tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645379631135547997.post4462912811998664853..comments2024-03-21T07:58:02.168-05:00Comments on Amateur Mormon Historian: What makes a missionary journal a good historical source.Brucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01543519825711760773noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645379631135547997.post-25304049266284790722012-01-17T13:47:53.414-06:002012-01-17T13:47:53.414-06:00Some journals of well known missionaries to the So...Some journals of well known missionaries to the Southern States you might think should have been destroyed. <br />B. H. Roberts struggled with what we would call an alcohol addiction. He was eventually sucessful in beating it, but on his mission, was sometimes not doing well at all. <br />J. Golden Kimball sufffered with depression on his mission similar to what I have seen in other missionaires. <br />John H. Gibbs complained about a difficult companion in his journal. <br />I have letters I wrote to my mission president each week, in addition to letters home and my journal. Like you, however, I would rather my letters served as a journal, rather than the journal I wrote.Brucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01543519825711760773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645379631135547997.post-4178477973689925762012-01-17T13:32:38.037-06:002012-01-17T13:32:38.037-06:00Thanks for this. And I'm looking forward to t...Thanks for this. And I'm looking forward to the "some should be destroyed" continuation. I'm afraid much of my missionary journal writing falls into this category, as the positive thoughts were recorded in letters home (or to the mission president) and the journal served as a catharsis to record--and purge-- the negative.Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11543450322492277856noreply@blogger.com