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[Heber J. Grant] .... you say 'It has always seemed hypocrisy to me for our church and leaders to preach the Word of Wisdom and then ...

[Heber J. Grant] I am absolutely opposed to any campaign which has for its purpose the promotion of 'moderate' use of alcoholic l...

"A number of young ladies with a guitar" serenade L. John Nuttall who is awakened from his sleep and goes to the window to listen....

Mass Meeting to send grievances to U.S. President notified all the Bishops of St. George stake that a mass meeting will be held in St. ...

[Nauvoo Neighbor] Letter: Letter from Pittsburg about Sidney Rigdon -- Signed, "S. S." -- Letter written by a non-Mormon in Pen...

Brigham Young (aged 43) marriage to Emmeline Free (1826-1875) (aged 18) her first marriage, 10 children [Wikipedia, List of Brigham Young...

[Patriarchal Blessing of Jonathan H. Hale given by Joseph Smith, Sr.] .... Thou shalt see the heavens open and view the glories of the up...

BYU President Ernest L. Wilkinson makes first reference in his diary to receiving reports from student "spy ring" he has authorize...

At funeral, first counselor J. Reuben Clark criticizes quartet for leaving out verse concerning Mother in Heaven during their singing of ...

[Spencer W. Kimball] How grateful I am that the Lord has so nearly completely healed my vocal cords. While it is a bit husky yet, I was m...

[Brigham Young Jr.] I notice that insignificant items of appeal from High Councils are brot. before the Presidency, and they are expected...

The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints and the American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors have reached an agreement over ...

LDS Church News publishes text of Hoffman's Salamander Letter, while supporting its authenticity. [Chronology of Mormon History (Morm...

The 100th General Assembly of the Southern Presbyterian Church (PCUS) passed a resolution declaring that sexual relations in the context of ...

[Telegram:] 'The house committee on territories this morning by strict party vote, ordered a favorable report on disfranchisement bill. ...

[Abraham H. Cannon Authority Abraham H. Cannon] He (Frank) is arrested for unlawful cohabitation. And out on bail of $1500. "Frank i...

[Joseph F. Smith] The subject of the jurisdiction was taken up, Bro[ther] [Orson] Pratt having read a report or an address to the presidi...

[Patriarchal Blessing of Mark Anthony Coombs given by Joseph Smith, Sr.] .... as thou art a man of faith thy prayers shall prevail with t...

[Quorum of Twelve minutes] Elder Mc Lellin then read the commandment given concerning the choosing of the twelve before the Council. Moti...

Doctrine and Covenants 107:1-58. Kirtland, Ohio. Melchizedek and Aaronic Priesthoods; presidency of the High Priesthood (Melchizedek) c...

BYU President Ernest Wilkinson wrote to Apostle Benson's son Mark for "any specific information that will be helpful to me respecti...

The First Presidency and Church Board of Education send out a letter stating that Ricks College would return to its status as a junior colle...

This communication was prepared by Brother Edward H. Anderson, he having brought to the attention of the Presidency the "Home Evening...

President [Lorenzo] Snow was at the office, President [Joseph F.] Smith also. President Snow authorized the surrender to Elder Heber J. Gran...

[Future apostle] Abraham H. Cannon, of Salt Lake City, was arrested on a charge of u.c. [Unlawful Cohabitation, I.E. living with a polygamou...

Missionary and future apostle John Henry Smith records in his journal: "Chester Call had been perpetrating a fearfull outrage upon a 12...

An abandoned child was left at the door of Mrs -- The first circumstance of the kind known in Salt Lake City. [Richards, Franklin Dewey a...

Lieutenant in Colonel E. J. Steptoe's command in Salt Lake City writes to friend about his romance and near seduction of one of the wive...

Lieutenant in Colonel E.J. Steptoe's command at Salt Lake City writes friend about his romance and near seduction of wife of Brigham You...

Orson Hyde gives a speech in which Nancy Rigdon [who rejected a proposal by Joseph Smith] is described as: "poor miserable girl out of ...

Old Father Cowles [former high councilman] one of Laws apostates was there, a company of boys assembled to whistle him out of Town but I pre...

Orson Hyde refers to Negroes as the cursed lineage of Canaan and says that the curse of servility which they bore was for actions in the Pre...

[Leonard Arrington] Reminiscences In retrospect, considering my subsequent career, it was an advantage to me that I did not grow up in a ...

Covert surveillance occurs by BYU-Birch student in the form of either correspondence, classroom questioning, or private meetings to extract ...

The Supreme Court of Utah sustained the order of the Board of Education of Salt Lake City, to exclude unvaccinated children. [Jenson, And...

[Wilford Woodruff] I had an interview with Judge Powers & Patt Lannan. They wanted to get the promise of the Tabernacle for A United ...

[J.D.T. McAllister Diary] Vision of future events in St. George This night had a Vision, the top parts of the houses in the first St...

Thomas B. Marsh and Orson Pratt are ordained apostles and members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Elder Marsh, erroneously thought to ...

CHURCH NEWS has headline reference to recently sustained LDS president as "The Prophet," which is repeated in May 9 article "...

Ezra Taft Benson was sealed in marriage to his recently deceased cousin, Eva Amanda Benson (July 6, 1882-August 10, 1946). Eva was the never...

The First Presidency and Twelve meet in the Salt Lake Temple and "we took up the sub[c]jet of H B [B. H.] Roberts & M[oses] Thatche...

Mormon colonists in Mexico are ordered by the chief magistrate of Casas Grandes to leave the country by this date. Church leaders appeal to ...

[Brigham Young] .... There is another vary important subject which I wish to speak of & that is the Temptation you will have From wom...

[Brigham Young] Evening attended the [first meeting of] '"Deseret Theological Institute'" in the Social Hall and heard ...

James H. Monroe, a convert and school teacher in Nauvoo who taught the children of Joseph Smith and Brigham Young, writes in his diary: ...

Colesville, New York. Joseph Smith performed the first miracle after the organization of the Church by casting a devil out of Newel Knight. ...

[Harold Reynolds to Walter Monson] The first Council of Seventy, however, have been asked to get 100 seventies for the European mission, ...

[Brigham Young Jr.] Loafed around the office for want of something better to do. Have read Bro[ther] [Apostle] M.[oses] Thatcher's sp...

[Brigham Young Jr.] Presidency cannot Consent to have our people promise to obey the 'law,' repudiate all wives but one, tho'...

Bishop Hiram B. Clawson, of Salt Lake City, was arrested on a charge of u.c. [Unlawful Cohabitation, I.E. living with a polygamous wife], an...

Emma Smith argues that the Nauvoo high council is the presiding authority of the church and that William Marks is the lawful successor to he...

Smith, the Mormon Prophet, was recognised, on Wednesday last, by Justice Miller of this village, for his appearance at the next Court of Com...