Ronald W. Walker

The Liberal Institute: A Case Study in National Assimilation

In a time of the Chautauqua and the public meeting hall, when cultural values were established and reinforced by pulpit and lectern, there stood in the very heart of Brigham Young’s Zion the Liberal Institute,…

A Minor Landmark | Richard H. Jackson, eds., The Mormon Role in the Settlement of the West

Ask any Mormon culture buff about Dialogue, Sunstone, BYU Studies or perhaps the Utah Historical Quarterly and you will get an informed response. But the Charles Redd Monographs in Western History? The odds are better…

Rachel R. Grant: The Continuing Legacy of the Feminine Ideal

We can imagine ourselves visiting Aunt Rachel Grant, long-time president of the Thirteenth Ward Relief Society and one of the Mormon Church’s “leading ladies,” at her home on Salt Lake City’s Second East Street. In…

Martin Harris: Mormonism’s Early Convert

It began in the autumn of 1874 with a knock that interrupted Pilkingtons’ evening devotions. The stranger at the door explained that he wished to hire a boy to do chores and promised room, board,…

Kimball’s Diaries | Stanley B. Kimball, ed., On the Potter’s Wheel: The Diaries of Heber C. Kimball

A clergyman visiting Salt Lake City was invited to the Tabernacle where Heber C. Kimball addressed the congregation. The minister was so disturbed by Kimball’s impish and impious ways that had his own family been…

Unwrapping an Obstinate Enigma: The Essential Brigham Young

“A Banner Is Unfurled”: Mormonism’s Ensign Peak