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David J. Buerger papers, 1842-1988

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Buerger, David John, 1955-
Title
David J. Buerger papers
Dates
1842-1988 (inclusive)
Quantity
18 linear feet
Collection Number
MS 0622
Summary
The David J. Buerger papers (1820-1986) contain correspondence, personal diary entries, research notes, copies of papers (both published and unpublished), newspaper clippings, class notes and projects, copies of diary and letter transcripts where the originals are stored in other archival repositories, pamphlets, and excerpts from published works. The largest body of documents on any one subject pertains to LDS temple ceremonies and ordinances. Buerger compiled a file of one hundred and one published articles written between 1842 and 1985 which describe temple ceremonies. His other interests included the Adam-God doctrine, polygamy, fundamentalism, anti-LDS writings, and all issues which have involved conflict between church officials and LDS scholars. Among the latter are evolution, Black men and the priesthood, prophetic infallibility, and education at Brigham Young University.
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
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Biographical Note

David John Buerger was born in Lansing, Michigan. He was the first of three children born to parents who were members of the Lutheran Church. The family lived in Michigan, Ohio, and Missouri while David was growing up, finally settling permanently in California in 1968.

The Buergers had lived in the Los Angeles area for about a year when cutbacks in the aerospace industry precipitated layoffs and David's father began a period of unemployment. The family was further unsettled when John Buerger suffered a near-fatal heart attack. David, now a teenager, became involved with the anti-establishment youth movement in California, an involvement which was to become almost a rite of passage for many persons of Buerger's generation. For the next two years, David divided his time between attending school and participating in anti-war demonstrations, associating with the counter-culture, and investigating various religious groups, of which Buddhism held the greatest attraction.

In 1972, when David was seventeen, the Buerger family moved to San Jose where, he later recalled, he "began trying to get [his] head on straight." It was at this time that Buerger became interested in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Although Bruce R. McConkie's Mormon Doctrine was the first book he bought after the scriptures, Buerger was most strongly drawn to study of the mysteries--speculating, for example, on the possible whereabouts of the lost ten tribes or on the possibility of life on other planets as part of the plan of exaltation.

In the summer of 1973, Buerger was baptized and confirmed a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The following year, he was called to serve a mission to France. Prior to leaving for the mission field, Buerger paid a visit to the Church Historian's Office in Salt Lake City, where he learned of a recently-discovered entry in the diary of Heber C. Kimball describing a talk given by Brigham Young which reportedly strongly supported the Adam-God doctrine, now officially disavowed by Church authorities. What Buerger saw as the mystery of "Adam's true pre-earth identity and role" was an important part of the scriptural study he undertook while on his mission.

Buerger's deliberations concerning doctrinal questions were closely allied to his own search for a spiritual identity. Speculation about whether or not Adam lived another life before his earthly existence was an essential part of Buerger's attempt to place himself within the Latter-day Saint world view, with its characteristic concern with the progression of spirits. For Buerger at this time, the purpose of life on this earth was to effect a reaffirmation of prior spiritual covenants, and spirit and intelligence combined to "rediscover" dimly remembered universal principles. Six months into his mission, Buerger wrote "Discovering who you really are is a matter of correlating covenants made in this life with those of the pre-existence and fulfilling them; thus boosting one's self into the understanding position of a God."

Characteristically, Buerger linked an understanding of doctrinal questions with personal self-discovery, and saw doctrinal speculation as an essential component of his own spiritual quest, a philosophy which was to color his attitude toward church authorities when he began writing for publication. For the present, however, he was content to speculate privately and await future enlightenment. Buerger's diary entries reveal that most of his published work on LDS topics grew out of doctrinal study undertaken while in the mission field.

Released from his mission in 1976, Buerger returned to California and enrolled at San Jose State, where he attempted to combine the gospel contemplation which was an important part of his spiritual life with the exigencies of academic life. The theories of Fred Holmstrom, an LDS professor of physics, provided the theoretical basis for a paper Buerger wrote attempting to link modern scientific theories with the creation story found in the book of Abraham. Buerger concluded his paper with an expression of hope "that the reader's faith in God and in His power has been fortified," clearly indicating that he had not yet discarded the idea that it was possible to combine intellectual inquiry and faith-promoting scholarship.

Buerger's interest in controversial subjects and his personal commitment to reconciling faith and reason brought him into contact with various LDS dissidents and with scholars whose ideas ran counter to the official doctrine promulgated by the church hierarchy in Salt Lake City. Several visits to Provo in the year following his return from France provided the opportunity for Buerger to widen his contacts, and he made plans to enroll at Brigham Young University.

Buerger was married to a life-long member of the LDS church who had recently completed a mission to Taiwan, China. Shortly thereafter the Buergers moved to Provo, Utah, where David began his studies at Brigham Young University. Buerger was later to write that living in an area where LDS thought and customs were the norm was not a good experience for him, due to his "rebellious nature." While at BYU, he wrote extensively on various aspects of what he saw as LDS authoritarianism.

It was Buerger's undergraduate writing which first brought him into conflict with church officials in Salt Lake City. "Politics and Inspiration," a paper dealing with the Woodruff manifesto and written as an English assignment resulted in a meeting with Buerger's stake president in order to determine his testimony of the church and investigate his possible affiliation with polygamous splinter groups. Another paper written for the same English professor, "Brigham Young University: The Unvarnished Reality," was later published in BYU's student journal, Century 2. This paper, critical of the quality of scholarship at the university, asserted that what Buerger saw as a decline in the LDS intellectual climate was linked to the increasing conservatism of church leaders. Joan Prusse's rebuttal to Buerger's Century 2 article took the position that BYU's attempt to provide an atmosphere where one could synthesize religious and intellectual life represented its greatest contribution, a position similar to Buerger's own views at the time of his return from the mission field. However, by the time Buerger graduated in 1979, he was convinced that the church hierarchy was hostile to individual doctrinal study.

The Buergers returned to California in 1980, where David worked first as a management consultant and then as director of the Personal Computer Center at Santa Clara University. Providing for his growing family and settling into a new ward left little time for writing. Buerger confided to a friend that he had, since leaving Provo, "experienced a renewed growth in spirituality." It was not until late summer that Buerger began writing again, this time on the Adam-God doctrine--a project he envisioned completing in six months time.

Buerger spent the next several years writing on various aspects of the development of LDS doctrine and religious practice. An inquiry to the B.H. Roberts Society in late 1981 led to the formation of the Bay Area Colloquium, a study group which held its first meeting at the Buerger home in February 1982.

In the Spring of 1983, Buerger was once again asked to explain his religious views, apparently at the instigation of LDS general authority, Mark E. Petersen. The office of the First Presidency had asked for, and received, an advance copy of Buerger's Dialogue article, "The Fulness of the Priesthood: The Second Anointing in Latter-day Saint Theology and Practice." The article dealt with sensitive material and there was some concern on the part of Dialogue's editorial staff that publication would adversely affect their church status. Buerger's bishop was apparently successful in reassuring church officials regarding Buerger's personal testimony. However, Buerger decided to withdraw from the program of the August Sunstone Symposium, where he had been scheduled to present a review of Bruce R. McConkie's Mormon Doctrine. Not only was he concerned with his own church status, but with the quality of the paper itself. Comments from colleagues who had reviewed early drafts indicate that substantial rewriting was in order. The revised paper was delivered the next year, and published in Sunstone in 1985.

Buerger's growing involvement with the study of unorthodox doctrinal speculations and the resulting conflict with church authorities took its toll on his personal, as well as on his spiritual and intellectual life. After the death of his father in 1984, he and Wendy separated and were divorced two years later. Although he continued to publish until 1987, Buerger's ties with the LDS Church became increasingly tenuous. When he presented his paper on the temple endowment ceremony at the August 1986 Sunstone Symposium, he had to borrow a temple recommend card from a friend to, as he put it, "ma(k)e me look like a card carrying member." Research became increasingly difficult when he was officially banned from entering the LDS Church Archives and Library in the summer of 1986.

