Spring 2013
Vol. 48 No. 2
MHA in Layton, Utah
Layton, Utah,
Main Street looking northwest from corner of Main
and Gentile streets, 1909.
Courtesy: Layton City
Heritage Museum
With just two months to go until the Layton, Utah, conference, please make
plans to join us! The program prepared by the Program Committee, co-chaired
by Matthew B. Bowman and Andrea Radke-Moss is one of the largest, if not
the largest, MHA has ever presented--nearly 150 presenters. To continue with
the superlatives, the Davis Convention Center in Layton is one of the finest
venues MHA has ever enjoyed for a conference. The Hilton Garden Inn, adjoining the conference center, is perfectly situated to accommodate lodging for
those who attend the conference. It can’t get much better than this in Utah.
There are so many wonderful things planned for this year’s conference, we feel
confident in stating in advance that this will be a memorable gathering. Notable
among those participating at the conference are our Tanner Lecturer, Professor
Leigh Eric Schmidt and plenary presenters Doctors Sarah Barrington Gordon,
John G. Turner, and Richard V. Francaviglia. And we are also fortunate to have
Professor Ann Taves, author of Fits, Trances, & Visions: Experiencing Religion
and Explaining Experience from Wesley to James giving a paper. The exciting
tours will take us to Antelope Island/Great Salt Lake; Golden Spike National
Historic Site; Hill Aerospace Museum; polygamist homes and historic buildings in Davis County; the Bear River Massacre Site; Logan Utah’s historic
cemetery; and the remarkable pioneer Paris (Idaho) Tabernacle.
WE NEED YOUR HELP!
Attendees at the Layton conference will likely exceed the Calgary conference
in numbers. To avoid waiting in long lines at the registration desk, besides
saving a few dollars, please consider pre-registering for the Layton conference
before April 30th. Pre-registration also gives registrants greater access to
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In This Issue:
Layton Conference - p. 1-2
President’s Message - p. 3
MHA News - p. 4
Book Notices and
Selected Articles - p. 5-8
Announcements, etc. - p. 8-10
Call-for-Papers,
San Antonio Conference - p. 11
In Memory - p. 12
49th Annual
MHA Conference:
San Antonio, Texas
June 5-8, 2014
Crowne Plaza, Riverwalk
--------50th Annual
MHA Conference:
Provo, Utah
Utah Valley
Convention Center
& Marriott Hotel
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51st Annual
MHA Conference:
Snowbird, Utah
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luncheons, banquets, and tours. We have to have firm counts for the meals to the caterer before the conference, and the
buses fill up.
You may have noted that while the cost of meals has decreased over those at last year’s conference, registration costs
have increased this year. Please note that the majority of MHA’s operating budget comes from what is made at the
yearly conference. Your registrations help ensure that MHA continues on a sound financial basis. Also, this year we
are trying to encourage student attendance by offering discounted meals and conference registration. Your own registration helps us to foster student participation, also ensuring the future of Mormon history studies. Wise organizations
plan for the future!
MHA Membership:
Because your MHA membership must be current to receive the member rate at the Layton conference, please contact
the MHA office with any questions about your membership status: (801-521-6565) or send an email to mha.busmgr@
gmail.com. This will make a much smoother conference registration process without the glitches that several have
already encountered.
Each MHA member has the responsibility to keep current contact information on record, which will guarantee that all
MHA mailings will be directed to the correct address. The journal and newsletter will not be forwarded by the postal
service nor returned to the MHA office.
Please remember that the Layton Hilton Garden Inn, which adjoins the Davis Conference Center, is offering an MHA
conference rate of $109, plus taxes, per night. Please make your own lodging reservations at the Hilton Garden Inn by
calling (801) 416-8899. (This rate is also available just before and just after the conference if you inquire.)
Transportation from the Salt Lake International Airport to the Davis Conference Center
Below you will see several of the options (and contact information) available to transport conference attendees from
the Salt Lake International Airport to the Davis Conference Center.
rENTAL cARS
TAXIS
Car rental facilities at the Salt Lake International
Airport are located on the ground floor of the shortterm parking garage directly across from the terminal
buildings. Here you will find a list of rental car agencies and their contact information.
Taxi service booths are located outside of door #7
in Terminal One and door #11 in Terminal Two.
