Vol. 49 No. 3
Summer 2014
MHA’s First Venture to Texas:
A Significant Conference in San Antonio, 2014
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MHA’s annual conference held this year in San Antonio,
Texas, our 49th gathering since first meeting in San Francisco,
In This Issue:
California, in 1965, was certainly one of the most enjoyable
to date for those who attended. With a conference setting at
49th Annual Conference in San Antonio p. 1, 3
the Wyndham San Antonio Riverwalk, located on the upper
reaches of the famed River Walk, 400 Mormon history enMHA President’s Message
p. 2
thusiasts shared a weekend of reconnecting with old friends
and engaging new acquaintances amid one of MHA’s most
2014 MHA Award Winners
p. 4-5
ambitious programs to date. The Honorable Henry Cisneros,
News of MHA
p. 6-8
former San Antonio mayor and Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development in the President Bill Clinton adminis2015 Call for Papers, additional p. 7
tration, welcomed MHA visitors to San Antonio in one of
information
the more memorable
greetings we have
Book Notices and Selected Articles
p. 9-11
ever had. Personalizing his message, he
In Memory
p. 12
noted his own experience in observing the
positive influence of
the Mormons in the
San Antonio area. A
generous MHA donor
(While we can’t say if it was calculated, the San AntoHenry Cisneros receiving gift from MHA provided Mr. Cisneros
nio Spurs’ opening game of the NBA finals held the
President
with a maternal pediRichard E. Bennett and Jim Bratt
same evening as our Opening Welcome seemed to
gree chart after his
help electrify the local
presentation, which
mood.
Some
was gratefully accepted. After an entertaining interlude by
MHA conferone of San Antonio’s prominent Tejano bands, La Calma, the
ence attendees
Thursday evening welcome was capped by Professor Michael
even opted for
Van Wagenen’s overview of Mormonism in Texas.
the finals over
Conference visitors immediately felt the hospitable influour Opening
ence and lengthy preparation of the Local Arrangements
Reception.
Committee, chaired by Mike Paulos and assisted by Doug
They paid for
Brackenridge, Ken Driggs, Mel Johnson, Gary Payne, Jodi
their poor
Pre-conference tour
Peterson, Liza Olsen, Randal Wright, and Brett Dowdle. With
choice by witnessto the Alamo
numerous opportunities for exploration of the historic city,
ing the game in a
America’s seventh largest, those looking for a cultural as well
sweltering arena
as an intellectual experience were richly rewarded.
without air-conditioning!)
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Summer 2014
President’s Message
President
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
President-Elect
Laurie Maffly-Kipp
Past President
Richard E. Bennett
Board Members
Bryon C. Andreasen
Barbara Jones Brown
Kenneth L. Cannon II
J. B. Haws
Amanda Hendrix-Komoto
Patrick Q. Mason
Jonathan Stapley
Executive Director
Ronald O. Barney
Executive Director/
Business Manager
Marilyn S. Barney
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I am looking forward to an exciting year ahead as MHA
celebrates its fiftieth anniversary and lays plans for an even
more dynamic and inclusive future. I have fond memories
of attending my first MHA meeting at Canandaigua, New
York in 1980. I remember hearing powerful presentations
by several of our founding members, some no longer with
us. I also remember making friends there among the much
larger group who follow Mormon history out of personal
interest rather than professional commitment. As president,
I am committed to maintaining the wonderful mix of lay and
academic scholarship, religious and cultural affiliation, professional and personal
engagement that make MHA meetings so memorable.
I am also committed to helping MHA move forward in new ways. I support the
determination of the Board to increase participation by women, expand engagement beyond conventional Mormon culture areas, and create new ways of presenting and disseminating the best work in our field. In this issue of the Newsletter you
will find suggestions from the 2015 Program Committee for preparing proposals
for our meeting in Provo next June. The conference theme, Mormon Cultures, Cultural Mormons, cries out for innovation in format as well as content. Surprise us
with your good ideas! The Local Arrangements Committee will surprise you with
unusual offerings. In homage to the past, they also hope to revive the tradition of
gathering singers for a Sunday devotional presentation.
