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Welcome to the 52nd annual conference of the Mormon History Association. This year we are meeting in Missouri, affectionately known as the “Show-Me State.” The sobriquet was

popularized

in

a

speech

delivered

by

Missouri

Congressman William Duncan Vandiver at a naval banquet in 1899. The Democratic congressman quipped, “I come from a state

that

raises

corn

and

cotton

and

cockleburs

and

Democrats, and frothy eloquence neither convinces nor satisfies me. I am from Missouri. You have got to show me.” As we gather with Mormon history enthusiasts this year in the Show-Me State, we can expect to be shown new, well-informed insights on Mormon history and a very good time, thanks to the hard work and planning of committee members, presenters, and commenters. Our program, assembled under the direction of co-chairs David Grua and Janiece Johnson, features over three dozen sessions in which more than 100 panelists and presenters will share their research and insights regarding Mormon history and culture, viewed through a variety of prisms including politics, theology, memory, authority, space, gender, race, the environment, sports, and the arts. The program committee has planned stimulating plenary sessions. In our opening plenary Fred E. Woods and Thomas L. Farmer, the authors of When the Saints Came Marching In, will teach us about the history of Mormonism in St. Louis. On Friday at our Membership Luncheon D. Michael Quinn, the recipient of MHA’s 2016 Arrington Award, will share insights and reflections from a lifetime of research and writing about Mormon history, drawing upon his diaries and correspondence. Later that afternoon a distinguished panel will celebrate and assess Laurel Thatcher Ulrich’s recently published A House Full of Females: Plural Marriage and Women’s Rights in Early Mormonism.

On Saturday

morning, this year’s Smith-Pettit Lecturer, Clyde A. Milner II of the University of New Mexico, professor emeritus of history at Arkansas State University and former editor of the Western Historical Quarterly, will probe into the intersection between Mormon and southern history.

He will explore why

Latter-day Saints did not wind up like Latter-day Southerners with a “lost cause” interpretation of governmental policing and repression in the last half of the nineteenth century. In our Saturday luncheon, Elder Steven Snow, LDS Church Historian, will share his insider perspective on the dramatic evolution of the LDS Church History Department. To complement the rich array of concurrent and plenary conference sessions, the local arrangements committee under the direction of Tom Farmer has worked tirelessly to develop two outstanding tours on Thursday that will acquaint us with some of the cultural and historic highlights of St. Louis and the region’s connections to Mormonism. The local arrangements committee along with MHA’s industrious Executive Director Rob Racker have assembled two splendid post-conference tour options that will take us to key historic sites in Missouri and Illinois under the guidance of experts who know the landscape and sites intimately. Thank you for joining in this wonderful annual tradition of showcasing and advancing the study of Mormon history.

BRIAN Q. CANNON, PRESIDENT

PRESIDENTIAL WELCOME

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WELCOME TO THE MHA CONFERENCE 2 Welcome to the 2017 MHA conference in St. Louis, Missouri! The conference theme, “Crossing and Dwelling in Mormon History,” is evocative of the city’s history as the Gateway to the West as well as Mormonism’s particular connections to the place. The program committee has put together an exciting slate of papers examining topics as diverse as the constitutional theories of the Council of Fifty, Mormon women at the World’s Fairs, sports and race, the Indian Student Placement Program, and gendered anti-Mormon media in Australia. These papers demonstrate how the history of Mormonism is a history of movement and settlement, of persistence and reinvention, from the American prairies to the Rocky Mountains to the coasts of California and beyond. We are also thrilled by the star-studded line-up of plenary sessions. Leading scholars of Mormonism will appear on an Author Meets Critics panel to discuss Laurel Thatcher Ulrich’s monumental A House Full of Females. LDS Church Historian Elder Steven E. Snow will discuss major initiatives of the Church History Department during his tenure. D. Michael Quinn, recipient of the 2016 Arrington Award, will reflect on his lifetime in Mormon history. The Smith-Pettit Lecturer, University of Arkansas Emeritus Professor of History Clyde Milner, will ask why the Saints of Utah lack a “lost cause” comparable to that of the South. BYU professor Fred Woods and local historian Tom Farmer will recount Mormonism’s fascinating history in the Gateway City. So meet us in St. Louis for what promises to be an invigorating 2017 MHA conference!

DAVID W. GRUA

JANIECE JOHNSON

LDS Church History Department Program Committee Co-Chair

Brigham Young University Idaho Program Committee Co-Chair

PROGRAM COMMITTEE Devery Anderson, Signature Books Rebecca de Schweinitz, Brigham Young University John Hamer, Community of Christ Christopher Jones, Brigham Young University Farina King, Northeastern State University Amy Tanner Thiriot, Independent Historian Saskia Tielens, TU Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany


WELCOME TO ST. LOUIS! 3 Welcome to St. Louis, the gateway to the west! We midwesterners pride ourselves on our hospitality, and it is our pleasure to host the Mormon History Association in 2017. We hope you will enjoy the on-site events of the conference, and leave some time to explore the rich cultural offerings of the region. St. Louis is situated astride the mighty Mississippi River just downstream from its confluence with the Missouri. These waterways have driven the layered human experience in the area, from the pre-Columbian urban complex of the Cahokia mound builders, through the arrival of French fur traders in 1764, the city’s entry into the United States in the 1803 Louisiana Purchase, and the launching of the Lewis and Clark expedition the following year. Its enviable location attracted German utopian communities and waves of Irish, Italian, Serbian, Lebanese, Syrian, and Greek migrants. The city flexed its muscles at 1904 World’s Fair as a cosmopolitan center and industrial powerhouse on the international stage. The early 20 th century brought dynamic growth, fueled in part by the migration of African American workers up the Mississippi in search of economic opportunity, while the latter half of the century brought demographic shift and urban decline, resulting in racial and economic division that continues to shape the St. Louis experience. The 21 st century finds the city poised for renewal as waves of Bosnian, Middle Eastern and African immigrants arrive, together with a revitalized high-tech scene, to inaugurate a new chapter of the Gateway region. St. Louis has long been a place of crossing and meeting in Mormon history. While the hopes and traumas of the Saints in western Missouri are well known, the Mormon experience in eastern Missouri is less familiar. After Governor Boggs issued the notorious extermination order, a number of Saints came to St. Louis seeking refuge from persecution. Following the Nauvoo exodus, many Latter-day Saints moved or immigrated to St. Louis to prepare for the overland journey west. By 1849, three to four thousand Saints lived in St. Louis, and a church newspaper, The St. Louis Luminary, was published from 1854 to 1855 to serve members of newly established St. Louis Stake. St. Louis was the site of the notable Utah Pavilion at the 1904 World’s Fair, as well as the mission experiences of young Spencer W. Kimball. The last half of the 20 th century brought steady growth in the LDS population to its current four stakes, culminating in the dedication of the St. Louis LDS Temple in 1997. The Community of Christ sponsors the Gateway Mission Center and five congregations in the St. Louis region. During your stay, we hope you will take time to discover the traces of this rich history. Pre-conference tours will explore St. Louis highlights including the Botanical Gardens, Forest Park, the historic Mercantile Library, historic cemeteries, and of course the commanding Gateway Arch. Post-conference tours will visit historic Nauvoo and the historic Latter-day Saint sites of western Missouri. Historic St. Charles offers a charming downtown district within walking distance of the convention center. A thirty-minute drive will take you to St. Louis where you can visit the world-famous City Museum (more a grown-up playground than a museum!), the free zoo and museums of Forest Park, the historic districts of Soulard and Lafayette Square, Busch Stadium, and more. Welcome to St. Louis! TOM FARMER & ROSALYND WELCH Local Arrangements Co-Chairs LAURIE MAFFLY-KIP, JEFF HARDY & STEVE DAVIS Local Arrangements Committee


OFFICERS & BOARD MEMBERS 4

LAURIE MAFFLY-KIPP PAST PRESIDENT

BRIAN Q. CANNON PRESIDENT

BRYON ANDREASEN

JB HAWS

FARINA KING

JOSEPH STUART

LISA OLSEN TAIT

ROBERT L. RACKER

PUBLICATIONS

STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE

AWARDS

PUBLIC RELATIONS

MEMBERSHIP

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

PATRICK MASON PRESIDENT-ELECT

QUINCY NEWELL

MICHAEL H PAULOS

EDUCATION LIAISON

FINANCE AND FUND RAISING

JESSIE EMBRY

JEFFERY O. JOHNSON

EDITOR OF THE JOURNAL OF MORMON HISTORY

HISTORIAN/ARCHIVIST


2017 MHA COMMITTEES 5 STUDENT RELATIONS

MEMBERSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT

Joseph Stuart, Chair

Farina King, Chair Robert L. Racker

NOMINATING Richard E. Bennett, Chair Barbara Jones Brown Melissa Inouye Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

