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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)
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
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, French, Spanish; Castilian
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Content Description

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.

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Use of the Collection

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.

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Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Gift of Kirk Alan Watson in 2005.

Processing Note

Processed by Lindsey Moore in 2006.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Heresy and Fundamentalism

  • LDS Fundamentalists

    • Description: LDS Sects and Schisms
      Dates: 1967-2004
      Container: Box 2, Folder 1
    • Description: Post-Manifesto Plural Marriages
      Dates: 1985-2003
      Container: Box 2, Folder 2
    • Description: Ernest F. Sterm
      Dates: 1901-1914
      Container: Box 2, Folder 3
    • Description: Samuel Eastman, "Reminiscences of My Life"
      Dates: 1914
      Container: Box 2, Folder 4
    • Description: Order of Aaron
      Dates: 1998
      Container: Box 2, Folder 5
    • Description: LeBaron Ancestry and Priesthood Claim
      Dates: 1833-2003
      Container: Box 2, Folder 6-7
    • Description: Joel LeBaron
      Dates: 1961-2003
      Container: Box 2, Folder 8
    • Description: Ervil LeBaron
      Dates: 1963-2002
      Container: Box 3, Folder 1-2
    • Description: Dayer LeBaron
      Container: Box 3, Folder 3
    • Description: Benjamin T. LeBaron
      Dates: 1945-2003
      Container: Box 3, Folder 4
    • Description: Ross W. LeBaron
      Dates: 1936-2003
      Container: Box 3, Folder 5
    • Description: Ross W. LeBaron Jr
      Dates: 1977-2001
      Container: Box 3, Folder 6
    • Description: Anti-LeBaron Literature

      Includes Bruce R. McConkie, "Cultism as Practiced by the So-Called Church of the Firstborn of the Fulness of Times."

      Dates: 1959-1963
      Container: Box 3, Folder 7
    • Description: Fred C. Collier
      Dates: 1975-1999
      Container: Box 3, Folder 8
    • Description: Tom Green
      Dates: 1995-2003
      Container: Box 3, Folder 9
    • Description: Robert R. Black
      Dates: 2001-2003
      Container: Box 3, Folder 10
    • Description: Nathanial Baldwin
      Dates: 1898-1992
      Container: Box 4, Folder 1
    • Description: Abraham Teerlink, "The Gospel Journal"
      Dates: 1935
      Container: Box 4, Folder 2
    • Description: Eugene Bigelow, "Zion Bondage and Redemption"
      Dates: 1927
      Container: Box 4, Folder 3
    • Description: Ed Alder Letter to Owen Allred
      Container: Box 4, Folder 4
    • Description: Clyde Neilsen
      Dates: 1941-1948
      Container: Box 4, Folder 5
    • Description: Jesse B. Stone
      Dates: 1933-1961
      Container: Box 4, Folder 6
    • Description: Barnet Miles Giles
      Dates: 1874-1999
      Container: Box 4, Folder 7
    • Description: Alex Joseph
      Dates: 1975
      Container: Box 4, Folder 8
    • Description: Kingston Group
      Dates: 1931-2004
      Container: Box 4, Folder 9
    • Description: Art Bulla
      Container: Box 4, Folder 10
    • Description: Robert C. Crossfield, "School of the Prophet"
      Dates: 1969
      Container: Box 4, Folder 11
    • Description: Margarito Bautista, Fundamentalists in Mexico
      Dates: 1936-1997
      Container: Box 4, Folder 12
    • Description: Gerald W. Peterson
      Dates: 1981
      Container: Box 4, Folder 13
    • Description: John W. Bryant
      Container: Box 4, Folder 14
    • Description: Heber J. Bennion
      Dates: 1923-1954
      Container: Box 4, Folder 15
    • Description: The Woolley Story

      Includes Fred Collier, "The Woolley Story: A Hairy Predicament."

      Dates: 1945-2001
      Container: Box 5, Folder 1
    • Description: Moroni Jessop
      Dates: 1942-1950
      Container: Box 5, Folder 2
    • Description: Joseph W. Musser
      Dates: 1917-1992
      Container: Box 5, Folder 3
    • Description: One Mighty and Strong
      Dates: 1961-2003
      Container: Box 5, Folder 4
    • Description: Louis Alma Kelsch
      Container: Box 5, Folder 5
    • Description: Laura Tree Zitting, "The Life of Charles Zitting"
      Dates: 1988
      Container: Box 5, Folder 6
    • Description: Francis M. Darter
      Dates: 1917-2002
      Container: Box 5, Folder 7-8
  • LDS Response to Fundamentalism

  • LDS Fundamentalism

    • Description: Anti-Fundamentalist Articles
      Dates: 1966-1991
      Container: Box 7, Folder 1
    • Description: Mace Church, "Further Light and Knowledge"
      Container: Box 7, Folder 2
    • Description: 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."

      Dates: 1998-2001
      Container: Box 7, Folder 3
    • Description: 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."

      Dates: 1909-2002
      Container: Box 7, Folder 4
    • Description: Recent Fundamentalists
      Dates: 1937-2003
      Container: Box 7, Folder 5
    • Description: Lynn Bishop and Stephen Bishop, "The Truth about John Woolley and Lorin Woolley"
      Dates: 1972
      Container: Box 7, Folder 6
    • Description: Notes and General Items
      Dates: 1868-2004
      Container: Box 7, Folder 7

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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
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