J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections
David J. Buerger papers
Buerger, David John, 1955-
MS 0622
18 linear feet
1842-1988
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papers (1820-1986) contain correspondence, personal diary entries, research notes, copies of papers (both published and unpublished), newspaper clippings, class notes and projects, copies of diary and letter transcripts where the originals are stored in other archival repositories,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.
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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.
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.
Organized in three series: I. Personal Material; II. People; III. Subjects.
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Gift of David J. Buerger in 1983, 1986 and 1990.
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McConkie, Bruce R.
Smith, Joseph, Jr., 1805-1844
Brigham Young University--Evaluation
Temple work (Latter Day Saint churches)
Latter Day Saint churches--Controversial literature
Polygamy
Evolution--Religious aspects--Latter Day Saint churches
Latter Day Saint fundamentalism
Prophets (Latter Day Saint doctrine)
African American Latter Day Saints
Latter Day Saints--Polygamy
Mormonism (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Correspondence
Diaries
Notes (documents)
Articles
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Pamphlets
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.
Diary Entries
1972-1986
1
Correspondence
1928-1980
2
Correspondence
1981-1983
3
Correspondence
1984-1988
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.
Thomas G. Alexander
5
1
Hyrum L. Andrus
5
2-3
Hyrum L. Andrus, "Christ the Son--Our God and Father"
5
4
Hyrum L. Andrus, "Doctrinal Basis of the Correlation Program"
5
5
Hyrum L. Andrus, Notes from Summer Research Project
1966
5
6-15
David H. Bailey, "Scientific Foundations of Mormon Theology"
5
16
David H.Bailey, "Mediocrity, Materialism and Mormonism"
5
17
David H. Bailey, "Forever Tentative"
5
18
David H. Bailey, Miscellaneous
5
19
Michael J. Barrett
5
20
John C. Bennett
5
21
Ezra Taft Benson
5
22-25
Gary Bergera, "Of The Same Mind"
5
26-28
Carl Broderick
5
29
Dick Butler
5
30
George Q. Cannon
6
1
Culley K. Christensen
6
2
J. Reuben Clark
6
3
William Clayton
6
4-6
Oliver Cowdery
6
7
Duane Crowther
6
8
Dennis Davis
6
9
Reed C. Durham Jr.
6
10
Richards Durham
6
11-12
Andy Ehat vs. The Tanners
6
13-16
Merle H. Graffam
6
17
C. Jess Groesbeck
6
18
Mosiah Lyman Hancock
6
19
Martin Harris
6
20
George Trevier Harrison
6
21-22
"A. Layman Himmner"
6
23
Anthony A. Hutchinson
6
24-26
Anthony W. Ivins
6
27
Duane Jeffrey
6
28
Benjamin F. Johnson
6
29
Sonia Johnson
6
30
Karl Keller
7
1
Heber C. Kimball
7
2-10
Spencer W. Kimball
7
11
Ogden Kraut
7
12-17
Stan Larson
7
18-21
Anthon H. Lund
7
22
N. G. Lundwall
7
23
Richard R. Lyman
7
24
Bruce R. McConkie
8
1-6
Bruce R. McConkie Speeches
8
7-8
Bruce R. McComkie, "The Seven Deadly Heresies"
8
9-10
Bruce R. McConkie, "How To Start a Cult"
8
11-12
Bruce R. McConkie, "Theological Influence of Elder Bruce R. McConkie"
8
13
Bruce R. McConkie, "Theological Influence" Notes and Comments
8
14-15
Bruce R. McConkie, "Mormon Doctrine" Research Notes
8
16-17
Bruce R. McConkie, "McConkie's Mormon Doctrine Changes"
8
18-22
Bruce R. McConkie, "`Handy Theology'"
8
23
Joseph Fielding McConkie
9
1
David O. McKay
9
2
Sterling M. McMurrin
9
3-4
Marriner W. Merrill
9
5
Hugh Nibley
9
6-7
Dallin H. Oaks
9
8
Boyd K. Packer
9
9
Hal Palmer
9
10
Carol Lynn Pearson
9
11
Mark E. Petersen
9
12
Ronald E. Poelman
9
13
Richard D. Poll
9
14
Orson Pratt
9
15-17
Orson Pratt: His Excommunication and Realignment, Material Provided by Gary Bergera
9
18-19
Parley P. Pratt
9
20
D. Michael Quinn
9
21
Hartman Rector Jr.
