Richard S. Van Wagoner papers

Richard S. Van Wagoner papers, 1797-2008

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Van Wagoner, Richard S.
Title: Richard S. Van Wagoner papers
Dates: 1797-2008 (inclusive)
17972008
Quantity: 28.25 linear feet
Collection Number: MS 0597
Summary: The Richard S. Van Wagoner papers (1797-2008) contain a record of Van Wagoner's historical research and writing. Correspondence and other papers are also included. Richard Van Wagoner is a clinical audiologist and Utah LDS historian and author.
Repository: 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: 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

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Richard Van Wagoner was born in Lehi, Utah on July 23, 1946. In 1967 he married Mary Carter and they were the parents of five daughters. After receiving a master of science degree from Brigham Young University in 1970, Van Wagoner commenced his professional life as a clinical audiologist, eventually becoming an owner of the Mountain West Hearing Center located in Salt Lake City. Actively involved in audiological research, Richard authored more than a dozen articles which appeared in several audiology publications.

Van Wagoner's initial interest in local and LDS history surfaced when his mother, Gayle Smith Julian Van Wagoner, an avid genealogist and a descendant of Utah pioneer families, led him on a tour of Lehi's important historical sites and regaled him with memorable anecdotes. A love for historical study was enhanced when Richard took a Lehi high school American history course and was heightened when he served as a LDS missionary to the church's Central States Mission where major events in early LDS history occurred.

Contemporaneous with his career in audiology, Richard established himself as a highly productive scholar in the fields of LDS and Utah history. From 1981 until 2009, Van Wagoner composed five books, edited a five volume compilation of Brigham Young's discourses, wrote eleven articles in scholarly journals, and participated in a number of Sunstone Symposia. In 1982 his book, entitled "A Book of Mormons," which was a study of seventy-eight men and women who played important roles in the history of the LDS community, appeared. Four years later Richard published the first comprehensive, LDS written narrative of the practice of polygamy. Van Wagoner's 1994 biography of Sidney Rigdon received Best Book awards granted by the Mormon History Association and the John Whitmer Historical Society. "Dialogue" honored him in 1995 with the Lowell Bennion Editor's award for his article on "The Making of a Mormon Myth." Shortly before his death, Richard completed a multi-year study of the early years of Joseph Smith's life. This work represented the first volume of a Joseph Smith trilogy which Signature Books intends to publish. In addition to his scholarly activities, Richard was appointed to the editorial boards of Signature Books and the "Utah Historical Quarterly."

As a life-long resident of Lehi, Utah, Richard was actively involved in local historical ventures, including the writing of newspaper features called "Lehi Yesteryears" for which the Utah Historical Society issued him its Media Award. He also authored two works detailing various aspects of his home town 's history. Serving as Lehi's municipal archivist, Van Wagoner was one of the founding members of the Lehi Historical Preservation Commission and was instrumental in raising funds for the restoration of the Veterans Memorial Building and the Lehi Railroad Station.

Richard S. Van Wagoner died on October 10, 2010.

(Biography composed by Roger V. Paxton in 2012.)

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Richard S. Van Wagoner Papers (1797-2008) consist of manuscripts, correspondence, and an assortment of printed materials. Forty-seven boxes pertain to Van Wagoner's research files which he divided into two categories, viz., "People" and "Subjects." The "People" files contain information concerning the individual noted on the folder and include copies of papers, articles, and books which the person wrote. The "Subjects" files contain copies of published materials which relate to the designated topic. Of particular note are boxes 15-17 which house Van Wagoner's unpublished 2008 manuscript entitled "Joseph Smith, Seer: The Early Years of America's Prophet, 1805-1831."

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

Acquisition Information

Gift of Richard S. Van Wagoner in 1989.

Processing Note

Processed by Karen Carver in 1992.

Addendum processed by Lisa DeMille in 2008.

Addendum (boxes 15-59) processed by Roger V. Paxton in 2012. Click here to read a statement on harmful language in library records.

Separated Materials

A CD containing materials from the L.D.S. church archives, a tape of Native American songs, and photographs of Lehi, Utah historical buildings have been transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

CorrespondenceReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
1	1-3	Correspondence	1979-1987
1	4-5	Robert F. Smith	1981-1985
1	6-7	Signature Books	1980-1987

Published WorksReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description
Box	Folder
2	1	"Arthur Pratt, Utah Lawman"
2	2	"Artifacts Used in the `Gift of Seeing'"
2	3	"Chief Walker Revisited"
2	4	"Fawn M. Brodie, The Woman and Her History"
2	5	"The Gift of Seeing"
2	6	"Joseph Smith: `The Gift of Seeing'"
2	7	"The Joseph/Hyrum Smith Funeral Sermon"
2	8	"The `Lectures on Faith': A Case Study in Decanonization"
3	1	"The Return of Thomas B. Marsh"
3	2-3	"Sarah M. Pratt: The Woman Behind the Controversy"
3	4-5	"Sarah M. Pratt: The Shaping of an Apostate"
3	6	"The Unbelief of Orson Pratt, Jr."
3	7-8	"When is a Wife Not a Wife?: Mormon Polyandry in Theory and Practice"
3	9-16	A Book of Mormons
4	1-12	A Book of Mormons
4	13-17	A History of Mormon Polygamy
5	1-15	Mormon Polygamy: A History

People FilesReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description
Box	Folder
6	1	Adams, George J.
6	2	Alexander, Thomas G.
6	3-4	Badger, Rodney J.
6	5-6	Bennett, John C.
6	7	Bergera, Gary James
6	8	Bernhisel, John M.
6	9	Bradley, Martha
6	10	Brodie, Fawn
6	11	Buerger, David John
7	1-2	Cannon, Kenneth L.
7	3	Clayton, James L.
7	4	Clayton, William
7	5	Cook, Lyndon W.
7	6	Dunn, Scott
7	7	Ehat, Andrew F.
7	8-9	Embry, Jessie L.
7	10	England, Eugene
7	11	Foster, Lawrence
7	12	Godbe, William S.
7	13	Hale, Van
7	14	Hansen, Klaus J.
7	15-16	Harris, Martin
7	17	Hartley, William G.
7	18	Hill, Donna
7	19-20	Ivins, H. Grant
7	21-22	Ivins, Stan
7	23	Knuteson, Knut J.
8	1-2	Lafferty, Ron and Dan
8	3	LeBarons
8	4	Leuder, Ray R.
8	5	Maimonides, Moses
8	6	Marsh, Thomas B.
8	7-8	Matthews, Robert
8	9	McConkie, Bruce R.
8	10	McLellin, William E.
8	11	Mulder, William
8	12	Musser, Joseph W.
8	13	Newell, Linda K.
8	14	Nibley, Hugh
8	15	Noffsinger, Thomas L.
8	16	Partridge, Emily
8	17	Phelps, William Wines
8	18	Potter, Roy
8	19-20	Pratt, Arthur
8	21-24	Pratt Family Research
8	25-26	Pratt, Orson
9	1-3	Pratt, Orson
9	4	Pratt, Orson, Jr.
9	5-9	Pratt, Sarah M.
9	10	Pulsipher, Lynn
9	11-12	Quinn, D. Michael
9	13	Rigdon, Sydney, and Polygamy
9	14	Roberts, B. H.
9	15	Rytting, Marvin
9	16	Shook, Charles A.
9	17-19	Smith, George D.
10	1	Smith, Joseph
10	2-3	Smith, Joseph, III
10	4	Smith, Joseph, Wives of
10	5-6	Smith, Robert F.
10	7	Stenhouse, T. B. H.
10	8	Strang, James
10	9	Tanner, Jerald
10	10	Taylor, John
10	11	Taylor, John W.
10	12	Walker, Chief
10	13	Woodruff, Wilford
10	14	Wyl, W.
10	15-16	Young, Brigham
10	17	Young, Kimball
10	18	Young, Zina D.

Subject FilesReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description
Box	Folder
11	1	Adoption, Law of
11	2	Book of Abraham
11	3-9	Book of Mormon
12	1	Censorship
12	2	Christian Service
12	3	Common Consent
12	4	"The Cucumber Book: 124 Reasons Why Cucumbers are Better than Men"
12	5	Doctrine and Covenants, Section 132
12	6	Emigration to Utah
12	7	Endowment Ceremony
12	8	Endowment/Temple Work
12	9	Evolution
12	10-11	First Vision
12	12-13	Fundamentalists
12	14	Godhead
12	15	Handcart Experience
12	16	Journal of Discourses
12	17	Kirtland
12	18	Lectures on Faith
12	19	Marriage
12	20	Masonry
12	21	Missionary Work
12	22	Missouri
12	23	Modern Mormon Living
12	24	Mormon History
12	25	Mormonism, Twentieth Century
12	26	Mormon Literature
12	27	Mormon Philosophy
12	28	Nauvoo
12	29	Negro
12	30	Personal Feelings
12	31	Pioneers
13	1	Polyandry
13	2-5	Polygamy
13	6-12	Polygamy, Chronology
13	13	Polygamy, Cults
13	14	Polygamy, Current Practice
13	15-16	Polygamy, Joseph Smith
13	17	Polygamy, Legal Aspects
13	18	Polygamy, Legislation
13	19	Polygamy, Marriage Problems
13	20	Polygamy, Mattie Cannon
13	21	Polygamy, Nauvoo
14	1	Polygamy, Pre-Nauvoo
14	2-5	Polygamy, Post-Manifesto
14	6	Polygamy, Reorganized LDS Position
14	7-9	Polygamy, Women's Attitudes
14	10	Polygamy, Women's Reactions
14	11	Priesthood
14	12	Rebaptism
14	13	Reformation
14	14	Religion
14	15	Religious Tolerance
14	16	Reorganized LDS Church
14	17	Revelation
14	18	Salamander Letter
14	19	Seer Stones
14	20	Smoot Hearings
14	21	Spiritual Wifery
14	22	Succession in the Presidency
14	23	Temple Lot Case
14	24	Three Nephites
14	25	United Order
14	26	Winter Quarters (Council Bluffs)
14	27	Women
14	28	World of Wisdom
14	29	Writing

ManuscriptReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
15	1	Manuscript: "Joseph Smith: Life of the Mormon Charismatic Prophet": The Real Joseph Smith and Me Vol. 1: The New England and New York Years (1805-1931)	2006-2007
15	2	Chapter 1: Born of Goodly Parents: 1805-1812	2005
15	3	Chapter 2: Crisis in Lebanon: 1812-1813	2005
15	4	Chapter 3: Impoverishment in Norwich: 1813-1816	2005
15	5	Chapter 4: The Road to Palmyra: 1816-1818	2005
15	6	Chapter 5: Farming in Farmington: 1819-1820	2005
15	7	Chapter 6: The Money Diggers: 1821-1822	2005
15	8	Chapter 7: The Making of a Village Scryer: 1822-1823	2005
15	9	Chapter 8: The First Vision of Angels: 1822-1823	2005
15	10	Chapter 9: Death of a Brother: 1823-1824	2005
15	11	Chapter 10: Examination of the Glass Looker: 1825-1826	2006
15	12	Chapter 11: The Courtship of Miss Emma Hale: 1826-1827	2006
15	13	Chapter 12: Mesmerizing Martin Harris: 1827-1828	2006
15	14	Chapter 13: Scrying the Book of Mormon: 1828-1829	206
15	15	Chapter 14: Converting Cousin Cowdery: 1829	2006
15	16	Chapter 15: Envisioning the Golden Plates: 1829	2006
16	1	Chapter 16: Joseph's Book: 1829	2006
16	2	Chapter 17: Organizing the Church of Christ: 1830	2006
16	3	Chapter 18: To the Ohio: 1830	2006
16	4	Epilogue	2006
16	5	Appendix A: Some Accounts of Claimed Supernatural Visions	2006
16	6	Appendix B: Joseph Smith's Jesus: A Personal Essay	2006
16	7	Appendix C: Meanings of Lamanite in Mormon Culture	2006
16	8	Edited Bibliography Pages 1-107	2005
16	9	Edited Bibliography Pages 108-215	2005
16	10	Select Bibliography Pages 692-792
16	11	Select Bibliography Pages 793-882
17	1	Edited Bibliography Pages 1-93	2006
17	2	Edited Bibliography Pages 94-188	2006
17	3	Manuscript: ": Joseph Smith, Seer: the Early Years of America's Prophet, 1805-1831": Introduction Pages 4-6 and 8 are missing.	2008
17	4	Chapter 1: Goodly Parents, 1805-1812	2008
17	5	Chapter 2: Crisis, 1812-1813	2008
17	6	Chapter 3: Impoverishment, 1813-1816	2008
17	7	Chapter 4: The Road to Palmyra, 1816-1818	2008
17	8	Chapter 5: Farming, 1819-1820	2008
17	9	Chapter 6: Money Digging, 1821-1823	2008
17	10	Chapter 7: Village Scryer, 1822-1823	2008
17	11	Chapter 8: The Vision of Angels, 1822-1823	2008
17	12	Chapter 9: A Brother's Death, 1823-1824	2008
17	13	Chapter 10: Glass Looker, 1825-1826	2008
17	14	Chapter 11: Courtship, 1826-1827	2008
17	15	Chapter 12: The Benefactor, 1827-1828	2008
17	16	Chapter 13: Translating, 1828-1829	2008
17	17	Chapter 14: The Scribe, 1829	2008
17	18	Chapter 15: Golden Plates, 1829	2008
17	19	Chapter 16: Joseph's Book, 1829	2008
17	20	Chapter 17: The Church of Christ, 1830	2008
17	21	Chapter 18: To the Ohio, 1830	2008
17	22	Correspondence and Notes	2006-2007