Services for passengers with disabilities are readily
available, though it is recommended to make advance
reservations.
AdvantageEnterprise Rent-A-Car
(801) 322-6090 (801) 537-7433
AlamoFox Rent A Car
(801) 575-2211 (801) 401-0281
AvisHertz
(801) 575-2847 (801) 575-2683
Budget
National
(801) 271-2500 (801) 575-2277
DollarThrifty
(801) 575-2580 (801) 265-6677
City Cab
Ute Cab
Yellow Cab
(801) 363-5550
(801) 359-7788
(801) 521-2100
Shuttles
There are numerous shuttle and limousine companies
that can transport visitors from the Salt Lake International Airport to the Davis Conference Center. Below
is one highly recommended. The cost will be about
$30 one-way from the airport to the Conference Center, with each additional person being charged $15.
Express Shuttle
(801) 596-1600; (800) 397-0773
On-line reservations: www.xpressshuttleutah.com
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President’s Message
Who We Are, and What We Do
President
Glen M. Leonard
President-Elect
Richard E. Bennett
Past President
Richard L. Jensen
Board Members
Polly Aird
Gary James Bergera
Barbara Jones Brown
Kenneth L. Cannon II
Christopher C. Jones
Grant Underwood
Barbara B. Walden
Executive Director
Ronald O. Barney
Executive Director/
Business Manager
Marilyn S.Barney
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Please send news items,
announcements, calls for
papers, and letters to
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Volume 48
No. 2
The Mormon History Association came into being in 1965 to serve a small but
growing community of scholars from varied backgrounds and interests. For
most of the early members, exploring the Mormon past was a sideline to their
research and teaching in traditional fields of academic history. Some held positions as teachers, historians, librarians, or archivists with one of the Restoration
churches or its schools or institutes. The MHA quickly attracted others who
were readers or dedicated researchers and writers of family, local, and Mormon
history. The MHA is an independent, nonprofit organization. Membership is
open to all. Today you are one of more than eleven-hundred members whose
support allows the association to accomplish its mission.
The MHA mission statement defines the association’s objectives: “It strives to
be the preeminent catalyst and forum worldwide for encouraging the scholarly
study of Mormon history.” How are we doing? We invite your comments and
suggestions. What does the association do to achieve its goals? “It pursues its
mission by sponsoring annual conferences; encouraging the highest quality research and publication; and awarding book, article and other prizes. Its official
periodical, the Journal of Mormon History, fosters the publication of independent, scholarly research.” Again, we welcome feedback.
The first (annual) issue of the Journal of Mormon History appeared in 1974.
The frequency of publication edged upward gradually. Since 2008 it has appeared quarterly. The addition of cover illustrations and a recent re-design of
the cover and title page enhance the Journal’s prestigious reputation. Our congratulations go to Martha Taysom, Lavina Fielding Anderson, and their executive and production staffs.
The upcoming 48th annual conference offers plenary and concurrent sessions
and an awards banquet. These activities fulfill the association’s second way of
promoting excellence in the study of Mormon history. You’ve received a copy
of the 2013 preliminary program. It is not too late to register for the conference
and its associated meals and tours.
We anticipate seeing upwards of eight hundred of you in Layton this year. Be
assured that the Davis Conference Center will meet and exceed your expectations. Comfortable session rooms are clustered in one convenient location. The
meals are reasonably priced and of good quality. Adjacent parking is free. The
host hotels and other nearby motels and eateries
offer options for everyone. Nearly two dozen
vendors will be there with the latest (and some
of the oldest) Mormon history books for your
perusal and purchase.
We look forward to seeing you there, too, at our
first annual meeting in historic Davis County.
Glen M. Leonard
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Mormon History Beyond the Mormon History Association
Not everyone who reads this newsletter may recognize the acronym “CFP.” In the world of conferences and symposia,
it means “Call for Papers/Proposals,” and it is how most sessions at most conferences are generated. The CFP is an
open invitation to submit a paper proposal or a full session proposal for presentation at a particular conference.
