View PDF

Yet at the resurrection we shall see 
A fair edition, and of matchless worth, 
Tree from err at as, new in heaven set forth. 

—JOSEPH CAPEN, Lines upon Mr. John Foster. 

The literature surveyed for this quarter’s bibliographical essay is from periodicals. Even the casual reader of this impressive list of recent works will notice that a high proportion of the reviewed literature concerns the “World Church.” From India to England, Tin Can Island to Finland, South Africa to Central America the Ensign and other journals report on the activities of the Church and present (albeit often superficially) introductions to the cultures of these lands. 

Other articles touch on population and birth control, temples, migration, astronomy and photography as related to early Church leaders and places of historic interest. There is something for everybody, especially that strange breed of “scholar” who searches bibliographies in order to abstract material for use in still other bibliographies. 

Periodical Articles on Mormons and Mormonism

Adams, Charles P. and Gustive O. Larson. “A Study of the LDS Church Historians Office, 1830-1900,” Utah Historical Quarterly (hereafter UHQ), 40 (Fall 1972), 370-389.

Allen, James B. “The American Presidency and the Mormons,” Ensign, 2 (October 1972), 46-56.

Arrington, Leonard J. “Oliver Cowdery’s Kirtland, Ohio, ‘Sketch Book,’” Brigham Young University Studies (hereafter BYU Studies), 12 (Summer 1972), 410-426.

Athay, R. Grant. “Astrophysics and the Gospel,” The New Era, 2 (September 1972), 14-19. Astronomy in the Pearl of Great Price.

Backman, Milton V., Jr. “The Quest for a Restoration: The Birth of Mormonism in Ohio,” BYU Studies, 12 (Summer 1972), 346-364.

Bailey, Clement F. “Gold in the American West,” Coins, 19 (July 1972), 38-43. Mormon gold and paper currency.

Barrett, Gwynn. “Walter Murray Gibson: The Shepherd Saint of Lanai [Hawaii] Revisited,” UHQ, 40 (Spring 1972), 142-162.

Bayer, Alan E., Laura Kent and Jeffrey E. Dutton. “Children of Clergymen: Do They Fit the Stereotype?” Christian Century, 89 (June 28,1972), 708-713.

Benzley, J. “Selling Nutrition in Salt Lake City,” Journal of Home Economics, 64 (September 1972), 28-29. 

Bitton, Davis. “The Waning of Mormon Kirtland,” BYU Studies, 12 (Summer 1972), 455-464.

Blair, A. R. “The Haun’s Mill Massacre,” Courage, 2 (Summer 1972), 502-507. 95

Bowen, Norman R. “General Thomas L. Kane: How He Came to Write ‘The Mormons,’” Time and Seasons, 7 (December 1971), 2-5. 

Bragg, Bill, Jr. “Handcarts to Heaven,” Annals of Wyoming, 44 (Fall 1972), 271-274.

Britsch, R. Lanier. “The Latter-day Saint Mission to India: 1851-1856,” BYU Studies, 12 (Spring 1972), 262-278. 

Brodie, Fawn M. “Inflation Idyl: A Family Farm in Huntsville,” UHQ, 40 (Spring 1972), 112-121.

Brudnoy, David. “Of Sinners and Saints: Theodore Shroeder, Brigham Roberts, and Reed Smoot,” Journal of Church and State, 14 (Spring 1972), 261-278. 

Buchanan, F. S. “Yoder Case: Precedent for Polygamy?” Christian Century, 90 (February 21, 1973), 223-224. 

Buckle, Robert. “Mormons in Britain: A Survey,” Sociological Yearbook of Religion in Britain, 4 (1971)/ 160-179. 

Christenson, James A. “Payment in Papaya: A Report on the Reorganized Church Health Team’s Work in Honduras,” Saints’ Herald, 119 (May 1972), 20-22. 

Christiansen, Alfred. “Scandinavians and the New Zion in the West,” American Scandinavian Review, 60 (September 1972). 