9
22
George F. Richards
9
23
Stephen L. Richards
9
24
John W. Rigdon
9
25-26
Sidney Rigdon
10
1-4
B. H. Roberts
10
5-8
Alvin Smith
10
9
Emma Hale Smith
10
10
Joseph F. Smith
10
11
Joseph Fielding Smith
10
12-15
George D. Smith Jr.
10
16-17
Lucy Mack Smith
10
18
Ernest Strack
10
19
James E. Talmage
11
1
Gerald and Sandra Tanner
11
2
John Taylor
11
3-4
John W. Taylor
11
5-7
Richard Vetterli
11
8
Charles L. Walker
11
9
James D. Wardle
11
10
Ernest L. Wilkinson
11
11-12
Wilford Woodruff
11
13-16
Brigham Young
11
17-24
Brigham Young Jr.
11
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.
LDS Business Operations
12
1
Sacrifice
12
2
Law of Consecration, United Order
12
3-4
Early N. Y. Newspapers
12
5-13
Israel
12
14
Lost Ten Tribes of Israel
12
15-16
Annotated Bibliography on Mormon Family
12
17-18
Secret Organizations
12
19
Masonry
12
20-23
Masonry
13
1-6
Ken Guyer, "Free Masonry in America, 1776-1976"
13
7-8
Masonry and Mormonism
13
9-18
"Magic and the Old Testament"
13
19-20
Magic and Sorcery, Astrology
13
21
Gary Bergera, Witchcraft
13
22-23
Satan
14
1-3
Christ's Church
14
4-5
Apostates
14
6
Lyle O. Wright, "Origins and Development of the Church of the Firstborn of the Fulness of Times"
14
7-8
Other Religions
14
9
Catholic
14
10
Gnosticism
14
11
Jehovah's Witnesses
14
12
Lutheran
14
13
Woman and Womanhood
14
14
Mormons for E.R.A.
14
15
Apostasy
14
16
Ancient Recrods
14
17-19
God the Father
14
20
Jehovah Does Not Equal Jesus
14
21-22
Jesus Christ
14
23
Holy Ghost
14
24-25
Mother in Heaven
14
26
Joseph Smith Connections with Adam-God
15
1
Adam-God Paper Dialogue Draft
15
2-5
Adam-God Paper Dialogue Galley Proofs
15
6-7
Adam-God Research Dialogue Paper
15
8-11
Adam-God Miscellaneous
15
12-13
Adam-God, Journal Extracts, B. Young Period
15
14-15
Brigham Young Adam-God Material
15
16-18
Adam-God, Presidency Documents and Joseph Taylor Period
15
19-20
Adam-God, Charles W. Penrose Commentary
15
21
Adam-God, John Widtsoe, Joseph Fielding Smith, Bruce McConkie
15
22
Adam-God, Mark E. Petersen
16
1-2
Adam-God, Spencer W. Kimball
16
3
Adam-God, Eldon Watson Theory
16
4
Adam-God, Anti-Mormon papers, Pamphlets, Handouts, etc.