As the MHA Board member tasked with promoting broader exposure to Mormon history, I write to encourage you
to seek participation in other history conferences, in addition to our own annual meeting. The first thing to know as
you consider “tossing your hat into the ring” is that acceptance of your proposal will be based on the strength of your
ideas, not on the academic degrees you may (or may not) possess. A proposal that is likely to be accepted is one that
promises new insight and possibly new information on a topic of perennial interest. Or, it may address matters that
are largely unknown or overlooked but that can be explored in ways that make them relevant to important issues in
the field. The months and years ahead, in the afterglow of the “Mormon Moment,” may be an especially good time to
submit proposals. Indicators are that Mormon Studies is definitely a rising star! Here is a sampling of history associations (and their websites where you can find CFP information and deadlines) that are likely to be interested in your
proposal:
American Society of Church History -- http://www.churchhistory.org/
American Academy of Religion -- http://www.aarweb.org/
Organization of American Historians -- http://www.oah.org/
American Historical Association -- http://www.historians.org/
Western History Association -- http://www.westernhistoryassociation.org/
Communal Studies Association -- http://www.communalstudies.org/
If you are considering proposing an entire session but don’t know who might be interested in being part of it, try
sending an open invitation via one of the H-NET (Humanities and Social Sciences Online) units such as the American
Religious History discussion group -- H-AMREL@H-NET.MSU.EDU. If you check out “Recent Messages” on its
website (http://www.h-net.org/~amrel/), you will likely see an example or two of such solicitations that you can use as
a model for crafting your own.
Opportunity is knocking at the door of Mormon Studies in the twenty-first century, and this is due in no small degree
to the cumulative impact of nearly fifty years of leadership by the Mormon History Association and its dedicated
membership. Be part of carrying on and extending the impact of that legacy over the next fifty years!
Grant Underwood, MHA Liaison Board Member
The Journal of Mormon History on JSTOR
UPDATE: The Mormon History Association announced in the last issue of MHA News (Winter 2013)
that MHA had arranged with JSTOR (short for Journal Storage, owned by ITHAKA) to have the
Journal of Mormon History among its significant roster of offerings. Recently we received this exciting news from JSTOR publisher relations: “I am pleased to announce that [the] Journal of Mormon
History has been released in the JSTOR archive as part of the Arts & Sciences XI Collection. To view
your journal and publisher information pages online, please visit: http://www.jstor.org/action/showPubl
ication?journalCode=jmormhist.”
The entire run of the Journal of Mormon History (1974-2013) has now become part of the 1,800 plus periodical collections maintained by JSTOR. Again, we express our deep appreciation to our past-president, Richard L. Jensen, Connie
Lamb, Noel Carmack, Gary James Bergera and others for their work in bringing this milestone to pass. As a reminder,
JSTOR is a fee-based repository. For more information about JSTOR, see www.jstor.org.
Spring 2013
Mormon H istory Association 5
Book Notices
by Mike Hunter
Alexander, Thomas G. Edward Hunter Snow: Pioneer—Educator—Statesman. Norman, Okla.: Arthur H.
Clark Co., 2012.
Bushman, Claudia L., ed. Mormon Women Have Their
Say: Essays from the Claremont Oral History Collection. Salt Lake City: Greg Kofford Books, 2013.
Cheney, Brock. Plain but Wholesome: Foodways of the
Mormon Pioneers. Salt Lake City: University of Utah
Press, 2012.
Hales, Brian C. Joseph Smith’s Polygamy. 3 vols. Salt
Lake City: Greg Kofford Books, 2013. Volumes 1 and
2: History; Volume 3: Theology.
Harper, Steven C. Joseph Smith’s First Vision: A Guide
to the Historical Accounts. Salt Lake City: Deseret
Book, 2012.
Horne, Dennis B., and Orson F. Whitney. Latter Leaves
in the Life of Lorenzo Snow. Springville, Utah: CFI,
2012.
Numano, Jiro. [How Should Mormonism Be Viewed?
A Third View]. Osaka, Japan: Seseragi Press, 2013.
[Contains some information about the history of the
LDS Church in Japan]
Pasquier, Michael, ed. Gods of the Mississippi. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2013. [Contains
chapters on Mormon Nauvoo].
Perry, Lee Tom. L. Tom Perry, An Uncommon Life:
Years of Preparation. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book,
2013.
Perry, Luke, and Christopher Cronin. Mormons in
American Politics: From Persecution to Power. Santa
Barbara, Calif.: Praeger, 2012.
