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A little more laughter, a few more tears,
And we shall have told our increasing years; 
The book is closed and the prayers are said, 
And we are part of the countless dead. 
Thrice happy if then some soul can say, 
“I live because he has passed my way.” 
—Rollin John Wells, “Growing Old,” Stanza 5. 

The materials reviewed in this bibliography are books—new and reprint—published since the last book list appeared in the Autumn/Winter 1973 issue of Dialogue. This is a selected listing excluding some of the publications well advertised in Church publications or available through ward “bookstores.” The selection is made solely upon the editor’s discretion and subject to his foibles. 

One item not included but meriting consideration is an as yet unpublished manuscript by Robert Kane, Wayne Spencer and Barry Rigby titled “Birth Control Attitudes and Practices in Mormonville.” Apparently copies may be acquired from Dr. Robert L. Kane, Dept. of Community and Family Medicine, University of Utah, College of Medicine, 50 North Medical Drive, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112. 

Selected Works of Mormon Interest

American West Center. Working Papers Toward a History of the Spanish-Speaking People of Utah. Salt Lake City, Utah: Mexican-American Documentation Project, University of Utah, 1973. $3.00.

Andrus, Hyrum L. They Knew the Prophet. Salt Lake City, Utah: Bookcraft, 1974. $4.50.

———. What is Zion? Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Press, 1973. Joseph Smith Lecture Series, 1972-73.

Arrington, Leonard J. Charles C. Rich, Mormon General and Western Frontiersman. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Press, 1974. $7.50.

———. and Thomas G. Alexander. A Dependent Commonwealth: Utah’s Economy from Statehood to the Great Depression, edited by Dean May. Provo, Utah: Charles Redd Center for Western Studies, Brigham Young University, 1974.

Bensen, Ezra Taft. God, Family, Country; Our Three Great Loyalties. Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book Company, 1974.

Bitton, Davis. Wit and Whimsy in Mormon History. Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book Company, 1974. $1.95.

Brough, R. Clayton and Phillip T. Brammer. A Study of Some Economic, Residential, and Perceptual Characteristics of Brigham Young University Professors. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, Department of Geography, 1974.

Burton, Alma P. Revelation: God’s Communication With Man. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Press, 1974.

Cairncross, John. After Polygamy Was Made a Sin: The Social History of Christian Polygamy. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1974.£4.25. 

Clayton, William. William Clayton’s Journal; A Daily Record of the Journey of the Original Company of “Mormon” Pioneers from Nauvoo, Illinois, to the Valley of the Great Salt Lake. Dallas, Texas: S. K. Taylor Publishing Company, 1974. Reprint of the Salt Lake City, Deseret News, 1921 edition. Publisher’s address: 6639 Country Club Circle, Dallas, Texas 75214.

Culmsee, Carlton: Utah’s Black Hawk War; Lore and Reminiscences of Participants. Logan, Utah: Utah State University Press (Western Text Society), 1973. $5.00.

Day, E. M. and Moses Nebo Noah [pseud.]. Where Clouds and Mountains Meet. N.p., 1973. $1.00 Mormon poetry.

Dixon, Madoline C. Peteetneet Town; A History of Payson, Utah. Payson, Utah: Payson Chronicle, 1974. $15.68. 

Draughton, Wallace R. History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in North Carolina. Durham, N.C.: James L. Bennett, $10.00. Available from Bishop James L. Bennett, 2804 Coventry Road, Durham, N.C. 27707.

Eliason, Joyce. Fresh Meat/Warm Weather. New York: Harper & Row, 1974. $6.95. A novel about a girl whose background is Utah’s Mormonism.

Ericksen, Ephraim E. The Psychological and Ethical Aspects of Mormon Croup Life. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1974.

Gelfand, D. E. and R. D. Leen, editors. Ethnic Conflicts and Power: A Cross-National Perspective. New York: John Wiley, 1973. Examines the position of Blacks, Haitians, Mormons and Chinese in the U.S.

Grover, Dorys C. A Solitary Voice: Vardis Fisher. New York: Revisionist Press, 1973

———. Vardis Fisher: The Novelist as Poet New York: Revisionist Press, 1973.

