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Scott G. Kenney (1946- ) was born and raised in Salt Lake City, and attended the University of Utah, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in musicology in 1970 and a Master of Music in 1972. From there he moved to Berkeley, California, where he attended the Graduate Theological Union, majoring in American historical theology (Ph.D. comprehensive exams 1976, M.A. 1981). During his years at the University of Utah and after returning to Salt Lake City after Berkeley, Kenney was a violinist with the Utah Symphony (1964-1965, 1968-1972, 1976-1980). Between 1965-1967 he served in the New England Mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
He was a founder, publisher, and editor of the magazine
From 1978 to 1980 part-time and 1980-1981 full-time, Kenney was a
historical researcher and writer for the LDS Church Translation Department,
preparing a guide for translators of Mormon scripture. From 1985 to 1993 he was
business manager for Utah sculptor Dennis Smith. Kenney has been a technical
writer at the WordPerfect Corporation from 1993 to 1996. He also served as the
editor of the Mormon History Association
This biographical sketch is a selection of quotes from Richard S.
Van Wagoner and Steven C. Walker,
Joseph Fielding Smith was born 13 November 1838, at Far West, Missouri, to Hyrum Smith and Mary Fielding. He was a nephew of Joseph Smith and a son-in-law of Heber C. Kimball. Joseph F. Smith married Levira Annette Clark Smith in April 1859. Later, he married Julina Lambson, niece of George A. Smith (1866); Sarah Ellen Richards, daughter of Willard Richards (1868); Edna Lambson (1871); Alice Ann Kimball, daughter of Heber C. Kimball (1883); and Mary Taylor Schwartz, niece of John Taylor (1884). He had forty-eight children, including five adopted children.
His father was in jail in Richmond, Missouri, when Joseph F. was born. As a mob ransacked their Far West home looking for papers, a mattress was thrown over the infant and he nearly suffocated. Young Joseph was not seen by his father until several months later, when Hyrum was transferred to Liberty Jail.
On 27 June 1844, when Joseph F. was five years old, he heard a man knock on the window of his family's home in Nauvoo, Illinois, and announce that his father had been killed. Memories of his grieving mother's moans remained with him throughout his life.
In 1848, when he was nine, Joseph F. drove a team of oxen from Winter Quarters, Nebraska, to the Salt Lake Valley, arriving in September. From 1848 to 1852 he was a "teamster, herd boy, plowboy, irrigator, harvester with "scythe or cradle," operator of a fanning mill, logger, and "general roustabout" and always penniless." Orphaned in 1852, Joseph F. was persuaded by his surrogate father, George A. Smith, to attend school in Sugarhouse. When the teacher tried to "put the strap" to Joseph's younger sister, the hot-tempered youth intervened. The teacher turned on Joseph, but "instead of him whipping me, I licked him good and plenty."
had experienced phenomenal growth. Smith, who remained in Hawaii for four years, learned the language in three months. Receiving no support from home, he lived in poverty with the natives. For weeks the missionaries had little to eat, and for a while Smith and his companion had only one suit of clothes between them; one stayed home while the other wore the suit to meetings. Joseph F. Smith would eventually serve three missions to England (1860-1863, and twice as president for the European Mission, 1874-1875 and 1877), another mission to Hawaii (1864), and a historical research mission to the Eastern States with Orson Pratt (1878).
the federal troops sent to invade Utah in the so-called Utah War. He courted his sixteen-year-old cousin, Levira Annette Clark Smith, daughter of Samuel Smith. "I am aware that our acquaintance has been short," he wrote. "To you, I do not know how pleasant. But allow me to say that since I saw you first, the admiration and respect I first conceived for you have daily grown, till they have changed to something stronger and more fervent." They were married 5 April 1859. He served briefly on the Salt Lake Stake High Council, then left on a mission to England in April 1860.
In January, 1864, he left on another mission to Hawaii. Levira sought medical treatment in San Francisco, where relatives cared for her. When Joseph returned in November, they argued often. On 5 May 1866, after a brief acquaintance, Joseph F. Smith married seventeen-year-old Julina Lambson, who had been living with her uncle George A. Smith while Joseph F. worked for him in the Church Historian's office.
Levira and Julina apparently got along well personally, but Levira ultimately could not accept plural marriage. After a separation of eight months she obtained permission from Brigham Young on 10 June 1867 to have their marriage dissolved. In 1866 Levira obtained a divorce in California, charging that her husband had "been guilty of the crime of Adultery with several different women." Joseph married Sarah Ellen Richards in 1868, and three years later married Edna Lambson. In 1883 Joseph F. Smith married Alice Ann Kimball and the next year he married his sixth and last wife, Mary Taylor Schwartz.
Following the regular Sunday prayer circle of the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve on 1 July 1866, Brigham Young suddenly said, "Hold on. Shall I do as I feel led" I always feel well to do as the spirit constrains me. It is my mind to ordain Bro. Joseph F. Smith to the Apostleship, and to be one of my Counselors."
Though privately ordained an apostle, Joseph F. Smith did not become part of the Quorum of the Twelve until 1867, when he replaced Amasa Lyman. Knowledge of the secret ordination was kept even from Heber C. Kimball, Brigham Young's first counselor and Joseph F. Smith's stepfather. Joseph F. Smith served in the First Presidency for thirty-eight years, longer than any other man. He was counselor to Church presidents Brigham Young, John Taylor, Wilford Woodruff, and Lorenzo Snow.
