The Strange Marriages of Sarah Ann Whitney to Joseph Smith the Mormon Prophet, Joseph C. Kingsbury and Heber C. Kimball. Salt Lake City: Modern Microfilm Co., 1973. [revised edition, 1982] *
First publication of 1842-43 documents relating to Sarah Ann Whitney's marriage to Joseph Smith.
The Book of Abraham Papyrus Found An Answer to Dr. Hugh Nibley's Book "The Message of the Joseph Smith Papyri: An Egyptian Endowment" As it relates to the Source of the Book of Abraham. Salt Lake City: Printed by Author, 1975; republished by Modern Microfilm, 1979. [revised ed., 1981]
"The Use of the Bible in the Book of Mormon," Journal of Pastoral Practice 2 (1978):95-136.
"Early Nineteenth Century Events Reflected in the Book of Mormon," Journal of Pastoral Practice 3,1 (1979):114-36. *
Includes extract of important 1838 letter.
The above two articles in Journal of Pastorial Practice were republished by Modern Microfilm [now Utah Lighthouse Ministry], in 1979 and Personal Freedom Outreach in 1981 and 1991.
Joseph Smith's 1832-34 Diary. Salt Lake City: Modern Microfilm, 1979.
Includes Joseph Smith's 1832 autobiographical sketch of his early life.
First publication of the 1832-34 diary.
Joseph Smith's 1835-36 Diary. Salt Lake City: Modern Microfilm, 1979.
First publication of the 1835-36 diary.
"Table of Contents and Cross Reference for the 'Kirtland Revelations' Book" (4 pages) in Joseph Smith's Kirtland Revelation Book. Salt Lake City: Modern Microfilm, 1979.
"The Strange Beginnings of the Mormon High Priesthood Presidency," Journal of Pastoral Practice 4,2 (1980):86-91.
First publication of Book of Commandments manuscript page on revelation to Jesse Gause, 1832.
The Joseph Smith Egyptian Papers. Comp. Cullman, Alabama: Printing Service, 1981. *
Manuscripts in LDS archives relating to Joseph Smith and Egyptian papyri. Most of English manuscripts dictated in 1835.
Joseph Smith's 1838-39 Diaries. Salt Lake City: Modern Microfilm, 1982.
First publication of the Scriptory Book of Joseph Smith, Jr. and the 1839 Minute Book.
"Early Texts of Joseph Smith's Revelations, 1828-1833," Restoration 1 (July 1982):8-11. *
"The Book of Abraham Revisited," Journal of Pastoral Practice 5,4
(1982):101-12.
Republished in The Book of Abraham Revisited. Salt Lake City: Utah
Lighthouse Ministry, 1983.
"Book of Mormon Cross Reference: Index by Chapters, with Page Numbers," Restoration 2 (July 1983):13-14.
"A Tanner Bibliography 1959-1983," Restoration 3 (July 1984):3-28. *
"Some Interesting Notes on Succession at Nauvoo in 1844," Restoration 5 (January 1986):17-20. *
"The Independence Temple of Zion," Restoration 5 (October 1986):13-17. *
"Tanner Bibliography Update," Restoration 6 (April 1987):22-23.
"An Appraisal of Manchester as Location for the Organization of the Church," Sunstone 16 (February 1992):49-57. *
"Book of Abraham Problem Still Remains," The Quarterly Journal, Personal Freedom Outreach 12 (July-September 1992):15.
coauthor with Wesley P. Walters, Inventing Mormonism: Tradition and the Historical
Record. San Francisco: Smith Research Associates, distributed by Signature Books,
1994; paperbound 1998. 284 pp., maps, chronology, notes, illustrations, appendices,
bibliography, index.
Included in New Mormon Studies CD-ROM: A Comprehensive Resource
Library, Smith Research Associates, 1998. *
* = Listed in James B. Allen, Ronald W. Walker, and David J. Whittaker, Studies in Mormon History, 1830-1997: An Indexed Bibliography (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2000), 282.
Joseph Smith Revelations: Text and Commentary (The)
Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1999. Clothbound, xxvi, 410 pp., map, illustrations,
appendices, bibliography, index.
Includes Book of Commandments Manuscripts Fragments.
"Joseph Smith's Visit to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania," Journal of Latter Day Saint History 12-2 (June 2000):6-7.
Literary Dependence in the Book of Mormon: Two Studies
Grand Rapids, MI: Institute for Religious Research, 2000.