Assorted MaterialsReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
18	1	Benjamin Smith Barton: "New Views of the Origin of the Tribes and Nations of America"	1797
18	2	Lamanite Materials	1838-2004
18	3	Spencer W. Kimball: "The Lamanite and the Gospel"	1969
18	4	"Lamanites No More: DNA and Lost Ties to Father Lehi"	2004
18	5	Brent Lee Metcalfe: "Reinventing Lamanite Identity"	2004
18	6	Salt Lake City Messenger: "Who Are the Lamanites?"	2004
18	7	Kevin Mathie: "Who Are the Lamanites?"
18	8	"Great Promises to the American Indians"
18	9	A. C. Lambert: "The Most Probable Sources of the 'Book of Mormon' "Caractors": A Private Notebook Vol. III	1974
18	10	A. C. Lambert: "The Source of the "Caractors" that Joseph Smith Jr. Said He Copied from the "Gold Plates" of His "Book of Mormon"
18	11	Mark Ashurst McGee: "A Pathway to Prophethood: Joseph Smith Junior as Rodsman, Village Seer, and Judeo-Christian Prophet" Pages 156-229	2000
18	12	Mark Ashurst McGee: "A Pathway to Prophethood: Joseph Smith Junior as Rodsman, Village Seer, and Judeo-Christian Prophet" Pages 230-319	2000
18	13	Assorted Materials: Joseph Smith
19	1	Mervin B. Hogan: "Something about the Somehow and Somewhat of Mormonism and Freemasonry"
19	2	Mervin B. Hogan: "Mormonism and Freemasonry: The Illinois Episode"
19	3	"Mormonism and Masonry"
19	4	Clare Gregory: "Understanding the True Origins of Mormonism" : the Glass Looker
19	5	"Mormon Polygamy: A History" Chapter 18
19	6	"Mormon Polygamy: A History" Chapter 19
19	7	Richard S. Van Wagoner: "Polygamy among the Mormons"	1984
19	8	Manuscript: Zion
19	9	Manuscript
19	10	Richard Stephen Marshall: "The New Mormon History"	1977
19	11	D. Michael Quinn: "On Being a Mormon Historian"
19	12	Emma Lou Thayne: "Women in Utah Mormon Culture"	1976
19	13	Sonja Johnson and the Equal Rights Amendment	1979-1982
19	14	"Prologue: An Examination of the Mormon Attitude towards Homosexuality"	1978
19	15	Mormons, Sexuality, and Morality
19	16	Paul Bailey: "Walkara Hawk of the Mountains"	1954
19	17	Assorted Materials
19	18	Assorted Materials
19	19	Assorted Materials
20	1	Assorted Materials
20	2	Assorted Materials
20	3	Assorted Materials
20	4	Assorted Materials
20	5	Assorted Materials
20	6	Assorted Materials
20	7	Assorted Materials
20	8	Journal History	1830-1833

NewspapersReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
21	1	"L.D.S. Messenger and Advocate": Vol. 1, No. 1	1834
21	2	"L.D.S. Messenger and Advocate": Vol. 1, No. 2	1834
21	3	"L.D.S. Messenger and Advocate": Vol. 1, No. 3	1834
21	4	"L.D.S. Messenger and Advocate": Vol. 1, No. 4	1835
21	5	"L.D.S. Messenger and Advocate": Vol. 1, No. 5	1835
21	6	"L.D.S. Messenger and Advocate": Vol. 1, No. 6	1835
21	7	"L.D.S. Messenger and Advocate": Vol. 1, No. 7	1835
21	8	"L.D.S. Messenger and Advocate": Vol. 1, No. 8	1835
21	9	"L.D.S. Messenger and Advocate": Vol. 1, No. 9	1835
21	10	"L.D.S. Messenger and Advocate": Vol. 1, No. 10	1835
21	11	"L.D.S. Messenger and Advocate": Vol. 1, No. 11	1835
21	12	"L.D.S. Messenger and Advocate": Vol. 1, No. 12	1835
21	13	"L.D.S. Messenger and Advocate": Vol. 2, No. 1	1835
21	14	"L.D.S. Messenger and Advocate": Vol. 2, No. 2	1835