Joseph F. Smith served as Salt Lake City councilman (1866-84), Provo City councilman (1868-69), Utah territorial legislator (1865-74, 1880-82), and member of the Utah Constitutional Convention (1882). According to the 1882 Edmunds Act he should have been disqualified from holding public office because of his plural marriages, but he continued to maintain a low profile as Salt Lake City councilman for two more years.
Although most Utah Mormons in the 1860's were sympathetic to the Democratic Party, Joseph F. Smith voted for Republican Abraham Lincoln in 1864. When the Church disbanded its People's Party in 1891 and urged the Saints to join either of the two national parties, Smith declared himself a Republican. For the next twenty-eight years he ardently defended Republican causes and candidates, put administrative hobbles on Democratic general authorities, and urged Latter-day Saints to vote straight Republican.
On 17 October 1901 Joseph F. Smith was set apart as president of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, with John R. Winder and Anthon H.
Lund as counselors. Joseph F. Smith was the first president born in the Church
and the only president to have a son (Joseph Fielding Smith) who also became
president. In addition to serving as Church president, he also became general
superintendent of the Deseret Sunday School Union, a position he held until his
death. Under his leadership auxiliary organizations in the Church established
the following magazines: the
Thanks largely to the efforts of his predecessor, Lorenzo Snow, the heavy financial debts of the Church were paid by 1906. The new solvency paved the way for an expanded church building program including construction of the Church Administration Building and temples in Hawaii and Alberta, Canada. Historic sites were purchased, including Joseph Smith's birthplace in Vermont, the Smith home and Sacred Grove near Palmyra, New York, the Carthage Jail in Illinois, and twenty-five acres near the temple site in Independence, Missouri.
In March 1904, President Smith became the first Church president to appear before the U.S. Senate when he was subpoenaed to testify at the Reed Smoot hearings. On 6 April 1904, President Smith issued an edict commonly called the "Second Manifesto," which reaffirmed Wilford Woodruff's Manifesto of 1890. Under the auspices of the Quorum of the Twelve, excommunication proceedings were initiated several years later against Latter-day Saints who had entered polygamy after 1904; however, Joseph F. Smith firmly resisted Senator Smoot's persistent urgings to prosecute those who had entered the system prior to 1904.
In October 1918, Joseph F. Smith experienced a "vision on salvation of the dead and visit of the Savior to the Spirit World." Smith's written account of the vision was added to the canon of LDS scripture in 1976 via the Pearl of Great Price; it was adopted as Section 138 of the Doctrine and Covenants in 1981.
Joseph F. Smith died of bronchopneumonia in Salt Lake City, 19 November 1918 at the age of eighty. No public funeral was held because of a nationwide influenza epidemic.
This collection of material reflects the research interests of Scott G. Kenney during the 1970's and early 1980's for a projected biography of Joseph F. Smith. This work is still forthcoming. The collection houses a wealth of information concerning the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (hereafter abbreviated to the LDS Church, the Mormon Church, or simply the Church). This is the case because of Joseph F. Smith was a nephew of the Prophet Joseph Smith (founder of the LDS Church), was ordained an LDS apostle in 1866, and was president of the Church from 1901 until his death in 1918.
This collection is arranged into three distinct series, preserving Kenney's original organization of the material.
To type faster and save space, Kenney abbreviated many words and names.
"The Gospel Teacher and His Message."
"God's Hand in Our Nation's History"
"Fourteen Fundamentals in Following the Prophet"
"Thus Saith Ezra Benson"
Whitney Ward Records
Whitney Ward Co-op
Whitney Ward Bishopric Meetings
Whitney Ward Relief Society
Oneida Stake Historical Record
Franklin Stake Historical Record
Biographical information
Joseph F. Smith (hereafter abbreviated JFS), letter to Bishop, 26 October 1892, quoting Bishop Thomas J. Stevens
Frank J. Cannon, letter to JFS, 18 September 1896
Issac Trumbo, letter to Hiram B. Clawson, 10 February 1898
JFS, letter to Frank J. Cannon, 4 January 1900
Frank J. Cannon, letter to Walter J. Beatie, 10 March 1902
Frank J. Cannon, letter to B. H. Roberts, 24 October 1902
Frank J. Cannon, letter to JFS, 29 October 1902
Note by George F. Gibbs, n.d.
"Brothers," letter to "Brother Frank" [Frank J. Cannon], 15 February 1916
George Q. Cannon, Letter, n.d., concerning Frank J. Cannon, only p. 3-7, incomplete
JFS, letter to son, Alvin Smith, 9 August 1905
George Q. Cannon, interview with Col. Trumbo and Bishop Clawson, 17 August 1894
James S. Clarkson, letter to H. B. Clawson, 1 September 1894
Wilford Woodruff, letter to James S. Clarkson, n.d.
