Jessie L. Embry

Grain Storage: The Balance of Power Between Priesthood Authority and Relief Society Autonomy

The developmental history of the Church shows most conspicuously, perhaps, not in purposes and theology but in details. A twentieth-century visitor to the nineteenth-century might be most struck not by the pioneer conditions as by…

Exiles for the Principle: LDS Polygamy in Canada

Dialogue 18.3 (Fall 1985): 108–116
Embry describes the role that polygamy played in the forming of Cardston Canada, both Pre-Manifesto and Post Manifesto.

Mothers and Daughters in Polygamy

Dialogue 18.3 (Fall 1985): 99–107
An analysis of what the individual wives’ roles are in the 19th century among plural marriages. Embry and Bradley make the argument that the daughters in a polygamous relationship pay attention to how their own mom is doing, which determines whether or not when they are older they enter into a polygamous relationship.

Burden or Pleasure? A Profile of LDS Polygamous Husbands

Dialogue 20.4 (Winter 1987): 158–166
Despite what researchers have said over the years regarding for why men married plural wives, Embry argues that a significant portion of husbands married plural wives because of their religious beliefs.

Separate but Equal?: Black Brothers, Genesis Groups, or Integrated Wards?

Dialogue 23.1 (Spring 1990): 11–36
A history of Black LDS social groups and organizations. The Genesis Group gave African Americans a better chance to connect with fellow African Americans through frequent socials. The first group was founded in Salt Lake City. Even being based in Utah, they couldn’t depend on a lot of outside support from other members or Church leaders, which became isolating for them.

Speaking for Themselves: LDS Ethnic Groups Oral History Project

Dialogue 25.4 (Winter 1992): 99–110
An oral history project on ethnic wards and branches.

Ethnic Groups and the LDS Church

Dialogue 25.4 (Winter 1992): 81–96
A history of ethnic wards and branches as the church struggled with integration vs. segregation of immigrant communities.

Unanswered Questions: The Millenarian World of Early Mormonism By Grant Underwood

Without Purse or Scrip

Fundamentalist Polygamists: Polygamous Families in Contemporary Society by Irwin Altman and Joseph Ginat

A Part of History Overlooked: Missing Stories: An Oral History of Ethnic and Minority Groups in Utah

Folk Ideas of Mormon Pioneers

Mahonri Young: His Life and Art by Thomas E. Toone