Peterson, Chase N. The Guardian Poplar: A Memoir of
Deep Roots, Journey, and Rediscovery. Salt Lake City:
University of Utah Press, 2012.
Kester, Matthew. Remembering Iosepa: History, Place,
and Religion in the American West. New York: Oxford
University Press, 2013.
Quist, John and Michael J. Birkner. James Buchanan
and the Coming of the Civil War. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2013 [Chapter 2: “Prelude to
Armageddon: James Buchanan, Brigham Young, and
a President’s Initiation to Bloodshed” by William P.
MacKinnon]
Lund, John Lewis. Joseph Smith and the Geography of
the Book of Mormon. Orem, Utah: The Communications Company, 2012.
Reed, Michael G. Banishing the Cross: The Emergence
of a Mormon Taboo. Independence, Mo.: John Whitmer Books, 2012.
Mauss, Armand L. Shifting Borders and a Tattered
Passport: Intellectual Journeys of a Mormon Academic. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 2012.
Romney, Joseph Barnard. Look Upstream: Junius
Romney in Mexico and the United States. Bloomington,
Ind.: Authorhouse, 2012.
Neilson, Reid L. and Fred E. Woods. Go Ye into
all the World: The Growth and Development of
Mormon Missionary Work. Provo, Utah and Salt
Lake City: Religious Studies Center, Brigham
Young University and Deseret Book Company,
2012.
Turley, Richard E., Jr., and Brittany A. Chapman, eds.
Women of Faith in the Latter Days –Volume 2, 18211845. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 2012.
6 Mormon History Association Turley, Richard E. Jr., and William W. Slaughter. How
We Got the Doctrine and Covenants. Salt Lake City:
Deseret Book, 2012.
Willes, Laura F., and T. David Hannemann. Miracle in
the Pacific: The Polynesian Cultural Center. Salt Lake
City, Utah: Deseret Book, 2012.
Spring 2013
Yorgason, Blaine M., Richard A. Schmutz, and Douglas D. Alder. All That was Promised: The St. George
Temple and the Unfolding of the Restoration. Salt Lake
City: Deseret Book, 2013.
Article Notices
by Jennifer St. Clair
Adams, Kellene Ricks. “I Would Not Go Another Day’s Journey: The Other Pioneer Companies of 1847.” Pioneer 59,
no. 4 (2012): 23-27.
Anderson, Robert D. “The Adam-God Doctrine and the Persistence of Polygamy.” John Whitmer Historical Association
Journal 32, no. 2 (2012): 70-87.
Baugh, Alexander L. “‘Silence Ye Fiends of the Infernal Pit’: Joseph Smith’s Incarceration in Richmond, Missouri,
November 1838.” Mormon Historical Studies 13, no. 1-2 (2012): 135-159.
Bennion, Lowell C. “Ben.” “Mapping the Extent of Plural Marriage in St. George, 1861-1880.” BYU Studies 51, no. 4
(2012): 27-68.
Biles, Roger. “A Mormon in Babylon: George Romney as Secretary of HUD, 1969-1973.” Michigan Historical Review
38, no. 2 (2012): 63-89.
Bitton, Davis and Val Lambson. “Demographic Limits of Nineteenth-Century Mormon Polygyny.” BYU Studies 51, no.
4 (2012): 7-26.
Bitton, Davis, and Val Lambson, Lowell C. “Ben” Bennion, and Kathryn M. Daynes. “Plural Marriage in St. George: A
Summary and an Invitation.” BYU Studies 51, no. 4 (2012): 96-97.
Boatright, Gary L., Jr. “Remembering the Early Saints in Canada: The Southern Alberta Historic Markers Project.”
Mormon Historical Studies 13, no. 1-2 (2012): 199-208.
Brown, Samuel M. “Reconsidering Lucy Mack Smith’s Folk Magic Confession.” Mormon Historical Studies 13, no.
1-2 (2012): 1-12.
Daynes, Kathryn M. “Striving to Live the Principle in Utah’s First Temple City: A Snapshot of Polgamy in St. George,
Utah in June 1880.” BYU Studies 51, no. 4 (2012): 69-95.