EDUCATION LIAISON Qunicy Newell, Chair

FINANCE AND FUND-RAISING

JOURNAL OF MORMON HISTORY EDITOR

Michael H Paulos, Chair Robert L. Racker

Jessie Embry

PUBLICATIONS

JOURNAL BOARD OF EDITORS

Bryon Andreasen, Chair

Gary J. Bergera Newell Bringhurst Rachel Cope Fr. Daniel P. Dwyer Matthew Garrett Janiece Johnson Jennifer L. Lund Colleen McDannell Marjorie Newton Patricia Lyn Scott Barbara Walden

PUBLIC RELATIONS Lisa Olsen Tait, Chair

LONG-TERM & STRATEGIC PLANNING Laurie Maffly-Kipp, Chair Brian Q. Cannon Patrick Q.Mason Paul Reeve Robert L. Racker

Brett Dowdle

- Book Review Editor

AWARDS JB Haws, Chair Tom Alexander-Arrington Subcommittee Chair Lavina Fielding Anderson Richard L.Bushman Tona Hangen-Book Subcomittee Chair Elise Boxer Wilfried Decoo Brenden Rensink Barbara Walden

Sheree Bench-Article Subcomittee Chair Janelle Higbee Mark Ashurst-McGee Susanna Morrill David Morris Matt Godfrey-Student Work Subcommittee Chair Sheree Bench Scott Esplin Boyd Petersen Greg Prince CONFERENCE PROGRAM DESIGN: BROOKE WOODALL


CONFERENCE CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS 6 OPENING PLENARY FR I D A Y , JUN E 2 � 8:0 0 - 9:0 0 AM � J U N I O R B A LLR O O M W H E N TH E S AIN T S CAME MARCHING I N : M O R M O N H I STO R Y I N ST. LO U I S ( 1 8 3 1 - 2 0 1 7 ) BI O : T o m F ar me r is a l if e tim e S t .

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Lo u is r e side n t an d Lat t e r - d a y Sain t wh o se r o o ts in th e S t Lo u is c h u r c h go bac k t h r e e ge n e r atio n s. He is a gr a d ua t e o f W ash in gto n U n iv e r sity S c h o o l o f D e n tistr y , Br igh am Yo ung U n iv e r sity , an d A f f to n H i g h sc h o o l . He is th e c u r r ent P r e side n t o f th e St Lo ui s Mo r mo n Histo r ic al So c i e t y .

TOM FARMER

FRED WOODS

BI O: Fr e d E . W o o d s comp l eted a Ph D i n M i d d le E a s t Stu d ies from th e Uni v e r s i t y o f Uta h w ith a n e m p h a s i s i n H eb rew B ib l e in 1 9 9 1 . H e i s c urren tl y a p rofes s or a t B r i g h a m Y o un g U n ivers ity in t h e D e p a r t m e nt of C h u rch H i s t o r y a nd D octrin e. Dr. Wood s h a s b e e n a v i s itin g p rofes s or a t s e v e r a l uni v e r s ities a n d h a s le c t ur e d e x t e ns ivel y in th e Uni t e d S t a t e s an d in tern a tion a l l y. P r o fe s s o r W o o d s h a s a l s o b een i nv o lv e d w i t h i n terfa ith w ork for m a ny y e a r s a nd is cu rren tl y a r e s e a r c h fe llo w a t O xford Uni v e r s i t y .

The r i se o f S t. Lo u i s m e a n t n ot on l y a c on fl ue nt c o sm o p o l it an c it y whe r e t he wat e r s o f t he Mi ssi ssi ppi and Mi s s o ur i Riv er in ters e c t e d , b u t i t wa s a l s o a p l ac e o f c o nv e r g e nc e o f c ul t ur e and id e as for thou sands of immi gra n ts w h o w e re m a k i n g t h e i r s t a rt i n Am e r ic a. Fo r t he e ar l y S aint s, it was a t e m p o r ar y gatheri ng place wh er e E ur o pea n c on ve rt s joi n e d h a n d s wi t h t he ir b r o t he r s and sist e r s who had m ig r at e d from the Eastern States to dr a w s tr e n g t h a n d m e a n s t o c on t inue t he ir jo ur ne y t o a ne wl y c ar v e d Zio n in t he West. Now St. Lo ui s ha s beco m e i t s own p e rm a n e n t g a t h er ing p l ac e , and t he S aint s he r e hav e b uil t t he ir ow n Zi on at thi s sa me ju n ctur e o f ‘ O l d M a n R i ve r’ a n d t h e ‘Big M ud d y’. T ho se who c o ng r e g at e he r e wil l not only f eel the ri ppli n g impa ct o f t h e R e s t ora t i on , b u t a l s o a sp ir it o f ac c e p t anc e , fo r b e ar anc e , and c har it y from thi s vi brant m etr o po l is w h ic h h a s n ot forg ot t e n h e r p a st as an o asis o f t o l e r anc e and r e fug e .

MEMBERSHIP/ PLENARY LUNCHEONS F RI D AY , JUN E 2 � 11:30 - 1:00 PM AB BALLROOM

D. MICHAEL QUINN

2016 MHA ARRINGTON AWARD RECIPIENT My J o u r n ey f r o m E SS E N T I A L S I N C H U R C H HISTO RY to THE M O R M O N H I E R A R C H Y S e rie s

SA TU R D A Y, J U N E 3 � 1 2:1 5 - 1 : 4 5 P M A B BA L L R OOM

ELDER STEVEN E. SNOW LDS CHURCH HISTORIAN

“ A Gr e at e r Wo r k Wil l Be Do ne ” : The Evolu ti on o f t he LDS Chur c h H ist o r y Department


HIGHLIGHTS CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS 7 SMITH-PETTIT LECTURE S A T U RD AY, JU NE 3 � 9 : 0 0 - 1 0 : 0 0 AM �

JU NIOR BA LLR O O M

WH Y D O N ’T M O R M O N S H A VE A LO ST C A U S E ?

PIC TU R E

CLYDE A. MILNER II

The po pul ar m em o r y o f t he Ci v i l W ar and i t s af t er m ath fo r ma n y w h i te Sout her n f am i l i es cent er s o n a L o st Cause m yt ho l o g y th a t r e ma i n s s u r pr i si ng l y al i v e i n t hat r eg i o n t o d ay. T he r epr esent a ti o n o f th e Conf ed er acy acr o ss t he So ut h i s sho wn i n bat t l e r e-en a c tme n ts , ma r b le s tat ues, and t he ubi q ui t o us “ St ar s and B ar s” o f t he r eb e l b a ttle fla g. La t t er -d ay Sai nt s i n t hei r Gr eat B asi n K i ng d o m had an o p p o r tu n i ty to f o r g e t hei r o wn L o st Cause i n t he co l l ect i v e m em o r y of fe d e r a l a c ti o n s to war d t hei r chur ch and i t s m em ber s. T he nat i o nal g ov e r n me n t’ s c a m pai g n ag ai nst t he r el i g i o us pr act i ce o f pl ur al m ar r i a ge r e a c h e d i ts c li m ax i n t he er a o f what so m e scho l ar s no w t er m t he G r e a te r Reco nst r uct i o n. B y t he 1 89 0 s, t he L o st Cause becam e w e ll e s ta b li s h e d a c r o ss t he So ut h, but i n U t ah wher e a chur ch m ani f es to e n d e d th e s a nct i o ni ng o f pl ur al m ar r i ag e and st at eho o d final l y c a me , Mo r mo n s d i d no t co nst r uct a shar ed i d ent i t y as d efiant l y unr eco nst r u c te d r e b e ls . W h y di d n’ t L at t er -d ay Sai nt s end up l i k e pr esent -d ay whi t e S o u th e r n e r s ? W h y a ren’ t M o r m o ns l o st i n t hei r o wn L o st Cause? T hi s yea r ’ s S mi th - P e tti t Le ct ur e wi l l pr o po se so m e answer s.

BIO:

D r . Cl yd e A. M i l ner I I i s f o und i ng d i r ect o r o f t he P h. D . p r o gr a m i n H er i t ag e St ud i es and pr o f esso r o f hi st o r y em er i t us at A r k a n s a s S ta te U ni v er si t y i n Jo nesbo r o . Ret i r ed t o Al buq uer q ue, New Me x i c o , h e h o ld s the ho no r ar y appo i nt m ent o f Vi si t i ng Scho l ar i n t he d e p a r tme n t o f hi st o r y at t he U ni v er si t y o f New M exi co .

PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS SATURDAY, JUNE 3 � 7:00 - 9:00 PM � AB B ALLROOM “TO BUY UP THE LAMANITE CHILDREN AS FAST AS THEY COULD”: INDENTURED SERVITUDE IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY MORMON SOCIETY The ear l y M o r m o n m o v em ent was an o r i ent eer i ng t r ad i ti o n . A s th e Sa i nt s m o v ed acr o ss t he Am er i can l and scape, t hey f o c u s e d i n te n tly o n a new und er st and i ng o f t i m e and space t hat r ef r am e d th e i r c ol l ect i v e d est i ny. B ut what d o es t he m o r e r ecent g r o w th o f th e L D S Ch ur ch, especi al l y i n t he So ut her n H em i spher e, sug g e s t a b o u t r ev i si o ns t o t hat o r i g i nal g eo g r aphi c and t em po r al o r g a n i z i n g s c hem e? As t he Chur ch m aps i t sel f o nt o d i f f er ent l an d s c a p e s , h o w wi l l co m m uni t y pr act i ces be r eo r i ent ed o r r ev i sed ?

B IO:

BRIAN Q. CANNON

Br i an Q . Canno n i s pr o f esso r o f hi st o r y and d i r ect o r o f th e C h a r le s Red d Cent er f o r W est er n St ud i es at B r i g ham Y o ung U n i v e r s i ty . He i s the aut ho r o f o v er t wo d o zen ar t i cl es and bo o k chapt e r s i n Mo r mo n , r ur al and west er n U . S. hi st o r y. H i s bo o k s i ncl ud e Rem a k i n g th e Ag r ar i an D r eam : New D eal Rur al Reset t l em ent i n t he Mo u n ta i n W e s t (19 9 6 ); Reo peni ng t he F r o nt i er : H o m est ead i ng i n t he Mo d e r n W e s t (20 0 9 ) and T he Awk war d St at e o f U t ah: Co m i ng o f Ag e i n th e N a ti o n , 18 9 6 -1 9 4 5 (20 1 5 ), co -aut ho r ed wi t h Char l es P et er so n. H e h a s s e r v e d a s pr esi d ent o f t he Ag r i cul t ur al H i st o r y So ci et y; and o n th e e d i to r i a l boar d s o f B Y U St ud i es, t he U t ah H i st o r i cal Q uar t er l y, a n d Ag r i cul t ur al H i st o r y.


MAP OF SCCC 8

LOWER LEVEL

JESSE EMBRAY JMH EDITOR

UPPER LEVEL

MHA REG DESK

MOTHERS ROOM


T H U R S DA Y 1 JU NE Day at a Glance

9 BUS LANES OF SCCC

BUS LANES OF SCCC

UPPER PRE-LEVEL FUNCTION AREA

BALLROOM AB

ALL DAY

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ST. LOUIS HIGHLIGHT FOR HISTORY BUFFS Shuttle Departs

EXPLORE MORMON & U.S. HISTORY DOWNTOWN

9:00 AM

Shuttle Departs

8:15 AM

8:30 AM

12:30 PM

1:30 PM

ST. LOUIS HIGHLIGHT FOR HISTORY BUFFS Shuttle Returns

EXPLORE MORMON & U.S. HISTORY DOWNTOWN

5:00 PM

Shuttle Returns

6:00 PM OPENING RECEPTION

STEVE EHLMANN ST. CHARLES COUNTY EXECUTIVE

7:00 PM

MORMON AND U.S. HISTORY IN DOWNTOWN ST. LOUIS

Join us while we explore Mormon and U.S. History in downtown St. Louis, travel to the top of the Gateway arch, then see two St. Louis cemeteries and discover the history of those who are found there.

ST. LOUIS HIGHLIGHTS FOR HISTORY BUFFS

Join us while we visit historical St. Louis landmarks such as Shaw’s Garden, the St. Louis Mercantile Library, Forest Park. and much more.

*WE RECOMMEND WEARING COMFORTABLE SHOES WHILE PARTICIPATING IN THESE PRE-CONFERENCE TOURS


FRID A Y 2 JUNE Day at a Glance

10 A-D GRAND BALLROOM

JR BALLROOM D

JR BALLROOM B

CROSSING AND DWELLING IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY PLURAL MARRIAGE

THE LDS CHURCH’S GOSPEL TOPICS ESSAYS: A ROUNDTABLE

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OPENING PLENARY CD Ballroom

9:00 - 9:30 9:30 - 11:00

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11:00 - 11:30 11:30 - 1:00

MEMBERSHIP LUNCHEON AB Ballroom

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1:00 - 1:30

DWELLING IN MORMON CONTESTED SPACE (1836-1846)

1:30 - 3:00

REFORMATION, MODERNIZATION, AND MIGRATION: HOW LDS WOMEN AND YOUNG WOMEN HAVE MAINTAINED IDENTITY AMIDST CHANGING ORGANIZATIONAL PRACTICE

3:30 - 5:00

9:15 - 10:30

MORMON MASCULINITIES IN THE NINETEENTH AND TWENTIETH CENTURY

AUTHOR MEETS CRITICS: THOMAS W. SIMPSON, AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES AND THE BIRTH OF MODERN MORMONISM, 1867-1940

INDIAN STUDENT PLACEMENT PROGRAM EXPERIENCES

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5:00 - 6:30

7:15 - 9:00

COMPETING CONCEPTIONS OF AUTHORITY IN MORMON NAUVOO

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3:00 - 3:30

5:15 - 6:45

FROM KIRTLAND TO KENYA: INSIGHTS FROM THE CHURCH HISTORIAN’S PRESS 2017 RELEASES

PLENARY AUTHOR MEETS CRITICS CD Ballrooms

AWARDS BANQUET AB Ballroom

STUDENT RECEPTION ??? Ballroom

EXHIBITOR HALL OPEN FROM 8:00 AM - 6:30 PM


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8:00 - 9:00 10:00 - 10:30 MORMON HISTORICAL THEOLOGY

A TROVE OF EARLY IOWA DOCUMENTS SPONSORED BY BYU STUDIES

THE GREAT-GREAT-GRANDMOTHER PROJECT: EXPLORING THE CROSSING AND DWELLING OF WOMEN WHO JOINED THE MORMON MOVEMENT

THE MEMORIALIZATION OF THE CIRCLEVILLE MASSACRE

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9:30 - 11:00 11:00 - 11:30 11:30 - 1:00

BREAK MORMONISM IN MEXICO AND THE SOUTHWEST BORDERLANDS

SONGS AND FLOWERS OF THE WASATCH: A NEW REPRESENTATION OF UTAH WOMEN FOR THE 1893 WORLD’S FAIR

THE LIFE AND ARTWORK OF ST. LOUIS CONVERT: JOSEPH PAUL VORST

1:00 - 1:30 MORMON COLONIALISM IN THE WEST AND PACIFIC

3:00 - 3:30

BREAK SETTLING AND UNSETTLING ZION IN JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI

MORMONS AND ST. LOUIS

LDS WOMEN’S STORIES: NARRATIVE JOURNEYS WITHIN MORMONISM

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1:30 - 3:00

CROSSING AND DWELLING IN UTAH HISTORY

3:30 - 5:00

5:00 - 6:30

5:15 - 6:45

7:15 - 9:00

9:15 - 10:30

IN UPPER LEVEL PRE-FUNCTION AREA


S A T URD AY 3 JUNE Day at a Glance

12 A-D GRAND BALLROOM

JR BALLROOM D

JR BALLROOM B

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MWHIT BREAKFAST AB Ballroom

CROSSING AND MAINTAINING BOUNDARIES: MORMON WOMEN’S EXPERIENCE IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY UTAH

9:00 - 10:30

SMITH-PETTIT LECTURE CD Ballrooms

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12:00 - 12:15 12:15 - 1:45

PLENARY/LUNCH AB Ballrooms

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1:45 - 2:00

CROSSING AND DWELLING IN MORMON MISSOURI

PERMANENT SETTLEMENT OR PENDING MIGRATION ? EXPLORING THE FRONTIER OF MORMON STUDIES

MORMONISM IN NOVELS AND ON THE STAGE

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3:30 - 4:00

MORMONS AND POLITICS IN 1840S ILLINOIS

4:00 - 5:30

9:00 - 10:00

RELIGIOUS MIGRANTS

FAITHFUL HEALING: MORMONS, THE BODY, AND HEALTH

2:00 - 3:30

7:00 - 9:00

GEORGE Q. CANNON AND SECOND-GENERATION MORMONISM: A ROUNDTABLE

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10:30 - 11:00 11:00 - 12:00

THE INTERSECTIONALITY OF RACE, GENDER, SPORTS, AND MORMONISM

PRESIDENTIAL BANQUET AB Ballroom

CLOSING RECEPTION AB Ballroom

EXHIBITOR HALL OPEN FROM 8:00 AM - 6:30 PM


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MORMONISM, GENDER, NATIONHOOD, AND WORLD’S FAIRS

JESSIE EMBREY EDITOR JOURNAL MORMON HISTORY

GATHERING FROM THE US SOUTHERN STATES

THE VISIONARY WORLDS OF NINETEENTH-CENTURY MORMONISM

9:00 - 10:30 10:30 - 11:00

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11:00 - 12:00

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12:00 - 12:15 12:15 - 1:45

BREAK TENSIONS IN MODERN (IZING) MORMONISM

RETHINKING MORMON ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY – CRITICAL APPROACHES

