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Oh! Brother Joseph; Historian's Corner, Ronald W. Walker, David H. Pratt
Oh! Brother Joseph; Historian's Corner, Ronald W. Walker, David H. Pratt
BYU Studies Quarterly
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Marcus Lee Hansen Returns To His Roots, John Robert Christianson
Marcus Lee Hansen Returns To His Roots, John Robert Christianson
The Bridge
Marcus Lee Hansen (1892-1938) was the founder of modern immigration history. He established new frameworks in time and space for the study of the peopling of North America.
Enok Mortensen As Archivist, Thorvald Hansen
Enok Mortensen As Archivist, Thorvald Hansen
The Bridge
One cannot say with any degree of finality why Enok Mortensen became the historian and archivist of the Danish, later the American Evangelical Lutheran Church. This much, however, is obvious--he was interested in it. Only a genuine interest could have caused him to work diligently at it for a long period of time and to write the history of the church with which he had become intimately familiar. The records do not indicate that he received any monetary reward for his efforts, nor that he sought any. He hoped that others would share his interest and do whatever was in …
An Examination Of The Mormon Settlement Of Syracuse, Utah, J. Kent Tucker
An Examination Of The Mormon Settlement Of Syracuse, Utah, J. Kent Tucker
Theses and Dissertations
The history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, commonly referred to as the "Mormon" church, has been well researched, yet little has been written about individual community histories. This work centers on the small Mormon community of Syracuse, Utah, located about twenty-five miles north of Salt Lake City on the eastern shore of the Great Salt Lake. From its inception in 1877 through 1987, the community of Syracuse continues to be dominated by the Latter-day Saint (Mormon) influence. This thesis examines the development of this LDS Church settlement, giving emphasis to the early history of the area, …