I came away from the San Antonio meeting energized by the plenary speeches, the
panels, the tours and receptions, and the many conversations that I had in hallways
and along the Riverwalk. The theme of the conference was powerfully realized in
all its activities, from the food we ate to the plenary lectures. It is time for MHA to
internationalize our meetings and our scholarship. To do that we need your ideas,
your scholarship, and, yes, your financial support. We have already received generous offers from several donors. You will be hearing more about that soon.
Let’s innovate. Let’s globalize. Let’s think forward as we celebrate our past.
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
MHA President, 2014-2015
Join Us Next year
in Provo, Utah!
MHA’s 50th Anniversary
Conference
Watch for More
information to come
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Highlights were plenary presentations by Michael Van
Wagenen, Ignacio Garcia, Paula Kelly Harline, the
The pre- and post-conference tours arranged by the Presidential Address by out-going
committee were
MHA President
well attended
Dick Bennett, and
and from every
report interesting the final Tanner
Lecture by Jehu
and informaHanciles. We
tive. Highlights
thank the Local
included visits
Arrangements and
to eighteenthIgnacio Garcia at opening
century Catholic Program commitplenary session
Pre-conference tour at
tees for the herculean efmissions,
the
nearSpanish Missions
forts made on our behalf
by Lyman Wight
to ensure a first-class conference in a first-class city.
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colonies, and
the Lyndon B.
Johnson Texas
White House
and Library, all
augmented by
expert presenters.
Michael Van Wagenen and
Gary Payne at Zodiac
The Awards Program, continuing the long-standing
tradition of MHA to honor those whose have excelled in
research and writing Mormon history, also honored this
year the distinguished contributions of Ron Romig, who
received the Leonard J. Arrington Award, and Darius
Gray, who received a Special Citation for his enduring
influence upon Mormon culture and history. Winners
of awards are identified on pages 4 and 5.
The outstanding
The traditional MHA Devotional, held Sunday morning
program, crafted
just a short walk upriver from the Wyndham in a nineby the Program Committee composed of Brian
teenth-century chapel once part of an Ursuline Convent
Cannon, chair, and committee members Elise
and Academy that is now home to the Southwest School
Boxer, Ignacio Garcia, J. B. Haws, Mel Johnson,
of Art, was moving musically (by an a cappella octet led
Boyd Peterson, Jenny Reeder, and Jared Tamez,
emphasized features of Mormon history that often by Professor Ethan Wickman) and by the spoken word.
It was a wonderful conclusion to the conference prohave received short shrift through the years. Appropriate to the Hispanic-American region hosting gram.
the conference, topics of discussion included the
Latino experience among the Mormons, the inter- We extend our appreciation to all who attended the
conference, making this one of lasting impact upon the
nationalization of Mormonism with an emphasis
study of Mormon history. If you don’t show up—a real
on the global impact of Saints upon the several
sacrifice for many—this
branches of the Restogreat enterprise collapsration churches, and
es. So, please accept our
more recent Mormon
sincere thanks to you!
history. Over ten
dozen presentations
were delivered on a
broad range of
MHA Officers and Board, at San Antonio Conference (left to right):
timely topics.
Dave Marsh, Debbie Marsh, Jeff Johnson (historian/archivist), Bryon Andreasen, Ron
Barney, Marilyn Barney, J.B. Haws, Dick Bennett, Glen Leonard, Laurel Ulrich, Amanda
Hendrix-Komoto, Gary Bergera, Polly Aird, Barbara Brown
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2014 MHA Award Winners
Ronald E. Romig receives
Arrington Award from
Richard L. Bushman
Darius A. Gray
acknowledges receipt of MHA
Special Citation
2014 MHA Award Winners
Leonard J. Arrington Award, MHA’s highest honor
Ronald E. Romig
Special Citation
for Outstanding Contributions to Mormon History
Darius A. Gray
Best Book Award is funded by Curtis T. Atkisson in memory of Mary Ann Atkisson and to encourage scholarship in
Mormon history, and by Christian K. and Julianna Barlow
Barney
Best Documentary Editing/Bibliography Award is
funded by Christian K. and Julianna B. Barney in remembrance of the Barneys’ Mormon ancestors
Michael Hubbard MacKay, Gerrit J.