1:45 - 2:00

JESSIE EMBREY EDITOR JOURNAL MORMON HISTORY

SCRIPTURE IN THE AGE OF TRANSITION

3:30 - 4:00

BREAK “ON THE WAY TO SOMEWHERE ELSE”: AMERICAN ARTISTS’ OBSERVATIONS OF MORMON MIGRATION AND ESTABLISHMENT

“ZION AND THE CITY”

2:00 - 3:30

JESSIE EMBREY EDITOR JOURNAL MORMON HISTORY

NATIVE ENCOUNTERS IN RESTORATIONIST HISTORY AND FOLKLORE

4:00 - 5:30

7:00 - 9:00

9:00 - 10:00

IN UPPER LEVEL PRE-FUNCTION AREA


S U ND AY 3 JUN E Day at a Glance

14 EMBASSY SUITES PORTLAND ROOM

BUS LANES EMBASSY HOTEL

BUS LANES EMBASSY HOTEL

SUNDAY CLOSING DEVOTIONAL

9:00 - 10:00

Embassy Suites Portland Room Speaker Lana Gilbert, Community of Christ

9:00 - 10:00 NAUVOO POST CONFERENCE TOUR

11:00

Shuttle Departs Bus Guide: Jenny Lund

WESTERN MISSOURI POST CONFERENCE TOUR Shuttle Departs Bus Guide: Alex Baugh

11:00

Devotional DEVOTIONAL

NAUVOO

WESTERN MISSOURI

Lana Gilbert of the Community of Christ Nekisha Rhodes, Vocalist

Explore the dynamic connections between Mormonism, mining, and the growth of communities along the Wasatch Front and Back Our overnight Nauvoo post-conference tour lead by Jenny Lund, Lach Mackay, and Susan Easton

Black takes us by bus from St Charles, north through Hannibal MO and Quincy IL to the charming city of old Nauvoo.

Our overnight post-conference western Missouri tour lead by Alex Baugh, will take us by bus from St Charles to the historic city of Richmond, site of the vacant log house where Joseph Smith and 6 other Mormon leaders were incarcerated.

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F RID AY 2 JUNE 16 8:00 - 9:00

9:30 - 11:00

9:30 - 11:00

9:30 - 11:00

Opening Plenary Session

Crossing and Dwelling in Nineteenth-Century Plural Marriage

The LDS Church’s Gospel Topics Essays: A Roundtable

From Kirtland to Kenya: Insights from The Church Historian’s Press 2017 Releases

OP session

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1B

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1C

session

session

Tom Farmer

Lawrence Foster

Newell Bringhurst

R. Eric Smith

Independent Scholar

LDS Church History Dept

Fred Woods

Georgia Institute of Technology

St. Louis, Missouri

Chair & Discussant

Chair & Discussant

Chair

Brigham Young University

When the Saints Came Marching In: Mormon History in St. Louis (1831-2017)

Gary James Bergera

Matthew L. Harris Colorado State

University-Pueblo

Smith-Pettit Foundation

“Through a Glass, Darkly”: The LDS Church’s Gospel Topics Essay on Joseph Smith and the Beginnings of Plural Marriage

Stewart Davenport

Pepperdine University Latter-day Judas: The Effects of John C. Bennett’s Betrayal on Joseph Smith and Mormon Polygamy

Danny L. Jorgensen University of South Florida, Tampa

and Andrew Leary

San Jose, California The Cutlerite “Taint” of Plural Marriage: Alpheus Cutler’s Plural Wives

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B ALLROO M 8:00 - 9:00

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Why the Gospel Topics Essays? David J. Howlett Skidmore College

The Cultural Work of the ‘First Vision Accounts’ Essay Stephen C. Taysom Cleveland State University

Translation and Historicity of the Book of Abraham Margaret Toscano University of Utah Joseph Smith’s Teachings about Priesthood, Temple and Women

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Riley M. Lorimer

LDS Church History Department Constructing Authority: Mormon Women’s Discourses in At the Pulpit

Christian Heimburger

LDS Church History Department Spreading (and Publicizing!) the Good News: Missionary Work during a Winter of Mormon Discontent Mark Ashurst-McGee LDS Church History Department An Introduction and Invitation to the Joseph Smith Papers, Documents Series, Volume 6: 1838-1839

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F R I DAY 2 JU NE 17 9:30 - 11:00

9:30 - 11:00

9:30 - 11:00

9:30 - 11:00

Mormon Historical Theology

A Trove of Early Iowa Documents

The Great-Great-Grandmother Project: Exploring the Crossing and Dwelling of Women who Joined the Mormon Movement

The Memorialization of the Circleville Massacre

(Sponsored by BYU Studies)

1D session

Loyd Isao Ericson Chair Greg Kofford Books

Lynne Hilton Wilson

LDS Seminaries and Institutes

The Power: Joseph Smith’s Interdependency Between the Spirit and Priesthood Grant Underwood Brigham Young University

Crossing and Dwelling in Mormon Theology: The Case of Soteriology Brian D. Birch

Utah Valley University

1E

1F

Richard E. Bennett

Jeffery O. Johnson

Brigham Young University

Salt Lake City, Utah

session

session

Chair & Discussant

Chair & Discussant

1G session

Quincy Newell

Chair Hamilton College

Dorena Martineau

John W. Welch

Marie Cornwall National Science Foundation

Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah

Gems from the History of Keokuk and Autobiography of Hawkins Taylor

Different Circumstances and Diverse Women: A different approach to the study of Mormon women’s history

W. Paul Reeve

Brigham Young University

Jeffrey N. Walker Brigham Young University

Jane Bryner

Joseph Smith v. George Hinkle

Salt Lake City, Utah

Gordon A. Madsen Independent Scholar

Joseph Smith to Edward Johnstone, June 23, 1844

Fixing Doctrine: Reflections on the Development of Mormon Thought

University of Utah

Jedediah Rogers Utah Historical Quarterly

Brad Westwood

Utah Division of State History

Eight Mormon Women’s Lives of Crossing and Dwelling Carolyn C. Jenkins Salt Lake City, Utah

How Shared Experiences of Four Mormon Women Shaped Significant Relationships

Comments: J. Spencer Fluhman Brigham Young University

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FR ID A Y 2 JUN E 18 MEMBERSHIP LUNCHEON

11:30 - 1:00

1:30 - 3:00

1:30 - 3:00

1:30 - 3:00

Plenary/Membership Luncheon

Dwelling in Mormon Contested Space (1836-1846)

Sacred Books, Solemn Rites: Text, Ritual, and Cosmos in Mormon History

Mormon Masculinities in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Century

ML session

MHA Membership Luncheon Plenary/ Business Report

2A

2B

session

session

2C session

Philip L. Barlow

Laurie Maffly-Kipp

Amy Hoyt

Elizabeth Kuehn

Jennifer Reeder LDS Church History Department

Independent Scholar

Contested Kirtland: Expanding Narratives of Dissent

The Nauvoo Female Relief Society Minute Book: A Politics of Personality

Chair & Discussant Utah State University

Chair & Discussant Washington University in St. Louis

Chair & Discussant University of the Pacific

D. Michael Quinn (2016 Arrington Award Recipient)

My Journey from ESSENTIALS IN CHURCH HISTORY to THE MORMON HIERARCHY Series.

