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English
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Modern Efforts to Preserve Church History
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Preserving the History of the Latter-day Saints
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Provo, UT
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Religious Studies Center, BYU and Deseret Book
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187-212
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In this chapter Esplin gives a brief history of the Church Archives, including its professionalization. He also discusses his own experiences working with the Church Historical Department including his efforts to reassemble a collection of Brigham Young's papers. He then describes current document editing and publishing efforts such as The Joseph Smith Papers, as well as mentioning the new Church History Library.