"Early Life of Joseph Smith in New York," Journal of Latter Day Saint History 13 (2001):21-31.
"John Whitmer and the Revelations of Joseph Smith," John Whitmer Historical Association Journal 21 (2001):39-49.
"Temples in Latter-day Saint Thought: Response to Papers by Melvin C. Johnson and Bill Shepard," John Whitmer Historical Association 2002 Nauvoo Conference Special Edition ([Kansas City, MO:] John Whitmer Historical Association, 2002), 109.
"Martin Harris: The Kirtland Years, 1831-1870," Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 35 (Fall 2002):1-40.
"Judge Austin A. King's Preliminary Hearing: Joseph Smith and the Mormons on Trial," John Whitmer Historical Association Journal 24 (2004):41-55.
The Rise of Mormonism: 1816-1844.
Longwood, Florida: Xulon Press, 2005. Hardcover and Paperback, xi, 680 pp., footnotes,
bibliography, index.
"David Whitmer: His Evolving Beliefs and Recollections,"
In Newell G. Bringhurst and John C. Hamer, eds. Scattering of the Saints:
Schism within Mormonism Independence, Missouri: John Whitmer Books, 2007, 46-77.
The Four Gospels According to Joseph Smith.
Longwood, Florida: Xulon Press, 2007. Hardcover and Paperback, v, 428 pp., footnotes,
bibliography, index.
Early Patriarchal Blessings of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Comp.
Salt Lake City: Smith-Pettit Foundation, 2007. Hardcover, Limited Edition. xvi, 447 pp.,
footnotes, index.
The Patriarchal Blessings of Selected LDS General Authorities: A Supplement to Early
Patriarchal Blessings of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Comp.
Salt Lake City: Smith-Pettit Foundation, 2007. Hardcover, Limited Edition. 29 pp.
"Emily Dow Partridge Smith Young on the Witness Stand: Recollections of a Plural Wife," Journal of Mormon History 34 (Summer 2008):110-141.
"Ezra Booth on Early Mormonism: A Look at His 1831 Letters." John Whitmer Historical Association Journal 28 (2008):65-87.
The Joseph Smith Egyptian Papers. Compiled 1981. Reprinted in 2009. Forward by Sandra Tanner. Salt Lake City: Utah Lighthouse Ministry.
Coauthor with William Shepard, "Lyman E. Johnson: Forgotten Apostle," Journal of Mormon History 36 (Winter 2010):92-144.
The Coming Storm: The Murder of Jesse Thompson Hartley. Collector's Edition Keepsake for volume 13 of the Kingdom in the West series, Playing with Shadows: Voices of Dissent in the Mormon West, edited by Polly Aird, Jeff Nichols, and Will Bagley. Norman, Oklahoma: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 2011. Limited Edition. 22 pp.
"Joseph Smith's Egyptian Papers: A History," in Robert K. Ritner, The Joseph Smith Egyptian Papyri: A Complete Edition (Salt Lake City: Smith-Pettit Foundation, 2011), 11-56. Limited Edition.
"Setting the Record Straight: Brigham Young's Baptism Date," Journal of Mormon History 38 (Fall 2012):195-99.
Later Patriarchal Blessings of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Comp.
Salt Lake City: Smith-Pettit Foundation, 2012. Hardcover, Limited Edition. liv, 590 pp., index.
Electronic Format on Mormon Central Web Site:
Conversion of Sidney Rigdon (1999)
Priesthood Restoration (1999)
Revelations after the death of Joseph Smith (1999)
Succession of Church President (2002)
Literary Dependence in the Book of Mormon: Two Studies (2000)
Kinderhook Plates (2002)
The Use of the Bible in the Book of Mormon (1979).
Condenced from two articles published in the Journal of Pastoral Practice.
Early Texts of Joseph Smith's Revelations, 1828-1833.
16th Annual Meeting of the Mormon History Association, Rexburg, Idaho, 2 May 1981.
Published in Restoration 1 (July 1982):8-11.
The Independence Temple of Zion.
20th Annual Meeting of the Mormon History Association, Kansas City, Missouri, 3 May
1985.
Published in Restoration 5 (October 1986):13-17.
Third Nephi and the New Testament Texts.
Capstone Conference, Sun Valley, Idaho, 22 June 1985.
Hyrum Smith and the Organization of the Mormon Church.
9th Annual Sunstone Theological Symposium, Salt Lake City, Utah, 28 August 1987.