Dirkmaat, Grant Underwood, Robert
J. Woodford, William G. Hartley, Matthew
C. Godfrey, and Mark Ashurst-McGee, eds.,
The Joseph Smith Papers-Documents vol. 1:
July 1828-June 1831; and vol. 2: July 1831-January 1833 (Salt Lake City: The Church Historian’s Press, 2013)
J. B. Haws, The Mormon Image in the
American Mind: Fifty Years of Public
Perception (New York: Oxford University Press, 2013)
Best International Book Award is funded by
Geraldine and Clair Woodward, Christopher and April
Newton, and Nan Woodward Noble in honor of Geraldine McBride Woodward
Best First Book Award is funded by the Smith-Pettit Foundation in support of scholarly Mormon studies
Craig Livingston, From Above and Below:
The Mormon Embrace of Revolution: 1840-
1940 (Draper, Utah: Greg Kofford Books, 2013)
Elizabeth O. Anderson, Cowboy Apostle: The Diaries of Anthony W. Ivins, 1875-1932
(Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2013)
Best Biography Award is funded by the families of Ella
Turner and Ella Ruth Bergera in honor of Ella Larsen
Turner and Ella Ruth Turner Bergera
Todd M. Compton, A Frontier Life:
Jacob Hamblin, Explorer and Indian
Missionary (Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 2013)
Best Family and Community History Book Award is
funded by the Scott family in memory of Marjorie June
Winchester Scott to honor the Winchester family
Matthew Kester, Remembering Iosepa:
History, Place, and Religion in the American
West (New York: Oxford University Press, 2013)
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Best Article Award is funded by the Hartley
Family Foundation in honor of William G. Hartley
Ryan G. Tobler, “‘Saviors on Mount Zion’:
Mormon Sacramentalism, Mortality, and
the Baptism for the Dead,” Journal of
Mormon History 39, no. 4 (Fall 2013)
Awards of Excellence are funded by the Vera Jean and J.
Talmage Jones family in honor of their family’s Christian
values
Lisa Olsen Tait, “The 1890s Mormon Culture
of Letters and the Post-Manifesto Crisis: A
New Approach to Home Literature,” BYU
Studies 52, no. 1 (2013)
Best Dissertation Award is funded by Gerald Edward
Jones in honor and memory of his many students
Brent M. Rogers, “Managing Popular
Sovereignty: Federalism and Empire in Utah
Territory, 1847-1862” University of Nebraska, Lincoln (2013)
Matthew L. Harris, “Mormonism’s
Best Thesis Award is funded by Gregory A. Prince in
Problematic Racial Past and the Evolution
honor of Lester E. Bush
of the Divine-Curse Doctrine,” John
Whitmer Historical Association Journal 33, Blair Hodges, “Intellectual Disability in
no. 1 (Spring/Summer 2013)
Mormon Thought and History, 1830-1900”
Georgetown University (2013)
Max Perry Mueller, “Playing Jane:
Re-presenting Black Mormon Memory Undergraduate and Graduate Student Papers Awards are
through Reenacting the Black Mormon
Past,” Journal of Africana Religions 1, no. 4 funded by Lola Van Wagenen in honor of Juanita Brooks
(2013)
Best Undergraduate Paper
Bradley Kime, “Exhibiting Theology: James E.
Best International Article Award is funded by Joseph
Talmage and Mormon Public Relations,
and Julia Todd in honor of Andrew Jenson, former As
1915-20,” Utah State University, 2013
sistant LDS Church Historian
Best Graduate Paper
Christopher James Blythe, “Emma’s Willow:
Mormon Pilgrimmage and Nauvoo’s Mater
Dolorosa,” Florida State University, 2013
Richard L. Jensen, “Mr. Samuelsen Goes to
Copenhagen: The First Mormon Member of
a National Parliament,” Journal of Mormon History 39, no. 2 (Spring 2013)
Best Women’s History Article Award is sponsored
by the Mormon Women’s History Initiative Team and
funded by the Silver Foundation
Student Research Paper, Awards of Merit, funded by G.