George Q. Cannon, interview with General Clarkson and Colonel Trumbo, 25 September 1894
James S. Clarkson, letter to George Q. Cannon, 26 September 1894
George Q. Cannon, extracts from Journal, 11-15 March 1895
George Q. Cannon, extracts from Journal, 17 January, 1 February, 2 March 1898, including Isaac Trumbo's letter to Wilford Woodruff, George Q. Cannon, and JFS, 28 January 1898 [some transcription and notes in handwriting of B. H. Roberts]
George Q. Cannon, extract from Journal, 29 March 1898 [in handwriting of B. H. Roberts]
George Q. Cannon, extracts from Journal, 20 July to 12 August 1898
George Q. Cannon, letter to "Editor Tribune," 6 November 1898
George Q. Cannon to California, 10 July 1892, [yellow typescript]
George Q. Cannon, letter to Wilford Woodruff and JFS [yellow typescript]
JFS, letter to [Charles W.] Nibley, 5 January 1878, concerning Carrington's opposition to the Twelve relative to the Brigham Young Estate
Bullion, Beck, and Champion Mining Co.
Union Light and Power Co.
Col. Trumbo matters
John Henry Smith as Senate candidate
Robert F. Smith, letter to Mr. Palmer, 2 June 1982
Diary, 1843-1846
George D. Smith, "A Note on William Clayton"
"Journal by William Clayton 1842 [1843]-1846--Excerpts"
"Extracts from William Clayton's private Book," 56 pp., including the following headings: "Keys," "Observation on the Sectarian God," "Priesthood," "Behold a sower went forth to sow &c," "A Key to the Revelations of John," "A Revelation given at Kirtland," "A Revelation," "Prophecy on War," and "The subject of the dispensation of the fulness of times."
Josephine Smith, letter to Cousin Joseph [JSF], 19 March 1857, 3 p.
Josephine Smith, letter to Cousin Joe [JFS], 22 July 1857, 5 p.
Aunt Agnes [Smith], letter to Joseph Smith [JFS], appended to previous letter, 2 p.
Agnes Smith, letter to Cousin [JFS], 22 August 1857 or 1859; and Ina, letter to Cousin [JFS], in same letter
JFS, letter to Josephine Smith, 1 September 1857, transcript, 13 p.
Mary B., letter to [Ina], 27 March 1908, 8 p. Mrs. M.B.S. Norman, letter to Cousin Ina, 24 April 1908, 8 p.
Mary B., letter to Ina, 26 October, 2 p.
Mary B., letter to Ina, n.d., 5 p.
Letter to Ina, n.d., incomplete, 4 p.
Bruce A. Van Orden, "Close to the Seat of Authority: Secretaries and Clerks in the Office of the President of the LDS Church, 1870-1900"
Susa, letter to JFS, My dear brother "Jason" [code-name for JFS], 25 November 1889, 2 p.
Susa Y. Gates, letter to My dear Brother "Jason" [JFS], 3 December 1889
Susa, letter to JFS, 1 July 1902, 11 p.
Sister [Susa Young Gates], letter to My Brother [JFS], received 31 December 1906, 4 p.
Sister Susa, letter to My dear brother [JFS], answered 21 January 1907, 2p.
Susa Young Gates, letter to JFS, 4 August 1916, 3 p.
Susa Young Gates, letter to JFS, 31 August 1916, 2p.
Heber J. Grant, diary transcription, 1895-1911, 16 p.
Heber J. Grant, letter to JFS, 11 May 1905, 6 pp. Heber J. Grant, Diary, 1-7 October 1903, 8 pp.
Heber J. Grant, Diary, 9-10 November
Heber J. Grant, Diary, 2-3 January 1911
Heber J. Grant, Diary, 7-8 February 1911
Heber J. Grant, letter to JFS, John R. Winder, and Anthon H. Lund, 22 September 1906, 3 pp.
Heber J. Grant, letter to JFS, John R. Winder, and Anthon H. Lund, 3 February 1906, 1 p., incomplete
Setting apart of Heber J. Grant as president of the Twelve Apostles, 23 November 1916
JFS, Letter to Hiram B. Clawson, 12 May 1899, 2 pp.
Anthony W. Ivins, letter to JFS, 24 June 1907, 2 pp.
James Jack, letterbook, 1887, 15 pp., several entries in code
James Jack to John W. Young.
Andrew Jenson, letter to JFS, John R. Winder, and Anthon H. Lund, 10 December 1906, 5 pp.
Andrew Jenson, letter to JFS, 1 January 1915, 6 pp.
Financial Dept. records concerning Andrew Jenson's
George C. Lambert, letter to First Presidency, 8 January 1902, 3 p.
George C. Lambert, letter to First Presidency, 27 January 1902, 3 p
George C. Lambert, letter to First Presidency, 4 February 1902, 4 p.
John Mooney Smith, Rudger Clawson, and Reed Smoot, letter to First Presidency and Council of Apostles, 14 February 1902, 3 p. concerning settlement of the George C. Lambert notes
George C. Lambert, letter to the First Presidency, 24 February 1902
George C. Lambert, letter to First Presidency, 22 November 1902, 2 p.
Francis M. Lyman, John Henry Smith, and Rudger Clawson, letter to JFS and Counselors, 10 January 1907, 4 p.
George C. Lambert, letter to First Presidency, 18 April 1907
George C. Lambert, letter to First Presidency, 16 August 1907
"The Seven Deadly Heresies," typescript, 1980, 22 pp.
"The Seven Deadly Heresies," printed, 7 pp.
Items of Church History to be Referred to Pres. JFS
Typed summaries from Roberts Collection, 11 p.