By 1987, Buerger's interest in LDS history and theology had waned. He donated his research files to the University of Utah library and no longer follows the debate concerning the interpretation of the LDS past and its implications for the future of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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Content Description

The David J. Buerger papers (1820-1986) consists of materials pertaining to his research on LDS doctrine and the evolution of theology. The collection contains correspondence, personal diary entries, research notes, copies of published and unpublished papers, newspaper clippings, class notes and projects, copies of diary and letter transcripts, pamphlets, and excerpts from published works.

According to LDS historian Leonard J. Arrington, "objective, scholarly, and systematic treatises on the Mormons and their culture began in this century as a product of work toward the Ph.D. in history and the social sciences." Prior to this time, writings dealing with the subject of LDS doctrine tended to be LDS/Anti-LDS polemic writings or faith-promoting articles appearing in official church publications. As LDS scholars increasingly left the confines of the Salt Lake Valley to study at universities in the East and Midwest, it became apparent that there was no forum for scholarly exchange of ideas in a non-official (that is, other than church-sponsored) publication. Partly as a response to the increase in studies of LDS doctrine by university-trained scholars, several journals have appeared in the past quarter-century which deal with LDS studies. Among these publications are Dialogue (1966), Journal of Mormon History (1974), Sunstone (1975) and, most recently, the John Whitmer Historical Association Journal (1981), sponsored by the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (now the Community of Christ).

The writings contained in these publications have contributed greatly to what is popularly known as the "New Mormon History," despite the fact that History is only one of the disciplines represented in the literature. LDS history and theology are intimately connected, and officials of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (hereafter LDS Church) have traditionally been wary of scholarship which seems to interpret historical figures and events in a purely secular vein.

David J. Buerger's work on various aspects of LDS doctrine has appeared in both Dialogue and Sunstone magazines. Like many of the authors who have contributed to the proliferation of independent studies concerning the LDS experience, Buerger pursued his studies as a matter of personal interest, rather than as a professional in an academic setting. His work can perhaps best be understood as an attempt to bring academic methodology to private study of theological issues. Buerger's work is an example of the studies being pursued by modern LDS intellectuals, many of whose philosophy was expressed by Scott Kenny in his initial Sunstone editorial. Kenny expressed the hope that Latter-day Saints would learn doctrine from one another, as well as from the standard works. He called upon young LDS scholars to "raise the questions, pursue the discussions, and bear the witness worthy of a living faith that is both intellectually vigorous and spiritually discerning."

Buerger published on subjects related to LDS doctrine from 1979 to 1987. The bulk of the collection is comprised of material collected over a period of roughly ten years, from 1977 to 1987, when Buerger was researching topics related to LDS doctrine, with an emphasis on the evolution of theology over time. The collection contains correspondence, personal diary entries, research notes, copies of papers (both published and unpublished), newspaper clippings, class notes and projects, copies of diary and letter transcripts where the originals are stored in other archival repositories, pamphlets, and excerpts from published works. The largest body of documents on any one subject pertains to temple ceremonies and ordinances. Buerger compiled a file of one hundred and one published articles written between 1842 and 1985 which describe temple ceremonies. His other interests included the Adam-God doctrine, polygamy, fundamentalism, anti-LDS writings, and all issues which have involved conflict between church officials and LDS scholars. Among the latter are evolution, Black men and the priesthood, prophetic infallibility, and education at Brigham Young University.

Buerger donated 125 pages of documents and letters from the First Presidency relating to changes in temple ceremonies to the Marriott Library in 1983. Like many documents now in circulation concerning matters considered sensitive by LDS church officials, the provenance of this material is unclear, but Buerger's original gift was reportedly compiled by Tom Truitt. These documents are located in box 24, folders 5-8 of the current collection.

In 1986, Buerger deposited a copy of his paper, "The Evolution of the Mormon Temple Endowment Ceremony," at the library. This copy is located in box 23, folder 7. The collection also includes Buerger's research notes, critical comments by colleagues, and correspondence related to this article. These items were donated in December 1990, along with the bulk of Buerger's papers.

At the time of accession, the collection numbered fifty-six boxes and consisted of Correspondence, People, and Subject files. Copies of published articles which are available in the library have been removed. In addition, the Ernest L. Wilkinson Diary transcript was removed from the collection and assigned a separate number (Ms 629). The collection was further reduced to its current thirty-six boxes by removing duplicate copies. It was apparently Buerger's practice to make several copies of significant documents, both for the purpose of cross-filing, and for circulation among interested parties.

The collection has been divided into three sections. The first section contains personal material, and is the only portion of the collection where Buerger's original order was disturbed. Box 1, Diary Entries, consists of photocopies of excerpts from Buerger's missionary study notes, notes on telephone conversations or interviews, reports of conversations with professors and other students at Brigham Young University (hereafter BYU), and transcripts of notes taken by others. Originally this material was scattered throughout the collection, with several copies interfiled in various folders.

Boxes 2 through 4 contain both Buerger's personal correspondence and copies of letters relating to various doctrinal issues which have been circulating among LDS dissidents for a number of years. Copies of the latter were originally filed alphabetically in both Correspondence and People folders. There are no originals of the circulating letters, and some may be of questionable authenticity. There are two cases where letters were written under assumed names. The "Janice Willden" letter was written by H. Michael Marquardt, and "John Davidson" is a pseudonym that was used by David Buerger. The John Davidson letters were written at a time when Buerger was concerned that a direct approach would result in a confrontation with local priesthood authorities. He also felt that the church officials to whom the letters were addressed would be unlikely to respond to him directly.

Section two, "People," contains either information pertaining to the individual noted on the folder or copies of papers written by that person. In cases where full papers or articles are included, the name of the paper has been added to the folder. The People section of the collection is heavily weighted toward persons currently writing on subjects of interest to LDS scholars, and to twentieth-century church officials.

Subject files typically contain Buerger's research notes, copies of papers which relate to the designated topic, or excerpts from published material which Buerger has collated and arranged in some particular order, often chronological. The bulk of the Subject files are devoted to information about temple ceremonies, Adam-God, evolution, and prophetic infallibility. This section is probably the oldest part of the collection. In Boxes 24 to 26 there are 101 numbered published accounts of the LDS temple ceremony. Buerger began by filing material according to subject categories designated in a commercially-prepared LDS filing system called Subdex 1. Many of the documents in the collection have Subdex classification numbers.

The David J. Buerger papers provide a record of his spiritual and intellectual development during a period of conflict and change within the larger LDS community. The collection also contains a unique compilation of documents relating to controversial aspects of LDS theology and history. The Buerger collection provides an insight into the struggle of one member of a small group of self-described LDS intellectuals who sought to combine religious conviction with scientific empiricism.

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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

Arrangement

Organized in three series: I. Personal Material; II. People; III. Subjects.

Acquisition Information

Gift of David J. Buerger in 1983, 1986 and 1990.

Processing Note

Processed by Karen Carver in 1994.

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Separated Materials

Photographs and audio cassete tapes were transfered to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections (P0466) (A0222).

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Personal Materials

    Most of the material in this series is related to Buerger's interest in doctrinal questions. Diary entries are either photocopied or transcribed from Buerger's personal journals for the purpose of documenting personal exchanges with colleagues or recording speculations about the content and nature of conflicting points of view within the church. Correspondence prior to the mid-1970s consists primarily of letter copies or transcripts having to do with evolution, Adam-God, the Word of Wisdom, and the so-called Negro question. The later correspondence files contain both incoming and outgoing letters, most of which are related to Buerger's research and writing.

    • Description: Diary Entries
      Dates: 1972-1986
      Container: Box 1
    • Description: Correspondence
      Dates: 1928-1980
      Container: Box 2
    • Description: Correspondence
      Dates: 1981-1983
      Container: Box 3
    • Description: Correspondence
      Dates: 1984-1988
      Container: Box 4
  • People

    The majority of the material found in this series is related to the conflicting views on Mormon history, theology, and culture held by present-day LDS church officials, Mormon intellectuals, and various dissidents. The most comprehensive information on any one person pertains to Bruce R. McConkie, whose theology Buerger strongly opposed. While most of the files in this series contain information by or about twentieth-century Mormon scholars and theologians, there is some information on prominent nineteenth-century church officials.