Kevin Jones in honor of Davis Bitton
Jillian Clare, Hannah Eckhardt, Bradley Kime,
Mykle Law, Jeremy Lofthouse, Matthew Pitts,
Bridger Talbot
Changes in MHA Awards
With changing circumstances and emphases, the Mormon History Association has retired one award and added a new
one to the roster of awards given by the Association at its annual conferences. We are grateful to the Winchester family,
and previous to them, the King family, for funding the Best Family/Community History Award, given by MHA for over a
decade.
We are pleased to announce the inauguration of the new Best Personal History/Memoir Award, funded for the next ten
years through the generous contribution of Morris and Dawn Thurston. The $1,200 cash award will be given for the first
time at the 2015 conference in Provo, Utah. Please go to the MHA website under the Awards, then click on the Nominations tab to see instructions for submissions for Personal History/Memoirs published in 2014. www.mormonhistoryassociation.org.
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News of MHA
2014 MHA Business Meeting at San Antonio Conference: Report
The annual MHA Business Meeting, held in conjunction with a plenary luncheon on Friday, June 6, 2014, included important information for MHA members.
MHA Board members rotated off the Board in a staggered schedule that this year involved the change in three assignments. MHA President Richard E. Bennett, who became Past-President after the conference, thanked outgoing Board
members, Polly Aird and Gary Bergera for their significant contributions to the organization over the past three years.
He then called for a vote for the new Board nominees: Laurie Maffly-Kipp as president-elect; and board members Bryon
C. Andreasen and J. B. Haws (all who were introduced to MHA members in the Spring 2014 newsletter). The three were
unanimously approved by the MHA membership at the luncheon. We thank the outgoing and welcome the incoming
MHA Board members.
Ken Cannon, MHA Board member chairing the Finance/Fundraising Committee, also made a brief presentation regarding the finances of the Association. He reported that MHA’s financial status is in good shape and that the executive
officers and board members of MHA are frugal with expenditures. Ken noted that the endowment funds raised several
years ago are secure in a diverse investment portfolio. Financial procedures are regularly reviewed by an accounting firm.
He also reported continuing efforts to raise money to fund the Association’s office expenses, as well as extending and
broadening the activities of MHA. These include the Board’s proposal to sponsor international seminars. Finally, Ken
stated that if any member wants to review the balance sheet, its annual cash flow, and other financial particulars, they are
available and he would be happy to provide such information upon application.
Thanks to those who contritubed to the Student Travel Fund
A few years ago MHA inaugurated a Student Travel Fund (STF) to assist university students who wished to attend the
annual conference. To qualify for assistance from the STF, the student had to submit a paper proposal for delivery at
the conference and have that paper accepted by the Program Committee. This year, due to the generosity of numerous
donors, MHA provided assistance to seventeen university students to attend the San Antonio conference where they
delivered their papers.
Contributions to the fund totaled nearly $8,000, the most we’ve ever received, including one large anonymous gift and the
money from one of last year’s book award winners who donated the entirety of her award to the fund.
Thanks to all of you who contributed to this important MHA initiative.
Tanner Lecture changed to Smith-Pettit Lecture
An institutional icon at the annual MHA conference has been altered in name and sponsorship. The Tanner Lecture was
endowed in 1980 to invite a scholar who has not previously worked in Mormon studies and who is not a member of the
traditional Mormon community to prepare and present a paper at MHA’s annual conference. The purpose of the lectureship is to elicit perspectives on Mormon history that place it within the broader context of American thought, American
history, or the history of religion, thereby enlarging the understanding of researchers in Mormon studies.
