Journal of Mormon History Volume 27 Issue 1 Article 1 2001 Journal of Mormon History Vol. 27, No. 1, 2001 Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/mormonhistory Part of the Religion Commons Recommended Citation (2001) "Journal of Mormon History Vol. 27, No. 1, 2001," Journal of Mormon History: Vol. 27 : Iss. 1 , Article 1. Available at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/mormonhistory/vol27/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. 27, No. 1, 2001 Table of Contents CONTENTS ANNOUNCEMENTS ARTICLES PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS • --Telling Latter-day Saint Lives: The Craft and Continuing Challenge of Mormon Biography Newell G. Bringhurst, 1 TANNER LECTURE • --The Free Seekers: Religious Culture in Upstate New York, 1790-1835 Alan Taylor, 44 • --New Sources on Old Friends: The Thomas L. Kane and Elizabeth W. Kane Collection David J. Whittaker, 67 • --The Mormon Gender-Inclusive Image of God Danny L. Jorgensen, 95 • --"Untrumpeted and Unseen": Josephine Spencer, Mormon "Authoress" Kylie Nielson Turley, 127 • --Earning Respect in Wisconsin: Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Mormons David L. Clark, 165 • --Area Supervision: Administration of the Worldwide Church, 1960-2000 Kahlile Mehr, 192 • --S. Dilworth Young of the First Quorum of Seventy Benson Young Parkinson, 215 VISUAL IMAGES • --Setting the Record Straight Paul H. Peterson and Richard Neitzel Holzapfel, 252 REVIEWS --Richard N. Ostling and Joan K. Ostling, Mormon America: The Power and the Promise Armand L. Mauss, 257 --Davis Bitton, George Q. Cannon: A Biography Michael N. Landon, ed., The Journals of George Q. Cannon: Vol. 1: To California in '49 DavidJ. Whittaker, 261 --David L. Bigler and Will Bagley, eds., Army of Israel: Mormon Battalion Narratives Ryan Johnson, 269 --William B. Smart and Donna T. Smart, eds., Over the Rim: The Parley P. Pratt Exploring Expedition to Southern Utah, 1849-50 Michael Landon, 271 --Craig Denton, The University of Utah: 150 Years of Excellence Brigham D. Madsen, 274 --Matthew E. Kreitzer, ed., The Washakie Letters of Willie Ottogary: Northwestern Shoshone Journalist and Leader, 1906-1929 Audrey M. Godrey, 276 --GospeLink 2001 (CD-ROM) Reviewed by Wilfried Decoo, 279 --H. Michael Marquardt, The Joseph Smith Revelations: Text and Commentary Ronald E. Romig, 286 --Gene A. Sessions, ed., Mormon Democrat: The Religious and Political Memoirs of James Henry Moyle Richard D. Ouellette, 289 BOOK NOTICES --Craig James Hazen, The Village Enlightenment in America: Popular Religion and Science in the Nineteenth Century, 295 --Jean Ford, Betty J. Glass, and Martha B. Gould, eds., Women in Nevada: An Annotated Bibliography of Published Sources, 297 --Richard Neitzel Holzapfel and R. Q. Shupe, My Servant Brigham: Portrait of a Prophet, 297 --Mark H. Taylor, ed., Witness to the Martyrdom: John Taylor's Personal Account of the Last Days of the Prophet Joseph Smith, 298 --William Jenson Adams, Sanpete Tales: Humorous Folklore from Central Utah, 300 This full issue is available in Journal of Mormon History: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/mormonhistory/vol27/iss1/ 1 JOURNAL OF MORMON HISTORY SPRING 2001 JOURNAL OF MORMON HISTORY SPRING 2000 COVER: Abstraction of the window tracery, Salt Lake City Tenth Ward. Design by Warren Archer. 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Authors should follow the Chicago Manual of Style, 14th edition (see a recent edition of the Journal) and be prepared to submit accepted manuscripts on computer diskette, IBM-DOS format preferred. Send manuscripts to Journal of Mormon History, P.O. Box 581068, Salt Lake City, UT 84158-1068. JOURNAL OF MORMON HISTORY Volume 27, No. 1 Spring 2000 CONTENTS ANNOUNCEMENTS ARTICLES PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS Telling Latter-day Saint Lives: The Craft and Continuing Challenge of Mormon Biography Newell G. Bringhurst 1 TANNER LECTURE The Free Seekers: Religious Culture in Upstate New York, 1790-1835 Alan Taylor 44 New Sources on Old Friends: The Thomas L. Kane and Elizabeth W. Kane Collection David J. Whittaker 67 The Mormon Gender-Inclusive Image of God Danny L. Jorgensen 95 "Untrumpeted and Unseen": Josephine Spencer, Mormon "Authoress" Kylie Nielson Turley 127 Earning Respect in Wisconsin: Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Mormons David L. Clark 165 Area Supervision: Administration of the Worldwide Church, 1960-2000 KahlileMehr 192 S. Dilworth Young of the First Quorum of Seventy Benson Young Parkinson 215 CONTENTS V VISUAL IMAGES Setting the Record Straight Paul H. Peterson and Richard Neitzel Holzapfel 252 REVIEWS Richard N. Ostling and Joan K. Ostling, Mormon America: The Power and the Promise Armand L. Mauss 257 Davis Bitton, George Q. Cannon: A Biography Michael N. Landon, ed., The Journals of George Q. Cannon: Vol. 1: To California in '49 DavidJ. Whittaker 261 David L. Bigler and Will Bagley, eds., Army of Israel: Mormon Battalion Narratives Ryan Johnson 269 William B. Smart and Donna T. Smart, eds., Over the Rim: The Parley P. Pratt Exploring Expedition to Southern Utah, 1849-50 Michael Landon 271 Craig Denton, The University of Utah: 150 Years of Excellence Brigham D. Madsen 274 Matthew E. Kreitzer, ed., The Washakie Letters of Willie Ottogary: Northwestern Shoshone Journalist and Leader, 1906-1929 Audrey M. Godrey 276 GospeLink 2001 (CD-ROM) Reviewed by Wilfried Decoo 279 H. Michael Marquardt, The Joseph Smith Revelations: Text and Commentary Ronald E. Romig 286 Gene A. Sessions, ed., Mormon Democrat: The Religious and Political Memoirs of James Henry Moyle Richard D. Ouellette 289 BOOK NOTICES Craig James Hazen, The Village Enlightenment in America: Popular Religion and Science in the Nineteenth Century 295 vi The Journal of Mormon History Jean Ford, Betty J. Glass, and Martha B. Gould, eds., Women in Nevada: An Annotated Bibliography of Published Sources 297 Richard Neitzel Holzapfel and R. Q. Shupe, My Servant Brigham: Portrait