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Excavating Early Mormon History : The 1878 History Fact-Finding Mission of Apostles Joseph F. Smith and Orson Pratt
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Joseph F. Smith : Reflections on the Man and His Times
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Provo, UT
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Salt Lake City: Religious Studies Center, BYU; Deseret Book
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359-378
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On October 7, 1878, Mormon Apostles Joseph F. Smith and Orson Pratt addressed their fellow Latter-day Saints during a general conference session of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (hereafter referred to as the Church) in the Salt Lake Tabernacle. Elders Smith and Pratt reported on their recent Church history fact-finding mission to the Midwest and New England regions of the United States on behalf of the First Presidency. Elder Smith related to the packed congregation, “The chief object of their mission east, was to obtain, if possible, some dates and facts that pertained to the early history of the Church.” Both men shared their experiences meeting with early Mormon luminaries, who included William E. McLellin and David Whitmer, and visiting sacred sites while touring Missouri, Illinois, Ohio, and New York. Neither Elder Smith nor Elder Pratt, however, divulged many details during the general conference session about their month-long mission. Perhaps their reticence stemmed from their own initial evaluation of their journey. Elder Smith related to the gathered Latter-day Saints that he and Pratt had “found no one who could give them any information, or who knew as much as ourselves on these matters.” In hindsight, the Apostles’ tentative self-deprecating assessment obscures the important contributions of their history-gathering mission, as described in this essay. [From the text]
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Collecting, Preserving, and Sharing the Global History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Saints : The Story of the Church of Jesus Christ in the Latter Days. No Unhallowed Hand 1846–1893.
"There's the Boy I Can Trust" : Dennison Lott Harris' First-Person Account of the Conspiracy of Nauvoo and Events Surrounding Joseph Smith's "Last Charge" to the Twelve Apostles
Traveling and Standing Ministers : The Commandment to Travel (or Not) in the Joseph Smith-Era Revelations -
Aaronic Priesthood Through the Centuries
A Biography of George Albert Smith, 1870 to 1951
A Companion to Your Study of the Book of Mormon
A Comprehensive History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Adventures with Life
A Historical Study of the Nauvoo, Illinois, Public School System, 1841-1845
"A History of All the Important Things" (D&C 69 :3) : John Whitmer's Record of Church History
A History of Iosepa, the Utah Polynesian Colony
A History of the Growth and Development of the Primary Association of the LDS Church from 1878 to 1928
A History of the Mormon Church in Canada
A History of the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association, 1875-1938
A Jewel in the Gardens of Paradise : The Art and Architecture of the Hawaii Temple
Album 'Daughters of the Utah Pioneers and Their Mothers'
Alexander H. Smith : Remembering a Son of Joseph and Emma Smith
American Prophet, New England Town : The Memory of Joseph Smith in Vermont
A Ministry of Meetings : The Apostolic Diaries of Rudger Clawson
A Miracle in Weekday Religious Education : A History of the Church Educational System
An Abundant Life : The Memoirs of Hugh B. Brown
"A New Policy in Church School Work" : The Founding of the LDS Supplementary Religious Education Movement, 1890-1930
An Examination of the 1829 'Articles of the Church of Christ' in Relation to Section 20 of the Doctrine and Covenants
Another Kind of Gold : The Life of Albert King Thurber : A Utah Pioneer, Explorer and Community Builder
An Uncommon Common Pioneer : The Journals of James Henry Martineau 1828-1918
A Peculiar People : Anti-Mormonism and the Making of Religion in Nineteenth-Century America
'A Plainer Translation' : Joseph Smith's Translation of the Bible : A History and Commentary
