The Mormon Council of Fifty: What Joseph Smith’s Secret Records Reveal
In 1844, the Mormon Prophet Joseph Smith surrendered himself to state authorities after destroying an anti-Mormon printing press in...
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Picturing history: Joseph Smith Historic Site in Nauvoo
The following article by Kenneth Mays appeared on 24 August 2016 on the online edition of Deseret News. A must-see for any visitor to...
Book Review: Joseph Smith's Seer Stones
The following article by Stephen Smoot appeared on 15 August 2016 on the online edition of the Ploni Almoni～ Mr. So-and-So's Mormon Blog....
Church Releases Statement on "Utopia" Being Built Based on Joseph Smith's Plans
The following article appeared in the 17 August 2016 online edition of the Deseret News. David Hall, a multimillionaire, is creating a...
Picturing history: Nauvoo Visitors Center, Nauvoo, Illinois
The following article by Kenneth Mays appeared in the 17 August 2016 online edition of the Deseret News. On 350 N. Main St., the Nauvoo...
Picturing history: Hyrum Smith home in Kirtland, Ohio
The following article by Kenneth Mays appeared in the 03 August 2016 online edition of the Deseret News. Hyrum Smith, brother of the...
Juvenile Instructor Book Review, Martha Bradley-Evans, Glorious in Persecution: Joseph Smith: Americ
Martha Bradley-Evans, Glorious in Persecution: Joseph Smith, American Prophet, 1839-1844(Salt Lake City: Smith-Pettit Foundation, 2016)....
Managing historian of the Joseph Smith Papers gives lecture on Zion's Camp
The following article by Marianne Holman Prescott appeared in the 30 June 2016 online edition of LDS Church News. “Members of Zion’s Camp...
Honor the pioneers by telling better stories
The following article by Keith A. Erekson appeared in the 7 July 2016 online edition of Deseret News. An important part of every Pioneer...
Picturing history: Newel and Elizabeth Whitney home, Kirtland, Ohio
The following article by Kenneth Mays appeared in the 6 July 2016 online edition of Deseret News. When Joseph and Emma Smith first...
The story of William Pitt and the Nauvoo Brass Band, who played as the Saints mourned Joseph and Hyr
The following article by Susan McCloud appeared in the 27 June 2016 online edition of Deseret News. The young convert from England walked...
Peace and War
D&C 87 The following article by Jed Woodworth appeared in the 28 April 2016 online edition of Revelations in Context on history.lds.org....
CfP: Mormon History Association, 2017, St. Louis, Missouri
From the Program Committee: Mormon History Association 52nd Annual Conference Call for Papers 2017 St. Louis, Missouri “Crossing and...
Picturing history: Kirtland Temple, a divine mandate
The following article by Kenneth Mays appeared in the 29 June 2016 online edition of Deseret News. The Kirtland Temple was the first...
Joseph Smith's Accounts of the First Vision
Mormon leader: Differing versions of Joseph Smith’s ‘First Vision’ make it the ‘best-documented in history’ The following article by...
What Newspapers in the 1800s Said About the Martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum
The following article by Jannalee Rosner appeared in the 27 June 2016 online edition of LDS Living.com. Most members of the Church are...
Joseph Smith’s Understanding of Families, Heaven Grew Over Time
SNOWBIRD, Utah Over the course of the life of the Prophet Joseph Smith, his understanding of families and heaven “unfolded line upon...
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