16
5-7
Adam-God, Student papers, Commentary
16
8-9
Adam-God in Ancient Texts
16
10
Adam-God, Dated Material
16
11-19
Plural Marriage
16
20-24
"Politics and Inspiration: An Historical Analysis of the Woodruff Manifesto"
16
25-26
Plural Marriage, The Manifesto
17
1-5
Anti-Polygamy Legislation by the U. S. Congress
17
6
Woodruff Manifesto, Problems and Analysis
17
7
Joseph Smith's Revelation on Plural Marriage
17
8
US and Utah Supreme Court and Plural Marriage
17
9-12
Plural Marriage and Fundamentalism
17
13-14
Plural Marriage, Post Manifesto
17
15-18
Kingdom of God and Council of Fifty
17
19
Constitution
17
20-21
Draft and Conscription
17
22
Socialism
17
23
Conspiracy Theory
17
24
Freeman Institute
17
25
W. Cleon Skousen and Ezra Taft Benson
17
26-27
Socialism and United Order
17
28-29
Hang by Thread
18
1
Council on Foreign Relations
18
2-3
Trilateral Commission
18
4-5
Institute of International Affairs
18
6
Cracks in the U. S. Constitution
18
7-8
Speaking
18
9
Logic and Philosophy 57, San Jose State
1977
18
10
Introduction to Philosophy
18
11
Philosophy and Mormonism
18
12-13
Free Agency
18
14
Religion and Science
18
15-16
Astronomy
18
17-22
Religious Education
18
23
Methods of Learning
18
24
Teaching
18
25
Clark V. Johnson, "Key to the Documents Used by B. H. Roberts in the Documentary History of the Church"
18
26-27
Jerald L. Jex, "Chronological Bibliography of Documents, Documentary History of the Church"
19
1
Louis Midgley, "The Question of Faith and History
19
2
Novak and Midgley, "Remembrance and the Past"
19
3
Views On Mormon History
19
4-5
Joseph Smith General Information
19
6-7
Joseph Smith Reflective Essays
19
8-10
Joseph Smith Unpublished Sermons
19
11
Revelations, Unpublished, Uncanonized
19
12-13
Magic and Joseph Smith
19
14-16
Joseph Smith Jupiter Talisman and Other Connections with the Occult
19
17-22
Joseph Smith, New York Period
20
1
Joseph Smith
1823-1830
20
2
Joseph Smith Legal Problems, New York
20
3
Joseph Smith, Methodist
1828
20
4-6
Accounts of First Vision
20
7-8
Revival
1820
20
9
Money Digging
20
10-11
Joseph Smith, "Record Book"
20
12
Transactions of the Twelve Apostles
20
13-14
Book of Commandments, Law and Covenants
20
15-16
Kirtland Revelation Book
20
17-22
"Scriptory Book" of Joseph Smith Jr.
20
23-26
C. Jess and David Groesbeck, "Joseph Smith and the Shaman's Vision"
21
1-2
Joseph Smith, Porter Paper
21
3-4
Illinois Period
21
5
Book of the Law of the Lord
21
6
"Scriptural Items"
21
7
Death of Joseph Smith
21
8
Joseph Smith's Bones
21
9
General Record of the Seventies
21
10
Western Exodus
21
11
Reed Smoot
21
12-19
James D. Tingen, "The Endowment House, 1855-1889"
21
20
Journal of Discourses, Index
21
21-23
Journal of Discourses, Richards Thesis
21
24-26
Mountain Meadows Massacre
22
1
Moses Thatcher Case
22
2-3
Universal Scientific Society
22
4
School of the Prophets
22
5-7
English Period
22
8
Gary Bergera, "I'm Here For The Cash"
22
9
LDS French History
22
10
International Church
22
11
"A Notable Event, The Weber Stake Reunion"
22
12
Lesson Plans
22
13
Missionary Work, General
22
14
Mission Rules, Manuals, Member Programming
22
15-17
Humorous Incidents
22
18
Preparation For Mission
22
19
Mission Rules
22
20
Missionaries, Mental Health
22
21
Anti-Mormon General
22
22
Anti-Mormon, Saints Alive!
