Mormon Bibliography: 1969

During the last few years I have lectured to classes on Mormon bibliography and have been consultant for many who have done their research in the field of Mormon history. Among other things, I belabored the fact that there was a lack of research materials concerning the Mormon sojourn in New York State. Then a disturbing pamphlet was published by the Reverend Wesley Walters entitled New Light on Mormonism, which questioned the chronology of the early experiences of Joseph Smith. Since that publication, a concerted effort has been made to add to our knowledge of Mormonism in New York. Although, as of this moment, the research is far from conclusive, it has certainly been a fine step in the right direction. It is hoped that this will continue until we have a mass of material to adequately understand the beginnings of Mormonism. Much of the preliminary research has been published in BYU Studies and summarized in Dialogue. It is to be hoped that no one will feel that the job of research has been finished, but that the search has just begun.

In the 1968 Mormon Bibliography, I congratulated the Church in allowing the Joseph Smith papyri to be made available to scholars after their discovery. When I congratulated various journals for publishing them, I inadvertently ignored the publication done by The Improvement Era. May I apologize for this oversight and mention that pictures of the papyri fragments were also published in the Era as well as a series of articles authored by Professor Hugh Nibley.

As in the past, for the compilation of the Mormon Bibliography, I have relied heavily on Mormon Americana, vol. 10, 1969.

Historical

Allen, James B. and Leonard J. Arrington. “Mormon Origins in New York: An Introductory Analysis,” Brigham Young University Studies 9 (Spring 1969): 241–74.

Anastasion, Andre K., Sr. “Survival of the British Mission during World War II,” The Improvement Era 72 (April 1969): 60–63.

Anderson, Richard Lloyd. “New Evidence from Modern Witnesses,” The Improvement Era 72 (January–August 1969).
      A continuation of his series of articles on the Book of Mormon witnesses.

Arrington, Leonard J. “Intolerable Zion: The Image of Mormonism in Nineteenth Century American Literature,” Western Humanities Review 22 (1968): 243–60.

Ashton, William F. Survival in the American Desert—the Mormon’s Contribution to Western History. Buena Park, California: the Author, 1969.

Backman, Milton V., Jr. “Awakenings in the Burned-over District: New Light on the Historical Setting of the First Vision,” Brigham Young University Studies 9 (Spring 1969): 301–20.

Baker, LeGrand L. “On to Carthage to Die,” The Improvement Era 72 (June 1969): 10–15.

Barlow, Grant A. “The Mormons and the Irish,” The Improvement Era 72 (April 1969): 36–40.

Bitton, Davis. “Mormons in Texas: the Ill-Fated Lyman Wight Colony, 1844–1858,” Arizona and the West 11 (Spring 1969): 5–26.

Brooks, Juanita. “Jest a Copin’—Word f’r Word,” Utah Historical Quarterly 37 (Fall 1969): 375–95.

Christensen, Ross T., editor. Mummies, Scrolls, and the Book of Abraham. Provo: Brigham Young University Publication Sales, May, 1968.
      Reprint of articles selected from issues of the Newsletter and Proceedings of the S.E.H.A.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Register of LDS Church Records. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1968.

____. Stakes. Lethbridge. Historical Committee. A History of the Mormon Church in Canada. Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada: Lethbridge Herald Company, 1968.

____. Stakes. San Mateo. A Vineyard by the Bay; in Commemoration Tenth Anniversary San Mateo Stake. San Mateo, California: San Mateo Stake, 1968.

____. Young Women’s Mutual Improvement Association. A Century of Sisterhood: . . . 1869–1969. Salt Lake City, 1969.

Dalton, Rose and Ida. Roy, Utah, Our Home Town. Salt Lake City: Deseret News Press, 1969.

Dunne, Gerald J. “Joseph Story: The Lowering Storm,” American Journal of Legal History 13 (January 1969).

Elgin, Kathleen. The Mormons—The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. New York: David McKay Co. Inc., 1969.
      Recommended for ages 8–12.

The Famous Mormon Way—Bill to the Gold Fields of California. Salt Lake City: Daughters of Utah Pioneers, 1969.
      An offset reproduction.

Francaviglia, Richard V. “The City of Zion in the Mountain West,” The Improvement Era 72 (December 1969): 10–17.

