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BIBLIOGRAPHY AND SOURCES
Alexander, Thomas G. "A Note on the Sources for Utah History in the Denver Records Center," Utah History Research Bulletin, 1 (Spring 1972), 3-4.
Anderson, Leland. "Across the Continent: Important Northern Pacific Railroad Records Transferred from Seattle," Minnesota History News, 13 (August 1972), 3. More than a century of archival records given to Minnesota Historical Society.
Bishop, Delbert A. "Denver Federal Records Center," Utah History Research Bulletin, 1 (Spring 1972), 3.
Brandt, Armin. "Western Americana in Germany," The Westerners New York Posse Brand Book, 19, no. 2 (1972), 28-29,38.
Brennan, John A. "The University of Colorado's Western Historical Collections," Great Plains Journal, 11 (Spring 1972), 154-60.
Crawley, Peter. "A Bibliography of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in New York, Ohio, and Missouri," Brigham Young University Studies, 12 (Summer 1972), 465-537.
Freeze, Alys H. "The Western History Collection of the Denver Public Library," Great Plains Journal, 11 (Spring 1972), 101-15.
Hanna, Archibald. "An American W^est Treasure Hunt in Connecticut: The Frederick W. Beinecke Collection, Yale University," The American West, 9 (September 1972), 12.
Hansen, Ralph W., ed. "Among the Mormons: A Survey of Current Literature," Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, 7 (Spring 1972), 110-15. Periodical articles on Mormonism.
Jacobsen, T. Harold. "The Utah State Archives," Utah History Research Bulletin, 1 (Fall 1972), 37.
Lovelace, Lisabeth. "The Southwest Collection of the El Paso Public Library," Great Plains Journal, 11 (Spring 1972), 161-66.
"Missionaries vs. Native Americans in the Northwest: A Bibliography for Re-evaluation," The Indian Historian, 5 (Summer 1972), 46-48.
Ruoss, G. Martin. "The Archives in the Special Collection of the Zimmerman Library," Great Plains Journal, 11 (Spring 1972), 116-24. University of New Mexico at Albuquerque.
BUSINESS AND LABOR
Kiser, George C. "Mexican American Labor before World War II," The Journal of Mexican American History, 2 (Spring 1972), 122-37.
Kolb, Harold. "Industrial Millstone," Idaho Yesterdays, 16 (Summer 1972), 28- 32. Western Federation of Miners, 1892-1911. "Mill Creek Names," The Rambler [Wasatch Mountain Club], September 1972,
pp. 5-6. "Leaves from the Old Wasatch" column, lists sawmills. Partridge, Scott H. "The Failure of the Kirtland Safety Society," Brigham Young University Studies, 12 (Summer 1972), 437-54.
Sampson, D. Paul, and Larry T. Wimmer. "The Kirtland Safety Society: The Stock Ledger Book and the Bank Failure," Brigham Young University Studies, 12 (Summer 1972), 427-36.
Suggs, George G. "Religion and Labor in the Rocky Mountain West: Bishop Nicholas C. Matz and the Western Federation of Miners," Labor History, 11 (Spring 1970), 190-206.
CONSERVATION
Bailey, Theodore N. "The Elusive Bobcat," Natural History, 81 (October 1972), 42-49. Reports a three-year study in southeastern Idaho.
Bakker, Elna. "The Many Faces of Desert: Dramatic Landscapes in the Great Southwest," The American West, 9 (September 1972), 19-27, 59.
Brandon, William. "Wild Horses of the West," Sierra Club Bulletin, 57 (September 1972), 4-10, 37.
Cart, Theodore W. "'New Deal' for Wildlife: A Perspective on Federal Conservation Policy, 1933-40," Pacific Northwest Quarterly, 63 (July 1972), 113-20.
Hampton, H. Duane. "The Army and the National Parks," Montana, the Magazine of Western History, 22 (Summer 1972), 64-79.
Hunt, John Clark. "The Wild Horses: Running out of Time and Space in Their Race for Survival," Westways, 64 (September 1972), 24-29, 78-79.
Keck, Wendell M. "Forest Service Research Unit Completes 60 Years," Utah Farmer-Stockman, 92 (August 3, 1972), 14-15. Great Basin Experiment Station near Ephraim.