22
23
General Commentary
22
24
Excommunication
22
25-26
Stephen J. Sorenson, "Civil and Criminal Jurisdiction of LDS Bishops' and High Council Courts, 1847-1852"
22
27-28
Temple Ordinances
23
1-2
Temple Ceremony Exposes
23
3-4
Temple Ceremony Exposes, Research
23
5-6
"The Evolution of the Mormon Temple Endowment Ceremony"
23
7-8
"The Evolution of the Mormon Temple Endowment Ceremony," Notes and Comments
23
8
Temple Endowment, Bibliographies
23
9
Temple Endowment, Exposes and Transcripts
23
10-11
Temple Endowment, "Washing" in Scriptures
23
12
Temple Endowment, "Anointing" in Scriptures
23
13
Temple Endowment, Kirtland Period
23
14
Temple Endowment, Nauvoo Period
23
15-16
Temple Endowment, Utah Period, Pre-1877
23
17
Temple Endowment, Committee
1920-1927
23
18
Temple Endowment, Oath of Vengeance
23
19-20
Temple Endowment, History
23
21-22
Temple Ceremony, History
23
23-24
Temple Endowment, 1955-Present
23
25
Temple Endowment, Anti-Mormon Exposes
23
26
Temple Endowment, Worthiness Information
23
27
Temple Endowment, Statistics
24
1-2
Endowment Paper, Notes and Comments
24
3-4
Confidential Research Files on Changes in Temple Ceremony
1950-1974
24
5-8
"Joseph Smith and the Temple of Doom," Bill Schnoebelen
24
9
Evolution of the Temple Endowment
24
10-15
No. 1 "Order Lodge," Bennett
1842
24
16
No. 2 "Ceremony of the Endowment"
1846
24
17
Van Dusen, No. 3 Mormon Endowment, A Secret Drama, McGee, and Startling Disclosures of the Mormon Spiritual-Wife System
1847-1864
24
18
No. 4 Narrative of Some of the Proceedings of the Mormons, Lewis
1848
24
19
No. 5 Authentic History of Remarkable Persons
1849
24
20
Thomas, No. 6 Sketch of the Rise, Progress, and Dispersion of the Mormons
1849
24
21
No. 7 Mormonism Exposed, Bowes
1850
24
22
No. 8 Mormon Mysteries, White
1851
24
23
No. 9 Abominations of the Mormons Exposed, Hall
1852
24
24
Hepburn, No. 10 Exposition of the Blasphemous Doctrines
1852
24
25
No. 11 The Seer
1853
24
26
No. 12 Secrets of Mormonism Disclosed
1854
24
27
Taylder, No. 13 Mormon's Own Book
1855
24
28
Gunnison, No. 14 Mormons, or Latter-Day Saints
1852
24
29
Cook, No. 15 Mormons, the Dream and the Reality
1857
24
30
Emmons, No. 16 Spirit Land
1857
24
31
Hyde, No. 17 Mormonism: Its Leaders and Designs
1857
24
32
Green, No. 18 Fifteen Years Among the Mormons
1858
24
33
Remy, No. 19 Journey to the Great-Salt-Lake City
1861
24
34
Waite, No. 20 Mormon Prophet and His Harem
1866
25
1
Beadle, No. 21 Life in Utah
25
2-3
Bundy, No. 22 Mormonism Exposed
1872
25
4
Stenhouse, No. 23 Tell It All
1874
25
5
Stenhouse, No. 23 An Englishwoman in Utah
1880
25
6
Young, No. 24 Wife No. 19
1876
25
7
Young, No. 24 Life in Mormon Bondage
1908
25
8
No. 25 Abominations of The Latter-Day Saints
25
9
No. 26 "Endowments"
1878
25
10
Jepson, No. 27 Among The Mormons
1879
25
11
No. 28 "Lifting The Vail"
1879
25
12
Tenney, No. 29 Colorado and Homes in the New West
1880
25
13
Coyner, No. 30 Hand-Book on Mormonism
1882
25
14
Paddock, No. 31 The Fate of Madame La Tour
1881
25
15
No. 32 Mysteries of Mormonism
1882