Subject FilesReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
22	1	A Course in Miracles
22	2	Abracadabra
22	3	Abraxas
22	4	Adventures in the Unknown Interior of America
22	5	Alcoholism
22	6	Almanacs
22	7	America During Joseph Smith's Early Years
22	8	American Frontier
22	9	American History
22	10	American Indians
22	11	American Israelites
22	12	American Myths
22	13	American Religions
22	14	American Religious History
22	15	Richard Lloyd Anderson
22	16	Robert D. Anderson
22	17	Angel Moroni
22	18	Angels
23	1	Annotated History of the L.D.S. Church
23	2	Anthon, Charles
23	3	Anthon Transcript
23	4	Anti-Masonry
23	5	April 6, 1830
23	6	Aramaic
23	7	Armstrong, Karen
23	8	Arrington, Leonard
23	9	Atlantis
23	10	Automatic Writing
23	11	Autumn Equinox
23	12	Aztecs
23	13	Bahai Religion and Joseph Smith
24	1	Bainbridge, New York
24	2	Baptism
24	3	Barber, Phyllis
24	4	Barley
24	5	Bauder, Peter
24	6	Beadle, J.H.
24	7	Beamans
24	8	Bean, Willard
24	9	Beaver Hats
24	10	Beman, Alvah
24	11	Bennett, James G.
24	12	Bergera, Gary James
24	13	Bethlehem
24	14	Bible
24	15	Bible in the Book of Mormon
24	16	Bible King James Version
24	17	Bibliography
24	18	Book of Abraham
24	19	Book of Commandments
24	20	Book of Mormon Anachronisms
24	21	Book of Mormon Archaeology
24	22	Book of Mormon Authorship
24	23	Book of Mormon and the Golden Bible
24	24	Book of Mormon Changes
25	1	Book of Mormon Chronology
25	2	Book of Mormon Cities
25	3	Book of Mormon Conversions
25	4	Book of Mormon and DNA Studies
25	5	Book of Mormon Difficulties
25	6	Book of Mormon General
25	7	Book of Mormon Geography
25	8	Book of Mormon Lands
25	9	Book of Mormon Language
25	10	Book of Mormon Manuscript
25	11	Bok of Mormon Money
25	12	Book of Mormon Names
25	13	Book of Mormon Parallels
25	14	Book of Mormon Problems Part I
25	15	Book of Mormon Problems Part II
26	1	Book of Mormon Problems Part III
26	2	Book of Mormon Publication
26	3	Book of Mormon Testimonies
26	4	Book of Mormon Timeline
26	5	Book of Mormon Titlepage
26	6	Book of Mormon Transcript
26	7	Book of Mormon Translation Part I
26	8	Book of Mormon Translation Part II
26	9	Book of Mormon Witnesses Part I
26	10	Book of Mormon Witnesses Part II
26	11	Book of Mormon Part I
27	1	Book of Mormon Part II
27	2	Book of Mormon Part III
27	3	Book of Mormon Part IV
27	4	Book of Moses
27	5	Booth, Ezra
27	6	Bradish, Luther
27	7	Brainwashing
27	8	Brewster, Colin
27	9	Broadhurst, Dale
27	10	Brodie, Fawn
27	11	Brooke, John
27	12	Broome County
27	13	Buffalo Creek, New York
27	14	Burning in the Bosom
27	15	Bushman, Richard
28	1	Calomel
28	2	Campbell, Alexander
28	3	Canandaigua
28	4	Cartwright, Peter
28	5	Caswall, Henry
28	6	Caul
28	7	Cayce, Edgar
28	8	Celtic Lore
28	9	Chamberlain, Solomon
28	10	Changes in Mormonism
28	11	Changes in Revelations
28	12	Changing Concepts of Deity
28	13	Changing Medical Practices
28	14	Channeling
28	15	Charisma
28	16	Charismatic Leadership
28	17	Chase Family
28	18	Chase, Willard
28	19	Chiasmus
28	20	Christian Baptist and the Millennial Harbinger
28	21	Christian Primitivism
28	22	Christian Terms
29	1	Chronology
29	2	Church History in the Fulness of Times
29	3	Church History Lessons
29	4	Civil War
29	5	Clark, John
29	6	Clayton, William
29	7	Clinton, De Witt
29	8	Codex Sinaiticus
30	1	Coe, Michael
30	2	Colburn, Emily
30	3	Cole, Abner
30	4	Colesville, New York
30	5	Collier, Fred
30	6	Coltrin, Zebedee
30	7	Communications and E-Mails
30	8	Compendium of Demonology
30	9	Concepts of God
30	10	Contemporaries of Joseph Smith
30	11	Converts
30	12	Cooper, James F.
30	13	Coopering
30	14	Cornell University
30	15	Cowdery, Oliver Part I
30	16	Cowdery, Oliver Part II
31	1	Creative Genius
31	2	Creativity
31	3	Cross, Whitney
31	4	Crystal Balls and Scrying
31	5	Cults and Cultism
31	6	Curlews and Cummin
31	7	Dartmouth College
31	8	Dee, John
31	9	Definitions
31	10	Deism
31	11	Delaware Indians
31	12	Delusion
31	13	Deming, Arthur B.
32	1	Dibble, Loren
32	2	Dibble, Philo