Apostle in Exile : Joseph F. Smith's Third Mission to Hawaii, 1885-1887
A Rational Theology : As Taught by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
At Sword's Point, Part 1 : A Documentary History of the Utah War to 1858
A Widow's Tale : The 1884-1896 Diary of Helen Mar Kimball Whitney
Before the Beard : Trials of the Young Joseph F. Smith
B. H. Roberts : A Biography
Biography and Family Record of Lorenzo Snow, One of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Blood of the Prophets : Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows
Boyd K. Packer : A Watchman on the Tower
Boyhood Recollections of President Joseph F. Smith
Brigham Young : Pioneer Prophet
Brigham Young University : The First One Hundred Years
Camp Floyd and the Mormons : The Utah War
Changes in Seniority to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
'Christ Is Scientist of This Earth' : President Joseph F. Smith's Attitudes and Policies toward Science
Church History in the Fulness of Times : The History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Church, State, and Politics : The Diaries of John Henry Smith
Culture Clash and Accommodation : Public Schooling in Salt Lake City, 1890-1994
Danish Apostle : The Diaries of Anthon H. Lund, 1890-1921
David O. McKay and the Rise of Modern Mormonism
David Whitmer Interviews : A Restoration Witness
Defender of the Faith : The B. H. Roberts Story
Deseret Sunday School Union
Desert Imagery and Sacred Symbolism : The Design of the Arizona Temple
Discourse by President Brigham Young Delivered in the Bowery, Great Salt Lake City, August 4, 1867
Discourses of Brigham Young : Second President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Doctrines of Salvation : Sermons and Writings of Joseph Fielding Smith
Don Carlos Smith
Editor's Table - Not a Revelation
Education in Transition : Church and State Relationships in Utah Education, 1888-1933
Encyclopedia of Mormonism : The History, Scripture, Doctrine, and Procedures of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Encyclopedic History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Establishing Zion : The Mormon Church in the American West, 1847-69
Excavating Nauvoo : The Mormons and the Rise of Historical Archaeology in America
Exhibiting Mormonism : The Latter-day Saints and the 1893 Chicago World's Fair
Female Ritual Healing in Mormonism
Fragments of Experience
From Orphaned Boy to Prophet of God : The Story of Joseph F. Smith
From Prophet to Son : Advice of Joseph F. Smith to His Missionary Sons
Fruits of "Mormonism" : By non-"Mormon" witnesses
Gathering to La'ie
Go Forward with Faith : The Biography of Gordon B. Hinckley
Good Morning Los Angeles : The Beginning of the Early Morning Seminary Program
Grandpapa Joseph F. Smith
Great Basin Kingdom : An Economic History of the Latter-day Saints, 1830-1900
Harold B. Lee : Prophet and Seer
Heart Throbs of the West
Highlights in the Life of President David O. McKay
Historical Landscape of the Joseph Smith Birthplace Memorial
Historical Sites
History of Relief Society, 1842-1966
History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Period I : History of Joseph Smith, the Prophet, by Himself
History of the Late Persecution Inflicted by the State of Missouri Upon the Mormons
History of the Young Ladies' Mutual Improvement Association of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from November 1869 to June 1910
History of the YWMIA
History of Utah 1540-1886
How Authentic Are Mormon Historic Sites in Vermont and New York?
Ina Coolbrith, Librarian and Laureate of California
Infancy of the Church
In Heaven as It Is on Earth : Joseph Smith and the Early Mormon Conquest of Death
In the World : The Diaries of Reed Smoot
Iosepa : The Hawaiian Experience in Settling the Mormon West
John Smith
Joseph F. Smith
Joseph F. Smith and John A. Widtsoe : Reaching the Young Men through the Improvement Era
Joseph F. Smith : Families And Generation Gaps
Joseph F. Smith : Patriarch and Preacher, Prophet of God
Joseph F. Smith : Portrait of a Prophet
Joseph Smith : Rough Stone Rolling
Joseph Smith's Efforts to Publish His Bible Translation
Karl G. Maeser : Mormon Educator
Last Rites and the Dynamics of Mormon Liturgy
