Abstract Collection is comprised mostly of letters received by Horace Cummings. Although he is probably best known as the general superintendent of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints schools, this collection documents two earlier periods of the life of Horace H. Cummings. First was his short residence in Logan, Utah in the fall and winter of 1880-1881 where he taught at Brigham Young College and published the Logan Leader, a weekly newspaper. Second was...

Abstract Primarily diaries, including those kept as a Mormon missionary in Great Britain (1866-1868); during his presidency of the Cache Stake (1878-1881); his ordination as an L.D.S. Apostle (1879); and his work opening the Mexican Mission for the L.D.S. Church (1880-1881). The other major items are two letterbooks (1888-1890 and 1902-1903). The former is a prime source for background on the Mormon Church's colonization of Mexico. Miscellaneous items include scrapbooks detailing his release as an...