Ciaravino, Gorie, and John Ross. “Nigerian Trip of Brothers Ciaravino and Ross,” Gospel News, 28 (February 1972), 2-4. Church of Jesus Christ survey trip, 1971. 

Clark, Richard O. “Higher Education Programs for American Indians,” Journal of American Indian Education, 12 (October 1972), 16-20. Describes characteristics of special Indian oriented higher education programs at four Universities in the southwest, including BYU. 

Coates, Lawrence G. “Mormons and Social Change Among the Shoshoni, 1853-1900,” Idaho Yesterday, 15 (Winter 1972), 2-11. 

Cole, Clifford A. “Theological Perspectives of World Mission,” Saints’ Herald, 118 (July 1971), 10-13, 60-62. 

Cole, Clifford A., et al. ” ‘Name of the Church’ Committee Report,” Saints’ Herald, 119 (March 1972), 5-6, 44-46. Traces historic development of name Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. 

Collar, Helen. “Mormon Land Policy on Beaver Island [Michigan],” Michigan History, 56 (Summer 1972), 87-118. James J. Strang movement. 

The Composer and the Church; A Forum, Notes of the L.D.S. Composers Association (hereafter Notes L.D.S. Composers), 2 (March 1971), 4-17. Contents: William Foxley, “The Church Composer and the Church Performer”; Jeff D. Murphy, “The Purpose of Music”; Verena Hatch, “Characteristics of Sacred Music”; Robert P. Manookin, “What About 20th Century Music”; Perry Jay Arnett, “Some Questions and Thoughts on Terrestrial and Celestial Art.” 

Crawley, Peter. “A Bibliography of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in New York, Ohio, and Missouri,” BYU Studies, 12 (Summer 1972), 465-537. A highly informative description and discussion of 51 Mormon items published from 1830-1839, many of them previously unknown. 

Cummins, Lawrence E. “The Saints in South Africa,” Ensign, 3 (March 1973), 4-10.

Dame, William H. “The Thirty-three Saints of Tin Can Island [Niuafo’ou, Tonga],” Ensign, 2 (June 1972), 22-27. 

D’Amico, Paul. “Faith of Our Fathers Living Still,” Gospel News, 28 (April 1972), 1. Tribute to past, present leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Monongahela, Pa.

Dean, Harry A. “John Hasler, Pioneer Musician of Central Utah,” Notes L.D.S. Composers, 2 (March 1971), 1-4. 

Dees, Harry C. “George W. Bean, Early Mormon Explorer,” BYU Studies, 12 (Winter 1972), 147-162. 

———. “The Journal of George W. Bean: Las Vegas Springs, New Mexico Territory, 1856-57,” Nevada Historical Society Quarterly, 15 (Fall 1972), 3-29. 

Derr, C. Brooklyn. “Managing Conflict in the Restored Church,” BYU Studies, 12 (Spring 1972), 279-291. 

Deskin, Verne L. “The Anatomy of Dissent,” Courage, 2 (Spring 1972), 445-450. In the Re organized Church. 

“Documents: William Smith’s Acknowledgment of James J. Strang’s Claims,” Courage, 2 (Summer 1972), 539-540. Accompanied by Catherine Salisbury’s letter of denial.

Eagar, Mike. “Brigham Young’s Winter Home,” Pow Wow, 6 (February 1972), 1.

Edwards, Paul M. “Metaphysical Foundations and Philosophical Assumptions of RLDS The ology,” University Bulletin, 20 (Winter 1968), 20-31, 99. 

———. “The Sweet Singer of Israel: David Hyrum Smith,” BYU Studies, 12 (Winter 1972), 171-184. Son of Joseph Smith, Jr. (also published in Courage, 2 (Summer 1972), 480-491). 

Elefson, Vern. “Evangelism and Indigenous Culture,” Courage, 2 (Winter 1972), 369-376. “Falsification of Joseph Smith’s History,” Salt Lake City Messenger, No. 33 (October 1971), 1-4.

