Clarence Marcellus Barker papers
Scope and Contents
Includes journals, notebooks, an autograph album, letters, and articles relating to his mission in Australia. Five journals document his missionary activities in Sidney, Tasmania, Adelaide, and Perth, including encounters with RLDS missionaries. Notebooks contain a statistical record of his missionary activities, and missionary references, including notes on polygamy and on the RLDS Church. Autograph album contains messages from missionaries, Church members, and other friends in Australia. Letters are from Barker to his father, N. H. Barker, in North Ogden, Utah. Articles, dated 1987 and circa 1931, deal with the history of the LDS Church in Australia.
Dates
- 1905-1987
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
Microfilm copy is open without restriction. Access to original materials with permission from the Supervisor of Reference Services.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Papers must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical History
Missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Australia, 1905-1908. Resident of North Ogden, Utah.
Extent
1 microfilm reel (0.1 linear ft.)
1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Other Finding Aids
Item-level inventory available online. http://files.lib.byu.edu/ead/XML/MSS2057.xml
Custodial History
Donor is a grandson of Clarence M. Baker.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated;Michael Van Wagenen;1996.
Appraisal
19th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts.
- Adelaide (S.A.)
- Articles
- Autograph albums
- Barker, Clarence Marcellus, 1884-1953 -- Archives
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- Missions--Australia
- Diaries
- Latter Day Saint missionaries -- Australia
- Latter Day Saints -- Australia
- Letters
- Missions and Missionaries
- Notebooks
- Perth (W.A.)
- Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
- Sydney (N.S.W.)
- Tasmania
- Title
- Register of Clarence Marcellus Barker papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Amy Perez
- Date
- 2011 March 3
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States