    • Description: Thomas G. Alexander
      Container: Box 5, Folder 1
    • Description: Hyrum L. Andrus
      Container: Box 5, Folder 2-3
    • Description: Hyrum L. Andrus, "Christ the Son--Our God and Father"
      Container: Box 5, Folder 4
    • Description: Hyrum L. Andrus, "Doctrinal Basis of the Correlation Program"
      Container: Box 5, Folder 5
    • Description: Hyrum L. Andrus, Notes from Summer Research Project
      Dates: 1966
      Container: Box 5, Folder 6-15
    • Description: David H. Bailey, "Scientific Foundations of Mormon Theology"
      Container: Box 5, Folder 16
    • Description: David H.Bailey, "Mediocrity, Materialism and Mormonism"
      Container: Box 5, Folder 17
    • Description: David H. Bailey, "Forever Tentative"
      Container: Box 5, Folder 18
    • Description: David H. Bailey, Miscellaneous
      Container: Box 5, Folder 19
    • Description: Michael J. Barrett
      Container: Box 5, Folder 20
    • Description: John C. Bennett
      Container: Box 5, Folder 21
    • Description: Ezra Taft Benson
      Container: Box 5, Folder 22-25
    • Description: Gary Bergera, "Of The Same Mind"
      Container: Box 5, Folder 26-28
    • Description: Carl Broderick
      Container: Box 5, Folder 29
    • Description: Dick Butler
      Container: Box 5, Folder 30
    • Description: George Q. Cannon
      Container: Box 6, Folder 1
    • Description: Culley K. Christensen
      Container: Box 6, Folder 2
    • Description: J. Reuben Clark
      Container: Box 6, Folder 3
    • Description: William Clayton
      Container: Box 6, Folder 4-6
    • Description: Oliver Cowdery
      Container: Box 6, Folder 7
    • Description: Duane Crowther
      Container: Box 6, Folder 8
    • Description: Dennis Davis
      Container: Box 6, Folder 9
    • Description: Reed C. Durham Jr.
      Container: Box 6, Folder 10
    • Description: Richards Durham
      Container: Box 6, Folder 11-12
    • Description: Andy Ehat vs. The Tanners
      Container: Box 6, Folder 13-16
    • Description: Merle H. Graffam
      Container: Box 6, Folder 17
    • Description: C. Jess Groesbeck
      Container: Box 6, Folder 18
    • Description: Mosiah Lyman Hancock
      Container: Box 6, Folder 19
    • Description: Martin Harris
      Container: Box 6, Folder 20
    • Description: George Trevier Harrison
      Container: Box 6, Folder 21-22
    • Description: "A. Layman Himmner"
      Container: Box 6, Folder 23
    • Description: Anthony A. Hutchinson
      Container: Box 6, Folder 24-26
    • Description: Anthony W. Ivins
      Container: Box 6, Folder 27
    • Description: Duane Jeffrey
      Container: Box 6, Folder 28
    • Description: Benjamin F. Johnson
      Container: Box 6, Folder 29
    • Description: Sonia Johnson
      Container: Box 6, Folder 30
    • Description: Karl Keller
      Container: Box 7, Folder 1
    • Description: Heber C. Kimball
      Container: Box 7, Folder 2-10
    • Description: Spencer W. Kimball
      Container: Box 7, Folder 11
    • Description: Ogden Kraut
      Container: Box 7, Folder 12-17
    • Description: Stan Larson
      Container: Box 7, Folder 18-21
    • Description: Anthon H. Lund
      Container: Box 7, Folder 22
    • Description: N. G. Lundwall
      Container: Box 7, Folder 23
    • Description: Richard R. Lyman
      Container: Box 7, Folder 24
    • Description: Bruce R. McConkie
      Container: Box 8, Folder 1-6
    • Description: Bruce R. McConkie Speeches
      Container: Box 8, Folder 7-8
    • Description: Bruce R. McComkie, "The Seven Deadly Heresies"
      Container: Box 8, Folder 9-10
    • Description: Bruce R. McConkie, "How To Start a Cult"
      Container: Box 8, Folder 11-12
    • Description: Bruce R. McConkie, "Theological Influence of Elder Bruce R. McConkie"
      Container: Box 8, Folder 13
    • Description: Bruce R. McConkie, "Theological Influence" Notes and Comments
      Container: Box 8, Folder 14-15
    • Description: Bruce R. McConkie, "Mormon Doctrine" Research Notes
      Container: Box 8, Folder 16-17
    • Description: Bruce R. McConkie, "McConkie's Mormon Doctrine Changes"
      Container: Box 8, Folder 18-22
    • Description: Bruce R. McConkie, "`Handy Theology'"
      Container: Box 8, Folder 23
    • Description: Joseph Fielding McConkie
      Container: Box 9, Folder 1
    • Description: David O. McKay
      Container: Box 9, Folder 2
    • Description: Sterling M. McMurrin
      Container: Box 9, Folder 3-4
    • Description: Marriner W. Merrill
      Container: Box 9, Folder 5
    • Description: Hugh Nibley
      Container: Box 9, Folder 6-7
    • Description: Dallin H. Oaks
      Container: Box 9, Folder 8
    • Description: Boyd K. Packer
      Container: Box 9, Folder 9
    • Description: Hal Palmer
      Container: Box 9, Folder 10
    • Description: Carol Lynn Pearson
      Container: Box 9, Folder 11
    • Description: Mark E. Petersen
      Container: Box 9, Folder 12
    • Description: Ronald E. Poelman
      Container: Box 9, Folder 13
    • Description: Richard D. Poll
      Container: Box 9, Folder 14
    • Description: Orson Pratt
      Container: Box 9, Folder 15-17
    • Description: Orson Pratt: His Excommunication and Realignment, Material Provided by Gary Bergera
      Container: Box 9, Folder 18-19
    • Description: Parley P. Pratt
      Container: Box 9, Folder 20
    • Description: D. Michael Quinn
      Container: Box 9, Folder 21
    • Description: Hartman Rector Jr.
      Container: Box 9, Folder 22
    • Description: George F. Richards
      Container: Box 9, Folder 23
    • Description: Stephen L. Richards
      Container: Box 9, Folder 24
    • Description: John W. Rigdon
      Container: Box 9, Folder 25-26
    • Description: Sidney Rigdon
      Container: Box 10, Folder 1-4
    • Description: B. H. Roberts
      Container: Box 10, Folder 5-8
    • Description: Alvin Smith
      Container: Box 10, Folder 9
    • Description: Emma Hale Smith
      Container: Box 10, Folder 10
    • Description: Joseph F. Smith
      Container: Box 10, Folder 11
    • Description: Joseph Fielding Smith
      Container: Box 10, Folder 12-15
    • Description: George D. Smith Jr.
      Container: Box 10, Folder 16-17
    • Description: Lucy Mack Smith
      Container: Box 10, Folder 18
    • Description: Ernest Strack
      Container: Box 10, Folder 19
    • Description: James E. Talmage
      Container: Box 11, Folder 1
    • Description: Gerald and Sandra Tanner
      Container: Box 11, Folder 2
    • Description: John Taylor
      Container: Box 11, Folder 3-4
    • Description: John W. Taylor
      Container: Box 11, Folder 5-7
    • Description: Richard Vetterli
      Container: Box 11, Folder 8
    • Description: Charles L. Walker
      Container: Box 11, Folder 9
    • Description: James D. Wardle
      Container: Box 11, Folder 10
    • Description: Ernest L. Wilkinson
      Container: Box 11, Folder 11-12
    • Description: Wilford Woodruff
      Container: Box 11, Folder 13-16
    • Description: Brigham Young
      Container: Box 11, Folder 17-24
    • Description: Brigham Young Jr.
      Container: Box 11, Folder 25
  • Subjects

    Subject files are organized in accordance with a filing system designed specifically for use by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The Mormon Church places great value on a lifetime of gospel study, both as the basis for ongoing spiritual growth and as a foundation for living according to doctrinal principles. The Mormon tradition of service includes callings for teachers, group leaders, missionaries, writers and speakers. Church publications are designed in part to provide resource material for a variety of service positions. Hence, church members are encouraged to keep personal files. The system used by David Buerger, called Subdex 1, consists of twenty-seven major categories, with each category divided into various subtopics. The Subdex system provides the core organization for the collection, although Buerger added Correspondence and People sections as he became involved with other church members interested in doctrinal and educational questions not generally pursued in official church publications. The original order of Buerger's files has been maintained as far as was possible in the process of sorting and deleting duplicates. The numbers on the upper right hand corners of many of the documents are Subdex numbers. For more information on the organization of files, see Appendix B.