Fellows, Robert. “The Brigham Young Express and Carrying Company,” Stamps, Weekly Maga zine of Philately, (April 29,1972), 262-270. 

Flake, Gerry R. “Mormons in Mexico: The First 96 Years,” Ensign, 2 (September 1972), 20-21.

Goeldner, Paul. “The Architecture of Equal Comforts: Polygamists in Utah,” Historic Preservation, 24 (January-March 1972), 14-17. 

Hanna, Archibald. “Western Americana at Yale,” Western Historical Quarterly, 2 (October 1971), 405-408. Mormon material included. 

Hansen, H. N. “An Account of a Mormon Family’s Conversion to the Religion of the Latter Day Saints and of Their Trip from Denmark to Utah” (Part I), Annals of Iowa, 41 (Summer 1971), 709-728; (Part II), 41 (Fall 1971), 7€>5-779- 

Hansen, Klaus J. “The Millenium, the West, and Race in the Antebellum American Mind,” The Western Historical Quarterly, 3 (October 1972), 373-390. Includes millennial hopes of the Mormons. 

Hansen, Terrence L. “The Church in Central America,” Ensign, 2 (September 1972), 40-42.

Hanson, Virginia. “I Remember Hiawatha [Utah],” UHQ, 40 (Summer 1972), 265-274. Mormon teacher among minorities of a Utah coal-mining area of the 1930s. 

Hastings, Donald W., Charles H. Reynolds, and Ray R. Canning. “Mormonism and Birth Planning: The Discrepancy between Church Authorities Teachings and Lay Attitudes,” Population Studies, 26 (March 1972), 19-28. 

Hatch, E. LeRoy. “Mormon Colonies: Beacon Light in Mexico,” Ensign, 2 (September 1972), 22-25. 

Hawley, Harold. “The Old, Old Path vs. the Primrose Path,” Courage, 2 (Winter 1972), 377-380. Convert from Reorganized Church to Church of Christ (Temple Lot). 

Hill, Marvin S. “Joseph Smith and the 1826 Trial: New Evidence and New Difficulties,” BYU Studies, 12 (Winter 1972), 223-233. 

“The Historians Corner,” BYU Studies, 13 (Autumn 1972). Entire section concerned with a meeting of the Mormon History Association on 15 April 1972 at Independence, Missouri. Contents: Davis Bitton, “Missouri Thought”; T. Edgar Lyon, “Independence, Missouri, and the Mormons, 1827-1833”; Leonard J. Arrington, “Church Leaders in Liberty Jail” (Much of this report is based upon an article by Dean Jessee “Experiences of Mormon Leaders in the Jails of Missouri, 1838-1839,” forthcoming in The Missouri Historical Review Robert J. Matthews, “Adam-ondi-Ahman”; Reed C. Durham, Jr., “The Election Day Battle at Gallatin”; Alma R. Blair, “The Haun’s Mill Massacre.” 

“Historical Society Formed,” Saints’ Herald, 119 (December 1972), 58-59. John Whitmer Historical Association of the Reorganized Church. 

Hobbs, Charles R. “Balance in Latter-day Saint Teaching,” BYU Studies, 12 (Winter 1972), 209-222. 

Hogan, Edward R. “Orson Pratt as a Mathematician,” UHQ, 41 (Winter 1973), 59-68.

Hogan, Mervin B. “Mormonism and the Founding of the Grand Lodge, F. & A. M., of Arizona,” Transactions, the American Lodge of Research Free and Accepted Masons, 11 (January 29, 1970-December 28,1970), 287-298. 

Holik, Norma Anne. “Kirtland Restored as a Stake of Zion,” Saints’ Herald, 120 (February 1973), 14-15. 

Holsinger, M. Paul. “Senator George Graham Vest and the yMenace’ of Mormonism, 1882-1887,” Missouri Historical Review, 65 (1970), 23-26. 

