Letters, 1945-1949.

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Letters, 1945-1949.

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Correspondence between Joseph Fielding Smith (1876-1972) and his son Milton E. Smith (1927- ). The collection covers two timeframes: July 1945 to July 1946 and April 1947 to December 1949. The first group covers the time when Milton E. Smith served in the United States Navy, and the majority of them were written by Milton E. Smith to his family. The second group were written by Milton E. Smith to his family. The second group were written while Milton E. Smith was a missionary serving the LDS Church in Argentina, and almost all of these letters were written by Joseph Fielding Smith to his missionary son. The subjects of these letters range from such topics as LDS doctrines to politics and sports.

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Smith, Milton Edmund, 1927-

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Milton E. Smith is the son of Joseph Fielding Smith. From the guide to the MS 27524 Milton E. Smith papers 1968-1971, 2000, 2009 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Church History Library) Joseph Fielding Smith from 1921 to 1970 was the LDS Church Historian and was the author of over twenty-five works on the doctrines and history of the LDS Church. He served from 1910 to 1970 as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the LDS Church and was th...

Smith, Joseph Fielding, 1876-1972

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American religious leader and tenth president of the Mormon Church. From the guide to the Joseph Fielding Smith letters, 1938-1945, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Smith was ordained as an Apostle on 7 April 1910, as acting president of the Twelve on 30 September 1950, as president of the Quorum of the Twelve on 9 April 1951, as a counselor in the First Presidency on 29 October 1965, and as president of the Church on 23 January 1970. From the guide to the MS 4...

United States. Navy

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Built and launched at New York Navy Yard; commissioned Nov. 12, 1944; scraped in 1993. Served in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. From the description of USS Bon Homme Richard (CV/CVA-31) photograph collection 1944-1971. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 41657866 The federal government decided in 1941 to send Supply Corps personnel to Harvard Business School for training in the business of equipping the Navy. This was effected by a transfer...