Lee, Lawrence B. "William Ellsworth Smythe and the Irrigation Movement: A Reconsideration," Pacific Historical Review, 41 (August 1972), 289-311. McCloskey, Michael. "Wilderness Movement at the Crossroads, 1945-1970," Pacific
Historical Review, 41 (August 1972), 346-61. Otter, Andy A. Den. "Irrigation in Southern Alberta, 1882-1901," Great Plains journal, 11 (Spring 1972), 125-37. Includes Mormons.
Richardson, Elmo. "The Interior Secretary as Conservation Villain: The Notorious Case of Douglas 'Giveaway' McKay," Pacific Historical Review, 41 (August
1972), 333-45. Staveley, Gaylord L. "Broken Waters Sing: Following Powell in Wooden Boats," Enchanted Wilderness Bulletin, no. 6, September 1972, pp. 3-5. Green and Colorado rivers.
Stegner, Wallace. "Thoughts in a Dry Land," Westways, 64 (September 1972), 15-19, 58. The western landscape, an address presented at Western Writers Conference, Logan, June 5-9.
Swain, Donald C. "The National Park Service and the New Deal, 1933-1940," Pacific Historical Review, 41 (August 1972), 312-32.
"Will They Fly No More?" Outlook: Utah State University, 4 (September 1972), 5. Gunnison Island pelicans.
EXPLORATION AND FUR TRADE
Church, Patrick. "Jedediah Strong Smith; The Unconventional American Hero," The Pacific Historian, 16 (Fall 1972), 92-100.
Crampton, C. Gregory. "Spain and the Virgin [River]," Enchanted Wilderness Bulletin, no. 6, September 1972, pp. 7-9.
Garber, D. W. "Jedediah Strong Smith, Johnny Appleseed, and Tylertown," The Pacific Historian, 16 (Fall 1972), 47-59.
Goetzmann, William H. "The Grand Reconnaissance," American Heritage 23 (October 1972), 44-48, 92-95. Pacific railroad surveys of 1853.
Hayden, Willard C. "The Battle of Pierre's Hole," Idaho Yesterdays, 16 (Summer 1972), 2-11. Rendezvous of 1832 near Driggs, Idaho.
Miller, James. "Peter Skeen [sic] Ogden, Mighty Man of the Frontier; Big-time Operator, Friend of Indians, Man of Peace," The Pioneer, 19 (September- October 1972), 16.
Pike, Donald G. Reconnoitering the Barrier: Early Spanish and American Exploration in the Rockies," The American West, 9 (September 1972), 28-33, 60. Roylance, Ward J. "A Wilderness Odyssey; Or, A Look at 30 Years," Enchanted Wilderness Bulletin, no. 6, September 1972, pp. 10-11.
Selmeier, Lewis W. "First Camera on the Yellowstone a Century Ago," Montana, the Magazine of Western History, 22 (Summer 1972), 42-53. William Henry Jackson. Entire issue treats Yellowstone Park.
GOVERNMENT AND INDIANS
Alexander, Thomas G. "Reed Smoot, the L.D.S. Church, and Progressive Legislation, 1903-1933," Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, 7 (Spring 1972), 47-56. ' v i s
Billings, Marjorie A., Gary Rockwood, and Carol Samuel. "Salt Lake County Voting Patterns [1964-70]," Utah Economic and Business Review, 32 (September 1972), 1-6, 9-10.
Egan, Ferol. "Victims of Justice: Tragedy at Carson City," The American West, 9 (September 1972), 43-47, 60. Incident leading to Paiute Indian War of 1860 in western Utah Territory.
Hickman, Martin B., and Ray C. Hillam. "J. Reuben Clark, Jr.: Political Isolationism Revisited," Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, 7 (Spring 1972) 37-46.
Johnson, Charles W. "The Army and the Civilian Conservation Corps, 1933-42," Prologue: The Journal of the National Archives, 4 (Fall 1972), 139-56.
Stein, Gary C. "The Indian Citizenship Act of 1924," New Mexico Historical Review, 47 (July 1972), 257-74.
Unrau, William E. "The Civilian as Indian Agent: Villain or Victim?" The Western Historical Quarterly, 3 (October 1972), 405-20.
Wilcock, Keith D. "Utah's Peculiar Death Penalty," Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, 7 (Summer 1972), 28-36.
HISTORIANS
Arrington, Leonard J. "Joseph Fielding Smith: Faithful Historian." Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, 7 (Spring 1972), 21-24.
Clark, Thomas D. "Growing Up with the Frontier," The Western Historical Quarterly, 3 (October 1972), 361-72. Haymond, Jay M. "Oral History Consortium," Utah History Research Bulletin, 1 (Fall 1972), 35.