B. H. Roberts, letter to Moses Thatcher, 6 November 1896, 18 p. handwritten, and 11 pp. typescript.
B. H. Roberts, letter to Heber J. Grant, 17 November 1896, 5 p.
Anthon H. Lund, Suggested Changes to the D&C Presented to the First Presidency, 13 September 1901, 2 p
Margaret C. Roberts, letter to JFS, 1 July 1902, 4 p., concerning her difficulty with Ann Hyde.
B.H. Roberts, letter to Heber J. Grant, 15 November 1904, 3 p.
B. H. Roberts, letter to the First Presidency, 23 November 1904, 4 p.
Herbert Durand, letter to Ben E. Rich, 23 February 1905
Herbert Durand, letter to Ben E. Rich, 28 February 1908
Herbert Durand, Memorandum of cost to Ben E. Rich, 28 February 1908
Herbert Durand, Memorandum of cost to Ben E. Rich, 28 February 1908
Herbert Durand, Memorandum of cost to Ben E. Rich, 29 February 1908
Charles W. Nibley, letter to B. H. Roberts, 10 June 1908, 3 p.
B. H. Roberts, letter to JFS, 30 July 1908
B. H. Roberts, letter to Francis M. Lyman, 21 January 1909, with attached document on the Church and politics, 38 p.
"The union of Church and State," 6 p.
Isaac Russell, letter to B. H. Roberts, 1 April 1909, 3 pp.
Isaac Russell, letter to B. H. Roberts, 15 July 1909
Isaac Russell, letter to B. H. Roberts, 10 August 1909
Isaac Russell, letter to B. H. Roberts, 26 August 1909
[B. H. Roberts], letter to Isaac Russell, 4 September 1909, 5 pp.
[B. H. Roberts], letter to Isaac Russell, 26 October 1909, 3 pp.
Isaac Russell, letter to B. H. Roberts, 9 November 1909, 2 pp.
Isaac Russell, letter to B. H. Roberts, 17 November 1909, 2 pp.
Isaac Russell, letter to B. H. Roberts, 16 January 1910, 3 p.
Isaac Russell, letter to B. H. Roberts, 2 February 1910, 5 p.
Isaac Russell, letter to B. H. Roberts, 23 February 1910, 3 p.
B. H. Roberts, letter to Isaac Russell, 9 September 1910, 4 p.
Nephi L. Morris, letter to "My Dear Moyle," 29 October 1910, 3 p.
Nephi L. Morris, letter to B. H. Roberts, 4 November 1910, 3 p.
B. H. Roberts, letter to Nephi L. Morris, 15 November 1910, 2 p.
Isaac Russell, letter to Theodore Roosevelt, 2 February 1911, 2 p.
Isaac Russell, letter to B. H. Roberts, 8 February 1911, 2 p.
Ben E. Rich, letter to the First Presidency, 20 February 1911
Isaac Russell, letter to B. H. Roberts, 6 May 1911, 2 p.
Isaac Russell, letter to B. H. Roberts, 12 May 1911, 3 p
Isaac Russell, letter to B. H. Roberts, 8 June 1911, 3 p.
Ben E. Rich, letter to JFS, 4 October 1911, 3 p.
Isaac Russell, letter to Uncle Ben [E. Rich], 21 November 1911, 3 p.
Isaac Russell, letter to the National Board of Censorship of Motion Pictures, 22 January 1912, 4 p.
Ben E. Rich, letter to the First Presidency, 22 January 1912, 2 p
Isaac Russell, letter to Ben E. Rich, 22 January 1912, 3 p.
Ben E. Rich, letter to the First Presidency, 23 February 1912, 5 p.
Theodore Roosevelt, letter to Isaac Russell, 4 February 1911, 7 p.
Isaac Russell, letter to JFS, 11 February 1913, 4 p.
Isaac Russell, letter to JFS, 10 June 1913, 4 p.
Moroni Snow, letter to JFS and Counselors, 30 October 1913
[Secretary in behalf of First Presidency], letter to Moroni Snow, 31 October 1913
Presiding Bishopric, letter to B. H. Roberts, 10 May 1915
F. T. Pomeroy, letter to B. H. Roberts, 28 February 1928, 2 pp.
First Counsel of Seventy, letter to Henry D. Moyle and Counselors, 29 February 1928, 8 pp.
James Duckworth, letter to F. T. Pomeroy, 9 February 1929, 3 pp.
B. H. Roberts, letter to F. T. Pomeroy, 9 March 1929, 2 pp.
B. H. Roberts, letter to Reed Smoot, 5 July 1929, 2 pp.
B. H. Roberts, letter to Heber J. Grant and Counselors, 15 December 1930, 2 p.
B. H. Roberts, letter to Heber J. Grant, 1 March 1932, 3 p.
B. H. Roberts, letter to George Everett, 21 April 1932, 2 p.
B. H. Roberts, letter to C. M. Dewsnup, 30 March 1933, 2 p
B. H. Roberts, letter to J. H. Paul, 17 July 1933, 4 p.
Joseph Smith, Jr., with marginal notes and references by B. H. Roberts, "The King Follett Discourse: The Being and Kind of Being God is; the Immortality of the Intelligence of Man," Liahona: The Elders' Journal 5 (December 1911): 369-79.
