Featured CollectionsHistoric Mission and Missionary Photograph Collections

Historic Mission and Missionary Photograph Collections

Featured Collections

The Church History Library contains numerous photograph collections from historic Church missions, including many of the original missions established during the early Church whose names and boundaries have since been changed. Of these collections, some may only contain one photograph while others will contain many.

To search for missions’ photographs on your own, enter the name of the mission in the search bar and click Search. Then select the “Photographs” filter on the left side of the search results page. You can further narrow your search by selecting the “Digital” filter, which will only display those collections that are scanned and available for online viewing.

Africa

Royal D. Crook mission photographs, circa 1922–1925, PH 3634

Photographs of Elder Crook as well as other missionaries and members in Cape Town in the South African Mission.

South African Mission photographs, 1901–1913, PH 653

Photographs of Elder Gottlieb Blatter and other missionaries who served in the South African Mission.

Asia

Japan Mission photographs, circa 1901–1904, PH 204

Photographs of Heber J. Grant and others during service in the Japan Mission; includes photographs of missionaries, members, and those living in Japan.

L. Edward Brown mission photographs, 1957–1960, PH 8858

Photographs of missionaries and members in the Korean District of the Northern Far East Mission.

Europe

Brigham Young Jr. photograph collection, circa 1865–1882, PH 5453

Includes photographs of Brigham Young Jr., Moses Thatcher, N. H. Felt, W. P. Nebeker, G. R. Sangiovanni, and W. W. Riter of the Swiss, Italian, and German Mission.

West German Mission portrait photographs, 1937–1939, PH 6378

Photographs of missionaries serving in the West German Mission.

Missionaries transferred from French Mission to British Mission, 1914 September 10, PH 7578

Photograph of missionaries who transferred from the French Mission to the British Mission due to World War I.

Turkish Mission missionaries in Palestine, 1898 May 9

Photograph of missionaries who served in the Turkish Mission, including Andrew Larson, Philip Maycock, Nishan Sheranian, Anthon H. Lund, and Ferdinand F. Hintz.

Scandinavian Mission missionary portraits, circa 1885, PH 330

Photographs of missionaries in the Scandinavian Mission, including Rasmus Borquist, who served in Malmo, Sweden.

Netherlands Mission, circa 1908–1923, PH 1475

Photographs of missionaries serving in the Netherlands Mission, including Charles W. Penrose and Sylvester Q. Cannon.

Conference of the German Mission held in Berlin, 1902, PH 2779

Photograph of missionaries serving in the German Mission.

Walter A. Kerr photographs, circa 1895–1911, PH 1108

Photographs of missionaries and members in the German Mission and the Swiss and German Mission.

Carl O. Winkler photograph collection, circa 1900, PH 4288

Photographs of missionaries serving in the Scandinavian Mission.

Frederick B. Williams British Mission portrait collection, 1899–1901, PH 5643

Photographs of missionaries serving in the British Mission.

Wallace F. Toronto mission photographs, 1928–1950, PH 5925

Photographs of Wallace F. Toronto and others while he served in the German-Austrian Mission and, later, as president of the Czechoslovak Mission.

George A. Smith photograph collection, circa 1862–1895 / Photographs / John L. Smith and Serge L. Ballif photograph, PH 5962

Photograph of John Lyman Smith, president of the Swiss and Italian Mission and, later, the Swiss, Italian and German Mission. Also in the photograph is Serge Louis Ballif, president of the Swiss and German Mission.

North America

Elders at the first conference at Nauvoo, 1905 September 30, PH 2364

Photograph of missionaries serving in the Northern States Mission.

California Mission photographs of missionaries, circa 1900, PH 8095

Photographs of missionaries serving in the California Mission.

Indian Territory Mission photographs, circa 1897–1900, PH 2128

Photographs of missionaries serving in the Indian Territory Mission.

Mexican Mission photographs, circa 1909–1911, PH 3347

Includes portraits of missionaries, the Juarez Stake Academy girls’ basketball team, and the Chuichupa Primary.

Southern States Mission photograph album, 1898–1899, PH 2206

Photographs of missionaries serving in the Southern Mission; includes photographs of J. Golden Kimball, John Henry Smith, Elias S. Kimball, and Ben E. Rich.

Central States Mission missionaries who served in Kelsey, Texas, circa 1911–1915, PH 6458

Photographs of missionaries who served in Kelsey, Texas, Central States Mission, including mission president Samuel O. Bennion.

Eastern States Mission, 19221925, PH 861

Photographs of missionaries who served in the Eastern States mission; includes photographs of Heber J. Grant and other Church leaders.

Central States Mission missionaries attending dedicatory services, 1914, PH 2672

Photograph of missionaries of the Central States Mission at the dedication of a chapel in Independence, Missouri, including Spencer W. Kimball, Samuel O. Bennion, and Charles W. Nibley.

Eastern States Mission photographs, circa 1901–1905

Includes photographs of missionaries in the Eastern States Mission.

Northern States Missionaries, 1917–1918, PH 135

Photographs of missionaries serving in the Northern States Mission, including a group of sister missionaries.

Conference of Colorado missionaries held at Denver, 1906, PH 2836

Photograph of missionaries serving in the Colorado Mission.

Eastern States missionaries, circa 1900, PH 1498

Photograph of missionaries serving in the Eastern States Mission.

Sallie L. Aaron Cude photograph collection, circa 1901–1905, PH 5134

Photographs of missionaries serving in the Southwestern States Mission, later named the Central States Mission.

Indian Territory Mission family photographs, 1882–1955, PH 7683

Photographs of missionaries serving in the Indian Territory Mission.

William T. Jack photograph collection, circa 1888, 1897–1903, PH 11400

Photographs of missionaries serving in the Indian Territory Mission.

Oceania

Tahitian Mission photographs, 1920–1922, PH 815

Photographs of missionaries, members, and indigenous peoples in the Tahitian Mission.

Samoan Mission conference, 1902 October, PH 2278

Photograph of missionaries serving in the Samoan Mission. Names of missionaries are written on the bottom of the photograph.

Tongan Mission photographs, circa 1891–1893, PH 1871

Photographs of missionaries serving in the Tongan Mission.

Samoan Mission photographs, circa 1901–1905, PH 3509

Photograph of missionaries and members in the Samoan Mission.

Australasian Mission, circa 1882–1884, PH 262

Photographs of missionaries who served in New Zealand in the Australasian Mission; includes portraits of members and Maori peoples.

Historical record of New Zealand missionaries, circa 1917–1934, PH 4933

Individual and group photographs of missionaries serving in the New Zealand Mission.

South America

Brazilian construction missionaries: Porto Alegre, Brazil, 1963, PH 5142

Photographs of missionaries serving as construction missionaries in Brazil.

Ray H. Zenger mission photograph albums, 1936–1939, PH 7926

Includes photographs of missionaries in Salt Lake City, Utah, and Brazil.

Top image: Eastern States Mission photographs, 1914–1916 (PH 10413)