Revised and published under title "An Appraisal of Manchester as Location for the
Organization of the Church," in Sunstone 16 (February 1992):49-57.
Historical Background of the 1835 Doctrine and Covenants.
23rd Annual Meeting of the Mormon History Association, Logan, Utah, 7 May 1988.
Historical Background to Joseph Smith's Early Revelations.
Sunstone 1989 Doctrine and Covenants Lecture Series, Salt Lake City, 14 February 1989.
Historical Background of the 1835 Doctrine and Covenants.
Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion in conjunction with the
Religious Research Association, Salt Lake City, 28 October 1989.
Joseph Smith Family Life in New York.
Mormons in Transition, West Jordan, Utah, 11 September 1994.
Early Documents and Latter Day Saint Historic Sites: A Slide Presentation.
31st Annual Meeting of the Mormon History Association, Snowbird, Utah, 18 May 1996.
Martin Harris: The Kirtland Years, 1831-1870.
25th Annual Meeting of the John Whitmer Historical Association, Kirtland, Ohio,
27 September 1997.
Early Life of Joseph Smith in New York.
2nd Latter Day Saint Research Conference, Jenkinstown, Pennsylvania, 13 May 2000.
Joseph Smith's Revelations.
2nd Latter Day Saint Research Conference, Jenkinstown, Pennsylvania, 13 May 2000.
The Book of Abraham.
2nd Latter Day Saint Research Conference, Jenkinstown, Pennsylvania, 13 May 2000.
Martin Harris: The Kirtland Years, 1831-1870.
22nd Annual Sunstone Symposium, Salt Lake City, Utah, 3 August 2000.
Joseph Smith's Revelations.
The Beacon, Utah Lighthouse Ministry, Salt Lake City, Utah, 13 August 2000.
Joseph Smith's Revelations.
New Jerusalem Restoration Branch, Independence, Missouri, 19 September 2000.
John Whitmer and the Revelations of Joseph Smith.
28th Annual Meeting of the John Whitmer Historical Association, RLDS Temple,
Independence, Missouri, 23 September 2000.
Published in John Whitmer Historical Association Journal 21 (2001):39-49.
Emily Dow Partridge Smith Young on the Witness Stand: Recollections of a Plural Wife.
36th Annual Conference of the Mormon History Association, Cedar City, Utah, 18 May
2001.
Judge Austin A. King's Preliminary Hearing: Joseph Smith and the Mormons on Trial
31st Annual Meeting of the John Whitmer Historical Association, Lake Doniphan
Conference and Retreat Center, Excelsior Springs, Missouri, 27 September 2003.
Published in John Whitmer Historical Association Journal 24 (2004):41-55.
Ezra Booth on Early Mormonism: A Look at His 1831 Letters
39th Annual Conference of the Mormon History Association, Provo, Utah, 20 May 2004.
Historical Roots of Mormon Polygamy
Fourth Annual "and Justice for all" Continuing Legal Education Seminar, 4 March 2005,
State Office Building Auditorium, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Lyman E. Johnson: Missionary and Apostle
41st Annual Conference of the Mormon History Association, Casper, Wyoming, 27 May 2006.
The Murder of Jesse Thompson Hartley
54th Annual Meeting of the Utah State Historical Society, Salt Lake City, Utah, 15
September 2006.
David Whitmer: His Changing Beliefs and Recollections
34th Annual Meeting of the John Whitmer Historical Association, Independence,
Missouri, 29 September 2006.
Published in Newell G. Bringhurst and John C. Hamer, eds. Scattering of the Saints:
Schism within Mormonism Independence, Missouri: John Whitmer Books, 2007, 46-77.
Ezra Booth on Early Mormonism: A Look at His 1831 Letters
35th Annual Meeting of the John Whitmer Historical Association, Kirtland, Ohio, 28
September 2007.
John Whitmer Historical Association Journal 28 (2008):65-87.
Historical Overview of the Origin of Mormon Polygamy
Panel discussion on Polygamy: Historical Issues, Center for the Study of New Religions (CESNUR)
22nd International Conference, 13 June 2009, City and County Building, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Changing Revelatory Messages: A Mormon Example
Sunstone Symposium, Salt Lake City, Utah, 28 July 2012.
Changing Revelatory Messages: A Mormon Example
40th Annual Meeting of the John Whitmer Historical Association, Independence, Missouri, 21
September 2012.
