Mormon Bibliography: 1970

With the beginning of the new year, the demise of some old and venerated friends, The Improvement Era, The Children’ s Friend, The Instructor, The Relief Society Magazine, and The Millennial Star, has been accomplished. It has been explained (and for the present accepted) that it is an expeditious move and will result in better periodicals for the total Church membership. However, it is not without some sorrow that one closes out the runs of the old magazines.

The Children’s Friend, begun in 1902, and changed to its present format in 1924, is probably the least affected by the change. The Instructor, long a house organ of the Sunday School, gives us more sorrow, not as it is now published (as a house organ it has had a limited appeal for some time), but for its colorful past. Begun as The Juvenile Instructor in 1866, it was a large, awkward folio volume. It changed to a regular quarto in 1867, an octavo in 1908, smaller octavo in 1944, and back to quarto in 1950; its name was changed in 1930. During the latter part of the 19th century it served as the literary and music periodical for the membership of the Church. During one period the rage for pseudonyms made its reading a delight. George D. Watt became “Uncle George,” the staid J. L. Barefoot became “Beta” or “Beth,” and Evan Stephens published music under the non-de-plume of “A flat.” The text was equally charming. One issue told of a young girl who chewed gum so much that her mouth wouldn’t stop despite all medicine could do; an example of what would happen if one pursued this distasteful practice.

The Relief Society Magazine, I suspect, will be the most missed by current members of the Church. Begun in 1914 as The Relief Society Bulletin, a rather unpretentious publication, it was changed in 1915 to The Relief Society Magazine, heir of the prodigious magazine of woman’s rights, The Woman’s Exponent which had ceased publication in 1914, and assumed its present format at that time. It now contains, in addition to regular articles, the lessons for the Relief Society, which undoubtedly will now have to be published for the first time in manual form.

The history of The Improvement Era is more complex. Begun in 1897, as the organ of the Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Association, it succeeded the long defunct Contributor, which stopped publication in 1886. In 1908 it became the organ of the seventies and the YMMIA; in 1909 the priesthood quorums and the YMMIA; in 1917 it added the schools of the Church; in 1925 it listed the Music Committee; and finally in 1929 it added the Young Ladies’ [Woman’s] Mutual Improvement Association after the demise of the Young Woman’s Journal and changed its format. In 1970 it was listed as the official organ of the Priesthood Quorums, Mutual Improvement Associations, Home Teaching Committee, Music Committee, Church School System, and other agencies.

For the sentimental, however, it is the death of The Millennial Star which is the saddest. True, in the last years it has lacked the luster it had in the 19th century, but one must remember that it is the oldest Church magazine, beginning in Manchester, in 1840. Compare its continuous publishing history with other Church magazines of the period: Times and Seasons 6v., Evening and Morning Star 2v., Messenger and Advocate 3v., Elder’s Journal 4 issues, L’Etoile du Deseret 1v., Le Reflecteur 1v., etc. Through the turbulent years of Illinois and 19th century Utah, it not only survived but was most distinguished as one can readily see by the list of its early editors and the worth of the material printed; also by the difficulty one encounters in trying to secure a set of them today.

Progress is progress, and we presume good. But it is always hard to tell old friends good-by.

As in the past, for the compilation of the Mormon Bibliography, I have relied heavily on Mormon Americana, Vol. 11, 1970.

Historical

Abbott, John C. “Sources of Mormon History in Illinois, 1832–48, and a Bibliographic Note,” Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 5 (Spring 1970): 76–79.

Alexander, Thomas G. “An Experiment in Progressive Legislation: The Granting of Woman Suffrage in Utah in 1870,” Utah Historical Quarterly 38 (Winter 1970): 20–30.

Allen, James B. “Eight Contemporary Accounts of Joseph Smith’s First Vision: What Do We Learn from Them?” The Improvement Era 78 (April 1970): 4–13.

Anderson, Richard Lloyd. “Confirming Records of Moroni’s Coming,” The Improvement Era 78 (September 1970): 4–8.

———. “Joseph Smith’s New York Reputation Reappraised,” Brigham Young University Studies 10 (Spring 1970): 283–314.

