1816–1844 (MS 33085)

Francis M. Lyman Jr. papers, 1855–1951 (MS 4785)

Excerpts from the diary of L. John Nuttall, 1876–1889 (MS 923)

History of Thomas and Ann H. Doxey, circa 1970 (MS 12816)

Walter E. Scoville papers, 1937–1946, 1984–1988 (MS 18610)

Archibald F. Bennett mission history, 1946–1949 (MS 9675)

Harold A. Hinckley mission journal, 1916–1917 / Harold H. Hinckley mission journal, 1916–1917 (MS 30970)

Susan B. Crandall papers, 1881–1955 (MS 14819)

Jesse Hobson journals, 1856–1858 (MS 1958)

Alexander Leatham diary, 1861 July–1862 May (MS 9237)

The life histories of ancestors of J. Warren Harding, 1988 (MS 15455)

Christian L. Christensen reminiscences and diary, 1883–1908, 1931 (MS 8378)

John Spiers reminiscences and journal, 1840–1877 (MS 1725)

L. Edward Brown mission journal, 1957–1960 (MS 23415)

Floyd C. Fletcher mission journal, 1935–1938 (MS 30734)

Loren D. Mounteer mission collection, 1960–1968 (MS 28707)

George L. and C. Elaine Little life histories, circa 1972–1989 (MS 29725)

Ellis O. Brown papers, 1957–1959 (MS 19901)

Life story of Sam (Sjoerd) DeVries, undated (MS 10465)

Adeline Littlefield letter to Elijah Haynes, North Hero, Vermont, 1848 December (MS 24873)

Nancy A. Tracy autobiographical sketch, circa 1896 (MS 11582)

John H. Tippets journal, 1846 July–1847 June (MS 32498)

Elizabeth Oakley family Bible (MS 23387)

Incident that took place with Wilford Woodruff, undated (MS 7963)

Joseph F. Smith letter to Wilford Woodruff, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1889 February 22 (MS 4880)

Lists of women set apart as midwives, 1873–1888 (CR 100 423)

Matthew Cowley Pacific Church History Centre Collections

Rebe Mason collection, 1970 (NZ-01-00101)

Kawerau Branch chapel dedication, 1961 September 16–17 (NZ-01-00114)

Australasian Mission conference photograph, 1895 April 6 (NZ-01-00530)

Church College of New Zealand construction photograph 1951 (NZ-01-00535)

Photograph Collections

Rushby Call Midgley, Jr. mission photographs, 1935–1938 (PH 8865)

Wilford Woodruff photographs, circa 1880 (PH 9684)

Church architectural drawings, circa 1950 (PH 9810)

Four generations of the family of President Wilford Woodruff, 1897 August 16 (PH 1186)

Salt Lake City aerial photograph, 1982 October 10 (PH 11054)

Raphael B. Greenwood mission photographs, 1927–1929 (PH 11079)

Salt Lake City photograph, circa 1900 (PH 11091)

Salt Lake City stereoview, circa 1880 (PH 11092)

Find something in these collections that you think is especially interesting? Let us know about your discovery by emailing us at CHLBlog@ChurchofJesusChrist.org—we’d love to hear from you.