Harris, John Sterling and L. Douglas Hill. Barbed Wire. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Press, 1974. $5.95.

Heston, Tim and Lynn England. The Patterns of Conflict in a Utah County. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Institute of Genealogical Studies, 1972.

Huffaker, Clair. One Time, I Saw Morning Come Home. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1974. $8.95. Talks about his childhood in the 30’s in Utah.

Hunter, John Francis. The Cay Insider, U.S.A. New York: Stonehill Publishing Company, 1972. $3.95. Chapters on homosexuals among the Mormons in Utah and Idaho.

Jesse, Dean. Letters of Brigham Young to His Sons. Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book Company, 19′ .. $9.95.

Jones, James Albert, comp. A Story of the Settling of Huntington, Utah; Featuring Historical Facts, Part of Biographies, Maps. East Carbon City, Utah: James A. Jones, 1974. $6.50. Second Printing. Contains some histories of people who once resided in Provo, American Fork, Springville, Spanish Fork and Payson.

Kane, Elizabeth Dennistoun Wood. Twelve Mormon Homes Visited in Succession on a Journey Through Utah to Arizona. Dallas, Texas: S.K. Taylor Publishing Company, 1973. Photo reprint of 1874 edition.

Kirban, Salem. Mormonism; Doctrines of Devils No. 2, Exposing the Cults of Our Day. Chicago: Moody Press, 1973. Moody is a religious publishing house. 

Landau, Elliott D. Today’s Family. Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book Company, 1975. $3.95.

Langley, Harold D. To Utah with the Dragoons; and Glimpses of Life in Arizona and California, 1858- 1859. Salt Lake City, Utah: University of Utah Press, 1973.

Levy, Robert I. Tahitians; Mind and Experience in the Society Islands. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1973. $12.50. Contains numerous references to Mormon missionaries and Tahitian members.

McMurrin, Sterling M. The Philosophical Foundations of Mormon Theology. Salt Lake City, Utah: University of Utah Press, 1974. Enlarged and revised second edition.

McNiff, William John. Heaven on Earth; A Planned Mormon Society. New York: AMS Press, 1974. $14.00. Reprint of 1940 edition.

Mauss, Armand Lind. Mormonism and Minorities. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1974.

Miller, Marilyn McMeen and John Clifton Moffitt. Provo: A Story of People in Motion. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Press, 1974.

Mitchell, Sydney and Evan T. Peterson. A Longitudinal Study of Factors Associated with Divorce Among Mormons. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Institute of Genealogical Studies, 1972.

Noall, Clair. Guardians of the Earth: Utah’s Pioneer Midwives and Women Doctors. Bountiful, Utah: Horizon Publishers, 1974. $4.95.

———. Surely the Night. Salt Lake City, Utah: University of Utah Press, 1973. $6.00. Novel of a Mormon family.

Peterson, Charles S. Look to the Mountains; The La Sal National Forest and Southeastern Utah. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Press, 1975.

Pitcher, Brian L. Residency Differentials in Mormon Fertility. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Institute of Genealogical Studies, 1972.

Reid, Agnes Just. Letters of Long Ago. Salt Lake City, Utah: Tanner Trust Fund, University of Utah Library, 1973. $9.50. Distributed by University of Utah Press.

Reimann, Paul Emil. Plural Marriage Limited. Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah Printing Company, 1974.

Rice, Eva A. and Loretta C. Footprints of Ira Rice. Logan, Utah: Utah State University, 1973. Rice was a settler in Cache Valley and, later, Utah’s Dixie.

Smoot, Mary Ellen and Marilyn Sheriff. The City In-between: History and Reflections of Centerville, Utah. Centerville, Utah: Mary Ellen Smoot and Marilyn Sheriff, 1974. Prepublication price $15.68. Available from “The City In-Between” c/o Mary Ellen Smoot, 1735 North Main, Centerville, Utah 84014, or Marilyn Sheriff, 1772 North Main, Centerville, Utah 84014.

Stearn, Jess. The Search for a Soul: Taylor Caldwell’s Psychic Lives. Garden City, New York: Double- day, 1973. $7.95. Janet Taylor Caldwell, in former lives, knew about Moroni and the gold plates, as well as early Mormonism.