Hansen, John A. The History of College and Young Wards, Cache County, Utah. Logan: the Author, 1969.
      A Master’s thesis. Utah State University.

Hill, Marvin S. “The Shaping of the Mormon Mind in New England and New York,” Brigham Young University Studies 9 (Spring 1969): 351–72.

Jennings, Warren A. “The Expulsion of the Mormons from Jackson County, Missouri,” Missouri Historical Review 64 (October 1969): 41–63.

Jessee, Dean C. “The Early Accounts of Joseph Smith’s First Vision,” Brigham Young University Studies 9 (Spring 1969): 275–294.

Judd, Ira. “Tuba City, Mormon Settlement,” Journal of Arizona History 10 (Spring 1969): 37.

Knight, Hal. “Joseph Smith as a City Planner,” The Improvement Era 72 (December 1969): 11, 14.

Knowles, Eleanor. “The Church in Alaska,” The Improvement Era 72 (January 1969): 4–8.

____. “The First Hundred Years of YWMIA,” The Improvement Era 72 (May 1969): 6–11.

Lofthouse, Merrill S. “A Glance Backward—Historical Sketch of the Genealogical Society,” The Improvement Era 72 (July 1969): 14–17.

Lyon, T. Edgar. “How Authentic are Mormon Historic Sites in Vermont and New York?” Brigham Young University Studies 9 (Spring 1969): 341–50.
      Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Utah.

____. “Some Uncommon Aspects of the Mormon Migration,” The Improvement Era 72 (September 1969): 33–40.

Lythgoe, Dennis Leo. The Changing Image of Mormonism in Periodical Literature. Salt Lake City: University of Utah, August 1969.

Marshall, Donald William. “The Mississippi Saints and Sick Detachments of the Mormon Battalion, Winter 1846–47,” Thetian 2 (1968) 33–41.

Nibley, Hugh. “A New Look at the Pearl of Great Price,” The Improvement Era 72 (January–November 1969).
      A continuation of his series on the “Joseph Smith” papyri and its implication to the Pearl of Great Price.

Parkin, Max H. “Mormon Political Involvement in Ohio,” Brigham Young University Studies 9 (Summer 1969): 484–502.

Porter, Larry C. “Reverend George Lane—Good ‘Gifts,’ Much ‘Grace,’ and Marked ‘Usefulness,’” Brigham Young University Studies 9 (Spring 1969): 321–40.

Preece, Leland Nephi. Projected Needs of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Providing College Religious Education: San Francisco Bay Region—1985. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University Microfilms, 1968.
      Ed. D. Brigham Young University.

Smith, Joseph. “The Wentworth Letter,” Brigham Young University Studies 9 (Spring 1969): 295–96.

Spafford, Belle S. “The Place of Women in the Church Today,” The Improvement Era 72 (May 1969): 25–27.

Tippetts, Delia Ludlow. A Town Is Born. Spanish Fork, Utah: J. Mart Publishing Company, 1969.
      History of Benjamin, Utah County, Utah.

Todd, Jay M. “The Church among the German-speaking Peoples,” The Improvement Era 72 (March 1969): 4–9.

____. The Saga of the Book of Abraham. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1969.
      Data, stories, reports and other related information dealing with the mummies and papyri associated with the book of Abraham.

Wengreen, Arthur Dean. A History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Sweden, 1850–1905. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University Microfilms, 1968.
      Ph.D. Dissertation. Brigham Young University.

Whipple, Walter L. “The St. Louis Museum and the Two Egyptian Mummies and Papyri,” Brigham Young University Studies 10 (Autumn 1969): 57–64.

Whitman, Charles Walker. A History of the Hill Cumorah Pageant (1937–1964) and an Examination of the Dramatic Development of the Text of America’s Witness for Christ. Minneapolis, Minnesota: the Author, 1967.
      Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Minnesota.

Woodbury, Lael J. “A New Mormon Theatre,” Brigham Young University Studies 10 (Autumn 1969): 85–94.

Wyoming State Historical Society. “Oregon Trail and California-Mormon Trails: Fort Bridger to Wyoming’s Western Border,” Annals of Wyoming 41 (April 1969): 113–30.
      Itinerary of Trek No. 19 of the Historical Trail Treks sponsored by Wyoming State Historical Society, Wyoming State Archives and Historical Department.

