Jeffery Ogden Johnson

JEFFERY OGDEN JOHNSON is manager of the Reference Bureau for the Utah State Archives. This paper was delivered at the annual meeting of the Mormon History Association, May 1986, in Salt Lake City, Utah.

On the Edge: Mormonism’s Single Men

Articles/Essays – Volume 16, No. 3

The Doctrine and Covenants contains extremely specific instructions concerning marriage for men:

In the celestial glory there are three heavens or degrees;

Determining and Defining “Wife”: The Brigham Young Households

Articles/Essays – Volume 20, No. 3

Utah satirist Al Church, among other suggestions on how to survive as a gentile in Utah, offered this tip: “Ask guides at the Beehive House how many wives Brigham Young had. (Of my last four…

Forgeries, Bombs, and Salamanders | Linda Sillitoe and Allen D. Roberts, Salamander: The Story of the Mormon Forgery Murders

Articles/Essays – Volume 21, No. 4

Every once in a while you will see an image that stays with you for years. On 16 October 1985 I saw an image that will be with me a lifetime: a burned out sports…