———. “The House Where the Church Was Organized,” The Improvement Era 78 (April 1970): 16–25.

Arrington, Leonard J. “James Gordon Bennett’s 1831 Report on ‘The Mormonites,’” Brigham Young University Studies 10 (Spring 1970): 353–64.

——— and Jon Haupt. “The Missouri and Illinois Mormons in Ante Bellum Fiction,” Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 5 (Spring 1970): 37–50.

———. “Women as a Force in the History of Utah,” Utah Historical Quarterly 38 (Winter 1970): 3–6.

Britsch, R. Lanier. “Church Beginnings in China,” Brigham Young University Studies 10 (Winter 1970): 161–72.

Brodie, Fawn M. Can We Manipulate the Past? Salt Lake City: Utah State Historical Society, et al., 1970.

———. “Sir Richard F. Burton: Exceptional Observer of the Mormon Scene,” Utah Historical Quarterly 38 (Fall 1970): 295–311.

Brunvand, Jan Harold. “As the Saints Go Marching By: Modern Jokelore Concerning Mormons,” Journal of American Folklore 83 (January–March 1970): 53–60.

Bushman, Richard L “Faithful History,” Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 4 (Winter 1969): 11–25.

———. “The Historians and Mormon Nauvoo,” Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 5 (Spring 1970): 51–61.

Cannon, Hamlin. “The Morrisite War,” The American West 7 (November 1970): 5.

Carmer, Carl. “A Panorama of Mormon Life,” Art in America (May–June 1970): 52–65.

———. The Farm Boy and the Angel. New York: Doubleday, April 1970.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Stakes, South Sanpete. Saga of the Sanpitch, Vol. 1. Ephraim, Utah: Printed at Snow College, 1969.

Coates, Lawrence George. A History of Indian Education by the Mormons, 1830–1900. Muncie, Indiana: Ball State University, August 1969. Dissertation (Ph.D.).

DePillis, M. S. “Social Sources of Mormonism,” Church History 37 (March 1968), 50–79. Listed in Manuscripta as being published in Church and State.

Fitzpatrick, Doyle C. The King Strang Story. Lansing, Michigan: National Heritage, 1970.

Flanders, Robert Bruce. “The Kingdom of God in Illinois: Politics in Utopia,” Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 5 (Spring 1970): 26–36.

Fletcher, Daisy Whiting. Alpheus Cutler and the Church of Jesus Christ. Independence, Missouri: Author, 1970.

Fullmer, John S. “Assassination of Joseph Smith . . . ,” Mormon History (June–July 1970): 131.

Grant, Carter E. “Zion’s Ten Acres,” The Improvement Era 78 (June 1970): 16–19.

Greene, Lida L. “Markers for Remembrance: The Mormon Trail,” Annals of Iowa 40 (Winter 1970): 190–93.

Hardy, B. Carmon. “The Trek South: How the Mormons Went to Mexico,” Southwestern Historical Quarterly 78 (July 1969): 1–16.

Hartley, William. “Mormons, Crickets, and Gulls: A New Look at an Old Story,” Utah Historical Quarterly 38 (Summer 1970): 224–39.

Holsinger, M. Paul. “Philander C. Knox and the Crusade against Mormonism, 1904–1907,” Western Pennsylvania History Magazine 51 (January 1969): 47–56.
     Knox and the seating of Reed Smoot favored by Knox.

Howard, Richard P. “The Reorganized Church in Illinois, 1852–82: Search for Identity,” Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 5 (Spring 1970): 63–75.

Jack, Mary R. “Sixty-nine Years of the Children’s Friend,” The Improvement Era 78 (December 1970): 10–12.

Jeppesen, Christian, Jr. History of Lakeview Ward, 1855–1951. Provo: J. Grant Stevenson, 1969.

Jessee, Dean C. “The Original Book of Mormon Manuscript,” Brigham Young University Studies 10 (Spring 1970): 259–78.

Kimball, Stanley B. “The Anthon Transcript: People, Primary Sources, and Problems,” Brigham Young University Studies 10 (Spring 1970): 325–52.

