Edward Leo Lyman

EDWARD LEO LYMAN has published several articles in Dialogue, has published extensively in professional history journals, and is the author of five books relating to western American history. Recently he published a related piece on Georg Q. Cannon's financial leadership of the church in the Journal of Mormon History.

The Alienation of an Apostle from His Quorum: The Moses Thatcher Case

Articles/Essays – Volume 18, No. 2

In 1896 Moses Thatcher, a highly capable member of the second I highest ruling body of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was relieved of his office of apostle. Since this action came…

The Political Background of the Woodruff Manifesto

Articles/Essays – Volume 24, No. 3

Dialogue 24.3 (Fall 1991): 21–39
Lyman discusses the political pressures from the United Government which led to the church issuing the First Manifesto.

When The Mormon Church Invested in Southern Nevada Gold Mines

Articles/Essays – Volume 35, No. 2

During the worst economic depression in the history of the United States up to 1929, that of the 1890’s, the highest leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, along with several other church members, purchased a cluster of promising mines and claims in Nye County, Nevada. Desperate for funds after a decade-long judicial onslaught by the federal government, which included confiscation and misuse of church property, the church saw this gold mining enterprise as a good way to recoup church financial security.