    • Description: LDS Business Operations
      Container: Box 12, Folder 1
    • Description: Sacrifice
      Container: Box 12, Folder 2
    • Description: Law of Consecration, United Order
      Container: Box 12, Folder 3-4
    • Description: Early N. Y. Newspapers
      Container: Box 12, Folder 5-13
    • Description: Israel
      Container: Box 12, Folder 14
    • Description: Lost Ten Tribes of Israel
      Container: Box 12, Folder 15-16
    • Description: Annotated Bibliography on Mormon Family
      Container: Box 12, Folder 17-18
    • Description: Secret Organizations
      Container: Box 12, Folder 19
    • Description: Masonry
      Container: Box 12, Folder 20-23
    • Description: Masonry
      Container: Box 13, Folder 1-6
    • Description: Ken Guyer, "Free Masonry in America, 1776-1976"
      Container: Box 13, Folder 7-8
    • Description: Masonry and Mormonism
      Container: Box 13, Folder 9-18
    • Description: "Magic and the Old Testament"
      Container: Box 13, Folder 19-20
    • Description: Magic and Sorcery, Astrology
      Container: Box 13, Folder 21
    • Description: Gary Bergera, Witchcraft
      Container: Box 13, Folder 22-23
    • Description: Satan
      Container: Box 14, Folder 1-3
    • Description: Christ's Church
      Container: Box 14, Folder 4-5
    • Description: Apostates
      Container: Box 14, Folder 6
    • Description: Lyle O. Wright, "Origins and Development of the Church of the Firstborn of the Fulness of Times"
      Container: Box 14, Folder 7-8
    • Description: Other Religions
      Container: Box 14, Folder 9
    • Description: Catholic
      Container: Box 14, Folder 10
    • Description: Gnosticism
      Container: Box 14, Folder 11
    • Description: Jehovah's Witnesses
      Container: Box 14, Folder 12
    • Description: Lutheran
      Container: Box 14, Folder 13
    • Description: Woman and Womanhood
      Container: Box 14, Folder 14
    • Description: Mormons for E.R.A.
      Container: Box 14, Folder 15
    • Description: Apostasy
      Container: Box 14, Folder 16
    • Description: Ancient Recrods
      Container: Box 14, Folder 17-19
    • Description: God the Father
      Container: Box 14, Folder 20
    • Description: Jehovah Does Not Equal Jesus
      Container: Box 14, Folder 21-22
    • Description: Jesus Christ
      Container: Box 14, Folder 23
    • Description: Holy Ghost
      Container: Box 14, Folder 24-25
    • Description: Mother in Heaven
      Container: Box 14, Folder 26
    • Description: Joseph Smith Connections with Adam-God
      Container: Box 15, Folder 1
    • Description: Adam-God Paper Dialogue Draft
      Container: Box 15, Folder 2-5
    • Description: Adam-God Paper Dialogue Galley Proofs
      Container: Box 15, Folder 6-7
    • Description: Adam-God Research Dialogue Paper
      Container: Box 15, Folder 8-11
    • Description: Adam-God Miscellaneous
      Container: Box 15, Folder 12-13
    • Description: Adam-God, Journal Extracts, B. Young Period
      Container: Box 15, Folder 14-15
    • Description: Brigham Young Adam-God Material
      Container: Box 15, Folder 16-18
    • Description: Adam-God, Presidency Documents and Joseph Taylor Period
      Container: Box 15, Folder 19-20
    • Description: Adam-God, Charles W. Penrose Commentary
      Container: Box 15, Folder 21
    • Description: Adam-God, John Widtsoe, Joseph Fielding Smith, Bruce McConkie
      Container: Box 15, Folder 22
    • Description: Adam-God, Mark E. Petersen
      Container: Box 16, Folder 1-2
    • Description: Adam-God, Spencer W. Kimball
      Container: Box 16, Folder 3
    • Description: Adam-God, Eldon Watson Theory
      Container: Box 16, Folder 4
    • Description: Adam-God, Anti-Mormon papers, Pamphlets, Handouts, etc.
      Container: Box 16, Folder 5-7
    • Description: Adam-God, Student papers, Commentary
      Container: Box 16, Folder 8-9
    • Description: Adam-God in Ancient Texts
      Container: Box 16, Folder 10
    • Description: Adam-God, Dated Material
      Container: Box 16, Folder 11-19
    • Description: Plural Marriage
      Container: Box 16, Folder 20-24
    • Description: "Politics and Inspiration: An Historical Analysis of the Woodruff Manifesto"
      Container: Box 16, Folder 25-26
    • Description: Plural Marriage, The Manifesto
      Container: Box 17, Folder 1-5
    • Description: Anti-Polygamy Legislation by the U. S. Congress
      Container: Box 17, Folder 6
    • Description: Woodruff Manifesto, Problems and Analysis
      Container: Box 17, Folder 7
    • Description: Joseph Smith's Revelation on Plural Marriage
      Container: Box 17, Folder 8
    • Description: US and Utah Supreme Court and Plural Marriage
      Container: Box 17, Folder 9-12
    • Description: Plural Marriage and Fundamentalism
      Container: Box 17, Folder 13-14
    • Description: Plural Marriage, Post Manifesto
      Container: Box 17, Folder 15-18
    • Description: Kingdom of God and Council of Fifty
      Container: Box 17, Folder 19
    • Description: Constitution
      Container: Box 17, Folder 20-21
    • Description: Draft and Conscription
      Container: Box 17, Folder 22
    • Description: Socialism
      Container: Box 17, Folder 23
    • Description: Conspiracy Theory
      Container: Box 17, Folder 24
    • Description: Freeman Institute
      Container: Box 17, Folder 25
    • Description: W. Cleon Skousen and Ezra Taft Benson
      Container: Box 17, Folder 26-27
    • Description: Socialism and United Order
      Container: Box 17, Folder 28-29
    • Description: Hang by Thread
      Container: Box 18, Folder 1
    • Description: Council on Foreign Relations
      Container: Box 18, Folder 2-3
    • Description: Trilateral Commission
      Container: Box 18, Folder 4-5
    • Description: Institute of International Affairs
      Container: Box 18, Folder 6
    • Description: Cracks in the U. S. Constitution
      Container: Box 18, Folder 7-8
    • Description: Speaking
      Container: Box 18, Folder 9
    • Description: Logic and Philosophy 57, San Jose State
      Dates: 1977
      Container: Box 18, Folder 10
    • Description: Introduction to Philosophy
      Container: Box 18, Folder 11
    • Description: Philosophy and Mormonism
      Container: Box 18, Folder 12-13
    • Description: Free Agency
      Container: Box 18, Folder 14
    • Description: Religion and Science
      Container: Box 18, Folder 15-16
    • Description: Astronomy
      Container: Box 18, Folder 17-22
    • Description: Religious Education
      Container: Box 18, Folder 23
    • Description: Methods of Learning
      Container: Box 18, Folder 24
    • Description: Teaching
      Container: Box 18, Folder 25
    • Description: Clark V. Johnson, "Key to the Documents Used by B. H. Roberts in the Documentary History of the Church"
      Container: Box 18, Folder 26-27
    • Description: Jerald L. Jex, "Chronological Bibliography of Documents, Documentary History of the Church"
      Container: Box 19, Folder 1
    • Description: Louis Midgley, "The Question of Faith and History
      Container: Box 19, Folder 2
    • Description: Novak and Midgley, "Remembrance and the Past"
      Container: Box 19, Folder 3
    • Description: Views On Mormon History
      Container: Box 19, Folder 4-5
    • Description: Joseph Smith General Information
      Container: Box 19, Folder 6-7
    • Description: Joseph Smith Reflective Essays
      Container: Box 19, Folder 8-10
    • Description: Joseph Smith Unpublished Sermons
      Container: Box 19, Folder 11
    • Description: Revelations, Unpublished, Uncanonized
      Container: Box 19, Folder 12-13