"Nauvoo Research Historian in Residence Named," Saints Herald, 119 (October 1972), 57-58. One-year appointment of F. Mark McKiernan by Restoration Trail Foundation. "Some Notes on the Selection of Transcribers." Oral History Association Newsletter, 6 (June 1972), 3.
HISTORIOGRAPHY
Allen, James B., and Richard O. Cowan. "The Twentieth Century: Challenge for Mormon Historians," Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, 7 (Spring 1972), 26-36.
Howard, Richard P. "The 'History of Joseph Smith' in Its Historical Setting,'' Part 3, Saints Herald, 119 (October 1972), 33. "Since Yesterday" column.
Nash, Roderick. "American Environmental History: A New Teaching Frontier," Pacific Historical Review, 41 (August 1972), 362-72.
Nichols, David A. "Civilization Over Savage: Frederick Jackson Turner and the Indian," South Dakota History, 2 (Fall 1972), 383-405.
Poll, Richard D. "God and Man in History," Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, 7 (Spring 1972), 101-9.
Rakestraw, Lawrence. "Conservation Historiography: An Assessment," Pacific Historical Review, 41 (August 1972), 271-88. An introduction to a complete issue devoted to environmental history.
Taylor, Hugh A. "Clio in the Raw: Archival Materials and the Teaching of History," The American Archivist, 35 (July-October 1972), 317-30.
LITERATURE
Edwards, Paul M. "The Sweet Singer of Israel: David Hyrum Smith," Courage: A Journal of History, Thought, and Action, 2 (Summer 1972), 481-91. Reprinted from Brigham Young University Studies, 12 (Winter 1972), 171-84.
Hutchinson, W. H. "The Remaking of the Amerind: A Dissenting Voice Raised against the Resurrection of the Myth of the Noble Savage," Westways, 64 (October 1972), 18-21.
R[ing], F[rances]. "West Fest," Westways, 64 (September 1972), 4, 6. Western Waiters Conference at Logan.
Savage, William W., Jr. "Western Literature and Its Myths: A Rejoinder," Montana, the Magazine of Western History, 22 (Autumn 1972), 78-81.
Smith, G. M. "In the House Where May Lived," Outlook: Utah State University, 4 (September 1972), 2-3. Utah-born poet May Swenson's Logan home.
MINING
Beck, William O. "The Journeys of a Victorian Jason: Moreton Frewen's Western American Mining Investments, 1890-1896," Journal of the West, 11 (July 1972), 513-30. Includes interests in Utah mining.
Patterson, Edna B. "Thar's Gold in Them Hills," Parts 1 and 2, The Northeastern Nevada Historical Society Quarterly, 3 (Fall 1972), 2-17; Parts 3 and 4 (Winter 1972), 2-26. Treats Gold Acres and Boot Strap mines along the slopes of Robert's Mountain fault and the Carlin and Cortez gold mines.
Thompson, George. "Lost Spanish Mine?" Desert Magazine, 35 (October 1972), 16-18. West of Henefer, Utah. . "Utah's Dream Mine," Desert Magazine, 35 (September 1972), 12-14. Visions of John H. Koyle.
"Wasatch Mountain Personalities," The Rambler [Wasatch Mountain Club], November 1972, pp. 5-6. Indian Pete and Charles C. Collins.
RELIGION
Arrington, Leonard J. "Oliver Cowdery's Kirtland, Ohio, 'Sketch Book,' " Brigham Young University Studies, 12 (Summer 1972), 410-26.
Backman, Milton V., Jr. "The Quest for a Restoration: The Birth of Mormonism in Ohio," Brigham Young University Studies, 12 (Summer 1972), 346-64.
Bitton, Davis. "The Waning of Mormon Kirtland," Brigham Young University Studies, 12 (Summer 1972), 455-64. Blair, A. R. "The Haun's Mill Massacre," Courage: A Journal of History, Thought, and Action, 2 (Summer 1972), 502-7.
Dees, Harry C. "The Jounal of George W. Bean: Las Vegas Springs, New Mexico Territory, 1856-1857," Nevada Historical Society Quarterly, 15 (Fall 1972), 3-29. Mormon missionary among the Indians.