Howard, Richard P. “The ‘History of Joseph Smith’ in Its Historical Setting,” Saints’ Herald, 119 (July 1972), 49; (August 1972), 49; (September 1972), 49; (October 1972), 33.

Hunter, Howard W. “Unto All Men,” BYU Studies, 12 (Autumn 1971), 79-84. Mormonism in the Pacific and Far East. 

Jackson, Richard H. “Myth and Reality: Environmental Perception of the Mormon Pioneer,” Rocky Mountain Social Science Journal, 9 (January 1972). 

Jessee, Dean C. “The Kirtland Diary of Wilford Woodruff,” BYU Studies, 12 (Summer 1972), 365-399. 

———. “The Writings of Brigham Young,” Western Historical Quarterly, 4 (July 1973), 273-294- 

Kellogg, Steven C. “Temples of the Restoration,” Part I: “Kirtland,” Saints’ Herald, 118 (September 1971), 10-12, 30-31; Part II: “The Independence and Nauvoo Temples,” 117 (October 1971), 15-17, 48-49; Part III: “1852 to 1968,” 117 (November 1971), 18-20, 32-34. 

Kimball, Stanley B. “The Iowa Trek of 1847: The Brigham Young Route From Nauvoo to Winter Quarters,” Ensign, 2 (June 1972), 36-45. 

Lambert, Linda. “The Image of Mormons in Films,” New Era, 2 (May 1972), 12-15.

Lambert, Neal E., and Richard H. Cracroft. “Through Gentile Eyes: A Hundred Years of the Mormon in Fiction,” New Era, 2 (March 1972), 14-19.

“La Paz Partnership Consecrates Property and Activities,” Saints’ Herald 120 (January 1973), 58. Reorganized Church group applying “gathering” principles in Apple Valley, Minn.

Larson, Kenneth Lloyd. “UFO’s and Time of the End Patterns; Some Comments on the Bible and Book of Mormon,” Flying Saucers, No. 80 (Spring 1973), 14-24. “The saucers may represent the judgments of the Lord to come on America because of the rejection of Christ and . . . Joseph Smith….” 

Larson, T. A. “Dolls, Vassals, and Drudges: Pioneer Women in the West,” Western Historical Quarterly, 3 (January 1972), 5-16. Includes Utah women. 

Lehr, J. “Mormon Settlement Morphology in Southern Alberta,” The Albertan Geographer, 8 (1972), 6-13. 

Leone, Mark P. “The Evolution of Mormon Culture in Eastern Arizona,” UHQ, 40 (Spring 1972), 122-141. 

Lindgren, A. Bruce. “The Development of the Latter Day Saint Doctrine of the Priesthood, 1829-1835,” Courage, 2 (Spring 1972), 439-443. 

Long, James A. “Mormons Versus Navajos,” Frontier Times, 46 (March 1972).

McKiernan, F. Mark. “The Tragedy of David H. Smith,” Saints’ Herald, 119 (December 1972), 20-22. Son of Joseph Smith, Jr. 

McLennan, Joseph. “New Chinese Members,” Saints’ Herald, 120 (January 1973), 19, 46. Reorganized Church missions in Taiwan and Hong Kong. 

McMurray, W. Grant. “Closed Communion in the Restoration,” Courage, 2 (September 1971), 277-284. 

Manookin, Robert P. “Music Suitable for L.D.S. Worship,” Notes L.D.S. Composers, 2 (n.d.), 10-14. 

Matthews, Robert J. “Joseph Smith’s Inspired Translation of the Bible,” Ensign, 2 (December 1972), 60-63. 

Mauss, Armand L. “Mormon Semitism and Anti-Semitism,” Sociological Analysis, 29 (1968), 11-27. 

———. “Notes on Lehi’s Travels,” BYU Studies, 12 (Spring 1972), 312-314. 

Melville, J. Keith. “Colonel Thomas L. Kane on Mormon Politics,” BYU Studies, 12 (Autumn 1971), 123-125. 

