Newly Accessible Collections, August 2023

By Jeffrey Tucker, Church History Library

29 August 2023

Explore dozens of recently digitized collections to enable your research wherever you are in the world.

Below, you’ll find a list of materials in the Church History Catalog that are newly accessible. Consider, for example, the Pictorial Reflex of Salt Lake City and Vicinity, a large collection of Utah photographs taken in 1894 by C. R. Savage, including images of the Salt Lake Temple, Tabernacle, and other landmarks. (For more information on C. R. Savage and his photography in the Church History Library, check out our featured collections article about him.)

This month’s list of digitized collections also includes several sources originally published by other branches of the broader Latter-day Saint movement not affiliated with the Church, such as the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, now known as the Community of Christ. Such sources are identified here in their title (for example, “RLDS”).

When a collection has a title that is similar to another collection—as with the multiple versions of Cantiques below—its publication date is listed for clarity. 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

Audiovisual Collections

John and Evelyn Findlay mission video, 1991–1992 (AV 4208)

Sydney Australian Temple groundbreaking service, 1982 August 13 (AV 4275)

Local Record Collections

Roy 17th Ward manuscript history and historical reports, 1973–1984 (LR 13669 2)

Moses Lake Ward manuscript history and historical reports, 1954–1980 (LR 5799 2)

San Pedro Sula Honduras Fesitranh District annual historical reports, 1994 (LR 615897 3)

Quint Cities Branch, Northern States Mission. Quint Cities Branch manuscript history and historical reports, 1957–1958 (LR 7303 2)

Pine Ward meetinghouse dedication program, 1881–1981 (LR 6942 22)

British Mission manuscript history and historical reports, 1841–1971 (LR 1140 2)

Barrio Nuevo Branch manuscript history and historical reports, 1968–1972 (LR 527 2)

Farmington Ward Young Women’s Mutual Improvement Association minutes and records, 1873–1914, 1927–1933, 1943–1950 (LR 2816 17)

Marriott Ward Relief Society minutes and records, 1869–1973 (LR 5304 14)

Eighth Ward Relief Society minutes and records, 1867–1969 (LR 2525 14)

Oakdale Branch manuscript history and historical reports, 1948–1984 (LR 6334 2)

Manuscript Collections

Julius A. C. Austin receipts, 1846 (MS 446)

Sterling Beesley printed photograph collection, circa 1980 (MS 14180)

Gulf States Mission zone conference collection, 1970 (MS 32547)

Brigham C. Holbrook missionary journal, 1897–1899 (MS 34854)

Eleanor Bringhurst papers, 1846–1849 (MS 33551)

John J. Davies autobiography and journal, circa 1892–1905 (MS 32161)

Dorothy H. Ipsen collection of Rulon S. Howells Missionary Papers, 1934–1949 (MS 22487)

Oral History Collections

David Hoopes interview: Oakland, California, 2013 September 16 (OH 6389)

Ali Kisau interview: Temple View, Hamilton, New Zealand, 2015 November 28 (OH 9092)

Akanesi T. Naeata interview: Liahona, Tonga, 2016 February 9 (OH 11459)

Photograph Collections

Sons of John Taylor, circa 1890 (PH 2670)

Joseph F. Smith family photographs, circa 1890–1918 (PH 678)

Varsel S. Jenks mission photograph album pages, 1985–1989 (PH 7500)

Australia Brisbane Mission photographs, 1986–1989 (PH 7675)

Presidency of the Seventy portrait collection (PH 3827)

Print and Rare Collections

Map of the United States exhibiting the grants of land by the general government … (917.3 M297eg 1878)

Views of Utah and tourists' guide containing a description of the views and general information for the traveler, resident and public generally, from authentic sources / by C. R. Savage. (979.2 S263v 1887 no. 2)

The Hymnal for Youth [Herald Edition, RLDS, 1955] (M291.852 H996f 1955)

The Hymnal [RLDS, 1977] (M291.852 H996 1957)

Zion’s Praises [RLDS, 1903-b] (M291.852 Z79p 1903)

Saints Hymnal [Bickertonite, 1951] (M294.4 H996 1951)

Lieder der Heiligen [RLDS, 1953] (M291.852 L718GER 1953)

Zion’s Praises [RLDS, 1924] (M291.852 Z79p 1924)

The Saints’ Harp [RLDS,1871-a] (M291.852 S157ha 1871b)

The Saints’ Hymnal [RLDS, 1900-a] (M291.852 S157hy 1900)

The Saints’ Hymnal [RLDS, 1933] (M291.852 S157hy 1933; M291.852 S157hy 1933 no. 2)

Songs of the Restoration and Zion’s Praises [RLDS, 1970] (M291.852 S698ot 1970?)

Supplement to Hymns of the Restoration [Restoration Hymn Society, 1989] (M291.91 H997ore 1989 supp.; M291.91 H997ore 1989 supp no. 2)

Pictorial reflex of Salt Lake City and vicinity: including letter-press description and illustrations of public edifices, hotels, business blocks, churches, Indians, bathing resorts, etc., and a variety … (979.2251 S263r 1894?)

Cantiques [1935] (M285.2 H99FRE 1935)

Cantiques [1935, #2] (M285.2 H99FRE 1935 no. 2)

Cantiques [1935, #3] (M285.2 H99FRE 1935 no. 3)

Cantiques [1935, #4] (M285.2 H99FRE 1935 no. 4)

Cantiques [1935, #5] (M285.2 H99FRE 1935 no. 5)

Cantiques [1935, #6] (M285.2 H99FRE 1935 no. 6)

Hinario da Missão Brasileira [1947] (M285.2 H99POR 1947)

Hinos de Sion [1942] (M285.2 H99sPOR 1942)

Himnos y cantos para los niños [1979] (M285.2 H99hSPA 1979)

Hinos [1950] (M285.2 H99sPOR 195-?)

The Little Hymnal [RLDS, 1948] (M291.852 S464f 1948)

Rediscovery of the Nauvoo Temple: Report on the Archaeological Excavations (M282.1 N314h 1971 no. 2)

Heilige lofzangen en geestelijke liederen voor De Kerk van Jezus Christus van de Heiligen der Laatste Dagen in Nederland (M285.2 H99DUT 1895)

Hymns and Children’s Songs [1978] (M285.2 H99h 1978)

Hymns and Children’s Songs [1981] (M285.2 H99h 1981)

Hymns and Children’s Songs [1983] (M285.2 H99h 1983)

Hymns and Children’s Songs [1984] (M285.2 H99h 1984)

Hymns and Children’s Songs [1994] (M285.2 H99h 1994)

Hymns and Children’s Songs [2001] (M285.2 H99h 2001)

Biographical encyclopedia, or, Condensed biographical sketches of presiding officers, veterans, missionaries and other active men and women in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (M270 J54)

Newly opened collections (items are accessible in-person at the Church History Library but are not accessible digitally)

Church Record Collections

Chicago Ward and Stake chapel, 1944 (CR 126 111)

Dedicatory remarks and prayers, 2011 August 2 (CR 1038 1)

Local Record Collections

Netherlands Mission account books, 1887–1898, 1908–1919 (LR 6007 25)