Knowles, Eleanor. “The History of the Church in Japan,” The Improvement Era 78 (March 1970): 23–26.

Larson, Gustive O. “An Industrial Home for Polygamous Wives,” Utah Historical Quarterly 38 (Summer 1970): 263–75.

———. “Federal Government Efforts to ‘Americanize’ Utah before Admission to ‘Statehood,” Brigham Young University Studies 10 (Winter, 1970): 218–32.

Lyon, T. Edgar. “Mormon Colonization in the Far West,” The Improvement Era 78 (July 1970): 10–14.

———. “The Current Restoration of Nauvoo, Illinois,” Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 5 (Spring 1970): 13–25.

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

MacKay, Thomas W. “Abraham in Egypt: A Collation of Evidence for the Case of the Missing Wife,” Brigham Young University Studies 10 (Summer 1970): 429–51.

McKiernan, F. Mark. “The Conversion of Sidney Rigdon to Mormonism,” Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 5 (Summer 1970): 71–78.

Marshall, Richard J. “The Visitation of John the Baptist,” The Improvement Era 78 (June 1970): 9–10.

Matthews, Robert J. Joseph Smith’s Revision of the Bible. Provo: Brigham Young University Press, 1969.

Morris, Robert J. “Some Problems in Translating Mormon Thought into Chinese,” Brigham Young University Studies 10 (Winter 1970): 173–85.

Marsh, Don. W., comp. “The Light of the Sun” Japan and the Saints. [n.p.], 1969.

Nibley, Hugh. “A New Look at the Pearl of Great Price,” The Improvement Era 78 (January, March–May, 1970).
     A continuation and conclusion of his series on the “Joseph Smith” papyri and its implication to the Pearl of Great Price.

Palmer, Spencer J. The Church Encounters Asia. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 1970.

Pierce, David N. The Rise and Fall of the Kingdom of God in Pioneer Days; The Role of the Grand Council of Fifty in Mormon Government. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University, 1967.
     Senior Thesis at Princeton University.

“Report of the Convention of Prices of Labor, Products and Manufactures for St. George Stake of Zion,” Mormon History 1 (June–July 1970): 188.

Rich, Russell R. “The Dogberry Papers and the Book of Mormon,” Brigham Young University Studies 10 (Spring 1970): 315–20.

———. “Where Were the Moroni Visits?” Brigham Young University Studies 10 (Spring 1970): 255–58.

Roper, Margaret W. Echoes of the Sage and Cedars: A Centennial History of Oak City, Utah, 1868–1969. Salt Lake City: Publishers Press, 1970.

Scharffs, Gilbert W. Mormonism in Germany. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1970.

Sharp, Marianne C. “The Relief Society Magazine,” The Improvement Era 78 (September 1970): 26–29.

Simmonds, A. Jeff. On the Big Range: A Centennial History of Cornish and Trenton, Cache County, Utah, 1870–1970. Trenton, Utah: Author, 1970.

Smith, Melvin T. “Colorado River Exploration and the Mormon War,” Utah Historical Quarterly 38 (Summer 1970): 207–23.

Todd, Jay M. “Nauvoo: A Progress Report,” The Improvement Era 78 (July 1970): 20–24.

Weber, Tena A. Parma Ward History, 1944–1969. [n.p.], 1970.

Weldon, Roy A. Book of Mormon Evidences Joseph Smith a Prophet. Independence, Missouri: Herald House, 1970.

Wheelwright, Lorin F. “The Instructor—a Voice of Truth for 105 Years,” The Improvement Era 78 (October 1970): 16–19.

Yorgason, Laurence M. “Preview on a Study of the Social and Geographical Origins of Early Mormon Converts, 1830–45,” Brigham Young University Studies 10 (Spring 1970): 279–82.

Young, Mahonri Sharp. “Mormon Art and Architecture,” Art in America (May–June 1970): 66–69.

Doctrinal

Anderson, Desmond L. “Meeting the Challenges of the Latter-day Saints in Vietnam,” Brigham Young University Studies, 10 (Winter 1970): 186–196.

Andrus, Hyrum L. Principles of Perfection. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1970.

