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What is the Library of Congress Collection of Mormon Diaries
The Library of Congress Collection of Mormon Diaries is a collection of transcripts of journals, diaries, biographies, life sketches, historical sketches of localities, and other documents pertaining to early members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the history of the state of Utah. The transcripts, chiefly typewritten, were made in 1936-1937 by the Utah Historical Records Survey of the Works Progress Administration Federal Writers' Projects. Transcripts were created in Logan, Ogden, Provo, Salt Lake City, St. George, and elsewhere in Utah. Transcripts list, where applicable, the name and locality of the possessor of the original from which the transcripts were made.

Indexes
Two indexes exist for the collection:


 * 1) Name Index to the Library of Congress Collection of Mormon Diaries, by Utah State University, Merrill Library Special Collections & Archives.
 * 2) Early Church Information File, by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Family History Department.

The Name Index to the Library of Congress Collection of Mormon Diaries indexes the names in the diaries.

The Early Church Information File indexes many sources, including this collection. To see an example index card, click here.

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Location
The originals are held by the Library of Congress, which microfilmed the collection in 1950 on 13 rolls of microfilm for the University of California, Berkeley. The films at UC-Berkeley are titled "Mormon Biographies" and are numbered BANC MSS P-F 319 Reel 1 through 13. The originals at the Library of Congress are today part of the "United States Work Projects Administration records, 1524-1975" collection, "Historical Records Survey: Archival and Manuscript Records, 1681-1937" group, "State File, 1681-1937" series, boxes B208 to B219. They have been reorganized since filming.

Inventory
The 13 microfilm rolls contain the following items. The list of image numbers is incomplete. Readers are invited to contribute additional numbers while using the collection.