Mitchell, David. “The Saints in Finland,” Ensign, 3 (May 1973), 5-11. 

Murray, Herbert F. “A Half Century of Broadcasting in the Church,” Ensign, 2 (August 1972), 48-51. 

“New Find Undermines Mormonism,” Salt Lake City Messenger, NO. 32 (August 1971), 1-4. Joseph Smith’s 1826 trial. 

Nibley, Reid. “Thoughts on Music in the Church,” Ensign, 2 (February 1972), 13.

Olson, Kathryn. “A Reappraisal of Canonization in the Doctrine and Covenants,” Courage, 2 (Winter 1972), 345-352. 

Ord, Gayle Goble. “The Book of Mormon Goes to Press,” Ensign, 2 (December 1972), 66-70. The Palmyra, N.Y., first edition of 1830. 

Palmer, Spencer J. “Eliza R. Snow’s ‘Sketch of My Life’: Reminiscences of One of Joseph Smith’s Plural Wives,” BYU Studies, 12 (Autumn 1971), 125-130. 

Partridge, Scott H. “The Failure of the Kirtland Safety Society,” BYU Studies, 12 (Summer 1972), 437-454.

Patterson, Gerard. “To Meet a Rebellion—The Mormon Confrontation,” American History Illustrated, 7 (December 1972), 10-23. 

Payne, Jaynann Morgan. “Eliza R. Snow, First Lady of the Pioneers,” Ensign, 3 (September 1973), 62-67. 

———. “Lucky Mack Smith: Woman of Great Faith,” Ensign, 2 (November 1972), 68-74. Mother of Joseph Smith, Jr. 

Petersen, Lauritz G. “The Kirtland Temple,” BYU Studies, 12 (Summer 1972), 400-409.

Petersen, Mark E. “Why Mormons Build Temples,” Ensign, 2 (January 1972), 42-55.

Peterson, Charles S., ed. “‘Book A—Levi Mathers Savage’: the Look of Utah in 1873,” UHQ, 41 (Winter 1973), 4-22. 

Porter, Larry C. “Solomon Chamberlain—Early Missionary,” BYU Studies, 12 (Spring 1972), 314-318. 

Poulsen, Ezra J. “Pioneer Portraits: William Budge,” Idaho Yesterdays, 15 (Winter 1972), 20-26. Mormon missionary and colonizer. 

Poulsen, Richard C. “Polynesians in the Desert: A Look at the Graves of Iosepa,” AFT Word (Publication of Arizona Friends of Folklore), 3 (Spring 1973), 2-14. 

Powley, Harrison. “Mormon Festival of Arts 1971/’ Notes L.D.S. Composers, 2 (n.d.), 6-7.

Quinn, D. Michael. The Brief Career of Young Universitiy at Salt Lake City,” UHQ, 41 (Winter 1973)/ 69-89.

Raiser, Carolyn. “All Animals Are Equal: But Some Animals Are More Equal Than Others/’ Courage, 2 (Spring 1972), 413-420. Appeal for equality for women in the Reorganized Church. 

Raitz, Karl B. “Theology on the Landscape: A Comparison of Mormon and Amish-Mennonite Land Use/’ UHQ, 41 (Winter 1973), 23-34. 

“Relations Committee Report,” Zion’s Advocate, 49 (March 1972), 47. Church of Christ (Temple Lot) and Reorganized Church discussions. 

Rice, Loretta R. Child. “Thomas Sasson Smith and Fort Lemhi,” Upper Snake River Valley Historical Society Quarterly, 1 (Spring 1972). Mormon mission to the Salmon River area in the 1850s. 

Robertson, LeRoy. “Music Compositions Suitable for the L.D.S. Worship Service,” Notes L.D.S. Composers, 2 (n.d.), 8-9. 

Russell, William D. “Needed: A New Method of Succession,” Courage, 2 (September 1971), 326-327. 