    • Description: Magic and Joseph Smith
      Container: Box 19, Folder 14-16
    • Description: Joseph Smith Jupiter Talisman and Other Connections with the Occult
      Container: Box 19, Folder 17-22
    • Description: Joseph Smith, New York Period
      Container: Box 20, Folder 1
    • Description: Joseph Smith
      Dates: 1823-1830
      Container: Box 20, Folder 2
    • Description: Joseph Smith Legal Problems, New York
      Container: Box 20, Folder 3
    • Description: Joseph Smith, Methodist
      Dates: 1828
      Container: Box 20, Folder 4-6
    • Description: Accounts of First Vision
      Container: Box 20, Folder 7-8
    • Description: Revival
      Dates: 1820
      Container: Box 20, Folder 9
    • Description: Money Digging
      Container: Box 20, Folder 10-11
    • Description: Joseph Smith, "Record Book"
      Container: Box 20, Folder 12
    • Description: Transactions of the Twelve Apostles
      Container: Box 20, Folder 13-14
    • Description: Book of Commandments, Law and Covenants
      Container: Box 20, Folder 15-16
    • Description: Kirtland Revelation Book
      Container: Box 20, Folder 17-22
    • Description: "Scriptory Book" of Joseph Smith Jr.
      Container: Box 20, Folder 23-26
    • Description: C. Jess and David Groesbeck, "Joseph Smith and the Shaman's Vision"
      Container: Box 21, Folder 1-2
    • Description: Joseph Smith, Porter Paper
      Container: Box 21, Folder 3-4
    • Description: Illinois Period
      Container: Box 21, Folder 5
    • Description: Book of the Law of the Lord
      Container: Box 21, Folder 6
    • Description: "Scriptural Items"
      Container: Box 21, Folder 7
    • Description: Death of Joseph Smith
      Container: Box 21, Folder 8
    • Description: Joseph Smith's Bones
      Container: Box 21, Folder 9
    • Description: General Record of the Seventies
      Container: Box 21, Folder 10
    • Description: Western Exodus
      Container: Box 21, Folder 11
    • Description: Reed Smoot
      Container: Box 21, Folder 12-19
    • Description: James D. Tingen, "The Endowment House, 1855-1889"
      Container: Box 21, Folder 20
    • Description: Journal of Discourses, Index
      Container: Box 21, Folder 21-23
    • Description: Journal of Discourses, Richards Thesis
      Container: Box 21, Folder 24-26
    • Description: Mountain Meadows Massacre
      Container: Box 22, Folder 1
    • Description: Moses Thatcher Case
      Container: Box 22, Folder 2-3
    • Description: Universal Scientific Society
      Container: Box 22, Folder 4
    • Description: School of the Prophets
      Container: Box 22, Folder 5-7
    • Description: English Period
      Container: Box 22, Folder 8
    • Description: Gary Bergera, "I'm Here For The Cash"
      Container: Box 22, Folder 9
    • Description: LDS French History
      Container: Box 22, Folder 10
    • Description: International Church
      Container: Box 22, Folder 11
    • Description: "A Notable Event, The Weber Stake Reunion"
      Container: Box 22, Folder 12
    • Description: Lesson Plans
      Container: Box 22, Folder 13
    • Description: Missionary Work, General
      Container: Box 22, Folder 14
    • Description: Mission Rules, Manuals, Member Programming
      Container: Box 22, Folder 15-17
    • Description: Humorous Incidents
      Container: Box 22, Folder 18
    • Description: Preparation For Mission
      Container: Box 22, Folder 19
    • Description: Mission Rules
      Container: Box 22, Folder 20
    • Description: Missionaries, Mental Health
      Container: Box 22, Folder 21
    • Description: Anti-Mormon General
      Container: Box 22, Folder 22
    • Description: Anti-Mormon, Saints Alive!
      Container: Box 22, Folder 23
    • Description: General Commentary
      Container: Box 22, Folder 24
    • Description: Excommunication
      Container: Box 22, Folder 25-26
    • Description: Stephen J. Sorenson, "Civil and Criminal Jurisdiction of LDS Bishops' and High Council Courts, 1847-1852"
      Container: Box 22, Folder 27-28
    • Description: Temple Ordinances
      Container: Box 23, Folder 1-2
    • Description: Temple Ceremony Exposes
      Container: Box 23, Folder 3-4
    • Description: Temple Ceremony Exposes, Research
      Container: Box 23, Folder 5-6
    • Description: "The Evolution of the Mormon Temple Endowment Ceremony"
      Container: Box 23, Folder 7-8
    • Description: "The Evolution of the Mormon Temple Endowment Ceremony," Notes and Comments
      Container: Box 23, Folder 8
    • Description: Temple Endowment, Bibliographies
      Container: Box 23, Folder 9
    • Description: Temple Endowment, Exposes and Transcripts
      Container: Box 23, Folder 10-11
    • Description: Temple Endowment, "Washing" in Scriptures
      Container: Box 23, Folder 12
    • Description: Temple Endowment, "Anointing" in Scriptures
      Container: Box 23, Folder 13
    • Description: Temple Endowment, Kirtland Period
      Container: Box 23, Folder 14
    • Description: Temple Endowment, Nauvoo Period
      Container: Box 23, Folder 15-16
    • Description: Temple Endowment, Utah Period, Pre-1877
      Container: Box 23, Folder 17
    • Description: Temple Endowment, Committee
      Dates: 1920-1927
      Container: Box 23, Folder 18
    • Description: Temple Endowment, Oath of Vengeance
      Container: Box 23, Folder 19-20
    • Description: Temple Endowment, History
      Container: Box 23, Folder 21-22
    • Description: Temple Ceremony, History
      Container: Box 23, Folder 23-24
    • Description: Temple Endowment, 1955-Present
      Container: Box 23, Folder 25
    • Description: Temple Endowment, Anti-Mormon Exposes
      Container: Box 23, Folder 26
    • Description: Temple Endowment, Worthiness Information
      Container: Box 23, Folder 27
    • Description: Temple Endowment, Statistics
      Container: Box 24, Folder 1-2
    • Description: Endowment Paper, Notes and Comments
      Container: Box 24, Folder 3-4
    • Description: Confidential Research Files on Changes in Temple Ceremony
      Dates: 1950-1974
      Container: Box 24, Folder 5-8
    • Description: "Joseph Smith and the Temple of Doom," Bill Schnoebelen
      Container: Box 24, Folder 9
    • Description: Evolution of the Temple Endowment
      Container: Box 24, Folder 10-15
    • Description: No. 1 "Order Lodge," Bennett
      Dates: 1842
      Container: Box 24, Folder 16
    • Description: No. 2 "Ceremony of the Endowment"
      Dates: 1846
      Container: Box 24, Folder 17
    • Description: Van Dusen, No. 3 Mormon Endowment, A Secret Drama, McGee, and Startling Disclosures of the Mormon Spiritual-Wife System
      Dates: 1847-1864
      Container: Box 24, Folder 18
    • Description: No. 4 Narrative of Some of the Proceedings of the Mormons, Lewis
      Dates: 1848
      Container: Box 24, Folder 19
    • Description: No. 5 Authentic History of Remarkable Persons
      Dates: 1849
      Container: Box 24, Folder 20
    • Description: Thomas, No. 6 Sketch of the Rise, Progress, and Dispersion of the Mormons
      Dates: 1849
      Container: Box 24, Folder 21
    • Description: No. 7 Mormonism Exposed, Bowes
      Dates: 1850
      Container: Box 24, Folder 22
    • Description: No. 8 Mormon Mysteries, White
      Dates: 1851
      Container: Box 24, Folder 23
    • Description: No. 9 Abominations of the Mormons Exposed, Hall
      Dates: 1852
      Container: Box 24, Folder 24
    • Description: Hepburn, No. 10 Exposition of the Blasphemous Doctrines
      Dates: 1852
      Container: Box 24, Folder 25
    • Description: No. 11 The Seer
      Dates: 1853
      Container: Box 24, Folder 26
    • Description: No. 12 Secrets of Mormonism Disclosed
