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"Polishing God's Altars": Fictionally Wresting The Book Of Mormon, Richard H. Cracroft

Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1989–2011

Review of the Nephite Chronicles (1984-1989), by Robert H. Moss.

Time Vindicates Hugh Nibley, William J. Hamblin

Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1989–2011

Review of An Approach to the Book of Mormon (1988), by Hugh Nibley.

Paul D. Proctor, "American Book Of Mormon Map", David A. Palmer

Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1989–2011

Review of “American Book of Mormon Map” (1988), by Paul D. Proctor.

Harry L. Ropp, Are The Mormon Scriptures Reliable?, Diane E. Wirth

Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1989–2011

Review of Are the Mormon Scriptures Reliable? (1987), by Harry L. Ropp, with revisions from Wesley P. Walters.

Dan Vogel, Origins And The Book Of Mormon, Kevin Christensen

Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1989–2011

Review of Origins and the Book of Mormon (1986), by Dan Vogel.

Book Of Mormon Bibliography, Adam Lamoreax

Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1989–2011

Bibliography of publications on the Book of Mormon in 1989.

The Geography Of Book Of Mormon Events: A Sourcebook, John L. Sorenson

Maxwell Institute Publications

Introduction

The subject of "Book of Mormon geography" has stimulated three different responses among Latter-day Saints over the years. On the part of Church authorities caution, if not anxiety, has prevailed. For a minority of members the reaction has been persistent curiosity. Meanwhile a large majority have been satisfied to ignore the matter.

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The Bridge

No abstract provided.

A Mormon Melting Pot: Ethnicity Acculturation In Cedar City, Utah, 1880-1915, Vida Leigh

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis studies the ethnicity of the five ethnic groups found in Cedar City, Utah, during the 1880-to-1915 period. Those five groups were originally sent by Brigham Young to found the Iron Mission, as a two-fold project: (1) developing the iron mining industry, and (2) building a united community of Latter-day Saints.

The demographics, kinship, ties, marriage patterns, occupations, wealth, and elites in church government and society have been examined in detail through US censuses, Iron county assessment records, marriage records, Cedar City municipal records, LDS church records, diaries, histories, and personal histories. By comparing all the ethnic groups within …

Memories From Childhood And Early Youth, Andrea Blichfeldt Smith, Alma K. Stark, Translator, Peter D. Thomsen

The Bridge

The story which follows was translated from the Danish language shortly after it was written around 1937. The original manuscript, written in longhand on scraps of brown-bag paper, no longer exists. On the typewritten copy of my cousin's translation, however, she writes: "Mother wrote this at my request." Today, at age 95, Alma Stark lives at 14801 Sherman Way, Van Nuys, California. She corresponds regularly with me and has been very helpful in my quest for genealogical information.

Incidental Effects Of Church Activity On Development, Landscapes And Culture: An Example From Tonga, Sosaia Hakaumotu Naulu

Theses and Dissertations

The effect of religious bodies upon the economy, landscape and culture of developing countries is a topic that needs further study. Intuitively, mission work in such lands would seems to have some impact but the actual conditions and changes are not carefully defined. This thesis seeks to describe one instance, the effect of the LDS Church upon Tonga. Here the Church is a fairly recent entrant into the land and its effects may readily be seen.

The LDS Church was found to play a modest role in the economy and a much greater role in changing landscapes. It is seen …

Thomas Bullock As An Early Mormon Historian, Jerald F. Simon

BYU Studies

Jerald F. Simon writes about Thomas Bullock's life in relation to the effect he had on The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as given in Bullock's own journals and diaries. Bullock, born in England, immigrated to the United States and quickly found himself employed as a clerk for Joseph Smith, the Nauvoo Masonic Lodge, and steamboat Maid of Iowa, among several other positions. Bullock also worked closely with Brigham Young. He followed the church from Nauvoo to Winter Quarters and into the Great Salt Lake Valley and was pivotal in the beginnings of Deseret News.

The Order Of Santo Stefano In The Levant: An Unpublished Account Of A Voyage In 1627, Ilona Klein, Christopher Kleinhenz

Faculty Publications

On 12 April 1627 a fleet of six galleys belonging to the Order of Santo Stefano set sail from Livorno on their expedition "contro il comune nemico"–the Turks. This journey would take them along the western and southern coast of Italy, through the Ionian Sea to the Peloponnese and across the Aegean Sea to the Dardanelles. Along the way the sailors encountered many vessels, both friend and foe, heard reports of sea battles and movements of ships in those waters, and listened to an account of a miracle wrought by the Virgin Mary. After having engaged in two fierce skirmishes …

Variations In Thamnophis Elegans With Descriptions Of New Subspecies, Wilmer W. Tanner, Charles H. Lowe

Great Basin Naturalist

Two new subspecies are described from the southern part of the distribution of Thamnophis elegans: T.e. arizonae from the Little Colorado River basin of Arizona and New Mexico and T. e. vascotanneri from the Upper Colorado River basin of Utah.

The Radical Shift In The Spanish Approach To Intercivilizational Encounter, Anthony M. Stevens-Arroyo

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.

Toward A Reconstruction Of Mormon And Indian Relations, 1847-1877, Ronald W. Walker

BYU Studies

No abstract provided.