LDS Church History Department

Jeffrey D. Mahas LDS Church History Department

“A Holy and Consecrated Land unto Me”: Far West and the Conflicting Definitions of Sacred Space Christopher James Blythe LDS Church History Department

“Cast Out of My Holy City”: Defiled Sacred Space in Nauvoo, Illinois

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BALLRO O M 11:30-1:00 PM

JR BR

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Jordan T. Watkins LDS Church History Department

The Constitution in Crisis: Antislavery and Mormon Appeals, Critiques, and Creations Benjamin E. Park Sam Houston State University

The Perils of a Protestant Democracy: Mormon and Catholic Conceptions of Democratic Rule in the 1840s

J R BR

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10:30 - 12:00 1:30 - 3:00

Michael Haycock

Men of Promise: Masculinity in Post WW-II Mormonism and the Promise Keepers

Megan Stanton

University of Wisconsin-Madison “I Hoped to Overcome My Disposition to Speculate”: Financial Interests and Generational Change among General Authorities in the Late Nineteenth Century

Justin Bray

University of Utah Aging, Eldership, and Evangelism in Early-Twentieth-Century Mormonism

Hunter M. Hampton University of Missouri “Our Faith is Strong”: BYU Football, Muscular Christianity, and the Making of Mormon Manhood

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F R I DAY 2 JU NE 19 1:30 - 3:00

1:30 - 3:00

1:30 - 3:00

1:30 - 3:00

Mormonism in Mexico and the Southwest Borderlands

Songs and Flowers of the Wasatch: A New Representation of Utah Women for the 1893 World’s Fair

The Life and Artwork of St. Louis Convert: Joseph Paul Vorst

Mormon Colonialism in the West and Pacific

2D session

Barbara Jones Brown

Chair & Discussant Park City, UT

Steve LeSueur

2E

2F

session

session

Janet Bradford

Chair & Discussant Brigham Young University

Alan Morrell Chair & Discussant LDS Church History Dept

Andrea Radke-Moss

Elizabeth Smart

Glen Nelson

Charlotte Hansen Terry

Arlington, Virginia

Brigham Young University

Ambush: The Murders of Frank LeSueur and Gus Gibbons by the Wild Bunch

Origins of Songs and Flowers of the Wasatch

Philip R. Stover

Brigham Young University

Mata Ortiz, Chihuahua, Mexico

The Exodus of 1912: A Huddle of Pros and Cons—Mormons Twice Dispossessed Barbara Morgan Gardner Brigham Young University

2G session

New York, NY

The Art of Joseph Paul Vorst (1897-1950) Laura Allred Hurtado

Connie Lamb

LDS Church History Department

Utah’s Women Poets and the 1893 World’s Fair Myrna Layton Brigham Young University

Why Joseph Paul Vorst Matters To A Mormon Audience: An Acquisition and An Exhibition

Chair BYU-Idaho

LDS Church History Department

Degraded Customs but Honest Souls: The Arguments for Building the Mormon Empire in the Pacific Elise Boxer

University of South Dakota

“Choice Above All Other Lands”: Mormon Settler Colonialism and the Making of “Zion” Brittani R. Orona

Singing the Songs and Flowers of the Wasatch

(Hupa) University of California, Davis

“All Armed to the Teeth”: Mormons, California Indians, and the Making of Zion in the Far West

“Educativa Y Cultural”: The Story of the Mormon School at San Marcos, Mexico

Comments : Amanda Hendrix-Komoto

Montana State University

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104 1:30 - 3:00

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FRID AY 2 JUN E 20 3:30 - 5:00

3:30 - 5:00

3:30 - 5:00

3:30 - 5:00

Reformation, Modernization, and Migration: How LDS Women and Young Women Have Maintained Identity amidst Changing Organizational Practice

Author Meets Critics: Thomas W. Simpson, American Universities and the Birth of Modern Mormonism, 1867-1940

Indian Student Placement Program Experiences

Settling and Unsettling Zion in Jackson County, Missouri

3A session

3B

3C

session

session

Rebecca de Schweinitz

Brett D. Dowdle

Spencer Wells

Thomas G. Alexander

Chair Brigham Young University

College of William and Mary

As Judges in Zion: The Relief Society and the Reformation of Church Discipline, 1842-1844 Kate Holbrook

LDS Church History Department

When Time Isn’t Money: The Spirit of Personal Progress Heather J. Stone University of Utah

Chair & Discussant Texas Christian University

Kristine Wright

Princeton University

Richard Lyman Bushman

Columbia University

Jed Woodworth LDS

Response: Thomas W. Simpson

Moderator Journal of Mormon History

Farina King (Navajo)

The Acquisition of the Original Temple Lot Property in Independence, Jackson County, Missouri

Northeastern State University

Tyson King (Navajo) Former student in the Indian Student Placement Program

Edouardo Zendejas (Omaha) Former student in the Indian Student Placement Program/ University of Nebraska-Omaha

Philips Exeter Academy

Alexander L. Baugh Brigham Young University Laying the Foundation of Zion: Joseph Smith’s 1831 Mission to Western Missouri Tiffany Taylor Bowles LDS Church History Department Martyr or Menace? The Curious Case of Elijah Lovejoy and the Mormons Comment: Matthew C. Godfrey LDS Church History Department

Comment: Lisa Olsen Tait

LDS Church History Department

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Chair & Discussant LDS Church History Dept R. Jean Addams Woodinville, WA

“It was like going to Mars!”: Narratives from LDS Young Women Who Gathered to Zion in the Late 20th Century

JR BR

Mark Ashurst-McGee

Matthew Garrett

Bakersfield College

Brigham Young University

Church History Department

Jessie Embry

3D session

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F R I DA Y 2 JU NE 21 SPECIAL EVENTS

3:30 - 5:00

3:30 - 5:00

3:30 - 5:00

5:15 - 6:45 PM

Mormons and St. Louis

LDS Women’s Stories: Narrative Journeys within Mormonism

Crossing and Dwelling in Utah History

Author Meets Critics: Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, A House Full of Females: Plural Marriage and Women’s Rights in Early Mormonism

3E session

Fred Woods

Chair & Discussant Brigham Young University

Jonathan Neville

Salt Lake City

Mormon Interactions with Native American Mounds

Susan Easton Black Brigham Young University

St. Louis Luminary: The Later-day Saint Experience at the Mississippi, 1854-1855

John Sillito Weber State University Shaping Mormonism’s Public Image and Building Faith: B.H. Roberts’Mission to the Midwest, 1896

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3F session

Sarah Clement Reed

Chair & Discussant University of Wisconsin–Madison Elisa Findlay

University of Wisconsin-Madison

No More Strangers: Identity Negotiation in Late Twentieth-Century Mormon Women’s Writing Heidi Reed

Mapleton, Utah

Expound and Exhort: Women’s Influence through Primary Songs Jennifer Crow

Middle Tennessee State University

3G session

Janiece Johnson Chair & Discussant BYU-Idaho

Robert H. Briggs

Independent Scholar )

Builders of Modern Mormonism: John Cradlebaugh, J.H. Beadle, and Robert N. Baskin JAB effrey J. Turner University of Utah

Polygamy, Immigration, and the Negotiation of Mormon Ethnicity Mary Campbell

104 3:30 - 5:00

Ryan G. Tobler Harvard University Claudia Bushman Independent Scholar Sarah Barringer Gordon University of Pennsylvania W. Paul Reeve University of Utah Christine Talbot University of Northern Colorado Response: Laurel Thatcher Ulrich Harvard University Room: D1-D3 Ballroom

7:15 - 9:00 PM

AWARDS BANQUET

Room: AB Ballroom

University of Tennessee

JB Haws, MasterCerimony

Saints in Space

9:15 - 10:30 PM

STUDENT RECEPTION

Social Responses to Mormon Feminist Activism and Ordain Women in the LDS Church

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Room: Embassy Suite Portland Room

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S A T URD AY 3 JUNE 22 7:30 - 9:00 MWHIT Breakfast Room: AB Ballroom

9:00 - 10:30

9:00 - 10:30

9:00 - 10:30

Crossing and Maintaining Boundaries: Mormon Women’s Experience in Nineteenth-Century Utah

The Intersectionality of Race, Gender, Sports, and Mormonism

George Q. Cannon and Second-Generation Mormonism: A Roundtable

4A

4B

session

session

Elizabeth Kuehn

Chair LDS Church History Dept

Jessica Nelson Utah State University

Scribbling Women in Zion: Mormon Women’s Fascination With Fanny Fern

“Let’s Give Basket Ball Back to the White Boys”: African Americans, Athletics, and Mormonism and the Negro at Utah State University, 1960-1961

Lisa Olsen Tait

Darron T. Smith University of Memphis

Susa Young Gates: The Divorce

The Unfinished Business of Civil Rights: Historical Understandings on Contemporary Struggles of Black Student Athletes at BYU

LDS Church History Department

Hannah Jung

Brandeis University

“Woman, Know Thyself!”: Mormon Women’s Spiritual and Medical Care of the Sick Comments: Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

Harvard University

AB

7:30 - 9:00

Chair University of Utah

Lori Wilkinson

University of Utah

BALLRO O M

Joseph Stuart

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Craig Yugawa Washington University in St. Louis

4C session

Christopher C. Jones Chair Brigham Young University

Kathryn Tanner Burnside

LDS Church History Department

Ben Godfrey

LDS Church History Department

Matthew J. Grow LDS Church History Department

Robin Scott Jensen LDS Church History Department

Jed Woodworth

DS Church History Department

Rise and Shout the Cougars Are Out (of the Big 12): The 1968-1972 BYU Sports Boycotts and the 2016 Big 12 Snub

Comments: Russell Stevenson Michigan State University

J R BR

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S A T U R DA Y 3 JU NE 23 9:00 - 10:30

9:00 - 10:30

9:00 - 10:30

9:00 - 10:30

Mormonism, Gender, Nationhood, and World’s Fairs

Gathering from the US Southern States

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The Visionary Worlds of Nineteenth-Century Mormonism