      Dates: 1854
      Container: Box 24, Folder 27
    • Description: Taylder, No. 13 Mormon's Own Book
      Dates: 1855
      Container: Box 24, Folder 28
    • Description: Gunnison, No. 14 Mormons, or Latter-Day Saints
      Dates: 1852
      Container: Box 24, Folder 29
    • Description: Cook, No. 15 Mormons, the Dream and the Reality
      Dates: 1857
      Container: Box 24, Folder 30
    • Description: Emmons, No. 16 Spirit Land
      Dates: 1857
      Container: Box 24, Folder 31
    • Description: Hyde, No. 17 Mormonism: Its Leaders and Designs
      Dates: 1857
      Container: Box 24, Folder 32
    • Description: Green, No. 18 Fifteen Years Among the Mormons
      Dates: 1858
      Container: Box 24, Folder 33
    • Description: Remy, No. 19 Journey to the Great-Salt-Lake City
      Dates: 1861
      Container: Box 24, Folder 34
    • Description: Waite, No. 20 Mormon Prophet and His Harem
      Dates: 1866
      Container: Box 25, Folder 1
    • Description: Beadle, No. 21 Life in Utah
      Container: Box 25, Folder 2-3
    • Description: Bundy, No. 22 Mormonism Exposed
      Dates: 1872
      Container: Box 25, Folder 4
    • Description: Stenhouse, No. 23 Tell It All
      Dates: 1874
      Container: Box 25, Folder 5
    • Description: Stenhouse, No. 23 An Englishwoman in Utah
      Dates: 1880
      Container: Box 25, Folder 6
    • Description: Young, No. 24 Wife No. 19
      Dates: 1876
      Container: Box 25, Folder 7
    • Description: Young, No. 24 Life in Mormon Bondage
      Dates: 1908
      Container: Box 25, Folder 8
    • Description: No. 25 Abominations of The Latter-Day Saints
      Container: Box 25, Folder 9
    • Description: No. 26 "Endowments"
      Dates: 1878
      Container: Box 25, Folder 10
    • Description: Jepson, No. 27 Among The Mormons
      Dates: 1879
      Container: Box 25, Folder 11
    • Description: No. 28 "Lifting The Vail"
      Dates: 1879
      Container: Box 25, Folder 12
    • Description: Tenney, No. 29 Colorado and Homes in the New West
      Dates: 1880
      Container: Box 25, Folder 13
    • Description: Coyner, No. 30 Hand-Book on Mormonism
      Dates: 1882
      Container: Box 25, Folder 14
    • Description: Paddock, No. 31 The Fate of Madame La Tour
      Dates: 1881
      Container: Box 25, Folder 15
    • Description: No. 32 Mysteries of Mormonism
      Dates: 1882
      Container: Box 25, Folder 16
    • Description: M'Clintock and Strong, No. 33 Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature
      Dates: 1883
      Container: Box 25, Folder 17
    • Description: Robinson, No. 34 Sinners And Saints
      Dates: 1883
      Container: Box 25, Folder 18
    • Description: Sala, No. 35 America Revisited
      Dates: 1883
      Container: Box 25, Folder 19
    • Description: Faithfull, No. 36 Three Visits to America
      Dates: 1884
      Container: Box 25, Folder 20
    • Description: Jarman, No. 37 U. S. A. Uncle Sam's Abscess, or Hell Upon Earth
      Dates: 1884
      Container: Box 25, Folder 21
    • Description: Nye, No. 38 Baled Hay
      Dates: 1884
      Container: Box 25, Folder 22
    • Description: No. 39 Mormonism
      Dates: 1885
      Container: Box 25, Folder 23
    • Description: Wyl, No. 40 Mormon Portraits
      Dates: 1886
      Container: Box 25, Folder 24
    • Description: No. 41 Few Choice Examples of Mormon Practices and Sermons
      Dates: 1886
      Container: Box 25, Folder 25
    • Description: Clampitt, No. 42 Echoes from the Rocky Mountains
      Dates: 1889
      Container: Box 25, Folder 26
    • Description: No. 43 History of Utah
      Dates: 1889
      Container: Box 25, Folder 27
    • Description: No. 44 Trean; or, The Mormon's Daughter
      Dates: 1889
      Container: Box 25, Folder 28
    • Description: No. 45 Tullidge's Histories
      Dates: 1889
      Container: Box 25, Folder 29
    • Description: Bostwick, No. 46 As I Found It
      Dates: 1893
      Container: Box 25, Folder 30
    • Description: No. 47 Reorganized Church vs. Church of Christ
      Dates: 1893
      Container: Box 25, Folder 31
    • Description: Whitney, No. 48 History of Utah
      Dates: 1893
      Container: Box 25, Folder 32
    • Description: Howard, No. 49 Journey of a Tour in the United States, Canada and Mexico
      Dates: 1897
      Container: Box 25, Folder 33
    • Description: No. 50 Temple Mormonism, Gentile Bureau of Information
      Container: Box 25, Folder 34
    • Description: Folk, No. 51 The Mormon Monster
      Dates: 1900
      Container: Box 25, Folder 35
    • Description: Linn, No. 52 Story of the Mormons
      Dates: 1902
      Container: Box 25, Folder 36
    • Description: No. 53 Inside of Mormonism
      Dates: 1903
      Container: Box 25, Folder 37-38
    • Description: No. 54 "Mormon Endowment Ceremony"
      Dates: 1905
      Container: Box 25, Folder 39
    • Description: No. 55 Proceedings Before the Committee on Privileges and Elections
      Dates: 1906
      Container: Box 25, Folder 40
    • Description: No. 56 "Mysteries of the Endowment House"
      Dates: 1906
      Container: Box 25, Folder 41
    • Description: Schroeder, No. 57 A Reply
      Dates: 1906
      Container: Box 25, Folder 42
    • Description: Tuttle, No. 58 Reminiscences of A Missionary Bishop
      Dates: 1906
      Container: Box 25, Folder 43
    • Description: Freece, No. 59 Letters of an Apostate Mormon to his Son
      Dates: 1908
      Container: Box 25, Folder 44
    • Description: Marshall, No. 60 Mormonism Exposed
      Dates: 1908
      Container: Box 25, Folder 45
    • Description: Major, No. 61 The Revelation in the Mountain
      Dates: 1909
      Container: Box 25, Folder 46
    • Description: Jones, No. 62 Truth About the Mormons
      Dates: 1920
      Container: Box 25, Folder 47
    • Description: No. 63 "Hidden Secrets of the Mormon Church"
      Dates: 1911
      Container: Box 25, Folder 48
    • Description: Stead, No. 64 Doctrines and Dogmas of Brighamism Exposed
      Dates: 1911
      Container: Box 25, Folder 49
    • Description: Kauffman, No. 65 Latter Day Saints
      Dates: 1912
      Container: Box 25, Folder 50
    • Description: Kinney, No. 66 Mormonism: The Islam of America
      Dates: 1912
      Container: Box 25, Folder 51
    • Description: No. 67 "Secret Oaths and Ceremonies of Mormonism"
      Dates: 1911
      Container: Box 25, Folder 52
    • Description: Baskin, No. 68 Reminiscences of Early Utah
      Dates: 1914
      Container: Box 25, Folder 53
    • Description: Latimer, No. 69 Why I Left the Mormon Church
      Container: Box 25, Folder 54
    • Description: Danielsen, No. 70 Mormonism Exposed
      Dates: 1917
      Container: Box 26, Folder 1
    • Description: Thomas, No. 71 Wild Life in the Rocky Mountains
      Dates: 1917
      Container: Box 26, Folder 2
    • Description: Martin, No. 72 Mystery of Mormonism
      Dates: 1920
      Container: Box 26, Folder 3
    • Description: Goodwin, No. 73 Mormonism and Masonry
      Dates: 1921
      Container: Box 26, Folder 4
    • Description: Preuss, No. 74 Dictionary of Secret and Other Societies
      Dates: 1924
      Container: Box 26, Folder 5
    • Description: Vellinga, No. 75 Mormon Mysteries Revealed
      Dates: 1927
      Container: Box 26, Folder 6
    • Description: No. 76 Temple Mormonism
      Dates: 1931
      Container: Box 26, Folder 7
    • Description: Brodie, No. 77 No Man Knows My History
      Dates: 1945
      Container: Box 26, Folder 8
    • Description: O'Dea, No. 78 The Mormons
      Dates: 1957
      Container: Box 26, Folder 9
    • Description: No. 79 Fundamental Differences
