Recently Digitized Collections, May 2021

The library digitizes many items from our collections each month for viewing in the Church History Catalog. Below, you’ll find May’s list of recently digitized materials to explore, such as a series of manuscripts—including portions of the Doctrine and Covenants—written in the Deseret alphabet.

All 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.

Church Record Collections

Nauvoo structures, circa 1841–1846 (CR 679 12)

Public Works account books, 1848–1908 (CR 5 7)

Deseret alphabet manuscripts, circa 1869 (CR 244 415 [Box 5])

Local Record Collections

Letters to William T. Jack from Emmeline B. Wells, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1907 (LR 1465 25)

Maryland Conference manuscript history and historical reports, 1838–1921 (LR 5320 2)

Sabadell Branch general minutes, 1970–1978 (LR 3632 11)

Madrid District manuscript history and historical reports, 1976–1982 (LR 16755 2)

Canada Toronto West Mission manuscript history and historical reports, 1830–1966 (LR 6520 2)

Czechoslovak Mission manuscript history and historical reports, 1928–1959 (LR 2108 2)

Tahiti Papeete Mission mission history, 1900–1984 (LR 3039 45)

Transvaal District record of baptisms and blessings, 1955–1962 (LR 9256 23)

Print and Rare Collections

Neighbor—Extra. Nauvoo, Sept. 12, 1845 (M205.1 N314e Sep. 12 1845)

Die Reform der Heiligen der letzten Tage (M205.5 R333GER 1862–1864)

Mr. Krueger’s Christmas [Poster] (2356380)

Nauvoo Seventies list / compiled by Nauvoo Restoration (M270 N314 199–? v.1–3)

Classes of books suitable for the proposed Salt Lake Temple library (M282.1 S176c 1897?)

Hymns of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Korean (M285.2 H99KOR 1958?)

Instructions to the Y.L.M.I.A officers (M257.42 Y73i 1900? no. 2)

Hymns and sacred songs: designed for the use of the children of the Latter-day Saints (M285.23 H996 1888)

History of Relief Society, 1842–1966 (M257.29 R382h)

Hosannah anthem (M285.17 S832h 1893?)

Neighbor—Extra. Nauvoo, Nov. 19. 1845 (M205.1 N314e Nov. 19 1845)

Almanac for the year 1859: the third after leap year ; and after the 6th of April, thirtieth year of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. / by W.W. Phelps (M288 P541d 1859)

Book of Mormon: an account written by the hand of Mormon upon plates taken from the plates of Nephi. Deseret Alphabet / translated by Joseph Smith, Jun. (M222.2 B724DES 1869)

The Seer / edited by Orson Pratt (M205.1 S453 v.1–2 1853–1854)

Matthew Cowley Pacific Church History Centre Collections

Don and Rebe Mason manuscript collection, 1930–1970 (NZ-01-00054)

Wellington Branch Meetinghouse dedication program, 1962 July 28 (NZ-01-00063)

Photograph Collections

Salt Lake Temple foundation photographs, circa 1962 (PH 4086)

M.I.A. jubilee photograph album, 1925 (PH 411)

Photograph album of LDS Church leaders, circa 1880s–early 1900s (PH 2899)

Stuart (Tetuati) Meha, circa 1957 (PH 7335)

Foundation of Temple, old and new Tabernacle, circa 1873 (PH 410)

Palmyra, New York 100 year celebration press photograph, 1947 (PH 10937)

Pioneers breaking camp, 1867 (PH 2008)

Edward P. Kimball portrait collection, undated (PH 5860)

Joinville and Ipoméia, Brazil photographs, circa 1912–1954 (PH 11450)

Temple View Stake and Sixth-Seventh Ward meetinghouses, circa 1955 (PH 12)

Tahitian Mission photographs, 1904–1963 (PH 2908)

Brazilian Mission photographs, circa 1936–1938, 1945–1949, 1967–1974 (PH 3459)

George Albert Smith trip to Tonga and Samoa, 1938 June (PH 418)

Joseph O. Young photograph collection, circa 1860–1905 > Negatives (PH 4627)

California Mission photographs, circa 1903; 1922–1924 (PH 5057)

Spanish American Mission images, 1953–1955 (PH 5505)

Nauvoo and Palmyra color snapshots, circa 1970 (PH 6856)

Church choir in Virgin, Utah, circa 1875–1885 (PH 7881)

Joseph Smith Farm, Palmyra, New York, circa 1920–1958 (PH 8534)

Manuscript Collections

Carleton Q. and Elizabeth M. Anderson mission papers, 1979–1987 (MS 25365)

Johannes and Maria Kindt interview, 1974 May 10 (MS 18891)

Price W. Johnson autobiographical sketch, 1963 (MS 6631)

George A. Simkins correspondence, 1903, 1933 (MS 32008)

Olive A. Potter reminiscences, 1932 (MS 8030)

Delbert and Nora B. Hansen papers, 1920–1993 (MS 29995)

Isaiah M. Coombs collection, 1835–1938 (MS 1198)

Jens C. L. Breinholt missionary diaries, 1900–1902 (MS 31872)

James L. Christensen mission papers, 1971–1973 (MS 28064)

Lewis Zeigler letter, Nauvoo, Illinois to Doctor Frederick Byers, Leitersburg, Maryland, 1841 December 31 (MS 4859)

Martin P. Henderson notes, circa 1920 (MS 5411)

Phebe C. Young journal, 1882–1901 (MS 14585)

John A. Johansen mission journals, 1899–1901 (MS 32616)

Leon D. Wride mission journal, 1936–1938 (MS 25021)

Peter Olsen journals, 1884-1894 (MS 31846)

Oral History Collections

Joseph Brown interview: Brunswick, Georgia, 1981 June 17 (OH 1343)

Angel H. Alquicira interview: Mexico City, D.F., Mexico, 1975 September 4 (OH 939)

Teton Flood oral interviews: Rexburg, Idaho, 1976 July 5–8 (OH 234 1)

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.