Dirkmaat, Gerrit. “Great and Marvelous Are the Revelations of God.” Ensign 43, no. 1 (2012): 44-49.
Dixon, W. Randall. “On the Banks of a Beautiful Stream.” Pioneer 59, no. 4 (2012): 10-14.
Godfrey, Matthew C. “‘Seeking after Monarchal Power and Authority’: Joseph Smith and Leadership in the Church of
Christ, 1831-1832. Mormon Historical Studies 13, no. 1-2 (2012): 15-37.
Goldman, Henry H. “[The] First Twenty Years of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
in the ‘Queen City of the Trails’.” John Whitmer Historical Association Journal 32, no. 2 (2012): 197-225.
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Hales, Brian C. “Joseph Smith’s Plural Wives after the Martyrdom.” Mormon Historical Studies 13, no. 1-2 (2012):
55-68.
Hamer, John C. “Mapping Mormonism and the Latter Day Saint Movement.” John Whitmer Historical Association
Journal 32, no. 2 (2012): 1-35.
Hartvigsen, John M. “Utah’s Mammoth Statehood Flag.” Raven: A Journal of Vexillology 19 (2012): 27-56.
Jennings, Erin B. “Charles Anthon -- The Man Behind the Letters.” John Whitmer Historical Association Journal 32,
no. 2 (2012): 171-187.
Jensen, Robin Scott. “Joseph Smith’s Chronicler: An Interview with Dean C. Jessee.” Mormon Historical Studies 13,
no. 1-2 (2012): 99-126.
Jones, J. Kelsey. “The Early Mormon Church in Bradford County That Impacted History Two Years After the Church
Was Founded in America.” Settler 51, no. 1 (2013): 18-26.
Lawton, Henry W. “Issues in Psychobiography.” Journal of Psychohistory 40, no. 1 (2012): 16-20.
McBride, John H., and Benjamin C. Pykles, Ryan W. Saltzgiver, Chelsea Richard, and R. William Keach II. “Challenges and Triumphs of Ground-Penetrating Radar for Studying the Archaeological Resources of Mormon Nauvoo.”
Mormon Historical Studies 13, no. 1-2 (2012): 161-197.
Monte, Bryan R. “Harvest Hills: From Pioneer Monoculture to Heterogeneous Community.” John Whitmer Historical
Association Journal 32, no. 2 (2012): 105-131.
Palmer, Grant H. “Did Joseph Smith Commit Treason in His Quest for Political Empire in 1844?” John Whitmer Historical Association Journal 32, no. 2 (2012): 52-58.
Palmer, Grant H. “Why William and Jane Law Left the LDS Church in 1844.?” John Whitmer Historical Association
Journal 32, no. 2 (2012): 43-51.
Reynolds, R. Philip. “Ecclesiastical Economics: Some Financial Considerations of Mormon Settlement in Illinois.”
John Whitmer Historical Association Journal 32, no. 2 (2012): 132-148.
Shepherd, Gordon, and Gary Shepherd. “The Doctrinal and Commitment Functions of Patriarchal Blessings in Early
Mormon Development, 1834–45.” Journal of the American Academy of Religion 80, no.3 (2012): 718-749.
Skousen, Royal. “John Gilbert’s 1892 Account of the 1830 Printing of the Book of Mormon.” Journal of the Book of
Mormon and Other Restoration Scripture 21, no. 2 (2012): 58-72.
Skousen, Royal. “Some Textual Changes for the Scholarly Study of the Book of Mormon.” BYU Studies 51, no. 4
(2012): 99-117.
Snow, Steven E. “Keep Their Memories Fresh Among Us.” Pioneer 59, no. 4 (2012): 2-9.
Taysom, Stephen. “Abundant Events or Narrative Abundance: Robert Orsi and the Academic Study of Mormonism.”
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 45, no. 4 (2012): 1-26.
Turley, Richard E., Jr., and Eric C. Olson. “Fame Meets Infamy: The Powell Survey and Mountain Meadows Participants.” Utah Historical Quarterly 81, no. 1 (2013): 24.
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Turner, D. L., and Jeanine Wright Smith. “‘I Never Met a Man I Couldn’t Take’: Lorenzo Wright – Criminal Justice, Progressive Reform, and the Expansion of LDS Influence in Arizona.” The Journal of Arizona History 53, no.4
(2012): 339-368.