The money initially given by the Tanner family in the 1980s to fund the lectureship has been exhausted for a number of
years. The MHA Board approved at the quarterly Board meeting held on June 4, 2014, a change to the name of the lecture
beginning at MHA’s 50th Anniversary conference to be held in Provo, Utah, in 2015. The lecture will hereafter be called
the Smith-Pettit Lecture. The continuation of this important feature of MHA’s annual conference and the association’s interest in furthering understanding of Mormon history is made available through the generous sponsorship of the SmithPettit Foundation, headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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MHA 50th Conference, Provo 2015
A Note from the Provo Program C0-Chairs
We hope you are saving the dates for the “Mormon Cultures, Cultural Mormons” meeting in Provo, June 5-7, 2015; it is going to be a truly unique experience. The meeting
will feature occasions to commemorate the organization’s 50th anniversary and tap into
local resources for Mormon history, bringing together first-timers and old-timers in
what promises to be an unforgettable conference. As always, there will be times set aside
to socialize and network at the Newcomers’ Breakfast, the Student Reception, and the
Mormon Women’s History Initiative Breakfast, along with plenary and cultural events.
And alongside the local tour options, we are also excited about plans for a Thursday preconference scholarly digital humanities workshop; stay tuned for forthcoming details on that.
For those considering submitting proposals for sessions or papers: our intention is that the academic program
will balance conventional session formats for presentation of research and scholarship with innovative or
alternative formats, ones that break the mold in surprising ways. Consider whether one of these ideas might
meet your session’s intellectual goals, though by no means do these exhaust the possibilities: roundtable, performance, film screening or reviews, “TED-style” talks, shorter papers, PechaKucha, debate, facilitated discussion,
Q&A, “author meets critics,” workshop, practicum, demonstration, multi-media, or digital presentation. We
invite bold reformulations and creative thinking for sessions to share exemplary scholarship of Mormon history
and provoke lively, thoughtful conversations among the conference attendees.
How might a session proposal best fulfill these goals?
Keep in mind that the committee will have a strong preference for fully constituted sessions, especially those
which think outside the traditional “panel-with-comment” model. The committee especially encourages proposals to strive for balance and variety; consider diversity of gender, region, specialization, institution, and
academic rank, for example.
And please note, all proposals should conform to high standards of academic professionalism in order to be
seriously considered. The ideal session proposal consists of an engaging topic and title, a brief but polished abstract of the session’s theme or intellectual problem, and 1-2 page CVs for all participants. If the session involves
scholarly papers, there should be a 300-word abstract for each presentation. As a friendly reminder, a well-crafted abstract might state a substantive research problem, propose a clear thesis, indicate the sources used, and
establish the significance of the research to those who might be less familiar with the author’s specialization.
We look forward to your submissions; if you have questions for the Program Committee, please contact us at
mha2015provo@gmail.com.
Sincerely,
Spencer Fluhman & Tona Hangen, 2015 Program Co-Chairs
PS: Please remember, the deadline for submissions for papers, panels, and other proposals for the 2015 conference is October 1, 2014. The MHA Call for Papers can be found on the MHA website, www.mormonhistoryassociation.org, and in the last issue of the MHA News (Spring 2014): 11.
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A Note from MHA’s New Executive Directors: Debbie and Dave Marsh
It is such an exciting time for us to become the Executive Directors of the Mormon History Association. There are so
many previous accomplishments to appreciate and so many future possibilities to anticipate. As we look forward to the
50th anniversary of the founding of MHA, we recognize the sturdy shoulders we stand on, the tradition of success attending preceding efforts, and the noble achievements of past leaders and members.
We live in an age of incredible technological advances and see them as tools and opportunities to make scholarly historical research more accessible to members. We also see the prospect of using technology to enhance our conferences and
encourage more scholars to join our organization. We hope to honor the efforts of previous Executive Directors in maintaining the Mormon History Association as a vibrant organization that offers keenly relevant research to the expanding
scholarship on Mormon history.
Writing Their Stories: Biography,
Autobiography, and Personal Essay
9:15 a.m. – 10:40 a.m.
Panelists
Carol Cornwall Madsen (BYU emeritus)
Lowell “Ben” Bennion (Humboldt emeritus)
Aimee Hickman (Exponent II)
Respondents
Claudia Bushman & Kristine Haglund

Collecting Their Stories: Edited Volumes
10:45 a.m. – 12:10 p.m.
Panelists
Colleen Whitley (Utah Historical Quarterly)
Jenny Reeder (Church History Department)
Brittany Chapman (Church History Department)
Respondents
Audrey Godfrey & Robin Jensen

Luncheon
12:15 – 1:30 p.m.