B. H. Roberts, handwritten notes on a proof page from History of the Church, vol. 6
"Good Stories for All: Mormon Saint Elected to Congress from
Utah,"
"Mormons are defiant,"
"Mormonism's Defiance,"
"May Refuse to Seat Polygamist," 21 November 1898, 2 p.
"Globe Extra! 5 o'clock. Jacob did it. So did
Abraham and the Prophets of old. Roberts contends that polygamy is not
adultery,"
"Can expel Roberts, but cannot refuse to admit him says Edmunds," January 1899
"Leaders of the Mormons,"
"What Shall Congressman-Elect Roberts Do" His
Duty to his Three Mormon Wives--Is it Greater than his Political Duty?"
"Rawlins Defends Utah,"
"House Votes Against Roberts By 302 by 30.
This Despite the Forceful Defense of Himself by the Utah Man,"
"Roberts at Bay. He argues his case with
No Assistance,"
"The Assault on Roberts," New York, 17 November 1899.
"Question of Seating Him Now Agitating Members," 29 November 1899.
"Brigham H. Roberts and His Plural Wives,"
"Advanced to Take the Oath,"
"Congressman Elect Roberts of Utah, His Wives and
Their Homes,"
"He asks Fair Play,"
"Great Crowd Gazes at the Utah Representative,"
"Roberts' Right. Oratorical Battle about It in
Halls of Congress,"
"Doors Shut. Slammed, Even, in the Face of
Roberts,"
"Governor Smith and the Constitution; B. H. Roberts Upholds Smith"s Stand on Prohibition -- Praises his Courage, Candor and Common," 1920s, with Joseph Fielding Smith's hand-written note: "A very unwise speech by a very unwise man."
Charles E. Bidamon, letter to JFS, 26 May
Heber J. Grant, Diary, 4 October 1894
Emmeline B. Wells, letter to JFS, 26 August 1906, 4 p.
Joseph Howell, letter to Louis A. Kelsch, 16 December 1906, 12 p.
John Smith, Diary, extracts, 4 p.
John Lyman Smith, Diary, extracts
Julina Lambson Smith, extracts, 12 p.
Samuel H. B. Smith, diary, extracts, 4 p.
JFS, letter to Martha Ann Harris, 11 February 1891, 6 pp.
Brigham Young, Office Journal, 19 March 1862.
JFS, letter to Edna, 23 March 1875, incomplete.
JFS, letter to Hyrum M., 30 March 1875.
JFS, letter to Edna, 11 May 1875, 2 pp.
JFS, notes to Hyrum M. Smith, 11 March 1897, 6 pp.
JFS, letter to Joseph R. Smith, 22 June 1899.
Joseph R. Smith, letter to JFS, 4 October 1899, 4 pp.
JFS, letter to Joseph R. Smith, 23 October 1899, 8 pp.
Alice M. Smith, missionary certificate, 1899.
JFS, letter to Joseph F. Smith, Jr., 5 February 1900, 4 p.
JFS, letter to Joseph R. Smith, 5 February 1900, 4 pp.
JFS, letter to Chase Smith, 23 April 1900, incomplete.
JFS, letter to Chase Smith, 8 August 1905, 2 p.
JFS, letter to George C. Smith, 17 February 1906, incomplete.
JFS, letter to Willard R. Smith, 23 November 1906, 3 p.
Rt. Rev. Joseph S. Glass, Catholic Bishop of Salt Lake, letter to JFS, 7 October 1916.
Hyrum M. Smith, letter to Rt. Rev. Joseph S. Glass, 11 October 1916, 3 p.
Letter to Aunt Mercy R. Thompson, 4 May 1875, 2 pp.
Julina, letter to JFS, 8 March 1874, p.
Julina, letter to JFS, 18 March 1874, 2 p.
JFS, letter to Sarah, 13 April 1875
JFS, letter to Julina, 23 August 1877, 3 p.
Letter, 24 November 1886, 2 p.
JFS, letter to Julina, 7 August 1889, 14 p.
Letter to "Papa Mack," 26 September 1890, 2 p.
Diary, 1886
"Julina Lambson Smith," biography, 4 p. Diary, 21 February 1886.
JFS, letter to Levira, 26 February 1858, 2 p.
JFS, letter to Levira, 8 July 1862, 2 p.
Levira Smith, letter to JFS, 12 August 1862, 2 p.
JFS, letter to Levira, 13 June 1863, 6 p.
JFS, letter to Levira, 11 July 1863, 6 p.
JFS, undated letter, 8 p., last page to Levira
Blessing upon Levira Smith, given by Brigham Young and Heber C. Kimball, 4 August 1864, 2 pp.
Josephine, letter to JFS, 3 January 1865, pp.
Levira Annette Smith, letter to JFS, 24 January 1865, 2 pp.
Josephine, letter to JFS, 25 January 1865, 3 pp.
Levira Annette Smith, letter to JFS, 2 February 1865, 4 pp.
Levira A. Smith, letter to JFS, 13 February 1865, 2 pp.
JFS, letter to Josephine, 21 February 1865, 2 pp.
Levira A. Smith, letter to JFS, 17 February 1865, 2 p.
Levira Annette Smith, letter to JFS, 1 March 1865, 3 p.
Levira A. Smith, letter to JFS, 3 March 1865
Levira A. Smith, letter to JFS, 4 March 1865, 4 p.
Levira A. Smith, letter to JFS, 8 March 1865, 2 p.
