On-Site Resources
Young Men Organization Research Guide
On-site resources can be viewed in the Church History Library reading room.
Church Records (CR)
Scrapbook, 1969-1972, CR 14 50
Photographs, programs, and newspaper and periodical clippings related to the Aaronic Priesthood.
Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association receipt, 1903 December 29, CR 14 76
Receipt issued to Edith A. Smith for a subscription to The Improvement Era.
Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association. Softball Committee circular letters, 1960-1971, CR 68 3
Letters from the Church Softball Committee regarding the softball program and its rules and guidelines.
Local Records (LR)
Bonnyrigg Branch Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association minutes and records, LR 1385516
Minutes for the Young Men Organization for the Bonnyrigg Branch, Irish Mission.
Jakarta Branch Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association minutes and records, 1970-1972, LR 2289 16
Minutes for the Young Men Organization for the Jakarta Branch, Southeast Asia Mission.
Johannesburg 1st Ward Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association minutes and records, 1928-1973, LR 4209 16
Minutes for the Young Men Organization of the Johannesburg 1st Ward, South Africa Stake.
Kortedala Branch Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association minutes and records, LR 4516 16
Minutes for the Young Men Organization for the Kortedala Branch, Swedish Mission.
LaJeado Branch Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association minutes and records, LR 14211 16
Minutes for the Young Men Organization for the LeJeado Branch, Brazil South Mission.
Reichbach Branch Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association, 1931, LR 7404 16
Minutes for the Young Men Organization for the Reichbach Branch, Berlin Germany Mission.
Stoke-On-Trent Branch Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association minutes and records, 1952-1972, LR 6058 16
Minutes for the Young Men Organization for the Stoke-On-Trent Branch, Central British Mission.
Waterloo Ward Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association minutes and records, 1913-1973, LR 9951 16
Minutes for the Young Men Organization for the Waterloo Ward, Wells Stake, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Manuscripts (MS)
Firesides file, 1962; 1988, MS 13271
Contains information about church-sponsored discussions regarding the Church and the Third Reich, written by Friedrich Hermann Peters, Hamburg Stake YMMIA superintendent. It includes a statement written by Peters in 1962 when he had urged Latter-day Saints to take YMMIA member and political activist Helmuth Hübener as seriously as other Germans did.
George H. Brimhall diary, 1885 January-1932 March, MS 1902
Includes information about Brimhall’s service on the YMMIA general board. Brimhall was later the first president of Brigham Young University.
Milas E. Johnson collection, 1888-1935, MS 31857
Includes information about Joseph E. Johnson’s activities with the YMMIA. Milas and Joseph were brothers who owned a mercantile business in Huntington, Utah.
My Story, 1976-1980, MS 13477
A personal history of G. Carlos Smith, a member of the YMMIA general presidency.
Photographs (PH)
Boy Scout band photographs, circa 1925, PH 1419
Photographs of Boy Scout bands taken during the Jubilee in Salt Lake City, 1925.
British Mission YMMIA Superintendency, 1935 June 8, PH 1420
Photograph of the British Mission YMMIA superintendency, including superintendent G. Homer Durham.
MIA photographs, 1937-1945, PH 6015
Photographs of MIA activities within the Pocatello, Idaho Stake.
Nils G. Rasmuson family and personal photographs, circa 1870s-1960s, PH 2001
Includes photographs of YMMIA basketball teams.
Officers and Aids, Y.M.M.I.A., Salt Lake Stake of Zion, 1903, PH 2498
Photograph of the YMMIA officers and aides for the Salt Lake Stake, Utah.
Other Materials
Choosing an occupation: M Men guide course of study and M Men-Gleaner program for 1931-32, M257.46 M6852 1931-1932
Other M Men manuals are available by searching for M257.46 M6852.
Fathers and sons’ annual outing, M257.4 F252 1930
Researchers can find more information on the fathers and sons’ annual outings by searching M257.4 F252. The Church History Library has the years 1920, 1923-1930.
Man in relation to his work: Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations, manual for senior classes 1913-14 / no. 17, M257.46 S477 1913-1914
Researchers can find other manuals for the senior YMMIA classes by searching M257.46 S477. Some of these manuals have been digitized.
Manual for Junior Classes, 1902-1903: subject, the acts of the apostles, M257.46 J95 1902-1903
Researchers can find other manuals for the junior YMMIA classes by searching M257.46 J95.
The Amateur, M205.1 A487 v. 1-2 1877-1897
A weekly periodical printed for the MIA in the Ogden, Utah area. It was discontinued when The Contributor began to be published.
Y.M.M.I.A. and missionary hymn and tune book / compiled and arranged by Prof. E. Stephens, M285.14 Y74 1899
Researchers can find other editions of this YMMIA and missionary hymn and tune book by searching M285.14 Y74.
Y.M.M.I.A. hand book: a guide for stake and ward officers of the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, M257.42 H2364 1917-1918
Handbook for YMMIA. Researchers can find other YMMIA handbooks by searching M257.42 H2364.