Doctrinal

Adams, William James, Jr. “Human Sacrifice and the Book of Abraham,” Brigham Young University Studies 9 (Summer 1969): 473–80.

Andersen, Ariel A. The Fall and the Origin of Man. Provo: Press Publishing Company, 1967.

Anderson, Richard Lloyd. “Circumstantial Confirmation of the First Vision Through Reminiscences,” Brigham Young University Studies 9 (Spring 1969): 373–404.

Andrus, Hyrum L. Foundations of the Millenial Kingdom of Christ. V. 1. (God, Man, and the Universe), Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1968.
      The first of four projected volumes on the development of the kingdom of God.

____. “The Renewal of the Earth to Paradisiacal Glory,” The Improvement Era 72 (September 1969): 11–13.

Bach, Marcus. “Paranormal Basis of Mormonism,” Fate 22 (February 1969).

Bennion, Lowell L. “Seek Learning . . . by Study and by Faith,” The Improvement Era 72 (April 1969): 5–7.

Bowles, Carey C. A Mormon Negro Views the Church. New Jersey: the Author, 1968.

Burton, Theodore M. “Why Genealogy?” The Improvement Era 72 (July 1969): 4–10.

Cannon, George Q. Writings from “The Western Standard.” New York: Paladin Press, 1969.
      Reprint.

Cheesman, Paul R. “The Wheel in Ancient America,” Brigham Young University Studies 9 (Winter 1969): 185–97.

Curtis, Lindsay R. And They Shall Be One Flesh: A Sensible Sex Guide for the LDS Bride and Groom. Salt Lake City: Publishers Press, c. 1968.

Doxey, Roy W. Prophecies and Prophetic Promises from the Doctrine and Covenants. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 1969.

____. Zion in the Last Days. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1969.

Dyer, Alvin R. “Education: Moving Toward and Under the Law of Consecration,” Brigham Young University Studies 10 (Autumn 1969): 4–16.

Dyer, W. G. “Religious Education among Mormons,” Adult Leadership 17 (November 1968): 238–41.

Edmunds, John K. The Son of God. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 1969.

Evening and Morning Star (Photomechanical Reprint of the original edition). Basel, Switzerland: Republished by Eugene Wagner, 1969.
      Reprint.

Flinders, Nell J. Leadership and Human Relations. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1969.

Godfrey, Kenneth W. “A New Look at the Alleged Little Known Discourse by Joseph Smith,” Brigham Young University Studies 9 (Autumn 1968): 49–53.

Kimball, Spencer W. Hidden Wedges. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 1969.

____. The Miracle of Forgiveness. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1969.

Kraut, Ogden. Jesus Was Married. Dugway, Utah: Kraut’s Pioneer Press, 1969.

____. The Mysteries. Dugway, Utah: Kraut’s Pioneer Press, 1969?

____. Prayer. Dugway, Utah: Kraut’s Pioneer Press, 1969?

Lundstrom, Joseph. Book of Mormon Personalities. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 1969.

Lundwall, N. B. Marrying out of the Faith. Dugway, Utah: Pioneer Press, 1968.

Lythgoe, Dennis L. “Negro Slavery and Mormon Doctrine,” Western Humanities Review 21 (Autumn 1967): 327–38.

Matthews, Robert J. “Joseph Smith’s Revision of the Bible,” The Bible Collector, fifth year (January–June 1969): 2–12.

____. “Some Significant Texts of Joseph Smith’s Inspired Version of the Bible,” Brigham Young University Studies 9 (Winter 1969): 155–74.

____. “A Study of the Text of Joseph Smith’s Inspired Version of the Bible,” Brigham Young University Studies 9 (Autumn 1968): 3–16.

Mauss, Armand L. “Mormon Semitism and Anti-semitism,” Sociological Analysis 29 (Spring 1968): 11–27.

Nelson, Dee Jay. A Translation & Study of Facsimile No. 3 in the Book of Abraham. Salt Lake City: Modern Microfilm Co., 1969.

Nibley, Hugh. “As Things Stand at the Moment,” Brigham Young University Studies 9 (Autumn 1968): 69–102.

Reay, Don. The Gospel of Jesus Christ According to My Understanding. Jericho, New York: Exposition Press, Inc., 1969.
      Discusses apostasy, restoration, and some basic principles of the gospel.