25
16
M'Clintock and Strong, No. 33 Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature
1883
25
17
Robinson, No. 34 Sinners And Saints
1883
25
18
Sala, No. 35 America Revisited
1883
25
19
Faithfull, No. 36 Three Visits to America
1884
25
20
Jarman, No. 37 U. S. A. Uncle Sam's Abscess, or Hell Upon Earth
1884
25
21
Nye, No. 38 Baled Hay
1884
25
22
No. 39 Mormonism
1885
25
23
Wyl, No. 40 Mormon Portraits
1886
25
24
No. 41 Few Choice Examples of Mormon Practices and Sermons
1886
25
25
Clampitt, No. 42 Echoes from the Rocky Mountains
1889
25
26
No. 43 History of Utah
1889
25
27
No. 44 Trean; or, The Mormon's Daughter
1889
25
28
No. 45 Tullidge's Histories
1889
25
29
Bostwick, No. 46 As I Found It
1893
25
30
No. 47 Reorganized Church vs. Church of Christ
1893
25
31
Whitney, No. 48 History of Utah
1893
25
32
Howard, No. 49 Journey of a Tour in the United States, Canada and Mexico
1897
25
33
No. 50 Temple Mormonism, Gentile Bureau of Information
25
34
Folk, No. 51 The Mormon Monster
1900
25
35
Linn, No. 52 Story of the Mormons
1902
25
36
No. 53 Inside of Mormonism
1903
25
37-38
No. 54 "Mormon Endowment Ceremony"
1905
25
39
No. 55 Proceedings Before the Committee on Privileges and Elections
1906
25
40
No. 56 "Mysteries of the Endowment House"
1906
25
41
Schroeder, No. 57 A Reply
1906
25
42
Tuttle, No. 58 Reminiscences of A Missionary Bishop
1906
25
43
Freece, No. 59 Letters of an Apostate Mormon to his Son
1908
25
44
Marshall, No. 60 Mormonism Exposed
1908
25
45
Major, No. 61 The Revelation in the Mountain
1909
25
46
Jones, No. 62 Truth About the Mormons
1920
25
47
No. 63 "Hidden Secrets of the Mormon Church"
1911
25
48
Stead, No. 64 Doctrines and Dogmas of Brighamism Exposed
1911
25
49
Kauffman, No. 65 Latter Day Saints
1912
25
50
Kinney, No. 66 Mormonism: The Islam of America
1912
25
51
No. 67 "Secret Oaths and Ceremonies of Mormonism"
1911
25
52
Baskin, No. 68 Reminiscences of Early Utah
1914
25
53
Latimer, No. 69 Why I Left the Mormon Church
25
54
Danielsen, No. 70 Mormonism Exposed
1917
26
1
Thomas, No. 71 Wild Life in the Rocky Mountains
1917
26
2
Martin, No. 72 Mystery of Mormonism
1920
26
3
Goodwin, No. 73 Mormonism and Masonry
1921
26
4
Preuss, No. 74 Dictionary of Secret and Other Societies
1924
26
5
Vellinga, No. 75 Mormon Mysteries Revealed
1927
26
6
No. 76 Temple Mormonism
1931
26
7
Brodie, No. 77 No Man Knows My History
1945
26
8
O'Dea, No. 78 The Mormons
1957
26
9
No. 79 Fundamental Differences
1960
26
10
Harrison, No. 80 Mormonism Now And Then
1961
26
11
Jarman, No. 81 Temple Endowment Ritual and Ceremonies, Reprint
1965
26
12
Whalen, No. 82 Latter-day Saints in the Modern Day World
1964
26
13
Allen, No. 83 "Mormon Money Monster"
1969
26
14
Smith, No. 84 I Visited the Temple
1966
26
15
Tanner, No. 85 The Mormon Kingdom
1969
26
16-18
Holm, No. 86 Mormon Churches
1970
26
19
Skousen, No. 87 "Temple Endowment"
26
20-25
Tanner, No. 88 Mormonism - Shadow or Reality
1972
26
26
Muren, No. 89 "Functions of Temple Ceremonies"
1974
26
27
Smith, No. 90 Has Mormonism Changed...Now?