Featured speaker and honoree
Claudia Bushman (author, editor, and educator)

Recording Their Stories: Oral Histories
1:45 – 3:15 p.m.
Panelists
Jessie Embry (BYU emeritus)
Neylan McBaine (The Mormon Women Project)
Taunalyn Rutherford (Claremont)
Respondents
Marian Ashby Johnson & Boyd Petersen
Update
Origins and
Destinations:
Forty Years of Mormon
Women’s Histor(ies)
August 9, 2014
Utah Valley University
Library Auditorium
9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Honoring the Life and Work of
Claudia L. Bushman
Cosponsored by UVU Religious Studies
“Mormons and Meaning:
How media shapes
Mormon identities.”
Friday, Oct. 17, 2014
PANEL AND PRESENTATION
PROPOSAL DEADLINE
EXTENDED UNTIL JULY 31.
PAPER REQUIREMENT
DROPPED
The conference will be held at the
BYU Salt Lake Center, 345 W. North
Temple St., Salt Lake City, Friday,
Oct. 17, 2014.
Contact Information/questions:

Analyzing Their Stories: Scholarly
Approaches and Future Paths
3:30 – 5:00 p.m.
Panelists
Jill Mulvay Derr (Church History Department)
Susanna Morrill (Lewis & Clark)
Patrick Q. Mason (Claremont)
Respondents
Kathryn M. Daynes & Andrea Radke-Moss
CALL FOR PAPERS
THIRD MORMON MEDIA
STUDIES SYMPOSIUM
The Symposium is FREE
and OPEN to the Public
Luncheon is $15.00
Register for the symposium and luncheon
by August 1 at
mormonwomenshistoryinitiative.org
Lane Williams:
BYU-Idaho Department of
Communications,
williamsl@byui.edu
Joel Campbell:
BYU-Provo Department of
Communications,
joelcampbell@byu.edu
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Book Notices
By Bryan Buchanan
Bagley, Will. South Pass: Gateway to a Continent. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2014.
Bahr, Howard (ed.) with contributions from Edward C. Banfield, Henri Mendras, Thomas F. O’Dea and Wilfrid C.
Bailey. Four Classic Mormon Village Studies. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 2014.
Bahr, Howard. Saints Observed: Studies of Mormon Village Life, 1850-2005. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 2014.
Beam, Alex. American Crucifixion: The Murder of Joseph Smith and the Fate of the Mormon Church. New York: Public
Affairs, 2014.
Grunder, Rick. Mormon Parallels (CD). LaFayette, NY: Rick Grunder – Books, 2014. [2nd ed. w/ index]
Harline, Paula Kelly. The Polygamous Wives Writing Club: From the Diaries of Mormon Pioneer Women. New York: Oxford University Press, 2014.
Homer, Michael W. Joseph’s Temples: The Dynamic Relationship between Freemasonry and Mormonism. Salt Lake City:
University of Utah Press, 2014.
Horne, Dennis B. The Life of Orson F. Whitney: Historian, Poet, Apostle. Springville: Cedar Fort, 2014.
Howlett, David J. Kirtland Temple: The Biography of a Shared Mormon Sacred Space. Urbana, Chicago and Springfield:
University of Illinois Press, 2014.
Koltko-Rivera, Mark. Latter-day Saint Women and the Priesthood of God: A Believer’s Exploration. New York City:
Temple Spire Books, 2014.
Lee, Verne R. (ed.). The Early Journals of John D. Lee. NP: self-published, [2013]. [additional, unpublished journals]
Mackley, Jennifer. Wilford Woodruff ’s Witness: The Development of Temple Doctrine. Seattle: High Desert Press, 2014.
Marquardt, H. Michael. Joseph Smith’s 1828-1843 Revelations. Maitland, FL: Xulon, 2013. [revised, expanded ed. of The
Joseph Smith Revelations: Text and Commentary]
Marquardt, H. Michael. The Rise of Mormonism: 1816-1844. Maitland, FL: Xulon, 2013. [revised, expanded ed.]