Panel discussion: How to Research LDS History
40th Annual Meeting of the John Whitmer Historical Association, Independence, Missouri, 22
September 2012.
Reviews:
Hugh Nibley. Abraham in Egypt. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book,1981. Published
in Journal of Pastoral Practice 5,4 (1982):113-16.
Reprinted in The Book of Abraham Revisited. Salt Lake City: Utah
Lighthouse Ministry, 1983.
Larry C. Porter. Sacred Places: New York and Pennsylvania: A Comprehensive Guide to Early LDS Historical Sites. Volume 2. LaMar C. Berrett, general editor. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2000. Published in Journal of Mormon History 28 (Spring 2002):276-80.
Brian and Petrea Kelly. Latter-day History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. American Fork, Utah: Covenant Communications, 2000. Published in Journal of Mormon History 28 (Fall 2002):209-211.
Alexander L. Baugh and Andrew H. Hedges, eds. Regional Studies in Latter-day Saint Church History: New York and Pennsylvania. Provo, Utah: Department of Church History and Doctrine, Brigham Young University, 2002. Published in Journal of Mormon History 31 (Spring 2005): 221-25.
Scott H. Faulring, Kent P. Jackson, and Robert J. Matthews, eds. Joseph Smith's New Translation of the Bible: Original Manuscripts. Provo, Utah: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2004. Published in Journal of Mormon History 31 (Fall 2005):274-81.
Dean C. Jessee, Mark Ashurst-McGee, and Richard L. Jensen, eds., Journals, Volume 1: 1832-1839. Vol. 1 of the Journals series of The Joseph Smith Papers. Series editors: Dean C. Jessee, Ronald K. Esplin, and Richard Lyman Bushman. Salt Lake City: Church Historian's Press, 2008. xlvii, 506 pp. Maps, geographical and biographical directories, editorial notes, photographs, charts. Published in Journal of Mormon History 35 (Fall 2009):233-39.
Robin Scott Jensen, Robert J. Woodford, and Steven C. Harper, eds., Revelations and Translations: Manuscript Revelation Books, Facsimile Edition (First volume of the Revelations and Translations series of The Joseph Smith Papers). Deac C. Jessee, Ronald K. Esplin, and Richard Lyman Bushman, general editors. Salt Lake City: Church Historian's Press, 2009. xliii, 707 pp. Published in John Whitmer Historical Association Journal 30 (2010):275-78.
S. J. Wolfe with Robert Singerman. Mummies in Nineteenth-Century America: Ancient Egyptians as Artifacts. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, 2009. xii, 292 pp. Photographs, appendices, notes, bibliography, index. Published in Journal of Mormon History 36 (Fall 2010):259-61.
Robin Scott Jensen, Robert J. Woodford, and Steven C. Harper, eds., Revelations and Translations, Volume 1: Manuscript Revelation Books. Volume one of the Revelations and Translations series of The Joseph Smith Papers. Dean C. Jessee, Ronald K. Esplin, and Richard Lyman Bushman, general eds. Salt Lake City: Church Historian's Press, 2011. 529 pp. Published in John Whitmer Historical Association Journal 31, no. 2 (Fall/Winter 2011):152-56.
Robin Scott Jensen, Richard E. Turley Jr., and Riley M. Lorimer, eds., Revelations and Translations, Volume 2: Published Revelations. Volume two of the Revelations and Translations series of The Joseph Smith Papers. Dean C. Jessee, Ronald K. Esplin, and Richard Lyman Bushman, general eds. Salt Lake City: Church Historian's Press, 2011. 726 pp. Published in John Whitmer Historical Association Journal 31, no. 2 (Fall/Winter 2011):152-56.
R. Jean Addams. Upon the Temple Lot: The Church of Christ’s Quest to Build the House of the Lord. Independence, MO: John Whitmer Books, 2010. Published in Mormon Historical Studies 12, no. 1 (Spring 2011):179-81.
Andrew H. Hedger, Alex D. Smith, and Richard Lloyd Anderson, eds., Journals, Volume 2: December 1841-April 1843. Vol. 2 of the Journals series of The Joseph Smith Papers. Dean C. Jessee, Ronald K. Esplin, and Richard Lyman Bushman, general eds. Salt Lake City: Church Historian's Press, 2011. 558 pp. Published in John Whitmer Historical Association Journal 32, no. 2 (Fall/Winter 2012):252-56.
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