4D session

4E

4F

session

session

4G session

Reid L. Neilson

Heidi Reed

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David Golding

Konden Smith

Ryan Combs

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Stephen J. Fleming Independent Scholar

Chair & Discussant LDS Church History Dept

University of Arizona

Mormon Assimilation and the Frontier Spirit at the World’s Fair 1893 Andrea G. Radke-Moss BYU-Idaho

Mormon Women, World’s Fairs, and the Politics of Polygamy: From Chicago in 1893 to the St. Louis World’s Fair of 1904 Joshua M. Matson Florida State University

Re-Appropriating Mormonism to the World: A Spatial Analysis of the Mormon Pavilion at the 1964-1965 World’s Fair RO O M

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Chair Independent Scholar

LDS Church History Department

“To Perfect What Was Left Behind”: How Joseph Smith Might Have Come In Contact with Jane Lead’s Writings

The Arkansas Travelers: Missionaries, Converts, and a Southern Trail to Arizona

Bruce Crow

Murfreesboro, Tennessee

Cristina Rosetti University of California-Riverside

A Place for the Un-Gathered: The Home of Abraham and Mary Church of Hickman County Tennessee

From Summerland to Zion: Theorizing Mormon Interaction with Spiritualism in the Nineteenth-Century West

Joah Fussell

Independent Scholar The Gospel Tent Campaign of the Florida Conference in the Southern States Mission

John J. Hammond Geneva, Ohio The Mormon Hawaiian Mission and the Smallpox Epidemic of 1853

Joseph Trevor Antley Provo, Utah

Baptisms in the Bayou: A History of the Mormon Church at Rugg’s Bluff

Comments: Christopher James Blythe LDS Church History Department

Comments:

Patrick Mason

Claremont Graduate University

ROOM

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104 9:00 - 10:30

Chair & Discussant LDS Church History Dept

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S ATURD A Y 3 JUN E 24 SPECIAL EVENTS

SP session

2:00 - 3:30

2:00 - 3:30

2:00 - 3:30

Faithful Healing: Mormons, the Body, and Health

Religious Migrants

Crossing and Dwelling in Mormon Missouri

5A

5B

session

11:00 - 12:00 Smith-Pettit Lecture

Why Don’t Mormons Have a Lost Cause?

session

Kristine Wright

Chair & Discussant Princeton University

Clyde A. Milner II

Emeritus, Arkansas State University/ Visiting Scholar, University of New Mexico

Room: Ballroom CD

PL session

12:15 - 1:45 Plenary/Lunch

“A Greater Work Will Be Done”: The Evolution of the LDS Church History Department Elder Steven E. Snow LDS Church Historian

Room: AB Ballroom

Seth Cannon

Provo, Utah

Arsenic and God’s Grace: Healing in Early Mormonism Amanda Hendrix-Komoto Montana State University

Modern Medicine and the Mormon Mother: Obstetrics and the Management of Pregnancy in Nineteenth-Century Utah Joseph R. Stuart University of Utah

“We Should Produce a Race of Men”: Gender, Eugenics, and the Making of the Mormon Race

5C session

Christopher C. Jones

David W. Grua

Richard Bennett

Angela D. Bell

As A Hen Gathereth Her Chickens

“Protect Yourselves”: Migration of the Saints to Missouri between Independence and Far West

Chair Brigham Young University

Brigham Young University

Jan Shipps

Indiana University-Perdue University Indianapolis

Sarah Barringer Gordon University of Pennsylvania

Fatal Convergence: John D Lee and Alexander Fancher as Religious Migrants Comments: Richard E. Turley Jr. LDS Public Affairs Department

Chair LDS Church History Dept

Lone Star College-CyFair

Peter J. Wosnik Emory University

“It Shall Be Between Us and Them a War of Extermination”: Sovereignty, the Higher Law and Sidney Rigdon’s July Fourth Oration

Stephen S. Davis

Independent Scholar Joseph Smith and the 1839 Grand Jury Proceedings in Daviess County, Missouri

Comments: Stephen C. LeSueur Arlington, Virginia

JR BR

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11:00 - 1:45

J R BM

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10:30 - 12:002:00 - 3:30

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S A T U R DA Y 3 JU NE 25 2:00 - 3:30

Tensions in Modern(izing) Mormonism

5D session

2:00 - 3:30

2:00 - 3:30

2:00 - 3:30

Rethinking Mormon Environmental History – Critical Approaches

JMH Editor Consultation

Scripture in the Age of Transition

5E

5F

session

J.B. Haws

Jedediah Rogers

Mary Jane Woodger

Darcee Barnes

Chair Brigham Young University

Brigham Young University

David O. McKay: Innovator of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Sunday School

Cory L. Nimer

Brigham Young University The Old Guard and the Professionalization of the Historian’s Office

Taunalyn F. Rutherford

Claremont Graduate University Crossing Cultural Borders and Dwelling in Wasatch-front Culture

Comments: James Allen

Brigham Young University

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session

Jessie Embry Journal of Mormon Hsitory

Chair & Discussant Utah Historical Quarterly

5G session

Jordan Watkins

Chair LDS Church History Dept

James M. McLachlan Western Carolina University

Sandy, UT

Mormon Settlers in Wyoming’s Bighorn Basin

The St. Louis Hegelians and William Chamberlin’s Personalist Jesus

Brian Frehner

University of Missouri, Kansas City

Ben Spackman Claremont Graduate University

The Lost City of St. Thomas: Mormons, Water, and Hydraulic Societies

Early LDS Attempts to Reconcile Scripture with Science: Pre-Mormon Pre-Adamites and Intellectual (In)Dependence

Betsy Gaines Quamman

Montana State University

Kenneth L. Cannon II Salt Lake City, Utah

American Zion: Mormon Homeland and Utah’s First National Park

The Surprising Relationship of James E. Talmage, Ph.D., and James E. Homans a/k/a Robert C. Webb, Ph.D.

Rebecca Andersen Arizona State University

The Valleys of Ephraim are Full: Stewardship, Sustainability, and the Mormon McMansion

ROOM

Comments: Thomas G. Alexander

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104 2:00 - 3:30

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SA T URD AY 3 JUNE 26 4:00 - 5:30

4:00 - 5:30

4:00 - 5:30

4:00 - 5:30

Mormons and Politics in 1840s Illinois

Permanent Settlement or Pending Migration? Exploring the Frontier of Mormon Studies

Mormonism in Novels and on the Stage

“On the Way to Somewhere Else”: American Artists’ Observations of Mormon Migration and Establishment

6A

6B

session

6C

session

session

6D session

Jeffrey D. Mahas

Patrick Mason

David Nielsen

Jana Riess

Byron D. Holdiman

Gerrit van Dyk

Michael Austin

Brooke Kathleen Brassard

Chair LDS Church History Dept

Quincy University

Quincy, Illinois: The Benevolent City Alex D. Smith LDS Church History Department

Untouchable: Joseph Smith’s Use of the Law as Catalyst for Assassination Daniel Gullotta Yale University

Joseph Smith, Jacksonian America: The 1844 Election and the Politics of Antebellum America Comments: Bryon Andreasen

Chair Claremont Graduate University

Brigham Young University “We’ve Only Scratched the Surface”: The Untamed Territory of Mormon Studies

Trevan G. Hatch

Brigham Young University Wissenschaft des Mormonism: “Jewish Studies” as a Framework for Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Mormon Studies

J.B. Haws

Brigham Young University The Doing of Mormon History in the Past Two Decades: Institutional Actions and Reactions Comments:

Andrea Radke-Moss BYU-Idaho

Patrick Mason

Claremont Graduate University

LDS Church History Department

J R BR

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Chair LDS Church History Dept

University of Evansville

The Dime Novel Hero in Salt Lake City: Popular Fiction and the Contested Mormon Embrace of Modernity, 1890-1903 Sarah C. Reed

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Karl May and the Mormons: An American Religion in World Literature Sherrie L. M. Gavin

Queensland, Australia

Masculinity and Anti-Mormon Media in Australia’s Federation Era

Chair Religion News Service

University of Waterloo

Capturing the Crossing: Visual Artists’ Documentation of Nineteenth-century Mormon Migration Barbara Jones Brown Park City, UT Roughing It: Mark Twain’s 1861 Crossing Through Utah Comments: Michael W. Homer

Center for Studies on New Religions

Comments: Megan Sanborn Jones Brigham Young University

JR BR

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S A T U R DA Y 3 JU NE 27 SPECIAL EVENTS

4:00 - 5:30 Zion and the City

6E session

4:00 - 5:30

JMH Editor consultation

6F session

7:00 - 9:00 PM

Native Encounters in Restorationist History and Folklore

Presidential Banquet

6G session

Brent Rogers

Benjamin E. Park

Chair and Discussant Sam Houston State University

4:00 - 5:30

Jessie Embry Editor, Journal of Mormon History

Chair & Discussant LDS Church History Dept

MHA Presidential Address by President Brian Cannon “To Buy up the Lamanite Children as Fast as They Could”: Indentured Servitude in Nineteenth-Century Mormon Society Room: AB Ballroom

Christopher C. Smith

D. Christian Harrison

Salt Lake City, Utah

Utah State University

The Streets of Zion: Consecrated Infrastructure and the Consecrated Soul

“Chastising” Shoshones and Goshutes: Pioneer Religious Violence against Native Peoples in 1851 and 1852

Samuel D. Brunson Loyola University School of Law

9:00 - 10:00 Closing Reception Room: AB Ballroom

Daniel Stone

Wyandotte, Michigan

Zion in the Big City

Reestablishing the Gathering: William Bickerton, the American Indians, and the Quest to Find the Real Choice Seer

Russell Arben Fox Friends University

What Size of City, and What Sort of City, Could (or Should) the City of Zion Be?

