Item Detail
-
25640
-
1
-
18
-
English
-
Friends and Enemies in Washington : Insights from a Letter from Joseph F. Smith to Susa Young Gates
-
Provo, UT
-
Brigham Young University
-
66
-
In 1889, Joseph F. Smith wrote a letter to his friend and fellow missionary, Susa Young Gates. He described the situation in Washington DC, where the Church was struggling to receive support for Utah Statehood. Listed in the letter are the names of two of the most influential people at the time: lecturer Kate Field and President Grover Cleveland. Both of these individuals were particularly influential in the formation of national political and social attitudes towards the Church in the 1880s and 1890s. Their writings, papers and others personal accounts, demonstrate the efforts to which each went to understand the Mormon Question. The newspaper articles and lectures of Kate Field demonstrate the antagonism she developed towards the church, and a study of public response to her lectures reveal the way her work shaped public opinion against the Church. President Cleveland's research into the Latter-day Saints produced a different attitude, and his policies towards Utah's Territory and the Saints demonstrate his willingness to assist the Saints. This study of their involvement in the history of Utah and the Church at the turn of the century demonstrates the great power that each of these individuals had in shaping history in the West.
-
A Comprehensive History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Desert Saints : The Mormon Frontier in Utah
Encyclopedia of Latter-day Saint History
Encyclopedia of Mormonism : The History, Scripture, Doctrine, and Procedures of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Joseph F. Smith : Patriarch and Preacher, Prophet of God
Journal of Discourses
Kate Field and J. H. Beadle : Manipulators of Mormon Past
Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia
Life of Joseph F. Smith, Sixth President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
'My Dear Sister' : Letters between Joseph F. Smith and His Sister, Martha Ann Smith Harris (1854-1916)
Sister Saints
The Judicial Campaign against Polygamy and the Enduring Legal Questions
The Mormons and the Law : The Polygamy Cases
The Odyssey of a Latter-day Prophet : Wilford Woodruff and the Manifesto of 1890
The Political Platform of the Manifesto
The Story of the Mormons : From the Date of Their Origin to the Year 1901
Under the Prophet in Utah : The National Menace of a Political Priestcraft
Wilford Woodruff, Fourth President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints : History of His Life and Labors As Recorded in His Daily Journals