Levira A. Smith, letter to JFS, 11 March 1865, 2 p.
Levira A. Smith, letter to JFS, 14 March 1865, 2 p.
JFS, letter to Levira Smith, 14 March 1865, 6 p.
Derinda C. Kimball, letter to JFS, 19 March 1865, 2 p.
Levira Smith, letter to JFS, 1865, 6 p.
Levira Smith, letter to JFS, 1 April 1865, 2 p
Levira Smith, letter to JFS, 7 April 1865, 6 p.
Levira Smith, letter to JFS, 10 April 1865, 4 p.
Levira Smith, letter to JFS, 16 April 1865, 4 p.
Levira Smith, letter to JFS, 19 April 1865, 2 p.
Levira Smith, letter to JFS, 23 April 1865, 4 p.
Levira Smith, letter to JFS, 29 April 1865, 3 p.
Levira Smith, letter to JFS, 3 May 1865
Dr. White, letter to JFS, 5 May 1865, 2 p.
Levira Smith, letter to JFS, 28 May 1865, 2 p.
JFS, letter to Dr. White, 23 May 1865, 2 p.
Levira Smith, letter to JFS, 4 June 1865, 2 p.
Levira Smith, letter to JFS, 5 June 1865, 2 p.
Josephine, letter to JFS, 6 June 1865
Levira Smith, letter to JFS, undated, 4 p.
Levira Smith, letter to JFS, 15 June 1865, 2 p.
Levira Smith, letter to JFS, 16 June 1865, 4 p.
Levira Smith, letter to JFS, 18 June 1865, 3 p.
Josephine, letter to JFS, 21 June 1865, 3 p.
Levira Smith, letter to JFS, 24 June 1865, 2 p.
Levira Smith, letter to mother, 25 June 1865, 2 p.
Levira Smith, letter to JFS, 8 July 1865, 2 p.
Levira Smith, letter to JFS, 10 July 1865, 2 p.
JFS, letter to Levira Smith, 14 July 1865, 2 p.
Levira Smith, letter to JFS, 16 July 1865, 2 p.
Levira Smith, letter to JFS, 21 July 1865, 4 p.
Levira Smith, letter to JFS, 28 July 1865, 2 p.
Letter to Sister, 28 July 1865, 2 p.
Levira Smith, letter to JFS, 20 November 1865, 2 p.
Levira Smith, letter to JFS, 22 October 1866.
Divorce Certificate between JFS and Levira A. Smith, 10 June 1867.
Mrs. Amy, letter to JFS, undated.
JFS, letter to Mrs. Amy, 18 June 1867,
JFS, letter to Levira Smith, 21 June 1867, 2 p.
Levira Smith, letter to JFS, 16 July 1867 [1868].
JFS, letter to Levira A. Smith, 18 July 1867. Levira A. Smith, letter to JFS, 19 July 1867.
JFS, letter to G. D. M. Crockwell, 18 January 1868.
Divorce Summons, 17 October 1868.
Decree of Divorce, 10 July 1869.
JFS, letter to Brigham Young, 25 August 1867
JFS, letter to John E. Booth, 27 May 1868
Joseph Smith, III, letter to Levira Smith, 29 January 1880
Joseph Smith, III, letter to Levira Smith, 3 February 1880
Levira Smith, letter to JFS, 21 December
Minutes, 9 April 1879, 6 pp.
Revelation Given through President John Taylor at Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, 13 October 1882, 3 pp.
B. H. Roberts, letter to Burke Frandsen, 7 March 1933, concerning John Taylor's revelations
"An Epistle of Demetrius, Junior, the Silversmith"
"Highlights in the Life and Career of Apostle Moses Thatcher"
JFS, letter to Moses Thatcher, 2 August 1892, 3 p.
JFS, letter to N. C. Edlefsen, 4 November 1892
JFS, letter to H. E. Baker, 4 November 1892, 2 p.
JFS, letter to N. C. Edlefsen, 5 November 1892
John R. Sillito, "John R. Winder: Faithful Counselor, Builder of the Kingdom," 17 pp.
Diary, 31 December 1877
JFS, letter to George Q. Cannon, 28 May 1897, 2 p. Wilford Woodruff and George Q. Cannon, Two Trips to California, April 1889 and September 1890, 9 p.
Revelation to President Wilford Woodruff, 24 November 1889, at Salt Lake City, Utah, 3 p.
Wilford Woodruff, letter to JFS, 31 July 1897
Chronology, 1889-1898
Diary, 1890-1898, five photographs
Nancy L. Richards, letter to JFS, 14 April 1897
JFS, Diary, 9 October 1869
"Minutes of a Meeting of the First Presidency and Apostles Held at Salt Lake Temple," August 1900, 4 p.
Oleen N. Stohl, letter to JFS, 11 June 1913
Wilford Woodruff, Diary, extract, 15 May 1894
Joshua H. Paul, letter to the editor of the Herald, 26 July 1906, 3 p.
R. B. Neal, letter to JFS, received 18 March 1907
R. B. Neal, "More Hot Shots from David Whitmer,"
Max Florence, telegrams to the Salt Lake Tribune, 1911
Abraham O. Woodruff, letter to JFS, 4 June 1902, 4 p.
Abraham O. Woodruff, letter to JFS, 22 September 1903, 4 p.
