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The Secret Mormon Meetings of 1922
University of Nevada, Reno THE SECRET MORMON MEETINGS OF 1922 A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in History By Shannon Caldwell Montez C. Elizabeth Raymond, Ph.D. / Thesis Advisor December 2019 Copyright by Shannon Caldwell Montez 2019 All Rights Reserved UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA RENO THE GRADUATE SCHOOL We recommend that the thesis prepared under our supervision by SHANNON CALDWELL MONTEZ entitled The Secret Mormon Meetings of 1922 be accepted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF ARTS C. Elizabeth Raymond, Ph.D., Advisor Cameron B. Strang, Ph.D., Committee Member Greta E. de Jong, Ph.D., Committee Member Erin E. Stiles, Ph.D., Graduate School Representative David W. Zeh, Ph.D., Dean, Graduate School December 2019 i Abstract B. H. Roberts presented information to the leadership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in January of 1922 that fundamentally challenged the entire premise of their religious beliefs. New research shows that in addition to church leadership, this information was also presented during the neXt few months to a select group of highly educated Mormon men and women outside of church hierarchy. This group represented many aspects of Mormon belief, different areas of eXpertise, and varying approaches to dealing with challenging information. Their stories create a beautiful tapestry of Mormon life in the transition years from polygamy, frontier life, and resistance to statehood, assimilation, and respectability. A study of the people involved illuminates an important, overlooked, underappreciated, and eXciting period of Mormon history. -
Unearthing Mesoamerican Antiquity in the Art of the United States, 1839-1893
ABSTRACT Title of Dissertation: THE OLD NEW WORLD: UNEARTHING MESOAMERICAN ANTIQUITY IN THE ART OF THE UNITED STATES, 1839-1893 Angela Susan George, Doctor of Philosophy, 2011 Dissertation directed by: Professor Sally M. Promey Department of Art History and Archaeology Through a series of case studies, this dissertation examines how and why artists in the United States imagined Mesoamerican antiquity between 1839 and 1893. The artists whose work I consider most closely include Frederick Catherwood, Peter F. Rothermel, Emanuel Leutze, George Martin Ottinger, and George de Forest Brush; works by other artists play supporting roles or amplify the observations made in this project. The decades in which I situate my study were key in the development of the United States’ geographic borders and national identity as well as in the foundation of archaeological investigation in Mesoamerica. During the period under question, ancient Mesoamerica provided a “usable past” for many in the United States. Since little was known of the pre-Hispanic cultures of the region, Mesoamerican antiquity served as a palimpsest upon which a number of narratives could be written. As this dissertation reveals, ancient Mesoamerica resonated differently with various individuals and groups in the United States. The Mesoamerica that existed in the U.S. imagination was at once savage, exotic, advanced, and primitive, inhabited by a population assigned a similarly disparate and ultimately contradictory range of traits. Representations of Mesoamerica were not fixed but eminently variable, shaped to serve the exigencies of many historical moments. As such, these images reveal as much about the nineteenth-century United States as they do about the people and places depicted. -
Female Police Bodies and the Disruption to the Image of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Women in Red Serge: Female Police Bodies and the Disruption to the Image of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police by Bonnie Reilly Schmidt M.A. (History), Simon Fraser University, 2006 B.A., University of the Fraser Valley, 2004 Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of History Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Bonnie Reilly Schmidt 2013 SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY Fall 2013 Approval Name: Bonnie Reilly Schmidt Degree: Doctor of Philosophy (History) Title of Thesis: Women in Red Serge: Female Police Bodies and the Disruption to the Image of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Examining Committee: Chair: Jeremy Brown Assistant Professor of History Willeen Keough Senior Supervisor Associate Professor of History Mark Leier Supervisor Professor of History Elise Chenier Supervisor Associate Professor of History Lara Campbell Internal/External Examiner Associate Professor of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies Jane Nicholas External Examiner Associate Professor Department of Women’s Studies Lakehead University Date Defended/Approved: October 28, 2013 ii Partial Copyright Licence iii Ethics Statement iv Abstract The arrival of women in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in the mid-1970s disrupted the masculine image of a police force that was intimately connected to idealized Canadian manhood and the formation of the nation. Yet, women have been noticeably absent from the historical record of the RCMP, allowing the figure of the heroic male Mountie to continue his dominance in official, academic, and popular histories. Central to these discourses has been the male police body which has been positioned as the only body capable of enforcing the law in Canada. -
