Item Detail
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9109
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24
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English
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A Note on the Nauvoo Library and Literary Institute
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BYU Studies
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Spring 1974
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14
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386-89
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"Sometime in early January of 1844, at least seventy-four of Nauvoo's leading citizens met together for the expressed purpose of organizing a library and literary institute. A constitution, consisting of four articles and twenty-four by-laws, was unanimously adopted by those assembled. According to the by-laws, one method of obtaining stock in the institute was to donate books to the library. The secretary would then dutifully list under the name of each person the books contributed. Probably due to the lack of "hard cash" in Nauvoo most of those who belonged to the institute procured shares of stock by such donations. Thus from a perusal of the minutes we know the titles of over four hundred books held by the Nauvoo library. These titles provide the historian with an excellent source of studying and evaluating, to some extent at least, the intellectual climate of Nauvoo." [Publisher's abstract]
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Early Mormon Perceptions of Contemporary America : 1830-1846
Envisioning Scripture: Joseph Smith’s Revelations in Their Early American Contexts
Feeding the Flock : The Foundations of Mormon Thought : Church and Praxis
Joseph Smith and the Manchester (New York) Library
Joseph Smith and the Plurality of Worlds Idea
Joseph Smith and the University of Nauvoo
Joseph Smith, Captain Kidd Lore, and Treasure-Seeking in New York and New England during the Early Republic
Joseph Smith's Description of Paul the Apostle
Joseph Smith's Gold Plates: A Cultural History
Joseph Smith’s Response to Skepticism
Kingdom on the Mississippi Revisited
Mormon Parallels : A Bibliographic Source
Nineteenth-Century Mormon Architecture and City Planning
Old Mormon Nauvoo and Southeastern Iowa
People of Paradox : A History of Mormon Culture
Reassessing Joseph Smith Jr.'s Formal Education
Some Thoughts Regarding an Unwritten History of Nauvoo
The 'Beautiful Death' In the Smith Family
The Bible and the Latter-day Saint Tradition (book)
The Complete Record of the Nauvoo Library and Literary Institute
The Nauvoo Neighborhood : A Little Philadelphia or a Unique City Set Upon a Hill?
"The Perfect Union of Man and Woman" : Reclamation and Collaboration in Joseph Smith's Theology Making
Wrestling the Angel : The Foundations of Mormon Thought : Cosmos, God, Humanity
Zarahemla Revisited : Neville's Newest Novel