"Speech by Gov. Brigham Young in Joint Session of the Legislature, Feby. 5th 1852, giving his views on slavery," 7 p.
Edward Stevenson, 1884
Heber J. Grant, Diary, 1890
JFS, letter to Hon. A. Saxey, 9 January 1897, 4 p.
Ralph A. Badger, letter to the First Presidency, 17 August 1908, 2 p.
The First Presidency, priesthood to all worthy males, 1978
Ron Esplin, "Priesthood Denial to Blacks," 1978, 12 p.
Bill J. Pope, "Circumstances surrounding the Receiving of the Revelation which Granted All Worthy Male Members the Priesthood," 1978
JFS, letter to George Reynolds, 19 April 1885, 6 p.
JFS, letter to "My Dear Brother," 30 July 1885, 2 p.
JFS, letter to L. L. Rice, 1 April 1886, 3 p.
"Angel Moroni or Nephi?"
B. H. Roberts, "Translation of the Book of Mormon."
Scott G. Kenney, "Book of Mormon Atonement," 24 p.
Susan Curtis, "Palmyra Revisited: A Look at Early Nineteenth Century American Thought and the Book of Mormon," 43 p.
Mark D. Thomas, "Three Stylistic Elements in the Book of Mormon," 14 p.
Edward H. Ashment, "The Book of Mormon--A Literal Translation?" 13 p.
Dan Vogel, letter to Edward H. Ashment, 18 May 1981
Dan Vogel, "Is the Book of Mormon a Translation? A Response to Edward H. Ashment," 21 p.
William H. Chamberlin, The Origin, Nature, and Destiny of Man, 16 p.
Ralph V. Chamberlin, Evolution and Theological Belief:
Aspects of Their Relationship Historically Considered,
William H. Chamberlin, letter to JFS, 14 February 1911
William H. Chamberlin, The Theory of Evolution as an
Aid to Faith in God and Belief in the Resurrection,
Henry Peterson, letter to JFS, 3 April 1911, 8 p.
Horace H. Cummings, report of investigations of the theological teaching at Brigham Young University, 21 January 1911, 7 p.
Richard Sherlock, "When the Students Marched: The B.Y.U. Crisis of 1911," 18 p.
Frederick J. Pack, letter to JFS, 1 December 1914, 26 p.,
concerning R. C. Webb's articles in the
"The Church and Science," 4 p.
James E. Talmage, letter to the First Presidency, 29 July 1907, 2 p.
Edward H. Ashment, "Scripture Translation Research: Policies and Procedures," 8 p.
School of the Prophets, minutes, 9 June 1873, concerning Adam-God doctrine of Brigham Young
"B.Y.U. Students Destroy Reply of [BYU] Presidency and Make Public the Protest They Formulated; Diplomatically but Firmly They Warn the Faculty That if Modern Teachings Are Excluded They Must Look Elsewhere for Their Education: Demand Freedom of Investigation; Say Church Cannot Ignore Science." 2 p.
The Council of the First Presidency and Twelve Apostles, minutes of meeting in council chamber, Salt Lake Temple, 5 April 1900, 9 p., concerning the determination of seniority in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
Daniel H. Wells, letter to JFS, 24 May 1890
JFS, president of the Salt Lake Temple, form letter to bishops of wards, ca. 1915, 4 p.
JFS, president of the Salt Lake Temple, form letter to bishops of wards, 20 June 1912
First Presidency, form letter to Stake Presidents and Bishops, 3 October 1914, concerning Washing and Anointing by LDS Sisters, 2 p.
JFS, form letter to Bishops, 4 December 1878, 2 p., with instructions concerning the Endowment House.
JFS, president of the Salt Lake Temple, "Instructions concerning Temple Ordinance Work," n.d., 4 p.
Wilford Woodruff, Manifesto, 24 September 1890
Isaac Smith, letter to JFS, 14 November 1902
Register of Logan Temple Ordinance Work, 1889-1901, 4 p.
Rudger Clawson, letter to JFS, 29 November 1902, concerning a record of the Patriarchs.
Ordinances performed in each of the Temples during the year ending Dec. 31st, 1907.
First Presidency, letter to Marriner W. Merrill, 14 April 1900
B. H. Roberts, letter to John F. Smith, October 1903, 3 p.
JFS, letter to Ephraim H. Nye, 11 August 1897, 2 p.
Charles W. Penrose, letter to JFS, 21 April 1915, 7 p.
JFS, letter to John H. Smith, 17 March 1882, 4 p.
JFS, letter to Benjamin Cluff, Jr., 6 February 1900, 2 p.
Benjamin Cluff, Jr., letter to JFS, 28 February 1900
JFS, note to George Reynolds, "Names of Persons Who Are to Compose the Academy Scientific Expedition to Central and South America," 2 p.
Paul Henning, letter to First Presidency, 13 November 1901, 4 p.
Paul Henning, letter to W. M. Wolfe, 5 December 1901, 4 p.
Paul Henning, letter to First Presidency, 8 December 1901.
Benjamin Cluff, Jr., letter to George H. Brimhall, 19 December 1901
Benjamin Cluff, Jr., letter to JFS, 5 January 1902, 3 p.
JFS, letter to Benjamin Cluff, Jr., 18 January 1902
Walter M. Wolfe and Gordon S. Beckstead, letter to JFS, 19 February 1902, 9 p., concerning their complaints about Benjamin Cluff, Jr.