V3N1 Newslet
Spring 2000; Volume 3 Issue 1 The New York LDS Historian Various Times and Sundry Places: Buildings Used by the LDS Church in Manhattan Written and Illustrated by Ned P. Thomas At the end of the 20th century, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is actively acquiring real estate and constructing new buildings for its expanding membership in New York City. The structures are a visible measure of the Church’s commitment to the city and seem to say that Latter-day Saints feel at home in New York. However, members haven’t always been so fortunate. Since the earliest days of the Church in the Free Thinkers to give a course of the city, members have searched for a lectures on Mormonism in Tammany home of their own, usually meeting in Hall, and soon the members had secured 2166 Broadway at 76th Street private homes and rented halls. A lull in “fifteen preaching places in the city, all (1928-1944) city church activity followed the west- of which were filled to overflow.3 ” ward trek in 1846 and 1847, and for most In 1840, Elders Brigham Young, Heber of the nineteenth century, no organized The New York LDS Historian branches met—at least so far as the C. Kimball, George A. Smith, and others is the quarterly newsletter of the New arrived in New York City en route to records show. But near the end of the York, New York Stake LDS History England as missionaries. They held nineteenth century, not long after the Committee. This newsletter contains Eastern States Mission was organized, many “precious meetings” with the articles about and notices of the research Saints, including a general Conference in Latter-day Saints began worshiping again of the Committee. -
Latter Leaves in the Life of Lorenzo Snow William G
BYU Studies Quarterly Volume 53 | Issue 2 Article 17 6-1-2014 Latter Leaves in the Life of Lorenzo Snow William G. Hartley Dennis B. Horne Orson F. Whitney Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/byusq Recommended Citation Hartley, William G.; Horne, Dennis B.; and Whitney, Orson F. (2014) "Latter Leaves in the Life of Lorenzo Snow," BYU Studies Quarterly: Vol. 53 : Iss. 2 , Article 17. Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/byusq/vol53/iss2/17 This Book Review is brought to you for free and open access by the All Journals at BYU ScholarsArchive. It has been accepted for inclusion in BYU Studies Quarterly by an authorized editor of BYU ScholarsArchive. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected]. Hartley et al.: Latter Leaves in the Life of Lorenzo Snow Dennis B. Horne, with material prepared in 1890 by Orson F. Whitney. Latter Leaves in the Life of Lorenzo Snow. Springville, Utah: Cedar Fort, 2012. Reviewed by William G. Hartley n this important study, Dennis B. Horne provides a biographical treat- I ment of Lorenzo Snow’s nine years as President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and his three years as President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Horne is no stranger to writing about Church history. He has authored a book about the life and teachings of Bruce R. McConkie, an edition of Abraham H. Cannon’s journals, as well as a devotional and anecdotal history entitled Faith to Heal and Be Healed. He has also worked in television broadcasting and as a technical writer for the Church’s Materials Management Department. -
Changes in Seniority to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Utah State University DigitalCommons@USU All Graduate Theses and Dissertations Graduate Studies 5-2009 Changes in Seniority to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Travis Q. Mecham Utah State University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd Part of the History Commons Recommended Citation Mecham, Travis Q., "Changes in Seniority to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints" (2009). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations. 376. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/376 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate Studies at DigitalCommons@USU. It has been accepted for inclusion in All Graduate Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@USU. For more information, please contact [email protected]. CHANGES IN SENIORITY TO THE QUORUM OF THE TWELVE APOSTLES OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS by Travis Q. Mecham A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for the degree of MASTER OF ARTS in History Approved: _______________________ _______________________ Philip Barlow Robert Parson Major Professor Committee Member _______________________ _______________________ David Lewis Byron Burnham Committee Member Dean of Graduate Studies UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY Logan, Utah 2009 ii © 2009 Travis Mecham. All rights reserved. iii ABSTRACT Changes in Seniority to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Travis Mecham, Master of Arts Utah State University, 2009 Major Professor: Dr. Philip Barlow Department: History A charismatically created organization works to tear down the routine and the norm of everyday society, replacing them with new institutions. -