32	3	Dictionary
32	4	Divination
32	5	Divining Rods
32	6	DNA and the Book of Mormon Part I
32	7	DNA and the Book of Mormon Part II
32	8	DNA and the Book of Mormon Part III
32	9	DNA and the Book of Mormon Part IV
33	1	Dogberry, Obediah
33	2	Dowsing/Water Witching
33	3	Dreams
33	4	Drinking
33	5	Durfee, Lemuel
33	6	Early Accounts of Mormonism
33	7	Early Affidavits Regarding the Joseph Smith Family
33	8	Early Christianity
33	9	Early Spirituality
33	10	Earth 6000 Years Old
33	11	Eaton, Mrs. Horace
33	12	Eclectic
33	13	Elephants
33	14	Emerson, Ralph Waldo
33	15	Encore Archive
33	16	Encyclopedia of Mormonism
33	17	Encyclopedia of New World Religions
33	18	End Time Prophets
33	19	English Language: King James Version
33	20	Enlightenment
33	21	Enoch
33	22	Erie Canal
33	23	Esplin, Ron
33	24	Esquire
33	25	Evangelical Magazine
34	1	Evangelicalism
34	2	Evans, David
34	3	Evening and Morning Star
34	4	Extralegal Punishment in Utah
34	5	Eye of Faith
34	6	Ezekiel
34	7	Failed Prophecies
34	8	FAIR
34	9	Faith
34	10	False Prophecy
34	11	Fanaticism
34	12	Farmington, New York
34	13	FARMS Part I
34	14	FARMS Part II
35	1	Fayette, New York
35	2	Fielding, Kent
35	3	Finger Lakes
35	4	First Vision
35	5	Flax
35	6	Forests
35	7	Franklin, Benjamin
35	8	Freemasonry
35	9	Freemasonry and Mormonism
35	10	Ganze Principle
35	11	Garden of Eden
35	12	Gathering of Israel
35	13	Gazelem
35	14	Geauga Gazette
35	15	General Conferences
35	16	Genius
35	17	Gift of Seeing
35	18	Gilbert, John
35	19	Ginseng
35	20	Glass Looker
36	1	Glass Looker Trials
36	2	God
36	3	Godhead
36	4	Godhood
36	5	Gold
36	6	Gold Plates
36	7	Golden Plates
36	8	Great Awakening
36	9	Gristmills
36	10	Group Mechanics
36	11	Grunder, Rick
36	12	Hale, Emma
36	13	Hale, Isaac
36	14	Hale Family
36	15	Hancock, Mary
36	16	Harding, Stephen
36	17	Harmony, Pennsylvania
36	18	Harris, Lucy
36	19	Harris, Martin Part I
36	20	Harris, Martin Part II
37	1	Haun's Mill Massacre
37	2	Hawthorne, Nathaniel
37	3	Hebrew Glossary
37	4	Hebrew Holidays
37	5	Hebrew Synagogues
37	6	Hell
37	7	Hendrix, Daniel
37	8	Herb
37	9	Hermeticism
37	10	Hill Cumorah, Maroni, and Great Comoro Island
37	11	Hill, Marvin
37	12	Hinckley, Gordon
37	13	Historical Jesus
37	14	History Writing
37	15	Hofmann, Mark
37	16	Holley, Vernal
38	1	Hollist, Taylor
38	2	Holzapfel, Richard
38	3	Homeopathic Medicine
38	4	Horses
38	5	Howe, Eber
38	6	Hudson River
38	7	Hullinger
38	8	Huntington, Oliver
38	9	Imposters
38	10	Indian Removal Act of 1830
38	11	Ingersoll, Robert
38	12	Inner Light
38	13	Inner Voice
38	14	Iroquois
39	1	Isaiah in the Book of Mormon
39	2	Israel
39	3	Ithaca College
39	4	Jaredites
39	5	Jefferson, Thomas
39	6	Jehovah
39	7	Jessee, Dean
39	8	Jesus
39	9	Jewish Holidays
39	10	Jewish Life
39	11	Jewish Sabbath
39	12	Jewish Synagogues
39	13	Joseph Smith
39	14	Joseph Smith: Author
39	15	Joseph Smith: Birthdate
39	16	Joseph Smith: Book of Mormon
39	17	Joseph Smith: Books Owned
39	18	Joseph Smith: Boyhood
39	19	Joseph Smith: Character
39	20	Joseph Smith: Deceptions
39	21	Joseph Smith: Descriptions
40	1	Joseph Smith: Documents
40	2	Joseph Smith: Dreams
40	3	Joseph Smith: Early Years
40	4	Joseph Smith: False Prophet and Occult Connections
40	5	Joseph Smith: Family Genealogy
40	6	Joseph Smith: Fayette, New York
40	7	Joseph Smith: Founding of Mormonism
40	8	Joseph Smith: Historical Problems
40	9	Joseph Smith: Images
40	10	Joseph Smith: Interviews
40	11	Joseph Smith: Kabbalah and the Occult Connection
40	12	Joseph Smith: Letter to Silas Smith
40	13	Joseph Smith: Man
40	14	Joseph Smith: Martyr
40	15	Joseph Smith: Mind
40	16	Joseph Smith: Money
40	17	Joseph Smith: Mysticism
40	18	Joseph Smith: Myth
40	19	Joseph Smith: Prophet
40	20	Joseph Smith: Reputation Rexamined
40	21	Joseph Smith: Revelations
40	22	Joseph Smith: Salvation
40	23	Joseph Smith: Spirituality
40	24	Joseph Smith: Teachings
40	25	Joseph Smith: Testimonials
40	26	Joseph Smith: Theology
40	27	Joseph Smith: Trial of 1826