Tanner, Annie Atkin. My Shining Valley. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Press, 1973. Wife of Vasco Tanner of Brigham Young University faculty.

Tanner, Annie Clarke. A Mormon Mother, An Autobiography. Salt Lake City, Utah; Tanner Trust Fund, University of Utah Library, 1973. $10.00. Distributed by University of Utah Press.

Utah Foundation. State and Local Government in Utah. Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah Foundation, 1973. $4.00.

Vernon, Glenn M., ed. Measuring Mormonism. $1.50 per volume. Available from Association for the Study of Religion, Inc., 3646 East 3580 South, Salt Lake City, Utah 84109. To be published annually.

———. Research on Mormonism. Salt Lake City, Utah: Glenn M. Vernon, 1974. $8.00. Order from Dr. Glenn M. Vernon, Dept. of Sociology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112.

Walters, Jean Ann. A Study of Executions in Utah. Orem, Utah: Psychological Research Associates, 1973. Order from the author, c/o Psychological Research Associates, 1031 South 150 West, Orem, Utah 84057.

Wilcox, Pearl G. The Saints of the Reorganization in Missouri. Independence, Mo.: Independence Press, 1974.

Wyatt, Clair L. Some That Trouble You: Sub-cultures in Mormonism. Salt Lake City, Utah: Bookcraft, 1974. $2.95.

Zaretsky, Irving I. and Mark P. Leone (eds). Religious Movements in Contemporary America. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1974. $25.00. Discusses Mormon Church. 

Potpourri

Among the manuscripts recently acquired at the Lee Library, Brigham Young University, are the following, as reported by Dennis Rowley, Curator, Manuscripts Division at the Lee Library. 

BRIMHALL, GEORGE H. (1852-1932). Day Book, 1879-1883. 1 volume. Day Book of President of Brigham Young University, 1903-1921, containing ac counts of tuition paid by Brimhall’s students while he was a teacher in Spanish Fork, Utah. 

EDMONDS, CLYDE (1890-1974). Papers, 1911-1955. 2.5 ft. 

Papers of prominent Utah poultry expert and member of the first Welfare Committee of the LDS Church. Includes correspondence, diaries, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and office files. 

GIBSON, WALTER MURRAY (1817-1888). Diaries, 1886-1887. 2 volumes. Two holograph diaries of the prime minister of Hawaii, 1882-1887, and noted Mormon apostate. Edited and published in 1973. 

HART, CHARLES HENRY (1866-1934). Papers, 1851-1931. 5 in. Papers of a Utah lawmaker and president of First Council of the Seventy of the LDS Church, 1906-1934, including correspondence, newspaper clippings, and 25 diaries relating to Church emigration stations in New York, written in Pitman shorthand. 

HESS, MARGARET STEED (1884- ) , collector. Pioneer histories, 1811-1844. 5 in. 

Reminiscences of 99 early pioneers and residents of Davis County, Utah, and their descendants, including genealogies of most. Cataloged.

KNIGHT, JESSE (1845-1921) AND AMANDA (1851-1932). Papers, 1856-1944. 2.5 in. 

Additions to the papers of the founder of Raymond, Canada, and President of Knight Investment Co. industries, and his wife. Includes correspondence, literary manuscripts, certificates, biographies, and memorabilia. 

NAUVOO, ILLINOIS. Papers, 1835-1859. 2.5 in. 

Legal documents and correspondence originating in or pertaining to this Latter-day Saint community, including documents signed by Joseph Smith, Isaac Galland, and other prominent figures of LDS Church history. 

OLSEN, ALBINADI (1865-1931). Diaries, 1895-1897. 3 volumes. LDS Samoan missionary diaries of the great-grandfather of Dallin Oaks, President of Brigham Young University, including a photograph and a letter. Originals and typescripts. 

OVERLAND DIARIES, 1849-1879. 16 volumes. 

Sixteen diaries in holograph or duplicate form, describing journeys to the Pacific Coast by early pioneers. Some include biographies, genealogies, photographs, and inventories of supplies. 

PARK, HAMILTON GRAY (1826-1912). Papers, 1865-1908. 1.25 ft

Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, pamphlets, and memorabilia of Brigham Young’s business manager, and president of the LDS Scotch Mission. 