Sondra G. Jones University of Utah

Romance, Riches, and Religion: Fusing Fact and Folklore in Utah History

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ROOM

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CONFERENCE SUPPORT/SPECIAL GIVING 28 We express our sincere appreciation to those who generously give to the Mormon History Association, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.

BENEFACTORS OF MHA AWARDS AND SPECIAL GIVING Curtis T. Atkisson Jr. Gary James Bergera and Turner Family Christopher Talmage Jones Family The Hartley Foundation G. Kevin Jones Gerald E. Jones Gregory A. and JaLynn Prince Patricia Lyn Scott Family

Religious Studies Center, BYU Smith-Pettit Foundation Joseph H. and Julia Todd Dawn P. Thurston and Morris A. Thurston Lola Van Wagenen and George Burrill Wilfried and Carine Decoo-Vanwelkenhuysen

2017 CONFERENCE SPONSORS Opening Reception: Student Reception: Charles Redd Center for Western Studies, BYU Mormon Studies, Claremont Graduate University Durham Jones & Pinegar/Ken Cannon and Connie Holbrook Church History and Doctrine Department, BYU Closing Reception: Neil A. Maxwell Institute, BYU (Conference Bags) Gary Payne Religious Studies Center, BYU (Student Travel) Richard Behrens

DONOR MEMBERSHIP ($500) Michael Byrne Gregory Christofferson Armand L. and Ruth Mauss

Rob & Arlene Racker Edwina and Marcellus Snow Morris A. and Dawn Thurston

Karen and Joseph Torgesen Laurel Thatcher and Gael Ulrich

PATRON MEMBERSHIP ($275) Newell and Mary Ann Bringhurst Brian and Anna Lea Cannon Jill Mulvay and Brooklyn Derr

Nancy and Omar Kader Glen M. and Karen Leonard Ron Priddis

Lisa Olsen and John Tait Sam and Judy Weston

SUSTAINING MEMBERSHIP ($150) Polly Aird Paul L. Anderson Sherry P. and William Baker Gordon Bissegger Barbara Jones Brown Aileen Clyde Steven Crump Stephen & Daryl Eccles Layle Erickson Sherman Feher Lawrence and Julia Foster Geraldine and Ken Hanni

John R Harrington John Hatch Susan and David Howard Richard L. and Dorothy Jensen Val and Joyce Kessler Lynn Lonsdale Jennifer and Anthony Lund William MacKinnon Kahlile and Marolyn Mehr Christopher and April Newton Thomas D. & Kaaren Parkes Waldo and Angela Perkins

Anna and Frank Rolapp Susan Sessions Rugh David and Natalie Tanner Myrna Taylor Richard and Sue Thomas Georgia Beth Thompson Richard Thornton


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Our sincere thanks fo the many who have contributed to the success of this conference. The Program Committee listed on page 2, co-chaired by David Grua and Janiece Johnson have crafted and assembled an exceptional array of papers and plenary sessions. Much follow-up is always required and the committee has performed most ably and diligently. Our Local Arrangements Committee and volunteers, co-chaired by Tom Farmer and Rosalynde Welch, have planned and executed a very ambitious and multi-faceted conference plan. The result is a remarkable opportunity for MHA attendees to enjoy the outstanding pre- and post-conference tours, excellent facilities and meals, and rich history and charm of the St. Louis area.

We have witnessed the great generosity of conference sponsors and donors who have given money to fund the Opening, Student, Plenary Lunches and Closing receptions. A record number of students this year delivering papers, have had their travel expenses offset by the Student Travel Fund. There have been other conference expenses, including our entertainment, certain meals, and devotionals that others have stepped up, contributing to an enjoyable and entertaining conference. For our exhibitors and advertisers whose financial support and loyalty can’t be overstated. We ask you to kindly support these exhibitors by purchasing their fine products, publications and in supporting kindred organizations who support MHA.

Of course, there is no conference without the scores of presenters who have engaged in research, the assembly of their investigation, and the writing and delivery of their papers and panel discussions. For the session chairs and commenters who add so much to our unique format and interest in the sessions. The 2017 St Louis Area MHA Conference will certainly go down as one of the finest and most diverse presented in recent memory. MHA is so very appreciative to all those who have participated and added so much to fostering the study and presentation of Mormon history.

We also want to thank again and recognize the generosity of the Award Sponsors for their funding of the MHA awards and enabling our organization in carrying out it’s mission. For the many committees that serve MHA, all voluntarily, have added so much to the success of the conference. In the absence of such devotion and commitment, MHA goes nowhere.

We also express thanks to the MHA Officers and Board (past, current and future) for their tireless work in helping to plan and execute not only the conference but also the ongoing work of the Mormon History Association


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M O R M O N HI S T ORY AS S OCI AT I ON