Nelson, Paul T. Wrecks of Human Ambition: A History of Utah’s Canyon Country to 1936. Salt Lake City: University of
Utah Press, 2014.
Newton, Marjorie. Mormon and Maori. Salt Lake City: Greg Kofford Books, 2014.
Orton, Chad (ed.). The Journals of George Q. Cannon: Hawaiian Mission, 1850-1854. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2014.
Rawson, Glenn and Dennis Lyman (eds.). The Mormon Wars: Early Persecutions, Hawn’s Mill, The Nauvoo War, War of
Extermination, Johnston’s Army, The War on Polygamy. American Fork: Covenant Communications, 2014.
Richards, A. LeGrand. Called to Teach: The Legacy of Karl G. Maeser. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2014.
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Richins, Jeff. Mighty Unto Deliverance: Exodus from Mexico. NP: self-published, 2014.
Shepard, William and H. Michael Marquardt. Lost Apostles: Forgotten Members of Mormonism’s Original Quorum of
Twelve. Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2014.
Toscano, Paul. Road to Exile: Memoir of a Mormon Excommunicant. NP: Paul Toscano, 2014.
Turley, Richard E., Jr & Brittany A. Chapman (eds.). Women of Faith in the Latter Days, Volume Three: 1846-1870. Salt
Lake City: Deseret Book, 2014.
Vander Lei, Elizabeth, et al. (eds.). Renovating Rhetoric in Christian Tradition. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press,
2014. [section on Eliza R. Snow]
Wilcox, Miranda and John D. Young (eds.). Standing Apart: Mormon Historical Consciousness and the Concept of Apostasy.
New York: Oxford University Press, 2014.
Wixom, Hartt. Anthony Woodward Ivins: Cowboy Apostle. Ivins: Hartt Wixom, [2014].
Zeller, Benjamin E; Marie W. Dallam; Reid L. Neilson and Nora L. Rubel (eds.). Religion, Food, & Eating in North America.
New York: Columbia University Press, 2014. [chapter: “Good to Eat: Culinary Priorities in the Nation of Islam and the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints”]
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Selected Articles
By Jennifer St. Clair
Addams, R. Jean “The Establishment and Redemption of Zion.” The John Whitmer Historical Association Journal Vol. 34,
no. 1 (2014): 1-33.
Aldous, Jay. “Fort Niobrara and the 1846 Mormon Pioneer Start for the Rocky Mountains.” Overland Journal Vol. 32, no. 1
(2014): 6-18.
Baugh, Alexander L. and Rachel Ishoy. “Reflections on the Mormon Experience in Clay County, Missouri, and the Liberty
Jail.” BYU Religious Education Review (Winter 2014): 18-22.
Beam, Alex. “A Prophet Without Honor.” American Scholar 83, no. 3 (2014): 71-78.
Bruno, Cheryl. “The Melodious Sounds of ‘Baneemy’s Organ’.” The John Whitmer Historical Association Journal Vol. 34, no.
1 (2014): 151-176.
Cater, Ben. “Segregating Sanitation in Salt Lake City, 1870-1915.” Utah Historical Quarterly 82, no. 2 (2014): 92-113.
Critchlow, William J., III. “The History of Utah’s Italian Pioneers.” Pioneer 61, no. 1 (2014): 2-6.
Esplin, Scott C. and E. Vance Randall. “‘That Little Children Also May Receive Instruction’: Early Latter-day Saint Educational Programs for the Young.” The John Whitmer Historical Association Journal Vol. 34, no. 1 (2014): 107-126.
Gerlach, Larry R. “Alma Richards’s Olympic Leap of Faith Revisited.” Utah Historical Quarterly 82, no. 2 (2014): 133-150.
Johnson, Melvin C. “Bishop George Miller: A Latter Day High Priest and Prince on the High Plains.” The John Whitmer
Historical Association Journal Vol. 34, no. 1 (2014): 84-106.
Jorgensen, Danny L. “Early Mormon Marriage, Family, and Networks of Kinship: Begets and Horizontal Genealogy in the
Case of the Later Cutlerites at Nauvoo.” The John Whitmer Historical Association Journal Vol. 34, no. 1 (2014): 127-150.