      Dates: 1960
      Container: Box 26, Folder 10
    • Description: Harrison, No. 80 Mormonism Now And Then
      Dates: 1961
      Container: Box 26, Folder 11
    • Description: Jarman, No. 81 Temple Endowment Ritual and Ceremonies, Reprint
      Dates: 1965
      Container: Box 26, Folder 12
    • Description: Whalen, No. 82 Latter-day Saints in the Modern Day World
      Dates: 1964
      Container: Box 26, Folder 13
    • Description: Allen, No. 83 "Mormon Money Monster"
      Dates: 1969
      Container: Box 26, Folder 14
    • Description: Smith, No. 84 I Visited the Temple
      Dates: 1966
      Container: Box 26, Folder 15
    • Description: Tanner, No. 85 The Mormon Kingdom
      Dates: 1969
      Container: Box 26, Folder 16-18
    • Description: Holm, No. 86 Mormon Churches
      Dates: 1970
      Container: Box 26, Folder 19
    • Description: Skousen, No. 87 "Temple Endowment"
      Container: Box 26, Folder 20-25
    • Description: Tanner, No. 88 Mormonism - Shadow or Reality
      Dates: 1972
      Container: Box 26, Folder 26
    • Description: Muren, No. 89 "Functions of Temple Ceremonies"
      Dates: 1974
      Container: Box 26, Folder 27
    • Description: Smith, No. 90 Has Mormonism Changed...Now?
      Dates: 1979
      Container: Box 26, Folder 28
    • Description: No. 91 What's Going On Here?
      Container: Box 26, Folder 29
    • Description: Tanner, No. 92 Changing World of Mormonism
      Dates: 1980
      Container: Box 26, Folder 30
    • Description: Witte and Fraser, No. 93 What's Going On In Here?
      Container: Box 26, Folder 31
    • Description: Christensen, No. 94 Adam-God Maze
      Dates: 1981
      Container: Box 26, Folder 32
    • Description: No. 95 Unpublished Revelations
      Dates: 1979
      Container: Box 26, Folder 33
    • Description: No. 96 "A Mormon Temple Worker Asks Some Questions"
      Container: Box 26, Folder 34
    • Description: Sackett, No. 97 What's Going On In There
      Dates: 1982
      Container: Box 26, Folder 35-36
    • Description: Tanner, No. 98 "Pay Lay Ale"
      Dates: 1982
      Container: Box 26, Folder 37
    • Description: No. 99 "The God Makers"
      Dates: 1983
      Container: Box 26, Folder 38
    • Description: Tanner, No. 100 Mormonism, Magic and Masonry
      Dates: 1983
      Container: Box 26, Folder 39
    • Description: No. 101 "Bible-Belt Confrontation"
      Dates: 1985
      Container: Box 26, Folder 40
    • Description: Temple Garment
      Container: Box 27, Folder 1-3
    • Description: Secret Oaths of the Mormon Temple Endowment
      Container: Box 27, Folder 4
    • Description: Holy Order
      Container: Box 27, Folder 5
    • Description: Temple Ceremony, Changes
      Container: Box 27, Folder 6
    • Description: Toscano, "The Missing Rib"
      Container: Box 27, Folder 7-8
    • Description: Order of the Black Sticks
      Container: Box 27, Folder 9
    • Description: "Second Anointings"
      Container: Box 27, Folder 10-12
    • Description: Buerger, Temple Work Performed
      Container: Box 27, Folder 13
    • Description: "The Rise and Fall of `The Mormon Creed'"
      Container: Box 27, Folder 14
    • Description: Law of Adoption
      Container: Box 27, Folder 15
    • Description: Various Interpretations of the Secret and Holy Mysteries
      Container: Box 27, Folder 16
    • Description: Second Anointings
      Container: Box 27, Folder 17-18
    • Description: A Book of Anointings
      Container: Box 27, Folder 19
    • Description: Early Evolution of Endowment
      Container: Box 27, Folder 20
    • Description: Second Anointing Ceremony Text Variation
      Container: Box 27, Folder 21
    • Description: Human Washings in the Scriptures
      Container: Box 27, Folder 22
    • Description: Second Anointings
      Dates: 1840-1980
      Container: Box 27, Folder 23-38
    • Description: Lisle G. Brown, "The Second Anointings"
      Container: Box 28, Folder 1-2
    • Description: Lisle G. Brown, "The Holy Order in Nauvoo"
      Container: Box 28, Folder 3-4
    • Description: Hansen Compilation
      Container: Box 28, Folder 5
    • Description: Second Anointings, Miscellaneous
      Container: Box 28, Folder 6
    • Description: Creation
      Container: Box 28, Folder 7-8
    • Description: Evolution
      Container: Box 28, Folder 9-10
    • Description: Richard Sherlock, Evolution
      Container: Box 28, Folder 11-13
    • Description: Hugh Nibley, Evolution
      Container: Box 28, Folder 14-15
    • Description: Duane Jeffery, Evolution
      Container: Box 28, Folder 16-18
    • Description: Evolution, General Authorities
      Container: Box 28, Folder 19
    • Description: Evolution
      Dates: 1900s-1980s
      Container: Box 29, Folder 1-31
    • Description: Bruce R. McConkie, "Making Our Calling and Election Sure"
      Container: Box 30, Folder 1
    • Description: Eternal Progression
      Container: Box 30, Folder 2-3
    • Description: Spirit World
      Container: Box 30, Folder 4-7
    • Description: Degrees of Glory
      Container: Box 30, Folder 8
    • Description: Evil
      Container: Box 30, Folder 9
    • Description: James R. Davis, "A Mormon Millennial Myth?"
      Container: Box 30, Folder 10
    • Description: Murder
      Container: Box 30, Folder 11
    • Description: Plan of Salvation
      Container: Box 30, Folder 12
    • Description: Premortal Life
      Container: Box 30, Folder 13
    • Description: Repentance
      Container: Box 30, Folder 14
    • Description: Jeffrey E. Keller, "Spiritual Interpretation and Scientific Thought"
      Container: Box 30, Folder 15-17
    • Description: Sin
      Container: Box 30, Folder 18
    • Description: Sons of Perdition
      Container: Box 30, Folder 19
    • Description: Prophetic Infallibility, Overview
      Container: Box 30, Folder 20
    • Description: Prophetic Infallibility
      Dates: 1830s-1980s
      Container: Box 30, Folder 21-33
    • Description: Doctrinal Speculation
      Container: Box 31, Folder 1-7
    • Description: Infallibility
      Container: Box 31, Folder 8
    • Description: Infallibility Paper for Sunstone Symposium
      Container: Box 31, Folder 9-11
    • Description: Suicide
      Container: Box 31, Folder 12
    • Description: Truth and Light
      Container: Box 31, Folder 13
    • Description: Nature of Doctrine
      Container: Box 31, Folder 14
    • Description: Reliability of the Living Prophet
      Container: Box 31, Folder 15
    • Description: Follow Prophet and Iron Rod
      Container: Box 31, Folder 16-17
    • Description: Statements on Doctrine, Dennis Davis Collection
      Container: Box 31, Folder 19-20
    • Description: Succession to the Presidency
      Container: Box 31, Folder 21
    • Description: Priesthood, General
      Container: Box 31, Folder 22-23
    • Description: "Oath and Covenant of the Melchizedek Priesthood"
      Container: Box 31, Folder 24-26
    • Description: Seventy
      Container: Box 31, Folder 27
    • Description: Apostle
      Container: Box 31, Folder 28
    • Description: Presidents of the Church
      Container: Box 31, Folder 29
    • Description: Patriarchs to the Church
      Container: Box 31, Folder 30
    • Description: Patriarchal Order
      Container: Box 31, Folder 31
    • Description: Church Organization
      Container: Box 31, Folder 32
    • Description: Religious Doubt
      Container: Box 31, Folder 33
    • Description: Blacks and the Priesthood
      Container: Box 32, Folder 1-3
    • Description: Herbert Augustus Ford Family
      Container: Box 32, Folder 4-5
    • Description: Black Priesthood Ban Lifted
      Container: Box 32, Folder 6-9