Skousen, W. Cleon. Hidden Treasures from the Book of Mormon. V. 1. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, Inc., 1969.

Smith, Wilford E. “Some Positive Functions of War,” Brigham Young University Studies 10 (Autumn 1969): 43–56.

Taylor, John. Items on Priesthood Presented to the Latter-day Saints by President John Taylor. [n.p.] Taggart & Company, Inc., 1969.
      Reprint.

Walker, Steven C. “The Voice of the Prophet,” Brigham Young University Studies 10 (Autumn 1969): 95–106.

Weatherford, Ruth. “A Mormon Shepherd with Three Flock,” Sign: National Catholic Magazine 39 (August 1969): 7–11.
      Published by the Passionists.

Welch, John W. “Chiasmus in the Book of Mormon,” Brigham Young University Studies 10 (Autumn 1969): 69–84.

Weldon, Roy E. The Bible Points to the Book of Mormon and the New World. Independence, Mo.: Herald House, [1969].
      Concerning the unity of witness in the Bible and the Book of Mormon.

Widtsoe, John A. The Message of the Doctrine and Covenants. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft Publishers, 1969.
      Reprint?

Woodruff, Wilford. Discourses of Wilford Woodruff. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1969.
      Reprint.

Inspirational

Classic Experiences and Adventures, Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1969.
      Twelfth book of the Faith-promoting Series.

Hawkes, John D. 4 Hour Book of Mormon Digest. Salt Lake City: Hawkes Publications, 1968.
      1,700 study questions with answers.

Hinckley, Gordon B. Truth Restored. Salt Lake City: Missionary Department, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1969.
      Reprint of a chapter of his: What of the Mormons.

Knowles, Eleanor, comp. Gospel Insights. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1969.
      From sermons and stories of William J. Critchlow Jr.

Petersen, Mark E. The Way to Peace. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1969.

Zobell, Albert L. Mini-Talks. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1969.

Literature, Music, Drama, and Recreation

Bickerstaff, George, comp. Christmas in Story for LDS Readers. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1968.

Bradford, Mary L. “Virginia Sorensen: A Savings Remnant,” Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 9 (Autumn 1969): 56–64.

Bradshaw, Merrill K. “Reflections on the Nature of Mormon Art,” Brigham Young University Studies 9 (Autumn 1968): 25–32.

Carver, Wayne. “Literature, Mormon Writers, and the Powers That Be,” Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 9 (Autumn 1969): 65–73.

Clark, Bruce B. and Robert K. Thomas. Out of the Best Books. V. 4–5. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1969.

Cundick, Robert. Guidebook for Organists. Salt Lake City: Church Distribution Center, 1969.
      Suggestions for organists in the Church.

Flora, Joseph M. “Vardis Fisher and the Mormons,” Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 9 (Autumn 1969): 48–55.

Keller, Karl. “On Words and the Word of God: The Delusions of a Mormon Literature,” Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 9 (Autumn 1969): 13–20.

Larson, Clinton F. The Lord of Experience. Murray, Utah: Promised Land Publications, Inc., 1969.
      Mormon poetry.

Maughn, Joyce Bowen, comp. and adpt. Stories You’ll Want to Remember. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1969.

Morgan, Dale L. “Literature in the History of the Church: The Importance of Involvement,” Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 9 (Autumn 1969): 26–32.

Nichols, Robert E., Jr. “Beowulf and Nephi: A Literary View of the Book of Mormon,” Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 9 (Autumn 1969): 40–47.

Parr, Lucy. Pioneer and Indian Stories. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1969.

The Pioneer Cook Book. Salt Lake City: Daughters of Utah Pioneers, 1967, c. 1961.

Pritt, Ann F. How to Make an LDS Quiet Book. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1968.

Rees, Robert A. “The Imagination’s New Beginning: Thoughts on Esthetics and Religion,” Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 9 (Autumn 1969): 21–25.

Rowley, Thomas Leonard. A Critical and Comparative Analysis of Latter-day Saint Drama. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University Microfilms, 1967.
      Ph.D. University of Minnesota.

Taylor, Samuel W. “Little Did She Realize: Writing for the Mormon Market,” Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 9 (Autumn 1969): 33–39.