Sampson, D. Paul, and Larry T. Wimmer. “The Kirtland Safety Society: The Stock Ledger Book and the Bank Failure,” BYU Studies, 12 (Summer 1972), 427-454.

Shute, Evan V. “The Reflections of an Old Devotee,” Courage, 2 (Spring 1972), 431-438.

“Sister Elizabeth Davidson Marks Her 100th Birthday,” Gospel News, 28 (February 1972), 1. Born a Cadman, a key family in Church of Jesus Christ, Monogahela, Pa.

Skurzynski, G. “Chicanos in Mormon Land,” America, 126 (March 18,1972), 290-293. Chicanos in Salt Lake City. 

Smiley, Winn Whiting. “Ammon M. Tenney: Mormon Missionary to the Indians,” Journal of Arizona History, 13 (Summer 1972). 

Spencer, Geoffrey F. “A Reinterpretation of Inspiration, Revelation and L.D.S. Scriptures,” University Bulletin, 20 (Winter 1968), 41-51,103. 

Sperry, Sidney B. “Ancient Temples and Their Functions,” Ensign, 2 (January 1972), 67-72.

———. “The Book of Mormon’s Message on Brotherhood,” Ensign, 3 (March 1973), 57-59- 

Thompson, George A. “Utah’s Dream Mine,” Desert, 35 (September 1972), 12-14. Dream mine of John H. Koyle. 

Trennert, Robert A., Jr. “The Mormons and the Office of Indian Affairs: The Conflict Over Winter Quarters, 1846-1848,” Nebraska History, 53 (Fall 1972). 

Turner, Rodney. “Prophecies and Promises of the Doctrine and Covenants,” Ensign, 2 (December 1972), 18-22. 

Ulibarri, Richard O. “Utah’s Ethnic Minorities: A Survey,” UHQ, 40 (Summer 1972), 210-232. “Use of Kirtland Temple,” Saints’ Herald, 120 (February 1973), 4. Policy statement by the present owners. 

Wadsworth, Nelson. “A Village Photographer’s Dream,” Ensign, 3 (September 1973), 40-55. George Edward Anderson (1860-1928). A “Mormon bishop with a camera.”

———. “Zion’s Cameramen: Early Photographers of Utah and the Mormons,” UHQ, 40 (Winter 1972, 24-54. 

Walters, Wesley P. “Joseph Smith Among the Egyptians,” Journal of the Evangelical Theo logical Society, 16 (Winter 1973), 25-45. 

Wattenberg, Ben J. “Overpopulation as a Crisis Issue,” Ensign, 3 (February 1973), 48-54.

Weldon, Roy E. “Masonry and Ethan Smith’s ‘A View of the Hebrews/ ” Saints’ Herald, 119 (September 1972), 26-28. 

“The Whispered Faith,” Time, (October 11, 1971), 25. Modern-day polygamy in Utah.

“William Forrest Anderson, Sr. [1870-1971],” Zion’s Advocate, 49 (February 1972) 30-31. Obituary of Church of Christ (Temple Lot) apostle. 

Williams, Frederick G. “Frederick Granger Williams [1787-1842] of the First Presidency of the Church,” BYU Studies, 12 (Spring 1972), 243-261. 

Yarn, David H., Jr. “The Messianic Expectation,” Ensign, 2 (April 1972), 14-22.

Youngreen, Buddy. “The Death Date of Lucky Mack Smith: 8 July 1775-14 May 1856,” BYU Studies, 12 (Spring 1972), 318. 

Zuck, R. B. “Letter to a Mormon Elder,” Moody Monthly, 72 (November 1971), 24-25 ff. 

Potpourri

Among the manuscripts recently acquired at the Marriott Library, University of Utah, are the following, as reported by Sharon Pugsley, Manuscripts Librarian in Western Americana at the Marriott Library.