Van Beek, Walter E. A. “The Temple and the Sacred: Dutch Temple Experiences.” Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon
Thought 45, no. 4 (2012): 27-52.
Wilson, Keith, and Mitch McClellan. “Remaking the Reorganization: The Transformative Years of 1958 to 1970 in
the RLDS Church.” John Whitmer Historical Association Journal 32, no. 2 (2012): 88-104.
Wayment, Thomas A. “Joseph Smith’s Description of Paul the Apostle.” Mormon Historical Studies 13, no. 1-2
(2012): 39-53.
Whitechurch, David M., and Mallory Hales Perry. “Friends and Enemies in Washington: Joseph F. Smith’s Letter to
Susa Young Gates, March 21, 1889.” Mormon Historical Studies 13, no. 1-2 (2012): 211-229.
Williams, Nathan H. “‘Challenging the Model’: Reflections of Laurel Thatcher Ulrich.” Mormon Historical Studies
13, no. 1-2 (2012):71-96.
Woods, Fred E. “The Mormons and the Mounties: Contact and Assimilation in the Late Nineteenth Century.” Alberta
History 61, no 1 (2013): 12-21.
Announcements, Other Organizations, Call-for-Papers, Etc.
Job Opening:
Historian/Documentary Editor, Joseph Smith Papers
Job Description:
The Joseph Smith Papers seeks a full-time historian/documentary editor with the academic training, research, and writing skills to edit Joseph Smith’s papers. The scope of the project includes Smith’s correspondence, revelations, journals,
historical writings, sermons, legal papers, and other documents. Besides providing the most comprehensive record of early
Latter-day Saint history they will also provide insight into the broader religious landscape of the early American republic.
Duties will include document analysis (research regarding the intention, production, transmission, and reception of documents); composition of source notes and historical introductions; writing of annotation to provide appropriate context and
to clarify or explain passages; regular participation in team meetings and project committees; and professional development. The Joseph Smith Papers is a highly collaborative project; the successful applicant will work in a team environment
with other historians and production editors.
Qualifications:
A master’s degree in history or a related field, with preference given to applicants with a PhD or doctoral candidate in
history, religious studies, or related discipline. Experience in one or more of the following areas is desirable: documentary
editing, textual studies, archival management, antebellum American history, American religious history, early Mormon
history. Demonstration of excellent writing and research skills required. The successful applicant will be able to adhere
to rigorous schedules and produce work of the highest professional standards, and therefore must exhibit attention to
detail, efficiency, flexibility, good interpersonal communications, and the ability to work in an academic environment that
requires personal initiative and collaborative competence. Must be a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints, currently temple worthy. Competitive salary based on experience. Expected start date June 15, 2013.
Please send letter of application, vita, writing sample, and three letters of recommendation to Joseph Smith Papers Search,
c/o Viola Knecht, Church History Library, 15 E. North Temple St., Salt Lake City, UT 84150-1600. Applicants must also
complete on-line application found at www.ldschurch.jobs, posting 99785. Applications due by April 15.
Spring 2013 Mormon H istory Association 9
Association of Personal Historians
Contact: Conference Program Chair Ronda Barrett
Phone: 301-395-5989
E-mail: conferenceprogram@personalhistorians.org
Personal Historians Worldwide to Descend on Nation’s Capital
Washington, DC - Worldwide members of the Association of Personal Historians’ (APH) will gather inside the
Capital Beltway for their 19th Annual Conference in Bethesda, Maryland, November 8-12, 2013, for Capital Reflections.
APH Conference Program Chair Ronda Barrett is planning a stimulating and educational program for experienced and
beginning personal historians. The APH annual conference is a magnet for members wanting to explore ways to enhance
their businesses of documenting personal and family histories.
The choice of our nation’s capital for the 2013 conference will allow attendees to experience the vast array of
institutions dedicated to preserving history. The Newseum will be of great interest to many APH members who are former
journalists; National Archives, Library of Congress, National History Museum, Holocaust Museum, our nation’s Capitol
and the monuments are just a few of the places that invite personal historians to connect to the present.