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Maffly-Kipp, Laurie F. “Anchored in Revelation: Scripture and Schism in the Restoration.” The John Whitmer Historical Association Journal Vol. 34, no. 1 (2014): 34-49.
Malan, Alan P. “John Daniel Malan: Faithful Italian Pioneer.” Pioneer 61, no. 1 (2014): 25-28.
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A Note from MHA’s Departing Executive Directors: Ron and Marilyn Barney
As we leave the Executive Directors’ post at the conclusion of our three-year contract (four years for Marilyn) with MHA,
we leave with mixed emotions. The appointment was a great blessing to us. We have appreciated so much working with
many terrific people dedicated to the enduring legacy of Mormon history. So many of you have done so much. Sad but
true, it is common for us to overlook the efforts of those who vuluntarily give their time, talents, and energies to better
the organization. Your significant contributions to MHA, your many kindnesses, the support, and the goodness of so
many of you have not escaped us.
Many good things have happened in the past three years to the organization that we attribute to not only the excellent efforts of the officers and board members, but also to the enormous contributions of those who compose the organizational
committees, the award sponsors, and the donors (a number of them anonymous) who have ensured the perpetuity of
our organization. The conferences would never get lift-off without the great energy expended by the Program and Local
Arrangement committees, the advertisers, the exhibitors, as well as the other volunteers who have given so much. And,
those who make our publications possible, the Journal of Mormon History and MHA News, can never be thanked enough.
We are sincerely grateful to all of you who have meant so much to us.
(All conference photographs in this issue courtesy
of Michael Paulos and Andrea Radke-Moss. Our
thanks to them.)
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In Memory
We are saddened to announce the passing of two of our MHA associates,
both with longtime interest and participation in Mormon history.
Christopher Talmage Jones
(November 12, 1941 – July 7, 2014)
MarJane Christofferson
(June 8, 1948 - May 5, 2014)
Christopher Talmage Jones passed away at
his Salt Lake City home on July 7 due to
complications from a stroke he suffered
three years ago. He is survived by his
wife, Louise Rolapp Jones, their four children, and fourteen grandchildren. A devoted supporter of the Mormon History
Association since 1977, his presence will
be dearly missed. Many of Christopher’s
closest associates have attended MHA
conferences with him for years, including
family members Louise Jones, Barbara Jones Brown, Bob and
Sharon Jones, Anna and Frank Rolapp, and Christopher C.
Jones. At the time of his passing, Chris was also serving on the
board of directors for the Mormon Historic Sites Foundation.
For his lifelong devotion to preserving and sharing Mormon
history, MHA presented him a special citation in 2013. Since
2001, Christopher and his family have funded MHA’s two
Articles of Excellence Awards in honor of his parents, Talmage
and Vera Jean Jones. The Jones family now wishes to continue
that legacy in Christopher’s name. In lieu of flowers, any who
would like to contribute to the Christopher Talmage Jones
Articles of Excellence Awards may do so by contacting the
MHA office.
MarJane Christofferson, long-time member
of MHA, passed away May 5, 2014 following
a lingering illness. Born on June 8, 1948 in
Lethbridge Alberta Canada to Reed and Eva
Ellison, MarJane enjoyed an idyllic childhood.
She attended Brigham Young University and
graduated with a degree in microbiology in
1970. Earlier that year MarJane married her
sweetheart Greg in the Salt Lake City temple.
They met in BYU’s Program Bureau where she
danced and he was the MC. They lived in Irvine California, from
1977-2010 when they moved to Lockheart Texas. MarJane loved
broadway musicals, cooking, and crocheting baby blankets. She
was a terrific listener, relating especially well to teenagers. Her
children, many of their friends, and students at University High
School where she worked for sixteen years sought her welcoming company and sage advice. MarJane was an active member
of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served in a
wide variety of teaching and leadership positions. She is survived
by Greg, their four children and spouses Nicole and Ryan Miller,
Adam and Marilee Christofferson, Laura and Kevin Redford, Daniel and Jill Christofferson, and fourteen grandchildren.