41	1	Joseph Smith: Views On
41	2	Joseph Smith: Witness
41	3	Josephh Smith: Writings
41	4	Journal of Discourses
41	5	Judaism
41	6	Kane, Elizabeth
41	7	Kennewick Man
41	8	Kenney, Scott
41	9	Kidder, Daniel
41	10	Kimball's "Book of Mormon Problems"
41	11	Kinderhook Plates
41	12	King Follett Sermon
41	13	Kirkham, Francis
41	14	Kirkland, Boyd
41	15	Kirtland, Ohio
41	16	Knight, Joseph
41	17	Knight Family
42	1	Lamanite Mission
42	2	Land of Jerusalem
42	3	Lane, George
42	4	Lapham, Fayette
42	5	Larson, Stan
42	6	Last Days
42	7	Law, William
42	8	Lawrence, Samuel
42	9	Laying on of Hands
42	10	Lebanon, New Hampshire
42	11	Lee, George
42	12	Lewis Family
42	13	Lincoln, Abraham
42	14	Linn, William
42	15	Lippincott's Magazine
42	16	Lithomancy
42	17	Log Cabin
42	18	Lorber, Jakob
42	19	Lost 116 Pages of the Book of Mormon
42	20	Lyin and Religion
42	21	Lying for the Lord and Mormon Leaders
42	22	Mack, Solomon
42	23	Mack Family
42	24	Magic
43	1	Magic and Joseph Smith
43	2	Magic Squares
43	3	Manchester, New York
43	4	Maple Sugar Industry
43	5	Maps
43	6	Marks, David
43	7	Marquardt, Michael
43	8	Marriage
43	9	Martin, Walter
43	10	Mather, Frederic
43	11	Memory
43	12	Men Who Would Be "Kings"
43	13	Mesoamerica and Religions
43	14	Metcalfe, Brent
43	15	Methodism
43	16	Methodists
43	17	Methodists and Joseph Smith
44	1	Millenial Star
44	2	Millenialism
44	3	Missionaries
44	4	Mitchill, Samuel
44	5	Mohawk Valley
44	6	Money Digging
44	7	Moors Charity School
44	8	Morgan, Dale
44	9	Morgan Affair
44	10	Mormon Apologetics
45	1	Mormon Chronology
45	2	Mormon Doctrine of Deity
45	3	Mormon History
45	4	Mormon Pamphleteering
45	5	Mormon Primitivism
45	6	Mormon Succession Crisis of 1844
45	7	Mormonism
45	8	Mormonism Unveiled
45	9	Mormonites
45	10	Mormons and Muslims
45	11	Moroni
45	12	Morse, Michael
45	13	Mothman Prophecies
45	14	Mound Builders
45	15	Mount Tambora
45	16	Muhammad
45	17	Murphy, Thomas
45	18	Myths and Monsters
45	19	Nag Hammadi Library
45	20	Native Americans
45	21	Nauvoo
45	22	Necromancy: the Corpse of Alvin Smith
45	23	Neibaur, Alexander
45	24	Nephi
45	25	New England
46	1	New England Primer
46	2	New Hampshire
46	3	New Testament
46	4	New York History
46	5	New York Newspapers Part I
46	6	New York Newspapers Part II
46	7	New York Place Names
46	8	New York State Library
46	9	New York Timeline
46	10	New York Turnpike
46	11	Nibley, Hugh
46	12	Norwich, Vermont
46	13	Occult, Masonry, and Mormonism
47	1	Odd Fellows
47	2	Omer, George
47	3	Ontario County, New York
47	4	Organization of the L.D.S. Church
47	5	Ouija Boards
47	6	Owens, Lance
47	7	Oxford English Dictionary
47	8	Packer, Rand
47	9	Page, Hiram
47	10	Paine, Thomas
47	11	Painesville Telegraph
47	12	Paleo-Americans
47	13	Palmer, Grant
47	14	Palmyra, New York Part I
48	1	Palmyra, New York Part II
48	2	Palmyra, New York Part III
48	3	Palmyra, New York Part IV
48	4	Partridge, Edward
48	5	Patriarchal Blessings
48	6	Patronage
48	7	Peck, Hezekiah
48	8	People Who Have Seen God
48	9	Persecution
48	10	Personal Recollection of Joseph Smith: Daniel Hendrix
48	11	Phelps, W.W.
48	12	Pirates: Captain Kidd's Buried Treasure
48	13	Polygamy
49	1	Poorhouses
49	2	Porter, Larry
49	3	Portraits of Joseph and Emma Smith
49	4	Potter, Harry
49	5	Poverty
49	6	Pratt, Henry
49	7	Pratt, Orson
49	8	Pratt, Parley
49	9	Predestination
49	10	Presbyterians
49	11	Priesthood
49	12	Priesthood Similarities: Freemasonry and Mormonism
50	1	Primitive Christianity
50	2	Pristine Myth
50	3	Prophecy
50	4	Provocative Questions
50	5	Purple, William
50	6	Quakers
50	7	Quinn, Michael Part I
50	8	Quinn, Michael Part II
50	9	Quinn, Michael Part III
50	10	Randolph, Vermont
50	11	Reformed Egyptian
50	12	Regeneration
50	13	Religion
50	14	Religious Cult
50	15	Religious Denominations
51	1	Religious Experience
51	2	Religious Fraud
51	3	Religious Intolerance and Persecution
51	4	Republican Advocate
51	5	Revelation
51	6	Revivalism
51	7	Reynolds, George
51	8	Rigdon, John
51	9	Rigdon, Sidney