SALT LAKE STOCK EXCHANGE. Records, 1952-1973. 14 ft.

Reports, financial records and correspondence pertaining to various western corporations. 

SAVAGE, CHARLES ROSCOE (1832-1909). Diaries and Photographs, 1855- 1909. 10 in. 

52 diaries and one document case of portraits, landscapes and scenes from the col lection of an early Salt Lake City, Utah, photographer. 

SMITH, JESSE N. (1834-1906). Papers, 1834-1906, 1918, 1970. 5 in. Papers of early Utah and Arizona pioneer, colonizer, lawmaker, and Scandinavian Mission president of the LDS. Church, including autobiography-journal, correspondence, genealogies, and certificates. Cataloged. 

SMITH, SAMUEL HARRISON (1808-1844). Diary, 1831-1833. SMITH, SAMUEL HARRISON BAILEY (1838-1914). Diary, 1838-1863). 1 roll. 35 mm.

Microfilm of diaries kept by brother of Joseph Smith, one of the 8 Witnesses to the Book of Mormon, and his son, an early Utah pioneer. 

TALMAGE, JAMES E. (1862-1933). Journals, 1879-1933. 30 volumes; 3 rolls, 35 mm. 

Originals and microfilm copies of the journals of Utah educator, scientist, author, and apostle of the LDS Church. 

TAYLOR, JOHN (1808-1887). Diary, 1882-1884. 1 item. 

Photocopy of diary containing revelations purported to have been given by the third President of the LDS Church, in the handwriting of his daughter Anne Taylor Hyde.

WATKINS, ARTHUR V. (1886-1973). Papers, 1948-1969. 12 ft.

Additions to the papers of weekly newspaper publisher and U.S. Senator from Utah, including correspondence, legislative files, and records of the McCarthy cen sure hearings of 1954. 

WHITNEY, ORSON F. (1855-1931). Papers, 1874-1931. 1.5 ft.

Papers of Utah author, educator, orator, historian, and apostle of the LDS Church, including correspondence, literary manuscripts, clippings, reprints, family and genealogical information. Cataloged. 

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

Anne Marie Fox Felt (1900-1974), 2.5 ft. 

Mrs. Felt taught in the Salt Lake and Granite school districts, founded the Kiwanis Felt Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs, and was a member of the LDS Sunday School General Board. While completing her Master’s degree in education (received 1972), she wrote a “History of Kindergartens in Utah during the Pioneering Period, 1874- 1898.” This history is included in her papers along with other historical materials on this subject, such as the original minute book of the Utah State Kindergarten (1895-1896), biographies of early pioneers in Utah’s kindergarten movement, newsclippings, and research notes. Also included are records of the Utah State As sociation for Childhood Education, records of the Kiwanis-Felt Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs, and some personal items. 

Ammon Hennacy (1893-1970), 2.5 ft. 

Ammon Hennacy described himself as a “Christian-anarchist-pacifist” and “one man revolution.” After retiring as associate editor of The Catholic Worker in 1961, he moved to Salt Lake City, where he founded the Joe Hill House of Hospitality for transients and continued his war protests and refusal to pay income tax and social security. His papers include six scrapbooks, correspondence, autobiographical and biographical sketches, publications, and miscellaneous materials. 

Edward Hunter (1793-1883), 1 ft. 

Papers recently added to the collection of Edward Hunter, third Presiding Bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, contain correspondence, documents relating to the Perpetual Emigration Fund, deeds, surveys, and account books. 

Lowry Nelson (1893- ) , 3 ft. 

Among rural sociologist Lowry Nelson’s varied contributions have been those of professor and administrator at Brigham Young University (1921-1934), administrator with the Federal Emergency Relief Administration in rural rehabilitation (1934-1936), U.S. member, Permanent Agricultural Committee of the International Labor Organization (1936-1951), and professor at the University of Minnesota (1937-1958). His papers received include diaries (1935-1962, mostly of travel and research in foreign countries); correspondence (1911-1974, mostly concerning Brigham Young University, University of Utah, and Mormonism and the Negro); research, publications, autobiography, and personal items.