Today In Mormon History

[General] The following is an account of the regular meeting of the First Presidency and the Council of Twelve Apostles held this morning at...

[President Heber J. Grant Diary] Alonzo E. Hyde called in regard to President John Taylor's silver watch which I loaned to Mrs. Gordon T...

[President Wilford Woodruff Journal] 29 The last day of winter I received 4 Letters. I had an interview with Franklin S Richards who had Jus...

[Joseph Smith] A man sends Joseph a note stating that Joseph has been honest and fair in his financial dealings with the man. Joseph immedia...

[General] It was announced that due to World War II, the Relief Society general conference scheduled for April, which had been planned to co...

[General] At a meeting of the B. H. Roberts Society, James L. Clayton of the University of Utah denounces the archival restrictions and chal...

[General] LDS MILLENIAL STAR editorial, "Motherhood of God," repeats a child's question: "Why don't you tell me about...

[Joseph Smith Journal] [Engaged in Counselling the Saints.] [Source: Scott H. Faulring, An American Prophet's Record: Journal, ca. 1841...

[Uncannonized Revelation] Revelation for Lincoln Haskin to preach the gospel. Hiram, Portage County, Ohio, 27 February 1832. ("Kirtland...

[General] A BYU DAILY UNIVERSE editorial criticizes a recent memo from the sociology department to University president Rex E. Lee. The edit...

[General] Attended a four hours meeting of special committee of the Twelve consisting of Elder Heber J. Grant, Elder Hyrum M. Smith, and mys...

[Joseph Smith Sermon] Kirtland, Ohio 26 Sunday President Joseph Smith Jr again addressed the Congretation of the Saints in the power and sp...

[General] During the Civil war Brigham Young writes: "The South at this time is being worsted. The sympathies of our brethren are divid...

[General] After a bitter dispute between George Q. Cannon (who won a decisive victory) and Liberal Party candidate Allen G. Campbell over wh...

[General] Jack and Linda Newell accept the editorship of Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, effective that summer. I agree to be associa...

[General] CHURCH NEWS reports that 3,500 teams and 50,000 players are involved in all-church basketball tournament. For final playoffs teams...

Nauvoo, Illinois. Joseph Smith wrote a note of authorization for Ebenezer B. Robinson. [Source: BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chr...

[General] Hilton A. and Hazel Robertson arrive in Hawaii to reopen the Japanese Mission (the mission in Japan had been closed in 1924). From...

[General] Brigham Young preaches "The idea that the Lord our God is not a personage of tabernacle is entirely a mistaken notion. He was...

[Temple] No sealing can be done in behalf of children born under the covenant of the Priesthood where the parents of such children separate ...