1979
26
28
No. 91 What's Going On Here?
26
29
Tanner, No. 92 Changing World of Mormonism
1980
26
30
Witte and Fraser, No. 93 What's Going On In Here?
26
31
Christensen, No. 94 Adam-God Maze
1981
26
32
No. 95 Unpublished Revelations
1979
26
33
No. 96 "A Mormon Temple Worker Asks Some Questions"
26
34
Sackett, No. 97 What's Going On In There
1982
26
35-36
Tanner, No. 98 "Pay Lay Ale"
1982
26
37
No. 99 "The God Makers"
1983
26
38
Tanner, No. 100 Mormonism, Magic and Masonry
1983
26
39
No. 101 "Bible-Belt Confrontation"
1985
26
40
Temple Garment
27
1-3
Secret Oaths of the Mormon Temple Endowment
27
4
Holy Order
27
5
Temple Ceremony, Changes
27
6
Toscano, "The Missing Rib"
27
7-8
Order of the Black Sticks
27
9
"Second Anointings"
27
10-12
Buerger, Temple Work Performed
27
13
"The Rise and Fall of `The Mormon Creed'"
27
14
Law of Adoption
27
15
Various Interpretations of the Secret and Holy Mysteries
27
16
Second Anointings
27
17-18
A Book of Anointings
27
19
Early Evolution of Endowment
27
20
Second Anointing Ceremony Text Variation
27
21
Human Washings in the Scriptures
27
22
Second Anointings
1840-1980
27
23-38
Lisle G. Brown, "The Second Anointings"
28
1-2
Lisle G. Brown, "The Holy Order in Nauvoo"
28
3-4
Hansen Compilation
28
5
Second Anointings, Miscellaneous
28
6
Creation
28
7-8
Evolution
28
9-10
Richard Sherlock, Evolution
28
11-13
Hugh Nibley, Evolution
28
14-15
Duane Jeffery, Evolution
28
16-18
Evolution, General Authorities
28
19
Evolution
1900s-1980s
29
1-31
Bruce R. McConkie, "Making Our Calling and Election Sure"
30
1
Eternal Progression
30
2-3
Spirit World
30
4-7
Degrees of Glory
30
8
Evil
30
9
James R. Davis, "A Mormon Millennial Myth?"
30
10
Murder
30
11
Plan of Salvation
30
12
Premortal Life
30
13
Repentance
30
14
Jeffrey E. Keller, "Spiritual Interpretation and Scientific Thought"
30
15-17
Sin
30
18
Sons of Perdition
30
19
Prophetic Infallibility, Overview
30
20
Prophetic Infallibility
1830s-1980s
30
21-33
Doctrinal Speculation
31
1-7
Infallibility
31
8
Infallibility Paper for Sunstone Symposium
31
9-11
Suicide
31
12
Truth and Light
31
13
Nature of Doctrine
31
14
Reliability of the Living Prophet
31
15
Follow Prophet and Iron Rod
31
16-17
Statements on Doctrine, Dennis Davis Collection
31
19-20
Succession to the Presidency
31
21
Priesthood, General
31
22-23
"Oath and Covenant of the Melchizedek Priesthood"
31
24-26
Seventy
31
27
Apostle
31
28
Presidents of the Church
31
29
Patriarchs to the Church
31
30
Patriarchal Order
31
31
Church Organization
31
32
Religious Doubt
31
33
Blacks and the Priesthood
32
1-3
Herbert Augustus Ford Family
32
4-5
Black Priesthood Ban Lifted
32
6-9
Negro Revelation
32
10
Negro Doctrine
32
11
"The 1978 Negro Revelation: A Unique Compilation of Events"
32
12
Revelation
32
13
Dreams
32
14
Patriarchal Blessings
32
15
Prophecy
32
16
Signs
32
17
Prayer
32
18
Conversion
32
19-20
Testimony
32
21
Spiritual Gifts
32
22
Visions
32
23
Scriptures
32
24
Bible