CAL L FO R P AP ERS – 20 18 ANNUAL C ONF ERENC E B O I SE, I D A H O “HOME LAN D S A N D B O R D ER ED LA N D S” The fi ft y - t hird c o nf e r e nc e o f the M o r mon H i st o r y Asso ci at i o n wi l l be hel d June 7 – 1 0 , 20 1 8, a t th e Grove Hot el a nd Co nv e ntio n Ce nte r in Bo i se, I d aho . T he 20 1 8 co nf er ence t hem e “ H o m el and s a n d Bordered Lands ” r a is e s qu e s tio ns a bo u t ho w bo r d er s bo t h d i sr upt and g ener at e i d eas abo u t in dividual s’ and c o mmu nitie s ’ “ ho me s ,” br o ad l y co nst r ued . T he t hem e hi g hl i g ht s t he ways i n w h i c h t he dy n am ic inte r a c tio ns be twe e n pe o pl es, pl aces, and i d ent i t i es hav e al ways been cent r al to Mormon hist o r ie s . The con feren c e the me “ Ho me la nds a nd B o r d er ed L and s” co nnect s t he hi st o r y o f t he L at t er - d a y S a i n ts t o Idaho’s dive r s e pa s t. Ida h o is fir s t a nd f o r em o st a Nat i v e ho m el and . T he fir st M o r m o n settle me n t i n t he Idaho w as c r e a te d ne a r pr e s e nt-da y Sal m o n, I d aho , at F o r t L em hi i n 1 85 5 . I m m i g r at i o n b y Mormon s an d o the r Eu r o -Ame r ic a ns c a used co nfl i ct wi t h Nat i v e co m m uni t i es and l ed t o t h e dep l et ion of na tu r a l r e s o u r c e s a s we ll as o ut br eak s o f v i o l ence. O n t he o t her hand , t her e ha v e a ls o b een man y ins ta nc e s o f c o o pe r a tio n a nd m ut ual r espect bet ween t he v ar i o us co m m uni t i es . Idaho has al so a lwa ys be e n a pla c e whe r e t he bo und ar i es o f M o r m o n i d ent i t y hav e been ne go ti a te d . The st at e has be e n a r e f u ge a nd high wa y f o r t ho se seek i ng t o pr act i ce pl ur al m ar r i ag e. P o l y ga my con t rib ut ed t o a pr o no u nc e d s tr a in o f a nt i -M o r m o ni sm i n I d aho po l i t i cs and l aw i n t he l at e n in et een t h ce ntu r y. Ida ho a ls o h a s a h eal t hy t r ad i t i o n o f M o r m o n ed ucat i o n, i nt el l ect ual i sm , a n d dissen t . Ricks C o lle ge , no w BYU-Ida h o , has been f o und at i o nal i n L D S hi g her ed ucat i o n. F urth e r mo r e , Leon ard Arringto n wa s bo r n in Twin F a ll s and g r ad uat ed f r o m t he U ni v er si t y o f I d aho , So ni a J o h n s o n w as b orn in Ma la d, M a xine Ha nks a tte n d ed Ri ck s, and t he bl o g F em i ni st M o r m o n H o usewi v e s w a s foun ded in Bo is e . Whil e Idaho pr o v ide s a r ic h ta ble a u f o r t he st ud y o f M o r m o ni sm i n t he co nt ext o f t he st at e ’ s h i s to r y as a mul t iracia l, mu lti-e th ic , a nd mu ltirel i g i o us pl ace, we al so seek paper s and panel s t hat a d d r e s s t he t hem e of “ Ho me la nds a nd Bo r de r e d L and s” f r o m any v ant ag e po i nt i n t he M o r m o n past. I n addit ion t o p a pe r s a nd pa ne ls tha t a dd r ess t he co nf er ence t hem e, t he pr o g r am co m m i t t ee a ls o w el comes p ropo s a ls o n a ny to pic in M o r m o n hi st o r y. The Mormon His to r y As s o c ia tio n inte nti o nal l y em br aces bo t h acad em i c and am at eur hi st o r i a n s . T h e con feren ce orga nize r s e nc o u r a ge s u bmi ssi o ns t hat t hi nk o ut si d e o f t he t r ad i t i o nal f o r m at f o r con feren ce ses s io ns . We e nc o u r a ge pe opl e t o o r g ani ze r o und t abl es, “ caf és” i n whi ch par t i ci p a n ts a r e arran g ed in sma ll gr o u ps to dis c u s s a topi c, pr e-ci r cul at ed paper s, and so f o r t h. Ad d i t i o nal i d e a s fo r al t ern at ive se s s io n f o r ma ts c a n be f o u n d at : ht t p :// sol vefor inte r e s ting.c o m/c a te go r y/g o o d -co nf er ence/ev ent -sessi o ns/ P l ease sen d 1) a 30 0 -wo r d a bs tr a c t f o r each paper o r pr esent at i o n and 2) a br i ef 1 -2 pag e C V fo r e a c h p resen t er, in c lu ding e ma il c o nta c t inf o r m at i o n. Sessi o n pr o po sal s sho ul d al so i ncl ud e t he s e s s i o n ti tle an d a 3 00- w o r d s e s s io n a bs tr a c t, a lo ng wi t h a co nfir m ed chai r and /o r co m m ent at o r , i f app li c a b le . P reviousl y p ublis h e d pa pe r s a r e no t e ligi bl e f o r pr esent at i o n at M H A. An i nd i v i d ual m ay o nly s u b mi t on e p rop osal a s a s e s s io n pr e s e nte r , a ltho ug h i t i s accept abl e f o r a pr esent er i n o ne sessi o n to b e a chair or com me nta to r in a no the r . Limited financi al assi st ance i s av ai l abl e t o so m e st ud ent p r e s e n te r s an d p resen t er s f r o m le s s e c o no mic a lly- d ev el o ped nat i o ns. T ho se who wi sh t o appl y f o r f und i n g shoul d in cl ud e e s tima te d tr a v e l e xpe ns es wi t h t hei r pr o po sal s. The deadl in e f o r pr o po s a ls is N o v e mbe r 1 5 , 20 1 7. P r o po sal s sho ul d be sent t o t he pr o g r am c o - c h a i r s a t m hab oise201 8@ gma il.c o m. N o tific a tio n o f accept ance o r r ej ect i o n wi l l be m ad e by D ecem b e r 1 5 , 201 7 . E LISE BO XE R , U NI V E R S I T Y O F S O UT H D AKO T A | C O - C H AI R A N A N D A HE N D R IX- K O M O T O , M O N T AN A S T AT E UN I V E R S I T Y | C O - C H AI R CR IS B AI R D , I N D E P E N D E N T S C H O L AR LIN D S AY H AN S E N P AR K, S UN S T O N E D A VID P U LSIP HE R , B R I GH AM Y O UN G UN I V E R S I T Y - I D AH O BR E N T RO GE R S , J O S E P H S M I T H P AP E R S CHR ISTO P HE R C S M I T H , C L AR E M O N T GR AD UAT E UN I V E R S I T Y SU J E Y VEGA, AR I Z O N A S T AT E UN I V E R S I T Y


AWARDS 31 LEONARD J. ARRINGTON AWARD Awarded annually to a scholar whose contributions are truly outstanding for distinguished service to Mormon history. The selection committee will consider the influence of certain individual works by nominees for this award, as well as their cumulative records of meritorious schol arship in general. Awarded since 1999, this award is named and given in memory and recognition of a founding father of the Mormon History Association and prem ier mentor and promoter of Mormon history. This award replaces the Grace Fort Arrington Award for Historical Excellence that was offered from 1981 through 1998. BEST BOOK AWARD ($2,000) Sponsored by: Curtis T. Atkisson Awarded for the best book published on Mormon history. Given to honor and encourage the sense of purpose, dedication, excellence of study, research and scholarship in the field of Mormon history. Funded by Curtis T. Atkisson in memory of his wife, Mary Ann Atkisson, a lover of history, an accomplished artist, and MHA member. BEST BIOGRAPHY ($1,000) Sponsored by: Turner and Bergera Families Awarded for the best published biography in the field of Mormon history. Funded in honor of Ella Larsen Turner, a published historian and genealogist,and her daughter, Ella Ruth Turner Bergera, a published family historian, novelist, and poet. BEST FIRST BOOK - ($1,500) Sponsored by: The Hartley Foundation Awarded biennially for an author’s first book published on Mormon history. BEST DOCUMENTARY HISTORY/BIBLIOGRAPHY - ($1,200) Awarded biennially for the best published book of documentary editing or bibliography on Mormon History. BEST BOOK ON INTERNATIONAL MORMON HISTORY AWARD ($1,200) S p o nso re d b y Wi l f ri e d and C arine Dec c o-V anwelkenhuysent

Awarded biennially for the best book on international Mormon history (next awarded 2019) BEST PERSONAL HISTORY/MEMOIR AWARD- Biennial ($1,200) Sponsored by: Dawn Parrett Thurston and Morris Ashcroft Thurston Awarded biennially for the best published Mormon memoir or personal history. Funded in honor of Barbara Ashcroft Thurston and Morris Alma Thurston, whose dedication to preserving family history and genealogy was an inspiration to their childrens’ mission to promote well-written and compelling personal life stories. BEST ARTICLE AWARD ($500) Sponsored by: The Hartley Foundation Awarded for the best published article on Mormon history. Funded by the Hartley Foundation to honor noted Mormon historian William G. Hartley. ARTICLE AWARD OF EXCELLENCE ($400) Sponsored by: The Robert Jones Family Awarded in memory of Christopher Talmage Jones, a MHA member for nearly forty years who dedicated much of his life to the preservation and scholarship of Mormon history.

BEST ARTICLE ON MORMON WOMEN'S HISTORY ($400) Sponsored by: Mormon Women's History Initiative Team Awarded for an outstanding article on the experiences of Mormon women in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Sponsored by the Mormon Women’s History Initiative Team (MWHIT), an independent group of scholars from around the United States who encourage research, writing, and publications on Mormon women’s history. BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTICLE AWARD ($350) Sponsored by: Joseph and Julia Todd Awarded for the best article on international Mormon history (in print or online journals), in honor of Andrew Jenson, Assistant LDS Church Historian, for his outstanding contribution in documenting nearly every LDS congregation around the world. BEST DISSERTATION AWARD ($800) Sponsored by: Gerald E Jones’ son Gerald L Jones Awarded for the best doctoral dissertation on a Mormon historical theme. Funded in honor and m emory of the many students of Gerald Edward. Jones, who served for many years as an administrator and instructor for the LDS Church Educational System. BEST THESIS AWARD ($500) Sponsored by: Gregory A. Prince Award for the best master’s thesis on a Mormon historical theme. Funded in honor of Lester E. Bush who served for five years as Associate Editor of Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought and wrote many articles and one book. His most noteworthy achievement was a Dialogue article published in 1973 on blacks and the priesthood. He spent his career as a physician working for the federal government and is now retired. BEST GRADUATE PAPER ($400) Sponsored by: Lola Van Wagenen The Best Graduate Paper is funded to honor Juanita Brooks for her life of dedication, scholarship and for the courage with which she led the way in an honest and professional approach to the study of the Mormon past.

STUDENT RESEARCH PAPER AWARDS OF MERIT ($300 TO EACH RECIPIENT) Sponsored by: G. Kevin Jones One of MHA’s primary objectives - fostering research and publication of Mormon history - is met by encouraging young scholars in undergraduate and graduate programs to participate in the process. In November 2013, long-time MHA member G. Kevin Jones agreed to fund an annual student paper competition at the university level. Kevin’s generosity has allowed for an expansion of this kind of competition from to seven universities with programs specific to Mormon studies. This award is given in honor of Professor Davis Bitton. SPECIAL CITATION Presented to persons or institutions who have made a significant contribution to Mormon history.








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