Bankhead, Reid E. and Glenn L. Pearson. The Word and the Witness: the Unique Mission of the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1970.

Bennion, John W. “Book of Mormon Perspectives on Prosperity,” The Improvement Era 78 (May 1970): 14–17.

Bishop, Lynn L. Our Founding Prophets and the Church. Draper, Utah: Review and Preview Publishers, 1970?

Burton, Alma P., comp. Doctrines from the Prophets: Choice Selections from Latter-day Leaders. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1970.

Christensen, Joe J. “Our Religion and Mental Health,” The Improvement Era 78 (June 1970): 4–8.

Christensen, Ross T. “Renewed Latter-day Saint Interest in the Phoenicians,” The Improvement Era 78 (October 1970): 12–15.

Clark, James R. Messages of the First Presidency, Vol. 4. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1970.
     Continuing the series. Contains messages from 1901–1915.

Clark, Marden J. “Some Implications of Human Freedom,” Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 5 (Summer 1970): 47–57.

Cook, Melvin A. Creation and Eternalism. Salt Lake City: Author, 1970.

Doxey, Roy W. The Doctrine and Covenants Speaks, Vol. 2. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1970.

Durham, Reed C. and Steven H. Heath. Succession in the Church. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1970.

Holm, Francis W. The Mormon Churches, a Comparison from Within. Independence, Missouri: Herald House, 1970.

Horowitz, Jerome. The Elders of Israel and the Constitution. Salt Lake City: Parliament Publishers, 1970.

Kraut, Ogden. Spirit World Experiences. Dugway, Utah: Kraut’s Pioneer Press, 1970?

———. The Three Nephites. Dugway, Utah: Author, 1969.

———. Visions of the Latter Days. Books 1 & 2. Dugway, Utah: Pioneer Press, 1969.

Lee, Harold B. Youth and the Church. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 1970.
     Revised and enlarged.

Matthews, Robert J. Index and Concordance to Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith. Provo: Brigham Young University Press, 1969?

———. The Miracles of Jesus. Provo: Brigham Young University Press, 1969?

———. The Parables of Jesus. Provo: Brigham Young University Press, 1969?

———. Who’s Who in the Book of Mormon. Provo: Brigham Young University Press, 1969.

Maughan, Walter L. “When Does an Intellectually Impaired Child Become Accountable?” Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 5 (Summer 1970): 41–46.

Maxwell, Neal A. “For the Power Is in Them” . . . Mormon Musings. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1970.

Ottosen, C. N. “Baptism—Why Age Eight?” The Improvement Era 78 (August 1970): 4–7.

Petersen, Mark E. Drugs, Drinks, and Morals. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, c1969.

Smith, Joseph Fielding. Seek Ye Earnestly. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1970.

Smith, Virgil B. “Ideals of Mormons and Gentiles in Utah and Other States,” Brigham Young University Studies 10 (Summer 1970): 425–28.

Taggart, Stephen G. Mormonism’s Negro Policy: Social and Historical Origins. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1970?

Teachings of the Living Prophets. Provo: Brigham Young University Press, 1970.

Todd, Jay M. “The Solemn Assembly,” The Improvement Era 78 (June 1970): 20–24.

White, O. Kendall, Jr. “The Transformation of Mormon Theology,” Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 5 (Summer 1970): 9–24.

Yusef, Ali Ibn. Mormonism and Islam. [n.p.], 1970.

Inspirational

Bible. English. Inspired version. Joseph Smith’s “New Translation” of the Bible. Independence, Missouri: Herald House, 1970.

Bullock, Wayne K. Peace My Brother. New York: Carlton Press, 1970.
     Mormon poetry.

Evans, Richard L. Thoughts for 100 Days. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1970.

“In Memoriam: David O. McKay, 1873–1970,” Brigham Young University Studies 10 (Winter 1970): 197–200.
     Tributes to President McKay by Harold B. Lee, Edward L. Hart, and Robert Cundick.

Kammeyer, Virginia Maughan. Saints Alive. Provo: Trilogy Arts, 1970.