Latter-Day Prophets : Their Lives, Teachings, and Testimonies
Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia
Latter Leaves in the Life of Lorenzo Snow
LeGrand Richards : Beloved Apostle
Life of Joseph F. Smith, Sixth President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Lives of Our Leaders : Character Sketches of Living Presidents and Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
"Long Shall his Blood ... Stain Illinois" : Carthage Jail in Mormon Memory
Lost Legacy : The Mormon Office of Presiding Patriarch
Mapping Mormonism : An Atlas of Latter-day Saint History
Mary Fielding Smith : Daughter of Britain
Memoirs of John R. Young, Utah Pioneer, 1847
Messages of the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Minutes of the Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Moramona : The Mormons in Hawaii
Mormon Doctrine
Mormon Enigma : Emma Hale Smith
Mormonism and Education
Mormonism in Transition : A History of the Latter-day Saints, 1890-1930
Mormons Study "Abroad" : Latter-day Saints in American Higher Education, 1870-1940
Mothers of the Prophets
Museums and Historic Sites of Mormonism
"My Candid Opinion" : The Sandwich Islands Diaries of Joseph F. Smith, 1856-1857
'My Dear Sister' : Letters between Joseph F. Smith and His Sister, Martha Ann Smith Harris (1854-1916)
My Summer in a Mormon Village
New Photographs of Joseph F. Smith's Centennial Memorial Trip to Vermont, 1905
Notes on Apostolic Succession
Notes on Mormon Polygamy
On Zion's Mount : Mormons, Indians, and the American Landscape
Ownership of the Kirtland Temple : Legends, Lies, and Misunderstandings
Palawai Basin : Hawaii's Mormon Zion
Pioneer Women of Faith and Fortitude
Places of Worship : 150 Years of Latter-day Saint Architecture
"Pouring in Oil" : The Development of the Modern Mormon Healing Ritual
Power from on High : The Development of Mormon Priesthood
Preserving the Record and Memory of the Female Relief Society of Nauvoo, 1842-92
Presidents of the Church : Insights Into Their Lives and Teachings
Presidents of the Church : Student Manual
Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation
Prophets, Priesthood Keys, and Succession
Prophet under Fire : President Joseph F. Smith Handles the Media
Qualities that Count : Heber J. Grant as Businessman, Missionary and Apostle
Readings in LDS Church History from Original Manuscripts
Recent Mountain Meadows Publications : A Sampling
Reformation (LDS) of 1856-1857
Released Time Religious Education Program of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Religion, Politics, and Sugar : The Mormon Church, the Federal Government, and the Utah-Idaho Sugar Company, 1907-1921
Remembering Iosepa : History, Place, and Religion in the American West
Remembering Joseph F. Smith : Loving Father, Devoted Prophet
Reminiscences of Charles W. Nibley, 1849-1931
Reminiscences of President Joseph F. Smith
Rocky Mountain Empire : The Latter-Day Saints Today
Sacred Places Volume 4 : Missouri : A Comprehensive Guide to Early LDS Historical Sites
School and Fireside
"Securing" the Prophet's Copyright in the Book of Mormon : Historical and Legal Context for the So-called Canadian Copyright Revelation
Shining Lights : How They Acquired Brightness
Sons of the Martyrs' Nauvoo Reunion-1860
Speaking in Tongues in the Restoration Churches
Spencer W. Kimball : Twelfth President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Stereographs and Stereotypes : A 1904 View of Mormonism
Teachings of Presidents of the Church Joseph F. Smith
Temples of the Most High
Temples to Dot the Earth
The 1911 Evolution Controversy at Brigham Young University
The Alberta Temple : 75 Years of Service
The Alberta Temple : Centre and Symbol of Faith
The Angel and the Beehive : The Mormon Struggle with Assimilation
The Arizona Temple
The Baptisms of Latter-day Prophets
The Beginnings of the First LDS Institute of Religion at Moscow, Idaho
The Book of Moses and the Joseph Smith Translation Manuscripts
The Church of Christ (Temple Lot) and the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints : 130 Years of Crossroads and Controversies
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Hawaiian Islands
The Church Schools
The Conception of the Hawaii Temple
The Democratization of American Christianity