51	10	Reorganized Church of Latter Day Saints and the Book of Mormon
51	11	Reorganized Church of Latter Day Saints and History
51	12	The Rise and Pall of the Book of Mormon
51	13	Roberts, Allen
51	14	Roberts, B.H.
51	15	Rochester, New York
51	16	Root Beer
52	1	Rosencreutz, Christian
52	2	Rosicrucians
52	3	Royalton, Vermont
52	4	Salamander Letter
52	5	Salem, Massachusetts
52	6	Salvation Army
52	7	Scrying Part I
52	8	Scrying Part II
52	9	Second Coming
52	10	Second Great Awakening
52	11	Secret Combinations
52	12	Secret Societies
52	13	Seer
52	14	Seer Stones
53	1	Seixas, Joshua
53	2	Self-Deception and Religion
53	3	Seneca
53	4	Septuagint
53	5	Shakespeare and the Book of Mormon
53	6	Sharon, Vermont
53	7	Shipps, Jan
53	8	Smith, Alvin
53	9	Smith, Asael
53	10	Smith, Emma
53	11	Smith, Ethan
53	12	Smith, George
53	13	Smith, Hyrum
53	14	Smith, Jesse
53	15	Smith, Joseph Sr.
53	16	Smith, Joseph III
53	17	Smith, Julia
53	18	Smith, Katharine
54	1	Smith, Lucy
54	2	Smith, Nathan
54	3	Smith, Robert
54	4	Smith, Samuel
54	5	Smith Family
54	6	Smithsonian
54	7	Sorenson, John
54	8	Sources
54	9	South Bainbridge, New York
54	10	South Park
54	11	Southerton, Simon Part I
54	12	Southerton, Simon Part II
54	13	Spalding, Simon
54	14	Spalding Theory and Enigma
55	1	Steel
55	2	Stevenson, Edward
55	3	Stott, John
55	4	Stout, Richard
55	5	Stowell, Josiah
55	6	Strang, James
55	7	Sub Conscious Mind
55	8	Swedenborg, Emanuel
55	9	Swords
55	10	Synchrony
55	11	Tanner, Jerald and Sandra
55	12	Taylor, Alan
55	13	Temple Endowment
55	14	Tenant Farming
55	15	Testimonies: Lamanites
55	16	Thayre, Ezra
55	17	This Is Not the Place
55	18	Thought Reform and Mormonism
55	19	Three Witnesses
55	20	Tickemyer, Garland
56	1	Times and Seasons
56	2	Tin
56	3	Toads
56	4	Topsfield, Massachusetts
56	5	Townsend, Jesse
56	6	Transfiguration of Brigham Young
56	7	Translating
56	8	Tree of Life
56	9	True Believer
56	10	Truth: Christian Historicity vs. Mormon Subjectivism
56	11	Tucker, Pomeroy
56	12	Tunbridge, Vermont
56	13	Turner, John
56	14	Tyndale, William
56	15	Typhus Fever
56	16	Uncle Dale's Old Mormon Articles
56	17	Unconscious Mind
56	18	Unitarianism
56	19	Universialism
56	20	Urim and Thummim
57	1	Van Dine, Warren
57	2	Vermont
57	3	Vermont Journal
57	4	View of the Hebrews: The Tribes of Israel in America
57	5	Virgin Mary
57	6	Visions
57	7	Vogel, Dan
57	8	Walker, Kyle
57	9	Walker, Ron
58	1	Walters, Wesley
58	2	War of 1812
58	3	Warning Out
58	4	Waterloo
58	5	Wedding Days
58	6	Weed, Thurlow
58	7	Wesley, Charles
58	8	Wesleyan Church
58	9	Wheelock, Eleazer
58	10	When Prophecy Fails
58	11	White, Ellen
58	12	Whitmer, David
58	13	Whitmer, John
58	14	Whitney, Newell
58	15	Whitsitt, William
58	16	Whittier, John
59	1	Why I left the Mormon Church Part I
59	2	Why I Left the Mormon Church Part II
59	3	Wikipedia
59	4	Willers, Diedrich
59	5	Williams, Frederick
59	6	Wilson, Luke
59	7	Winter Wheat
59	8	Witches
59	9	Women
59	10	Woods, James
59	11	Worth, Patience
59	12	Wymetal, Wilhelm
59	13	Young, Brigham
59	14	Young, Le Grande
59	15	Zelph
59	16	Zion
59	17	Steve Benson: "Conversations behind the Mormon Curtain: Meetings with Apostles Oaks and Maxwell"	1993
59	18	Correspondence	2001-2005
59	19	Personal Notes and Materials
59	20	Periodical and Newspapers Clippings	1978-1985
59	21	Biographical Materials: "A Book of Mormons"
59	22	Portrait of Joseph Smith

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Subject Terms

Latter Day Saint churches--History
Latter Day Saints--Biography
Latter Day Saints--Polygamy
Polygamy--United States--History

Personal Names

Pratt, Sarah M.
Van Wagoner, Richard S.--A book of Mormons
Van Wagoner, Richard S.--Archives
Van Wagoner, Richard S.--Mormon polygamy: a history

Family Names

Pratt family

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Correspondence
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Archives West Finding Aid

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