Flake, Gerry R. "Mormons in Mexico: The First 96 Years," The Ensign of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2 (September 1972), 20-21. Hansen, Terrence L. "The Church in Central America," The Ensign of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2 (September 1972), 40-42. Jessee, Dean C. "The Kirtland Diary of Wilford Woodruff," Brigham Young University Studies, 12 (Summer 1972), 365-99.
Payne, Jaynann. "Lucy Mack Smith: Woman of Great Faith," The Ensign of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 2 (November 1972), 68-74. Biographical.
Petersen, Lauritz G. "The Kirtland Temple," Brigham Young University Studies, 12 (Summer 1972), 400-409.
Smiley, Winn Whiting. "Ammon M. Tenney: Mormon Missionaiy to the Indians," The Journal of Arizona History, 13 (Summer 1972), 82-108.
"William Smith's Acknowledgment of James J. Strang's Claims [1846]," and "Testimony of Katharine Salisbury [1899]," Courage: A Journal of History, Thought, and Action, 2 (Summer 1972), 539-40. Documents reprinted from Strang's Voree Herald, July 1846, and Saints' Herald, April 26. 1899.
SETTLEMENT
Allred, Harvey R. "Pioneer Memories of Star Valley [Wyoming]," The Pioneer, 19 (November-December 1972), 13-14.
Dunyon, Joy F. "East Mill Creek History, Part 5: 'Old Mill Stream' Once Center of Booming Business," The Pioneer, 19 (September-October 1972), 12.
Hatch, E. LeRoy. "Mormon Colonies: Beacon Light in Mexico," The Ensign of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2 (September 1972), 22-25. Includes early photographs. Lehr, J. "Mormon Settlement Morphology in Southern Alberta," The Albertan
Geographer, 8 (1972), 6-13. Starry, Roberta M. "Discover Panaca," Desert Magazine, 35 (November 1972), 8-10. Nevada town settled by Mormons.
SOCIETY AND THE ARTS
Bearnson, Dorothy. "Utah Designer Craftsmen," Utah Artisan, 1 (March-April 1972), 6. Brief history of the group organized May 1961.
Carroll, Richard L. "Satchmo, Salt Lake, and the Summer of '47," Westways, 64 (November 1972), 52-54, 79. Louis Armstrong.
Dykes, Jeff. "On the Trail of the Western Illustrators." The Westerners New York Posse Brand Book, 19, no. 2 (1972), 30-31, 38-39.
"Face of the Prophet: Known or Unknown?" Brigham Young University Today, 26 (September 1972), 6. Sculpture of Joseph Smith, Jr., by Gary E. Smith.
Hansen, Klaus J. "The Millennium, the West, and Race in the Antebellum American Mind," The Western Historical Quarterly, 3 (October 1972), 373-90. Smith, Martha, and Harold H. Jenson. "Remember the Old Lyric [Theatre]?" The Pioneer, 19 (November-December 1972), 17.
[Stegner, Wallace.] "Author Wallace Stegner Gives Commencement Address," Outlook: Utah State University, 3 (June 1972), 2. Excerpts from Stegner's discussion of today's world as a mixture of tradition and innovation.
TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION
Jackson, W. Turrentine. "Wells Fargo's Pony Expresses," Journal of the West, 11 (July 1972), 405-36. . "Wells Fargo: Symbol of the Wild West?" The Western Historical Quarterly, 3 (April 1972), 179-96.
Murray, Herbert F. "A Half Century of Broadcasting in the Church," The Ensign of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2 (August 1972), 48-51. KSL Radio and the Bonneville International Corp. network.
Ronzio, Richard. "Jay Gould, the Great Railroad Financier," The Denver Westerners Roundup, 28 (June 1972), 3-18.
"The Secret of Hogum Fork," The Rambler [Wasatch Mountain Club], October 1972, pp. 6-7. Plane crash in Alpine Canyon, 1936.
WESTWARD MOVEMENT
Kiefer, David M., ed. "Over Plains and Rock-bound Mountains," Montana, the Magazine of Western History, 22 (Autumn 1972), 16-29. Overland journey of Adam Mercer Brown in 1850 includes a week's stay near Salt Lake City.
Kimball, Stanley B. "The Iowa Trek of 1846: The Brigham Young Route from Nauvoo to Winter Quarters," The Ensign of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2 (June 1972), 36-45. Campsites for each day of the trek are marked on a map.
Kramer, William M., ed. "The Western Journal of Isaac Mayer Wise," Part 3, Western States Jewish Historical Quarterly, 5 (October 1972), 40-56.