Recent results from the 2010 Census reveal that the U.S. population 65 and older is now the largest in terms of
size and percent of the population, compared to any previous census. This elder population grew at a faster rate than the
total population between 2000 and 2010. The longevity of this age group has also increased. This has created a sense of
urgency to document personal and family histories for our future generations before it’s too late.
Founded in 1995, the Association of Personal Historians has 625 members representing eleven countries, including
the U.S. For more information about the organization and their 2013 conference, please visit http://www.personalhistorians.org.
The International Mormon Studies (IMS) Book Project is underway!
This is an urgent appeal for all friends of Mormon studies to enlist in this important initiative to provide collections of the
best work in Mormon studies to scholarly institutions overseas. Your donation is needed to fulfill our goal of four recipient institutions in 2013: the University of Queensland in Queensland, Australia, Jianghan University in Wuhan, China, the
French Institute for Research on Mormonism in Bordeaux, France, and another university, still to be selected, in Brazil.
To donate books to the collection, purchase them on Amazon.com for direct shipment to the Mormon Studies program at
Claremont Graduate University, via the following direct link: http://amzn.com/w/NHU0ZYLG1BVA
Or you can select “Find a Wish List or Registry” from the drop-down menu on the upper right corner of the Amazon.com
homepage and then type “International Mormon Studies” when you see the “Enter a name or e-mail” field in the blue box.
MPHS Annual Conference
(September 7, 2013)
Call for Participation
The Polynesian Cultural Center in Laie, Hawaii is celebrating its 50th year of operation in 2013. This year-long celebration will culminate with a week of special events during the first week of September (details at www.pcc50th.com). In
connection with this celebration, the Mormon Pacific Historical Society (MPHS) will hold its annual conference on Saturday afternoon, September the 7th (1-5pm).
We invite anyone who may be interested to present a 30-minute paper on any aspect of the Polynesian Cultural Center.
Those interested should email a 1-page summary or description of the topic to be discussed to Riley Moffat, MPHS President, at moffatr@byuh.edu. Include your name and contact information at the top of the page.
Submission deadline: May 1st
The MPHS Executive Board of Directors will meet shortly thereafter to finalize the conference program and notify all
interested parties. Feel free to email any questions about potential topics to Riley Moffat (moffatr@byuh.edu).
10 Mormon History Association John Whitmer Historical Association (JWHA)
Spring Banquet, Friday, April 12, 2013
Ophelia’s Restaurant, Independence, Missouri
Douglas A. Foster, professor of church history and the director of the Center
for Restoration Studies at Abilene Christian University, is one of the leading
historians of the Stone-Campbell restoration movement. He will present the
5th Wallace B. Smith Lecture, titled “Community of Christ and Churches of
Christ: Extraordinary Distinctions, Extraordinary Parallels.”
A short business meeting at 6:00 p.m. will precede the banquet. The business meeting is free and open to all current JWHA members.
Spring 2013
Lodging Opportunity for
Layton MHA Conference
MHA member Brian Hales has
generously offered to house
several Layton Conference attendees in six bedrooms of his
Layton, Utah, home. For those
interested, please contact Brian
at brianhales@msn.com or
(801) 544-9976.
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The banquet begins at 6:30 p.m. The registration fee is $35 per person for
members and non-members. Advance registration is required. We encourage
you to bring your family and friends.
Visit www.JWHA.info for more information and to register.
Communal Studies Association
The CSA announces nominations for the Donald Durnbaugh Starting School Award. Scholars of any age early in
their careers are encouraged to submit papers on any aspect of intentional communities, past or present, for consideration for the Award. Candidates need not have any organizational affiliation or academic connections; each paper will
be judged on its own merit and its suitability for publication in the journal.
For information and submission of papers please contact Susan Love Brown: startingscholar@communalstudies.org.
Deadline is June 1, 2013.
Journal of Mormon History
Call for Papers
Special Issue on Mormonism and Race: to be published in the summer issue of 2014
***Submission deadline: June 2013***
Special Editors:
Max Perry Mueller: mpmuell@fas.harvard.edu; Prof. Gina Colvin: gina.colvin@canterbury.ac.nz
Goals of JMH special issue on Mormonism and race:
This special issue of the JMH aims to broaden and deepen the conversation on Mormonism and race past the
historical focus on the ban of black men from the Mormon priesthood, and its emphasis on the US experience.
