Newly Accessible Collections, May 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, 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)
George Kirkham papers, 1870–1929, bulk 1887 (MS 28728)
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
Oakland Branch photographs, circa 1920 (PH 11790)
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir, 1893 (PH 1297)
Field Artillery Camp, Fort Douglas, 1917 (PH 12333)
Newly opened collections (items are accessible in-person at the Church History Library and may be digitally accessible upon request)
None this month.