Acknowledgments

I would like to express my appreciation and thanks to professors James B. Allen, Mark R. Grandstaff, and Bruce A. Van Orden for serving on my dissertation committee. Each has given generously of his time in my behalf. The following professors instructed me in my Ph.D. Program and deserve special consideration, namely: George M. Addy, Thomas G. Alexander, Philip M. Flammer, Marvin S. Hill, G. Wesley Johnson, De Lamar Jensen, Malcolm R. Thorp, Rodney D. Bohac, Robert C. Kenzer, and Neil L. York.

A special thanks to all my friends and associates in religious education at BYU, but especially to the following who gave constant encouragement and helpful suggestions: Richard L. Anderson, Milton V. Backman, Lamar E. Berrett, Susan Easton Black, David F. Boone, Donald Q. Cannon, Richard O. Cowan, Larry E. Dahl, Ronald K. Esplin, Kent P. Jackson, Clark V. Johnson, Arnold K. Garr, Andrew Hedges, Richard N. Holzapfel, Keith W. Perkins, Paul H. Peterson, Larry C. Porter, Brent L. Top, and Bruce A. Van Orden.

Most of all, I express the greatest appreciation to my wife Susan. She has been a constant source of support and love. My children Shelly, Amy, Lisa, Amanda, and Logan deserve mention. For the past several years they know what it is like to have a father involved in graduate work. It is my sincere hope that someday they will develop an appreciation for history, particularly a love for the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. ^[v]