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2010

Mormon history

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History Of The Laie 1st Ward, Lorene Pukahi, Harold Pukahi Mar 2010

History Of The Laie 1st Ward, Lorene Pukahi, Harold Pukahi

Mormon Pacific Historical Society

Directories of Laie LDS wards.


History Of The Laie 2nd Ward, Jay Wrathal Mar 2010

History Of The Laie 2nd Ward, Jay Wrathal

Mormon Pacific Historical Society

Portraits of Bishops of the Laie 2nd Ward


"Make A Joyful Noise Unto The Lord": Brass Bands And Cultural Identity In Tonga's Christian Kingdom, David Kammerer Mar 2010

"Make A Joyful Noise Unto The Lord": Brass Bands And Cultural Identity In Tonga's Christian Kingdom, David Kammerer

Mormon Pacific Historical Society

This dissertation considers music's role in constructing collective identity and generating social meaning, with the aim of yielding new insights into the workings of indigenous agency in cross-cultural encounters. In the Pacific nation of Tonga a unique set of socio-cultural forces has shaped a distinctive contemporary identity. Tonga's government comprises the only monarchy in the contemporary Pacific and represents the only Polynesian group that was not colonized in the political sense. Although Western ideas permeated Tongan culture over the past two centuries, these transformations occurred largely as a result of Tongan choices. The introduction of Christianity in the nineteenth century …


A Visual Tour Of Oahu’S Chapels Of Yesteryear, Riley Moffat Mar 2010

A Visual Tour Of Oahu’S Chapels Of Yesteryear, Riley Moffat

Mormon Pacific Historical Society

Andrew Jenson was Assistant Historian of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for many years. He was born in 1850 in Damgren, Denmark. The family joined the Church in 1854 and emigrated to Utah in 1866, settling in Pleasant Grove. After a mission back to Denmark Andrew become interested in publishing material about the history of the Church. He began his Church service in 1888 by throughout the Eastern U.S. collecting material on Church history.