Mormon Historical Studies - Spring/Fall 2012 | Vol. 13 | No. 1 & 2
Articles
Reconsidering Lucy Mack Smith’s Folk Magic Confession
by Samuel M. Brown
“Seeking after Monarchal Power and Authority”- Joseph Smith and Leadership in the Church of Christ, 1831–1832
by Matthew C. Godfrey
Joseph Smith’s Description of Paul the Apostle
by Thomas A. Wayment
Joseph Smith’s Plural Wives after the Martyrdom
by Brian C. Hales
Conversations with Historians
“Challenging the Model”- Reflections of Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
Interview by Nathan H. Williams
Joseph Smith’s Chronicler- An Interview with Dean C. Jessee
Interview by Robin Scott Jensen
Remarks
Not So Long Ago
by Elder Steven E. Snow
Historical Sites
“Silence, Ye Fiends of the Infernal Pit!”- Joseph Smith’s Incarceration in Richmond, Missouri, November 1838
by Alexander L. Baugh
Challenges and Triumphs of Ground-Penetrating Radar for Studying the Archaeological Resources of Mormon Nauvoo
by John H. McBride, Benjamin C. Pykles, Ryan W. Saltzgiver, Chelsea Richard, and R. William Keach II
Remembering the Early Saints in Canada- The Southern Alberta Historic Markers Project
by Gary L. Boatright Jr.
Documents
Friends and Enemies in Washington- Joseph F. Smith’s Letter to Susa Young Gates, March 21, 1889
by David M. Whitchurch and Mallory Hales Perry
Commemoration
Finding Refuge in El Paso- Commemorating the July 1912 Mormon Exodus from Mexico
by Fred E. Woods
Book Reviews
The Joseph Smith Papers- Journals, Volume 2, December 1841–April 1843
Reviewed by Hobson Woodward
The Development of LDS Temple Worship 1846–2000- A Documentary History
By Devery S. Anderson, ed.
Reviewed by Dustin M. Naegle
The Nauvoo City and High Council Minutes
By John S. Dinger
Reviewed by Brady Winslow
Excavating Nauvoo- The Mormons and the Rise of Historical Archaeology in America
By Benjamin C. Pykles
Reviewed by Scott C. Esplin
Exhibiting Mormonism- The Latter-day Saints and the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair
By Reid L. Neilson
Reviewed by Robert W. Rydell