Walter M. Wolfe, letter to JFS, 2 April 1902, 3 p.
H. H. Cluff, letter to First Presidency, 11 August 1902, 2 p.
Jasper Robertson, letter to JFS, 20 August 1902, 2 p.
Joseph F. Keeler, letter to JFS, 25 August 1902, 2 p. Joel Ricks, letter to JFS, 4 May 1903, 4 p.
Joel Ricks, letter to JFS, 24 June 1903, 2 p.
Benjamin Cluff, Jr., letter to JFS, 16 February 1906, 3 p.
Benjamin Cluff, Jr., letter to First Presidency, 4 May 1906, 4 p.
Map (in Spanish)
Marvin S. Hill, "Joseph Smith First Vision Story: A Comment on Sectarian versus historical Interpretations," paper presented at Sunstone Theological Symposium, 25 August 1981, 21 p.
"A Response to a Mormon Fundamentalist," 19 p.
"Lorin Woolley and Fundamentalist Claims of Authority," 18 p.
Lorin C. Woolley Statement, 4 pp.
Lorin C. Woolley, Statement of Facts, 1912, 2 pp.
Charles S. Varian, Letter to Wilford Woodruff, 7 October 1892
Ben E. Rich, letter to JFS, 27 July 1908
Heber J. Grant, Diary, 1901-1902
"Mormonism and the Mormons,"
Jedediah M. Grant, letter to Brigham Young, 30 December 1851, 5 p.
William Clayton, notarized statement, 1874, 5 p.
Mary E. R. Leightner, statement, 1877, 2 p.
JFS, letter to Philip H. Boyer, 26 December 1881, 4 p.
Wilford Woodruff, statement, 12 March 1897, 2 p.
B. F. Johnson, letter to JFS, 9 March 1904
Lorenzo Snow, notarized statement, 28 August 1869
Eliza Maria (Partridge) Lyman, notarized statement, 1 July 1869
Martha McBride Kimball, notarized statement, 8 July 1869
Lucy Walker Smith, notarized statement, 24 October 1902
Lucy Walker Smith Kimball, notarized statement, 17 December 1902
G. H. Brimhall, letter to JFS, 21 April 1902, concerning statement of Maria Jane Woodward about Emma Smith and polygamy in Nauvoo
Stanley S. Ivins, Diary, 1944, 2 p.
JFS, letter to Warren M. Johnson, 15 December 1891, 4 p.
JFS, letter to Isaac E. D. Zundell, 21 December 1891, 2 p.
JFS, letter to Anthony W. Ivins, 6 February 1900, 2 p.
Thomas Kearns, letter to JFS, 10 March 1902
Orin W. Jarvis, letter to JFS, 14 March 1903, 2 p.
JFS, letter to Orin W. Jarvis, 25 March 1903, 5 p.
Mahonri M. Steele, letter to JFS, 7 November 1905, 4 p.
Charles W. Penrose, letter to JFS, 31 March 1908
Charles W. Penrose, letter to JFS, 6 May 1908, 2 p., incomplete
First Presidency, letter to Brethren i.e., Bishops and Stake Presidents, 5 October 1910, 2 p
First Presidency, letter "to whom it may concern," 6 January 1911
Matthias F. Cowley, letter to JFS, 22 March 1911, 8 p.
Reed Smoot, telegram to George F. Gibbs, 31 March 1911, 2 p., written in cipher, received in Salt Lake City on 1 April 1911
Reed Smoot, letter to JFS, 8 April 1911, 6 p.
JFS, letter to J. E. Rullison, 16 February 1914, 4 p.
Confidential letter to Heber J. Grant, 9 July 1929, 4 p.
B. H. Roberts, letter to Heber Bennion, 4 February 1931
Many signed declarations
Certificates (pre-printed forms or handwritten) of individuals going to the temple.
Certificates (pre-printed forms or handwritten) of individuals going to the temple.
Anthony W. Ivins, Record Book of Marriages, extracts, 3 p.
Heber J. Grant, letter to JFS, 5 January 1906
H. Grant Ivins, "Polygamy in Mexico: As Practiced by the Mormon Church, 1895-1905," 1970
Orson F. Whitney, letter to JFS, 1 April 1912
"Organization of the L.D.S. Relief Society, and instructions given by President Joseph Smith," 1842, 8 p.
Emmeline B. Wells, letter to JFS, 13 February 1897, 3 p.
Oleen N. Stohl, letter to JFS, 28 January 1913
Lorenzo Snow, letter to Wilford Woodruff, 13 December 1887
JFS, letter to James Steele, 21 May 1880
Mahonri M. Steele and James Houston, letter to JFS, 12 February 1902, 2 p.
Francis M. Lyman, minutes of the quarterly meeting of the Council of the Twelve Apostles, 29 September 1914
JFS, letter to Geo. R. Crockett, 20 July 1917
David J. Whittaker, "Women in L.D.S. History: A Selected Bibliography," 12 p.
"RLDS may ordain women and build temple,"
"Facts about the Young Women of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints"
JFS, letter to John D. T. McAllister, 23 August 1875
Fruben G. Miller, letter to JFS, 7 June 1902
Scott Kenney, "The Mutual Improvement Associations: A Preliminary History, 1900-1950," 48 p.