The Funeral of A. Friberg and the Size of a Man
81-83_jolley_friberg:Feature teMPlate 9/16/2010 11:39 PM Page 81 SUNSTONE Super-sizing the art of belief THE FUNERAL OF A. FRIBERG AND THE SIZE OF A MAN By Clifton Holt Jolley SALT LAKE CITY—Funeral services have been an- full circle, returning me to the faith of my youth in a narra- nounced for famed painter Arnold Friberg, who tive I had long since resized. died Thursday at the age of 96….Friberg’s breath- After having lived nearly two decades in the “lone and taking creation of the parting of the Red Sea was dreary world” of Texas, my wife and I had decided to return filmed for the movie The Ten Command to “Zion.” So I piggy-backed the funeral on to a visit with a ments . The family encourages the public to at- realtor in Salt Lake City. But my flight didn’t arrive until half tend the viewing, knowing how many lives Friberg an hour before the funeral began, so I arrived at the touched and inspired. —KSL.COM, 3 July 2010 Assembly Hall on Temple Square late. I’d tried to stand by for an earlier flight, but Delta’s rules have changed. What N ARTICLE OF FAITH IS SAID TO HAVE HUNG used to be free if you stood by on the same day of your flight above the easel of artist Arnold Friberg: “I believe now costs 50 bucks! I would have paid as much as a double A in God . and DeMille.” Conjoining the Divine sawbuck, but half a yard seemed too much for the friend-of- with one of Hollywood’s most shameless showmen was in- a-friend who would not be noticed slipping in the east door tended to be a compliment not to Cecil B. -
Journal of Mormon History Vol. 20, No. 1, 1994
Journal of Mormon History Volume 20 Issue 1 Article 1 1994 Journal of Mormon History Vol. 20, No. 1, 1994 Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/mormonhistory Part of the Religion Commons Recommended Citation (1994) "Journal of Mormon History Vol. 20, No. 1, 1994," Journal of Mormon History: Vol. 20 : Iss. 1 , Article 1. Available at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/mormonhistory/vol20/iss1/1 This Full Issue is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals at DigitalCommons@USU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Journal of Mormon History by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@USU. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Journal of Mormon History Vol. 20, No. 1, 1994 Table of Contents LETTERS vi ARTICLES PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS • --Positivism or Subjectivism? Some Reflections on a Mormon Historical Dilemma Marvin S. Hill, 1 TANNER LECTURE • --Mormon and Methodist: Popular Religion in the Crucible of the Free Market Nathan O. Hatch, 24 • --The Windows of Heaven Revisited: The 1899 Tithing Reformation E. Jay Bell, 45 • --Plurality, Patriarchy, and the Priestess: Zina D. H. Young's Nauvoo Marriages Martha Sonntag Bradley and Mary Brown Firmage Woodward, 84 • --Lords of Creation: Polygamy, the Abrahamic Household, and Mormon Patriarchy B. Cannon Hardy, 119 REVIEWS 153 --The Story of the Latter-day Saints by James B. Allen and Glen M. Leonard Richard E. Bennett --Hero or Traitor: A Biographical Story of Charles Wesley Wandell by Marjorie Newton Richard L. Saunders --Mormon Redress Petition: Documents of the 1833-1838 Missouri Conflict edited by Clark V. Johnson Stephen C. -
In the Footsteps of Orson Hyde: Subsequent Dedications of the Holy Land
BYU Studies Quarterly Volume 47 Issue 1 Article 3 1-1-2008 In the Footsteps of Orson Hyde: Subsequent Dedications of the Holy Land Blair G. Van-Dyke LaMar C. Berrett Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/byusq Recommended Citation Van-Dyke, Blair G. and Berrett, LaMar C. (2008) "In the Footsteps of Orson Hyde: Subsequent Dedications of the Holy Land," BYU Studies Quarterly: Vol. 47 : Iss. 1 , Article 3. Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/byusq/vol47/iss1/3 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals at BYU ScholarsArchive. It has been accepted for inclusion in BYU Studies Quarterly by an authorized editor of BYU ScholarsArchive. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected]. Van-Dyke and Berrett: In the Footsteps of Orson Hyde: Subsequent Dedications of the Hol In the Footsteps of Orson Hyde Subsequent Dedications of the Holy Land Blair G. Van Dyke and LaMar C. Berrett† tanding atop the Mount of Olives just prior to sunrise is a singular S experience. Often there is a stillness about the spot that evokes deep thought and contemplation. Eyes are drawn across the brook-carved val- ley toward the Holy Mount where the temple stood in antiquity. Reflecting upon sacred events that unfolded in the Holy City is the natural result of standing on the Mount of Olives, particularly certain events in the life of Jesus and the ministries of Melchizedek, Abraham, Isaac, Isaiah, Lehi, Jeremiah, Peter, and Paul. And as a result of Orson Hyde’s ascent up the Mount to dedicate Palestine, Latter-day Saints include him in this select group. -
April 2008 Ensign
