The David Cornelius Hess autobiography and diary [photocopy] discuss his experiences while serving on three separate missions for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Hess was called to serve missions to the southern states (1895 and 1930) and to San Francisco, California (1929).

The Ben E. Rich Southern States Mission scrapbook (1899-1902) documents LDS missionary and proselyting in the Southern States Mission (Ohio, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia). Included are conference reports, pamphlets, anti-Mormon sermons, clippings, and personal correspondence. Rich was a native of Salt Lake City who served as head of the Southern States Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) from 1898 to 1908.