32
25
Inspired Revision of the Bible
32
26-27
Book of Mormon
32
28-29
"Book of Mormon in Jacksonian America"
32
30-31
Historicity of the Book of Mormon
33
1
A. D. Sorenson, "Russell against the Book of Mormon"
33
2
View of the Hebrews
33
3
Spaulding Manuscript Theory
33
4
"Spirit Writing and the Subconscious"
33
5
Book of Mormon Coming Forth
33
6
Robert N. Hullinger, "Harris-Anthon Consultation and Mormon Origins"
33
7-8
Anthon Transcript
33
9-11
"Preliminary Approach to Linguistic Aspects of the Anthon Transcript"
33
12
John A. Tvedtnes, "Preliminary Survey of the Anthon Transcript"
33
13
Paul R. Jesclard, "Translation of a Portion of the Anthon Transcript"
33
14
Glade L. Burgon, "Analysis of Purported Ancient American Linear Inscriptions"
33
15
Book of Mormon Archeology
33
16-17
Book of Mormon External Evidences
33
18
Archeological Evidences of the Book of Mormon
33
19
Cheesman, Matheny, and Louthan, "Report on the Gold Plates Found in Mexico"
33
20
Golden Barton, "Rebuttle to `Report on the Gold Plates'"
33
21
Bruce D. Louthan, "Padilla Plates"
33
22-23
Padilla Plates
33
24
Kinderhook Plates
33
25
Doctrine and Covenants
33
26-27
Book of Abraham
33
28-29
Book of Moses
33
30
Book of Joseph
33
31
Tim B. Heaton, "Four C's of the Mormon Family"
34
1
Marriage
34
2
Virtue, Morality, Chastity
34
3
Adultery and Fornication
34
4
Birth Control
34
5
Dating
34
6
Sex and Affection
34
7
Homosexuality, Masturbation
34
8-9
"Payne" letter
34
10
Bergin and Inouye, "Reply to Unfounded Assertions regarding Homosexuality"
34
11-12
Word of Wisdom
34
13-16
David J. Buerger, "Proscriptive Aspects of the Word of Wisdom"
34
17
Ray C. Hillam papers - BYU Spy Ring
1966-1967
34
18-23
Academic Deficiencies of BYU
34
24-29
David J. Buerger, "BYU: Destined to Fail"
34
30
David J. Buerger, "BYU: The Unvarnished Reality," and Joan Pruss, "BYU: Educating the Whole Person"
34
31
Brigham Young University
35
1-5
BYU Daily Universe
35
6-7
BYU Faculty
35
8-9
Jeff Holland Administration
35
10
BYU Accreditation Report Excerpts, Ernie's Response
1966
35
11-13
Freedom of Thought
35
14-15
Intellectuals
35
16
Liberals vs. Conservatives
35
17-19
Dissent
35
20
Disaffection
35
21
Tolerance and Intolerance
35
22
Harmonizing Faith vs. Reason
35
23
Iron Rods and Liahonas
35
24
Dilemmas of Higher Education
35
25-28
Psychology
35
29
Psychology 10, Evergreen, Spring
1977
35
30
Abnormal Psychology
1978
35
31-33
Psychology of Children
1978
36
1
Cognitive Dissonance
36
2-3
Conservatism
36
4
Depression
36
5-6
Motivation, Psychology 365
36
7-9
Senior Project, Psych 497
36
10-13
Groupthink and Brainstorming
36
14
Perception and Cognition
36
15
Psych 450, Personality
36
16-17
Psychology of Religion
36
18-19
Psych 374, Research Methods
36
20-23
Sociology of Mormonism
36
24
Newsletter: Committee on Mormon Society and Culture
36
25
Society for the Sociological Study of Mormon Life
36
26
Mormon History Association
36
27-28
Sunstone Magazine
36
29-30