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Kirk Alan Watson papers, 1833-2004
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Watson, Kirk Alan
- Title
- Kirk Alan Watson papers
- Dates
- 1833-2004 (inclusive)18332004
- Quantity
- 3.5 linear feet
- Collection Number
- ACCN 2124
- Summary
- The Kirk Alan Watson papers (1833-2004) contain documents, articles, and correspondence pertaining to Watson's research into the fundamentalist break offs from of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), beginning with early 1900s schisms such as the Eastmanites and moving through the formation of the "Woolley Group" that became the basis for LDS Fundamentalism, notorious for practicing polygamy.
- Repository
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University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860
Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu - Access Restrictions
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Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
- Languages
- English, French, Spanish; Castilian
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Kirk Alan Watson papers (1833-2004) contain documents, articles, and correspondence pertaining to Watson's research into the fundamentalist break offs from of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), beginning with early 1900s schisms such as the Eastmanites and moving through the formation of the "Woolley Group" that became the basis for LDS Fundamentalism, notorious for practicing polygamy. The collection includes a selection of essays on the sociology of heresy, schism, and sect formation, then proceeds to the application of such to LDS historical episodes, as well as the reaction of the LDS Church to Fundamentalism.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library's Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.
Preferred Citation
Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Heresy and FundamentalismReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 1 | Sociology of Heresy |
1963-2003 |
| 1 | 2 | Ideological Hegemony and Heresy |
1974-2004 |
| 1 | 3 | Comparative Fundamentalism |
1912-2004 |
| 1 | 4 | Social Science on New Religious Movements |
1946-2003 |
| 1 | 5 | LDS Church Reforms |
1987-2004 |
| 1 | 6 | The Kirtland Apostasy |
1838-2004 |
| 1 | 7 | Heresy and the LDS Church |
1962-2002 |
LDS FundamentalistsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 2 | 1 | LDS Sects and Schisms |
1967-2004 |
| 2 | 2 | Post-Manifesto Plural Marriages |
1985-2003 |
| 2 | 3 | Ernest F. Sterm |
1901-1914 |
| 2 | 4 | Samuel Eastman, "Reminiscences of My Life" |
1914 |
| 2 | 5 | Order of Aaron |
1998 |
| 2 | 6-7 | LeBaron Ancestry and Priesthood Claim |
1833-2003 |
| 2 | 8 | Joel LeBaron |
1961-2003 |
| 3 | 1-2 | Ervil LeBaron |
1963-2002 |
| 3 | 3 | Dayer LeBaron |
|
| 3 | 4 | Benjamin T. LeBaron |
1945-2003 |
| 3 | 5 | Ross W. LeBaron |
1936-2003 |
| 3 | 6 | Ross W. LeBaron Jr |
1977-2001 |
| 3 | 7 | Anti-LeBaron Literature
Includes Bruce R. McConkie, "Cultism as Practiced by the So-Called Church of the Firstborn of the Fulness of Times."
|
1959-1963 |
| 3 | 8 | Fred C. Collier |
1975-1999 |
| 3 | 9 | Tom Green |
1995-2003 |
| 3 | 10 | Robert R. Black |
2001-2003 |
| 4 | 1 | Nathanial Baldwin |
1898-1992 |
| 4 | 2 | Abraham Teerlink, "The Gospel Journal" |
1935 |
| 4 | 3 | Eugene Bigelow, "Zion Bondage and Redemption" |
1927 |
| 4 | 4 | Ed Alder Letter to Owen Allred |
|
| 4 | 5 | Clyde Neilsen |
1941-1948 |
| 4 | 6 | Jesse B. Stone |
1933-1961 |
| 4 | 7 | Barnet Miles Giles |
1874-1999 |
| 4 | 8 | Alex Joseph |
1975 |
| 4 | 9 | Kingston Group |
1931-2004 |
| 4 | 10 | Art Bulla |
|
| 4 | 11 | Robert C. Crossfield, "School of the Prophet" |
1969 |
| 4 | 12 | Margarito Bautista, Fundamentalists in Mexico |
1936-1997 |
| 4 | 13 | Gerald W. Peterson |
1981 |
| 4 | 14 | John W. Bryant |
|
| 4 | 15 | Heber J. Bennion |
1923-1954 |
| 5 | 1 | The Woolley Story
Includes Fred Collier, "The Woolley Story: A Hairy Predicament."
|
1945-2001 |
| 5 | 2 | Moroni Jessop |
1942-1950 |
| 5 | 3 | Joseph W. Musser |
1917-1992 |
| 5 | 4 | One Mighty and Strong |
1961-2003 |
| 5 | 5 | Louis Alma Kelsch |
|
| 5 | 6 | Laura Tree Zitting, "The Life of Charles Zitting" |
1988 |
| 5 | 7-8 | Francis M. Darter |
1917-2002 |
LDS Response to FundamentalismReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 6 | 1 | The Davis Stake Patriarchs Quorum |
|
| 6 | 2 | Lawrence Foster, "A Little-known Defense of Polygamy" |
1974 |
| 6 | 3 | The White Horse Prophecy |
|
| 6 | 4 |
Truth
|
1935 |
| 6 | 5 |
The New Era
|
1916-1933 |
| 6 | 6 | J. Max Anderson, "The Polygamy Story" |
1979 |
| 6 | 7 | J. Max Anderson, "Mormon Fundamentalism" |
|
| 6 | 8 | Independent Fundamentalists |
1918-2003 |
| 6 | 9 | LDS Response to Fundamentalism |
1929-1998 |
LDS FundamentalismReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 7 | 1 | Anti-Fundamentalist Articles |
1966-1991 |
| 7 | 2 | Mace Church, "Further Light and Knowledge" |
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| 7 | 3 | Ken Driggs Essays
Included are "This Will Someday Be the Head and Not the Tail of the Church: History of the Mormon Fundamentalists at Short Creek," "Twentieth-Century Polygamy and Fundamentalist Mormons and Southern Utah," "Fundamentalist Attitudes toward the Church: The Sermons of Leroy S. Johnson," and "After the Manifesto: Modern Polygamy and Fundamentalist Mormons."
|
1998-2001 |
| 7 | 4 | Articles and Essays
Includes Martha Bradley, "The Woment of Fundamentalism: Short Creek 1953;" Omri Elisha, "Sustaining Charisma: Mormon Sectarian Culture and the Struggle for Plural Marriage;" Ralph Snow, "Polygamy and the Mormon People;" and Daymon Smith, "Secrecy and the Fetishism thereof: Mormon Fundamentalism and Valorizations of the Private Sphere."
|
1909-2002 |
| 7 | 5 | Recent Fundamentalists |
1937-2003 |
| 7 | 6 | Lynn Bishop and Stephen Bishop, "The Truth about John Woolley and Lorin Woolley" |
1972 |
| 7 | 7 | Notes and General Items |
1868-2004 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Latter Day Saint churches--Schisms
- Latter Day Saint fundamentalism
- Polygamy--Religious aspects--Latter Day Saint churches
Corporate Names
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Eastmanites)
Form or Genre Terms
- Articles
- Correspondence
Finding aid prepared by Lindsey Moore.
2006 (last modified: 2019)