Role Of Post-Pleistocene Dispersal In Determining The Modern Distribution Of Abert's Squirrel, Russell Davis, David E. Brown

Great Basin Naturalist

Abert's squirrel is a forest-dwelling mammal, dependent upon ponderosa pine, that now ranges from southern Wyoming to northern Mexico. During the late Pleistocene, ponderosa pine and this squirrel occurred no further north than central Arizona and New Mexico. In consequence, the present range of the squirrel north of the 36th parallel must have been the result of post-Pleistocene (Holocene) dispersal. If such dispersal took place after the fragmentation of the northern montane conifer forest, at least some leakage across barriers of unsuitable (non-ponderosa pine) habitat must have occurred. Dispersal following transplanting "experiments" has shown that such barriers can be crossed; …

Robert Lang Campbell: "A Wise Scribe In Israel" And Schoolman To The Saints, Frederick S. Buchanan

BYU Studies

No abstract provided.

Mormon Bibliography 1988, Scott H. Duvall

BYU Studies

No abstract provided.

The Meiji Imprints Microform Project, Nobuo Yamamoto

Journal of East Asian Libraries

No abstract provided.

Edith Irvine: Her Life And Photography, Wilma Marie Plunkett

Theses and Dissertations

ln mid-1988, Brigham Young University received a high-quality collection of photographic glass plates made by Edith Irvine at the tum of the century. The plates, her camera and other photographic equipment, and miscellaneous publications were donated to BYU by her nephew, Jim Irvine.

When the plates arrived and the Archives Photolab had them proofed, we realized thal not only were the San Francisco earthquake/ fire and other areas of California history recorded, but we had, in fact, the work of an outstanding photographer. As we compared the proofs with the work of other photographers who handled similar subjects, we called …

Classification Of The Riparian Vegetation Of The Montane And Subalpine Zones In Western Colorado, William L. Baker

Great Basin Naturalist

A classification of the riparian vegetation of part of western Colorado was developed by cluster analysis and ordination of 115 samples of relatively undisturbed vegetation. The classification of plant associations contains five montane riparian forests, three subalpine riparian forests, four lower subalpine willow carrs, three upper subalpine willow carrs, and one subalpine wetland.

Establishing Zion: The Mormon Church In The American West, 1847-1869 Eugene Campbell, Ronald W. Walker

BYU Studies

No abstract provided.

The Zelph Story, Kenneth W. Godfrey

BYU Studies

No abstract provided.

Pleasure And Guilt In Greece And Italy, Chloe Chard

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.

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Swiss American Historical Society Review

No abstract provided.

Comment On Papers Prepared For The Panel "The Celestial Empire And The Early American Republic, 1748-1844: Old China Trade Documents In The Mid-Atlantic States Region", Jonathan Goldstein

Journal of East Asian Libraries

The papers by Doctors Jacques Downs, Murray Rubinstein, and Nancy Davis are written by experienced researchers who have not only surveyed but also utilized the China trade archives they described. In several cases the results of their research have also been published.1 Because the authors are extraordinarily, perhaps uniquely, qualified to explicate the scope and accessibility of these collections, I will not even attempt to augment those aspects of their papers. Rather, I will discuss some general historical questions that the documentary collections evoke and perhaps can help us resolve.

The Wisconsin Swiss: A Portrait, Ernest Menolfi, Leo Schelbert

Swiss American Historical Society Review

Few regions of the United States of North America have attracted as many Swiss as did the State of Wisconsin. It registered their steady increase among its foreign-born until 1920, and its southern region became well known for its Swiss American presence. Yet the Swiss remained throughout a rather small group among Wisconsin's people. The 1850 U. S. census, for example, counted a total of 304,756 inhabitants; of these 54,312 were born in Wisconsin, 139,166 in other parts of the Union, and 110,471 were foreign-born; among these 1,244 Swiss were counted (the nativity of 807 people remained 1 unknown).

Competition Between Adult And Seedling Shrubs Of Ambrosia Dumosa In The Mojave Desert, Nevada, Richard Hunter

Great Basin Naturalist

Seeds of the perennial shrub Ambrosia dumosa germinated in abundance following 11 days of rain during August 1983 at a study site in the northern Mojave Desert. Seedling establishment, growth, and reproduction were observed in natural vegetation and in an area that had been previously cleared of vegetation. For 5,527 A. dumosa seedlings, percent survival in April 1986 averaged 3% in the undisturbed vegetation and 58% in the denuded area. Seedlings occupying the cleared area had grown to sizes up to 0. 1 m³ m by October 1984; some produced flowers and fruit in the spring of 1985. Surviving …

Utah Chub (Gila Atraria) From The Latest Pleistocene Gilbert Shoreline, West Of Corrine, Utah, Stuart B. Murchison

Great Basin Naturalist

A bulk sampling of gastropods collected near Great Salt Lake, Utah, revealed several fish bones of Gila atraria (Girard). The early date of this find, coupled with the relationship of the Gilbert lake transgression and successive regression of approximately 11,000 years B.P., reveals a death assemblage induced by a series of saline inundations into the freshwater paludal environment.