In particular we aim to understand “race” beyond the black-white (European-African) binary. We welcome articles ranging in historical focus from the Mormon movement’s founding to the present day. Articles exploring
international encounters, race and gender, and race and politics, race and class, are of particular interest.
Requirements:
Papers should be original work. Wherever appropriate, concrete evaluation results should be included. Submissions will be judged on originality, technical strength, primary sources, significance, and interest to our readers.
Please submit all manuscripts to the Special Editors listed above.
Spring 2013 Mormon H istory Association 11
Announcement of San Antonio, Texas, Conference
and Call for Papers
2014 Mormon History Association Conference
“The Immigration of Cosmopolitan Thought”
The 49th annual conference of the Mormon History Association will be held in San Antonio, Texas, on
June 5-8, 2014. Our theme emphasizes the interplay between Mormonism and broad national and international currents and forces. San Antonio, a cosmopolitan, historically Catholic borderlands city with a vibrant but contested multicultural history and a relatively small but expanding Mormon presence, is a good
place to explore the immigration and impact of cosmopolitan viewpoints and ideas. We encourage papers
that connect all branches of the Restoration to diverse theoretical, intellectual, and cultural perspectives,
as well as papers that examine the interplay between Mormonism and other religions. Texas, a state with
a reputation for confidant swagger and independent thought, is also a bastion of conservative moral conviction. We encourage papers that explore how Mormons have negotiated an identity and thrived in vast
settings with firmly entrenched worldviews where they have comprised small, sometimes maligned minorities. As a state that straddles the boundary between the American South and the American West and shares
a border with Mexico, Texas is an ideal setting for papers that probe the Mormon past in those regions as
well as in Central and South America. Finally, with the Alamo standing in its heart, San Antonio is a good
place for conference papers that consider the interplay between history and memory. Sharply contested
interpretations of what happened at the Alamo in 1836 remind us of the importance of framing key events
in Mormon history from a variety of perspectives.
MHA invites proposals for complete panel sessions and other presentations. The Program Committee will
give preference to complete two- or three-paper session proposals. Individual paper proposals will also be
considered, as well as formats like round-table discussions, readers’ theaters, and film screenings. Please
send a title and abstract for each paper (300 words maximum) outlining the scope, key arguments or hypotheses, and sources of the paper along with a brief 1-2 page CV for each speaker. Panel proposals should
also include a brief abstract outlining the panel’s theme and giving it a title, along with suggestions for a
chair and commentator. Previously published papers will not be considered. Student presenters who wish
to apply for financial assistance are invited to include estimated travel expenses with their proposals.
The deadline for all proposals is October 1, 2013. Proposals should be sent by email to brian_cannon@
byu.edu. Notification of acceptance or rejection will be made by January 1, 2014. For additional information on the conference, please consult the MHA website at http://www.mormonhistoryassociation.org/.
MHA 2014 San Antonio, Texas, Program Committee
Program Committee Chair: Brian Cannon, Professor of History, Brigham Young University
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In Memory
We regret to inform our members of the passing of three of MHA’s longtime members, friends, and colleagues. Eldon L. Haag, 79, of Pleasant View, Utah, died December 27, 2012. Eldon taught at the LDS Institute of Religion adjacent to Weber State University for many years. He specialized in LDS Church history and
influenced many students who went on to study and then contribute to Mormon studies. Eldon is survived by
his wife Vivian and six children.
Harriett Horne Arrington, 88, of Salt Lake City, Utah, passed away on February 9, 2012. Harriett was the widow of the late Leonard J. Arrington, who was instrumental in the formation of MHA. She had been awarded a
lifetime membership in the organization. Besides assisting her husband in several of his noted publications, she
wrote and published a number of cultural and historical pieces herself. She is survived by her four children.
Also there at the very beginning of MHA was Stanford Cazier, born in 1930 in Nephi, Utah, who passed away
on March 14, 2013. Stan, who organized transportation for the first MHA meeting in 1965, taught history at
Utah State University and later became president of both California State University Chico (1971-1979) and
Utah State University (1979-1992). When the latter’s library was rebuilt, it was renamed the Merrill-Cazier
Library in his honor. Stan’s wife, Shirley, and two sons preceded him in death. He is survived by two sons.