[…] a past president of the Mormon History Association. At the convention of that organization held in Independence, Missouri, in 1974, he stood on the bank of the Missouri River, light rain falling, wind blowing […]
[…] Those who associate Corinne only with a peaceful farming village located a few miles west of Brigham City in northern Utah should read this enlightening book about its earlier years. Local history has achieved […]
[…] George Q. Cannon three years after the death of Brigham Young in an address in Salt Lake City on July 25, 1880. After remarking that it is a very serious thing to trifle with […]
[…] Widtsoe, Priesthood and Church Government in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints (Salt Lake City: Deseret, 1939; reprint, 1966), pp. 83-85, 87-89. Most of these paragraphs are Widtsoe’s own or those […]
[…] kindly old man who brought her bags of balloons and called her “Sis.” “We met in Park City.” The grandmother’s voice slipped into a distant intimacy. “I was teaching then. Taught those children everything—their […]
[…] of Utah, was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, by his alma mater in Salt Lake City. He had earlier earned a doctoral degree in social philosophy from the University of Strasbourg in […]
[…] years of this I finally accepted his offer to have me join his organization in New York City. When I told President Brimhall of my intentions, he thought I was being disloyal to the […]
[…] put it, a Zionic community. They continue to pursue plans to build a temple in Jackson County, Missouri. Several hundred Samoans of Utah Mormon persuasion began in 1969 to migrate to Independence, Missouri, acting, […]
[…] “bad” state to be in undoubtedly has consequences for marriage, childraising, and larger issues of identity that de serve fuller exploration. The double messages which coexist in talks, lessons, and general attitudes are: 1. […]
[…] the northeast had been qualified by southern folklore moving westward to these outposts over three or four de cades. By this time, French folklore had also reached these pivotal states by slow penetration across […]