    • Description: Negro Revelation
      Container: Box 32, Folder 10
    • Description: Negro Doctrine
      Container: Box 32, Folder 11
    • Description: "The 1978 Negro Revelation: A Unique Compilation of Events"
      Container: Box 32, Folder 12
    • Description: Revelation
      Container: Box 32, Folder 13
    • Description: Dreams
      Container: Box 32, Folder 14
    • Description: Patriarchal Blessings
      Container: Box 32, Folder 15
    • Description: Prophecy
      Container: Box 32, Folder 16
    • Description: Signs
      Container: Box 32, Folder 17
    • Description: Prayer
      Container: Box 32, Folder 18
    • Description: Conversion
      Container: Box 32, Folder 19-20
    • Description: Testimony
      Container: Box 32, Folder 21
    • Description: Spiritual Gifts
      Container: Box 32, Folder 22
    • Description: Visions
      Container: Box 32, Folder 23
    • Description: Scriptures
      Container: Box 32, Folder 24
    • Description: Bible
      Container: Box 32, Folder 25
    • Description: Inspired Revision of the Bible
      Container: Box 32, Folder 26-27
    • Description: Book of Mormon
      Container: Box 32, Folder 28-29
    • Description: "Book of Mormon in Jacksonian America"
      Container: Box 32, Folder 30-31
    • Description: Historicity of the Book of Mormon
      Container: Box 33, Folder 1
    • Description: A. D. Sorenson, "Russell against the Book of Mormon"
      Container: Box 33, Folder 2
    • Description: View of the Hebrews
      Container: Box 33, Folder 3
    • Description: Spaulding Manuscript Theory
      Container: Box 33, Folder 4
    • Description: "Spirit Writing and the Subconscious"
      Container: Box 33, Folder 5
    • Description: Book of Mormon Coming Forth
      Container: Box 33, Folder 6
    • Description: Robert N. Hullinger, "Harris-Anthon Consultation and Mormon Origins"
      Container: Box 33, Folder 7-8
    • Description: Anthon Transcript
      Container: Box 33, Folder 9-11
    • Description: "Preliminary Approach to Linguistic Aspects of the Anthon Transcript"
      Container: Box 33, Folder 12
    • Description: John A. Tvedtnes, "Preliminary Survey of the Anthon Transcript"
      Container: Box 33, Folder 13
    • Description: Paul R. Jesclard, "Translation of a Portion of the Anthon Transcript"
      Container: Box 33, Folder 14
    • Description: Glade L. Burgon, "Analysis of Purported Ancient American Linear Inscriptions"
      Container: Box 33, Folder 15
    • Description: Book of Mormon Archeology
      Container: Box 33, Folder 16-17
    • Description: Book of Mormon External Evidences
      Container: Box 33, Folder 18
    • Description: Archeological Evidences of the Book of Mormon
      Container: Box 33, Folder 19
    • Description: Cheesman, Matheny, and Louthan, "Report on the Gold Plates Found in Mexico"
      Container: Box 33, Folder 20
    • Description: Golden Barton, "Rebuttle to `Report on the Gold Plates'"
      Container: Box 33, Folder 21
    • Description: Bruce D. Louthan, "Padilla Plates"
      Container: Box 33, Folder 22-23
    • Description: Padilla Plates
      Container: Box 33, Folder 24
    • Description: Kinderhook Plates
      Container: Box 33, Folder 25
    • Description: Doctrine and Covenants
      Container: Box 33, Folder 26-27
    • Description: Book of Abraham
      Container: Box 33, Folder 28-29
    • Description: Book of Moses
      Container: Box 33, Folder 30
    • Description: Book of Joseph
      Container: Box 33, Folder 31
    • Description: Tim B. Heaton, "Four C's of the Mormon Family"
      Container: Box 34, Folder 1
    • Description: Marriage
      Container: Box 34, Folder 2
    • Description: Virtue, Morality, Chastity
      Container: Box 34, Folder 3
    • Description: Adultery and Fornication
      Container: Box 34, Folder 4
    • Description: Birth Control
      Container: Box 34, Folder 5
    • Description: Dating
      Container: Box 34, Folder 6
    • Description: Sex and Affection
      Container: Box 34, Folder 7
    • Description: Homosexuality, Masturbation
      Container: Box 34, Folder 8-9
    • Description: "Payne" letter
      Container: Box 34, Folder 10
    • Description: Bergin and Inouye, "Reply to Unfounded Assertions regarding Homosexuality"
      Container: Box 34, Folder 11-12
    • Description: Word of Wisdom
      Container: Box 34, Folder 13-16
    • Description: David J. Buerger, "Proscriptive Aspects of the Word of Wisdom"
      Container: Box 34, Folder 17
    • Description: Ray C. Hillam papers - BYU Spy Ring
      Dates: 1966-1967
      Container: Box 34, Folder 18-23
    • Description: Academic Deficiencies of BYU
      Container: Box 34, Folder 24-29
    • Description: David J. Buerger, "BYU: Destined to Fail"
      Container: Box 34, Folder 30
    • Description: David J. Buerger, "BYU: The Unvarnished Reality," and Joan Pruss, "BYU: Educating the Whole Person"
      Container: Box 34, Folder 31
    • Description: Brigham Young University
      Container: Box 35, Folder 1-5
    • Description: BYU Daily Universe
      Container: Box 35, Folder 6-7
    • Description: BYU Faculty
      Container: Box 35, Folder 8-9
    • Description: Jeff Holland Administration
      Container: Box 35, Folder 10
    • Description: BYU Accreditation Report Excerpts, Ernie's Response
      Dates: 1966
      Container: Box 35, Folder 11-13
    • Description: Freedom of Thought
      Container: Box 35, Folder 14-15
    • Description: Intellectuals
      Container: Box 35, Folder 16
    • Description: Liberals vs. Conservatives
      Container: Box 35, Folder 17-19
    • Description: Dissent
      Container: Box 35, Folder 20
    • Description: Disaffection
      Container: Box 35, Folder 21
    • Description: Tolerance and Intolerance
      Container: Box 35, Folder 22
    • Description: Harmonizing Faith vs. Reason
      Container: Box 35, Folder 23
    • Description: Iron Rods and Liahonas
      Container: Box 35, Folder 24
    • Description: Dilemmas of Higher Education
      Container: Box 35, Folder 25-28
    • Description: Psychology
      Container: Box 35, Folder 29
    • Description: Psychology 10, Evergreen, Spring
      Dates: 1977
      Container: Box 35, Folder 30
    • Description: Abnormal Psychology
      Dates: 1978
      Container: Box 35, Folder 31-33
    • Description: Psychology of Children
      Dates: 1978
      Container: Box 36, Folder 1
    • Description: Cognitive Dissonance
      Container: Box 36, Folder 2-3
    • Description: Conservatism
      Container: Box 36, Folder 4
    • Description: Depression
      Container: Box 36, Folder 5-6
    • Description: Motivation, Psychology 365
      Container: Box 36, Folder 7-9
    • Description: Senior Project, Psych 497
      Container: Box 36, Folder 10-13
    • Description: Groupthink and Brainstorming
      Container: Box 36, Folder 14
    • Description: Perception and Cognition
      Container: Box 36, Folder 15
    • Description: Psych 450, Personality
      Container: Box 36, Folder 16-17
    • Description: Psychology of Religion
      Container: Box 36, Folder 18-19
    • Description: Psych 374, Research Methods
      Container: Box 36, Folder 20-23
    • Description: Sociology of Mormonism
      Container: Box 36, Folder 24
    • Description: Newsletter: Committee on Mormon Society and Culture
      Container: Box 36, Folder 25
    • Description: Society for the Sociological Study of Mormon Life
      Container: Box 36, Folder 26
    • Description: Mormon History Association
      Container: Box 36, Folder 27-28
    • Description: Sunstone Magazine
      Container: Box 36, Folder 29-30