Joseph E. Johnson 

Pioneer, journalist, and printer, Joseph E. Johnson was postmaster at Council Bluffs, Iowa, for five years and established the Council Bluffs Bugle in 1852. He opened the first store on the site of Omaha and in 1854 published the Omaha Arrow, the first paper published on Nebraska soil. Besides various other publications in Nebraska and Council Bluffs, he published Our Dixie Times, afterward Rio Virgen Times, in St. George, Utah, and the monthly Utah Pomologist and Gardener for several years. This collection, donated by Mrs. J. H. Hutchinson, includes Johnson’s diaries and journal for 1850,1852,1860,1870,1873, and 1876 and a brief autobiography of his photographer son, Charles Ellis Johnson. 

Joseph Corodon Kingsbury 

An early convert to Mormonism, Joseph C. Kingsbury was intimately acquainted with Joseph Smith and other Church leaders. He kept two journals, one covering the years from his birth in 1812 to his home in the Great Salt Lake Valley in 1864, and the other giving a day by day account of his trip to the West with the George B. Wallace Company in 1847. Also included with these papers, donated by Ronald and Ilene H. Kingsbury, are genealogical sheets on Kingsbury and his three wives and photographs of him and Eliza Partridge Warren Kings bury. 

A. C. Lambert 

Dr. Lambert is a former professor and dean of the Graduate School at Brigham Young University, former dean of the College, Los Angeles State College, and has been very active in state and local educational planning. In addition to the many papers he has already given the University, he recently donated the following (all produced by himself unless otherwise noted): 

Bibliography of Some of the Productive Work of A. C. Lambert 1924-1970, third version, October 1970 (unpublished manuscript). 

Saint Germain: One and one-half linear feet of notebooks on “Saint Germain,” the central figure in a cult composed of various groups across the United States. “The followers and literal worshippers of the fake ‘Saint Germain’ make great use of the concepts of reincarnation, Karma, astrology, clairvoyance, ‘dictations/ or revelations from ‘Ascended Masters/ from the ‘Hierarchy’ of this planet, of all other planets, and of all mankind, collectively and individually. There are some similarities, and some sharp differences, between all this ‘theosophy/ ‘Saint Germainism/ and Mormonism.” 

A Study that Gives Some Special Attention to Martin Harris, 1973, 449 pp. (unpublished manuscript). 

The Most Probable Sources of the Book of Mormon “Characters,” revised and expanded, August 1972, 2 vols. (unpublished manuscript). 

Trail of the Serpent, by Inquire Within, The Christian Book Club of America, Hawthorne, California, reprinted 1969, 325 pp. (handwritten annotations by A. C. Lambert). 

Junius S. Romney 

Junius S. Romney was President of the Juarez Stake, Mexico, from 1908 to 1912 and directed the evacuation of Mormons from their Mexican colonies in 1912. This collection consists of a speech he gave July 13, 1966, about the evacuation experience and a six volume autobiography (1903-1970) of his son, also Junius S. Romney, a prominent Salt Lake City attorney. 

John Taylor Family 

Recent additions to the papers held on the John Taylor family include letters written 1953-1972 by Raymond W. Taylor to Samuel W. Taylor and others, with some carbons of answers from Samuel. The bulk of these letters concerns uranium land deals, their book Uranium Fever, the reinstatement of John W. Taylor’s “former priesthood and blessings,” and work on their forthcoming biography on John Taylor, Third President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. There are also typescripts of letters and other papers of John Taylor writ ten 1838-1887 and a preliminary manuscript biography of John Taylor by Raymond Taylor. The material on John Taylor is restricted until after publication of the biography. 

Also donated were a manuscript supplement to Samuel Taylor’s Family King dom and manuscripts, notes, reviews, etc., of Uranium Fever and Samuel Taylor’s Nightfall at Nauvoo. 

Women’s State Legislative Council 

Materials donated from this organization include minutes (1926-65), scrap books (1948-69), News Bulletins, and various other materials concerning the Council’s election information services and its activities regarding such issues as the problems of drug abuse and the status of women.