The Descendants of Joseph F. Smith (1838-1918)
The First Institute Teacher
The First of the Modern Temples
The First Seminary Teacher
The Forms and the Power : The Development of Mormon Ritual Healing to 1847
"The Great World of the Spirits of the Dead" : Death, the Great War, and the 1918 Influenza Pandemic as Context for Doctrine and Covenants 138
The Growth of the Young Women's Mutual Improvement Association
The Historic Arizona Temple
The John Taylor Nauvoo Journal
The Joseph Smith Papers : Journals, Volume 1 : 1832–1839
The Joseph Smith Papers : Revelations and Translations, Volume 2 : Published Revelations
The Journals of William E. McLellin 1831-1836
The Lanai Colony : A Hawaiian Extension of the Mormon Colonial Idea
The Latter-day Saints and Public Education
The Life and Thought of Orson Pratt
The Life of Joseph Fielding Smith, Tenth President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
The Lord's Supper during the Progressive Era, 1890-1930
The Making of a Leader : A Biography of Charles W. Nibley to 1890
The Martyrdom of Joseph Smith and His Brother Hyrum by Dan Jones
The Memoirs of President Joseph Smith III (1832-1914)
The 'Mormon' Burial Ground at Mt. Pisgah, Iowa
The Mormon Church on Trial : Transcripts of the Reed Smoot Hearings
The Mormon Conflict, 1850-1859
The Mormon Experience : A History of the Latter-day Saints
The Mormon Hierarchy : Extensions of Power
The Mormon Rebellion : America's First Civil War, 1857-1858
The Mormon Succession Crisis of 1844
The Mormon Temple Site at Far West, Caldwell County, Missouri
The Original Book of Mormon Manuscript
The Palawai Pioneers on the Island of Lanai : The First Hawaiian Latter-day Saint Gathering Place (1854-1864)
The Pedagogy of a Church Leader : Lessons Learned from Joseph F. Smith's 1854-1916 Letters to His Sister, Martha Ann Smith Harris
The Politics of American Religious Identity : The Seating of Senator Reed Smoot, Mormon Apostle
The Presidents of the Church
The Priesthood Reform Movement, 1908-1922
The Printer's Manuscript of the Book of Mormon : Typographical Facsimile of the Entire Text in Two Parts
The Public Image of Sen. Reed Smoot, 1902-32
The Ritualization of Mormon History
The Roles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Relation to the United States Military, 1900-1975
The Sculpture of the Hawaiian Temple
The Shepherd Saint of Lanai : Rich 'Primacy' Revelations, Gathered from Various Sources and Produced in Historical Shape for the First Time in the 'Saturday Press', Dec. 24, 1881 to January 14, 1882
The Spanish-American and Philippine Wars
The Story of the Latter-day Saints
The Temple in Hawaii
"The Testimony of Men" : William E. McLellin and the Book of Mormon Witnesses
'The Tongue of Angels' : Glossolalia among Mormonism's Founders
The Viper on the Hearth : Mormons, Myths, and the Construction of Heresy
The Vision of the Redemption of the Dead
The Wives of the Patriarchs
The Words of Joseph Smith : The Contemporary Accounts of the Nauvoo Discourses of the Prophet Joseph
The Worldwide Expansion of Seminaries to English Speaking Countries from 1967-1970
"They Shall be Made Whole" : A History of Baptism for Health
This is My Doctrine : The Development of Mormon Theology
Through Camera Eyes
True and Faithful : The Life Story of Joseph Fielding Smith
Under the Gun at the Smoot Hearings : Joseph F. Smith's Testimony
Unto the Islands of the Sea : A History of the Latter-day Saints in the Pacific
Upon the Temple Lot : The Church of Christ's Quest to Build the House of the Lord
Uses and Maintenance of Churches by the Latter-day Saints
Utah and the Depression of the 1890s
Utah in the World War : The Men Behind the Guns and the Men and Women Behind the Men Behind the Guns
Utah Pioneer : Apostle Marriner Wood Merrill and His Family
Utah's Educational Innovation : LDS Religion Classes, 1890-1929
Vistas on Visions : A Golden Anniversary History of Church Education in Southern California
Whitmer Family Beliefs and Their Church of Christ
Wilford Woodruff : A Founding Father of the Mormon Academies
Wilford Woodruff's Journal, 1833-1898 : An Index
William E. McLellin's Lost Manuscript
Within These Prison Walls : Lorenzo Snow's Record Book, 1886-1897
Women's Voices : An Untold History of the Latter-day Saints, 1830-1900