“President David O. McKay: 1873–1970,” Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 4 (Winter 1969): 47–62.
     Tributes to President McKay by Lowell L. Bennion, Lafi Toelupe, Myra Thulin, Joseph C. Muren, Sterling M. McMurrin, Mona Jo Ellsworth, Scott Cameron, Lorraine Pearl.

Sill, Sterling W. The Strength of Great Possessions. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1970.

Smith, Dennis. Star-counter. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1970.
     Poems and sculpture.

Stewart, John J. Remembering the McKays. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1970.

Zobell, Albert L., comp. Chalk Talks. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1970.

———. Speaker’s Scrapbook. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1970.

Biography and Family History

Arrington, Leonard J. “Willard Young: The Prophet’s Son at West Point,” Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 4 (Winter 1969): 37–46.

Ashcroft, Gaylen L. Jake, M’Boy—a Biography of Jacob Watson. Logan: The Children of Jacob Watson, Printed by Educational Printing Service, 1969

Blood, Jane Wilkie Hooper. Jane Wilkie Hooper Blood Autobiography and Abridged Diary. Logan: Smith Printing, Inc., 1966.

Booth, Howard J. “An Image of Joseph Smith, Jr.,” Courage 1 (September 1970): 5.

Bowles, Carey C. Experiences of a Negro Convert. Newark, New Jersey; Author, April, 1970.

Cherry, Alan Gerald. It’s You and Me, Lord! Provo: Trilogy Arts, 1970.
     Autobiography of a Black convert.

Farr, Annette W. The Story of Edwin Marion Whiting and Anna Maria Isaacson. Provo: J. Grant Stevenson, 1969.

Fish, Joseph. The Life and Times of Joseph Fish, Mormon Pioneer, edited by John H. Krenkel. Danville, Ill.: The Interstate Printers & Publishers, Inc., 1970.

Flake, S. Eugene, comp. James Madison Flake, Nov. 8, 1859–Feb. 4, 1946, Pioneer Leader Missionary. Bountiful, Utah: Wasatch Press, 1970.

Frakes, Lola Bernice. The Families of Williams, Kenoyer, New Motley. Provo: J. Grant Stevenson, 1969.

Hafen, A. K. Devoted Empire Builders (Pioneers of St. George). St. George, Utah: Author, 1969.

Hall, Eleanor M. Samuel Lorenzo Adams: Stories of His Life and of His Ancestry. Salt Lake City: Author, 1970.

Hall, Henry Vernon, comp. John C. Hall Ancestry. Salt Lake City: John Charles Hall Family Organization, 1970.

Hansen, Andrew Janus. Autobiography of Andrew Janus Hansen, 1852–1932. Provo: J. Grant Stevenson, 1969.
     With brief biographical sketches of his wives.

Keeler, Virginia Christensen. Some Christensens Who Came from Thy. Provo: J. Grant Stevenson, 1969.

Kraut, Ogden. Pioneer Journals. Salt Lake City: Kraut’s Pioneer Press, 1970.

McFarland, Drucilla H. and Ruth M. White. “Mormon John” Martin, Utah Pioneer Family History. Bountiful, Utah: Authors, 1969.

My First Eight Years; a Record of the LDS Child. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1970.

The Nathan Tanner Family Association. Descendants of Nathan Tanner, Sr. Salt Lake City: Publishers Press, 1969.

Perry, Octavia (Jordan). These Jordans Were Here. Provo: J. Grant Stevenson, 1969.

Redd, Mabel H. As I Remember. Provo: J. Grant Stevenson, 1969.

Smith, Joseph West. Journal of Joseph West Smith. Mesa, Arizona: Children of Joseph W. Smith, 1969.

Smith, Wendell E. The Smiths and Related Families. Logan: Author, 1969?

Tanner, Annie Clark. A Mormon Mother, an Autobiography. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1969.

Thomas and Elinor A. Hoyt Chamberlain History. New edition. [n.p.], 1970.

Unopulos, James J., Jr. From Athens to Zion. Placentia, California, 1969.

Woolf Family Organization. An Index of the Descendants of John Anthony Woolf and Sarah Ann Devoe. Salt Lake City: Woolf Family Organization, 1969?