Biography and Family History

Archibald Anderson Family. These We Honor. Salt Lake City: Magazine Printing Co., 1968.

Arrington, Leonard J. “Louisa Lulu Greene Richards: Woman Journalist of the Early West,” The Improvement Era 72 (May 1969): 28–32.

Barlow, Israel Family Association. Family Recordings of Nauvoo—1845 and Before. Salt Lake City: 1965.
      Descendants of Phineas Howe and Susanna Goddard.

Barlow, Ora Haven. The Israel Barlow Story and Mormon Mores. Salt Lake City: the Author, 1968.

Brockbank, Zina Clayson. History of Eli James Clayson and Ann Elizabeth Hawkins. Provo: J. Grant Stevenson, 1969.

Callister, Thomas Leonard. Diary of Thomas Leonard Callister. [n.p., 1969]

Clayton, Roberta, comp. Pioneer Women of Arizona. Mesa, Arizona: the Author, 1969.
      Multilithed short biographies of pioneer women by their descendants.

Coleman, Arthur D. Esplin Pioneers of Utah. Provo: J. Grant Stevenson, 1968.

Cottam, Charles Walter. Autobiography of Charles Walter Cottam; Lest I Forget to Remember. Provo: J. Grant Stevenson, 1968.

Croft, Evan Marion. Sons of the Vikings: History and Genealogy of Jens Christensen, Christian Christensen, [etc.] Provo: J. Grant Stevenson, 1968.

Curtis, Luceal Rockwood, comp. Compiled and Assembled History of Albert Perry Rockwood. Salt Lake City, 1968.
      A. P. Rockwood’s journal and other related material.

Derig, Betty. “Pioneer Portraits: Daniel Sylvester Tuttle,” Idaho Yesterdays 12 (Winter 1968–69): 13–22.

Eagar, Martha Cazier. The Life History of William Cazier. Provo: J. Grant Stevenson, 1968.

Erdman, Kimball Stewart. Israel Ivins. Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania: the Author, 1969.

Gibson, Margaret Wilson. Emma Smith: The Elect Lady. Independence, Mo.: Herald Publishing House, 1969.

Godfrey, Kenneth and Audrey Ann Godfrey. “The Pioneer Woman,” The Improvement Era 72 (May 1969): 34–37.

Hancock, Mosiah. The Mosiah Hancock Journal. [n.p., 1969]
      Probably a reprint of the typescript at Brigham Young University Library.

Harmer, Mabel. The Boy Who Became a Prophet. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1969.

Hirshson, Stanley P. The Lion of the Lord. New York: Knopf, 1969.
      A disappointing biography of Brigham Young.

History of the Arthur Porter Family. Seattle, Washington: Heath Printers, 1968.

Hunt, Carrie Elizabeth Laub. Memories of the Past and Family History. Salt Lake City: Utah Printing Co., 1968.
      Biography excerpts from diaries.

Israelsen, Orson W. Forty Years of Sound and Forty Years of Silence. Salt Lake City: Utah Printing Co., 1968.
      Autobiography.

Johnson, Joel. Joel Johnson Journal. [n.p., 1969]

Knowlton, Ezra Clark. Autobiography of Ezra Clark Knowlton, 2 pts. Provo: J. Grant Stevenson, 1968.
      Part one: Progenitors
      Part two: Personal History

Leavitt, Sarah S. Sarah S. Leavitt Journal. [n.p., 1969]

McDonald, Howard S. Brief Autobiography. [n.p.], 1969.

Madsen, Andrew, comp. The Personal History of Andrew, Madsen and the Early History of Sanpete County & Mt. Pleasant, Utah. Salt Lake City: David Reed Gunderson, 1968.

Miller, Hack. The New Billy Casper; More Important Things in Life Than Golf. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1968.

Millet, Georgiana Angell. Historical Sketch of George Edward Angell & Rebecca Ann Wilkinson. Salt Lake City: the Author, 1967.

Pack, Wherli Douglas. A Bit of Pack History or Biography. Provo: J. Grant Stevenson, 1969.

Riggs, Mary West. The Five Branches of Love. Salt Lake City: Utah Printing Co., 1967.

Rogers, Emma Lou Luke and Isabelle Rust. The William Haydock Luke Family History. Provo: J. Grant Stevenson, 1968.