Maintaining the Course Members of the new First Presidency bring their past experience to bear on the Church’s future direction. BY ADAM C. OLSON Church Magazines he day after he was ordained and set apart as 16th would be similar. Therefore there will be no abrupt change President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day from the courses we have been pursuing. We will con- TSaints, President Thomas Spencer Monson addressed tinue the commitment of those who have gone before us the media on Monday, February 4, 2008, honoring his prede- in teaching the gospel, in promoting cooperation with cessor and expressing his desires that his administration be people throughout the world, and in bearing witness to one of unity, cooperation, and reaching out. the life and mission of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.” With his newly called counselors, President Henry B. Among the hallmarks of President Hinckley’s administra- Eyring and President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, sitting at his right tion that President Monson said he hopes to continue are and left, President Monson paid homage to President temple building, traveling, and the Perpetual Education Fund. Gordon B. Hinckley, who died Sunday, January 27, 2008, There is no doubt that the Church’s building of new after serving as President of the Church for nearly 13 years. temples will continue, President Monson said, “because “President Hinckley’s passing has affected all of us,” he the Church keeps growing, and we must provide that holy said. “We shall miss him, yet we know that he has left us edifice -
Notes About an Artist
museu mVIEWS A quarterly newsletter for small and mid-sized art museums Summer 2010 PICASSO looks at DEGAS The following is a sampling from the introduc - fame Throughout his life Pablo Picasso was fas - tion and a chapter of this engaging study. increased…. cinated with the life and work of Edgar Degas. “Picasso initially encountered works by “…Never He collected Degas’s pictures, re-interpreted Degas and his peers in black-and-white illus - straightfor - ardly his subject matter, and created scenes that trations, and only began to see their original w included images of Degas himself. “Picasso pastels and paintings when he visited Paris imitative, Looks at Degas,” the summer exhibition at the several times from 1900 onward. Dating from Picasso’s Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in this moment are his first tentative gestures response to Degas was mercurial and competi - Williamstown (MA), brings together more than toward some of Degas’s signature themes: the tive, always involving an element of willful 100 works that shed light on the relationship cabaret singer, the prostitute, and, as Fagus transformation and sometimes bordering on between the two who, in fact, never met. “Yet indicated, racecourses, female nudes, and parody or pastiche. A parallel narrative… the café habitués, stage performers, bathers, dancers. After settling in Montmartre in 1904, concerns the gradually revealed affinity and ballerinas that Degas typically depicted Picasso became acquainted with several people between these two artists as professionals and also appear repeatedly in Picasso’s images, and who knew Degas, including the dealer as human beings, an affinity that Picasso was Degas the man appears in person in a substan - Ambroise Vollard, who briefly represented surely aware of. -
Guide to State Statues in the National Statuary Hall Collection
U.S. CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER GUide To STATe STATUes iN The NATioNAl STATUArY HAll CollecTioN CVC 19-107 Edition V Senator Mazie Hirono of Hawaii addresses a group of high school students gathered in front of the statue of King Kamehameha in the Capitol Visitor Center. TOM FONTANA U.S. CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER GUide To STATe STATUes iN The NATioNAl STATUArY HAll CollecTioN STATE PAGE STATE PAGE Alabama . 3 Montana . .28 Alaska . 4 Nebraska . .29 Arizona . .5 Nevada . 30 Arkansas . 6 New Hampshire . .31 California . .7 New Jersey . 32 Colorado . 8 New Mexico . 33 Connecticut . 9 New York . .34 Delaware . .10 North Carolina . 35 Florida . .11 North Dakota . .36 Georgia . 12 Ohio . 37 Hawaii . .13 Oklahoma . 38 Idaho . 14 Oregon . 39 Illinois . .15 Pennsylvania . 40 Indiana . 16 Rhode Island . 41 Iowa . .17 South Carolina . 42 Kansas . .18 South Dakota . .43 Kentucky . .19 Tennessee . 44 Louisiana . .20 Texas . 45 Maine . .21 Utah . 46 Maryland . .22 Vermont . .47 Massachusetts . .23 Virginia . 48 Michigan . .24 Washington . .49 Minnesota . 25 West Virginia . 50 Mississippi . 26 Wisconsin . 51 Missouri . .27 Wyoming . .52 Statue photography by Architect of the Capitol The Guide to State Statues in the National Statuary Hall Collection is available as a free mobile app via the iTunes app store or Google play. 2 GUIDE TO STATE STATUES IN THE NATIONAL STATUARY HALL COLLECTION U.S. CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER AlabaMa he National Statuary Hall Collection in the United States Capitol is comprised of statues donated by individual states to honor persons notable in their history. The entire collection now consists of 100 statues contributed by 50 states.