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The Gentle Madness ofBook Collecting

Conference

Materials & Guide

October 24, 2003

L. Tom Perry Special Collections

1:00 to 8:00 p.m

Harold B. Lee Library

Brigham Young University

Provo, Utah

http://sc.lib.byu.edu

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The Gentle Madness of Book Collecting

CONTENTS

Welcome

List of Conference Participants and Advanced Seminar Sign-Up Information

Schedule of Events

Floor Plans for the Harold B. Lee Library

Brief Professional Biographies of Presenters, Speakers and Tour Guides

Opening Remarks: Collecting in the 21stCentury

Conference Materials:

Seminar no. 1: Mormon Incunabula: The Infancy of Mormon Publishing

Seminar no. 2: Back in the Saddle: Collecting Western Fiction

Seminar no. 3: The Top 50 Most Inuential Books Ever Printed

Seminar no. 4: Its My Press and Ill Print What I Want to: Collecting Modern Fine Printing

Seminar no. 5: Conservation and Preservation: The Art of Preventing Dilapidation

Seminar no. 6: Street Literature: Common Reading, Uncommon Times

Evaluation Form

Notes

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WELCOME

24 October 2003

Dear Gentle Madness participants:

My name is Randy Olsen, and I am the University Librarian here at Brigham YoungUniversity. I am delighted you have chosen to spend a day with us in our first annualGentle Madness of Book Collectingconference. We sincerely welcome you to BrighamYoung University and particularly welcome your visit to the L. Tom Perry SpecialCollections Department of the Harold B. Lee Library. In this Age of the Internet it isrefreshing to see so many people interested in the history and care of books. We hopethat you leave this conference not only with an introduction to the wonderful world ofbooks, but a deep appreciation of our cultural and intellectual heritage.

The L. Tom Perry Special Collections was founded in 1957, when Chad Flake wasasked to become Chair of a two man department. From that small collection of booksand manuscripts, Special Collections has grown to become a major part of the libraryand indeed of the university. The Gentle Madness conference is our way of trying, insome way, to share with you the variety of collections and research topics that can befound in Special Collections. Lest you think that the six seminars we provide today willexhaust our supply of topics, just remember that the L. Tom Perry Special Collectionshouses 300,000 books, 10,000 manuscript collections, and over 500,000 photographs.We look forward to offering scores of new seminars in the future.

So, again, as University Librarian I welcome you. I am genuinely excited about theopportunity to host you as our guests today. Based on my knowledge of how mucheffort our people from Special Collections, Conservation, and Cataloguing have put intothis conference, I am confident you will enjoy the day with us.

Sincerely,

Randy J. OlsenUniversity Librarian

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LIST OF CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS

WITH ADVANCED SEMINAR SIGN-UP INFORMATION

Seminar 1 Seminar 2 Seminar 3 Seminar 4 Seminar 5 Seminar 6 TOUR

Adair, Morgan 1:45-2:30 2:30-3:15 4:30-5:15 3:45-4:30

Allred, Vern 1:45-2:30 3:45-4:30 2:30-3:15 4:30-5:15

Arnold, Linda 2:30-3:15 3:45-4:30 4:30-5:15 1:45-2:30

Baker, Brent 1:45-2:30 2:30-3:15 3:45-4:30 4:30-5:15

Baker, Richard 1:45-2:30 4:30-5:15 2:30-3:15 3:45-4:30

Barnard, Burt 3:45-4:30 2:30-3:15 4:30-5:15 1:45-2:30Bean, Matt 1:45-2:30 4:30-5:15 2:30-3:15 3:45-4:30

Buttars, Ann 1:45-2:30 3:45-4:30 4:30-5:15 2:30-3:15

Carrell, Doug 3:45-4:30 1:45-2:30 2:30-3:15 4:30-5:15

Cheney, Marcia 4:30-5:15 1:45-2:30 3:45-4:30 2:30-3:15

Clement, Patsy 3:45-4:30 1:45-2:30 4:30-5:15 2:30-3:15

Clement, Sharri 1:45-2:30 3:45-4:30 4:30-5:15 2:30-3:15

Clement, Suzanne 1:45-2:30 3:45-4:30 4:30-5:15 2:30-3:15

Conklin, Curt E. 1:45-2:30 2:30-3:15 3:45-4:30 4:30-5:15

Dockstader, Dan 3:45-4:30 4:30-5:15 2:30-3:15 1:45-2:30

Eggett, Marva Loy 3:45-4:30 2:30-3:15 4:30-5:15 1:45-2:30

Fletcher, Galen L. 1:45-2:30 2:30-3:15 3:45-4:30 4:30-5:15

Foulger, Chad 2:30-3:15 1:45-2:30 3:45-4:30 4:30-5:15

Fullmer, Terry 1:45-2:30 4:30-5:15 2:30-3:15 3:45-4:30

Geisner, Joe 2:30-3:15 3:45-4:30 4:30-5:15 1:45-2:30

Gubler, Kendall D. 3:45-4:30 1:45-2:30 2:30-3:15 4:30-5:15

Hateld, Thea 3:45-4:30 2:30-3:15 4:30-5:15 1:45-2:30

Heaton, Suzanne 2:30-3:15 1:45-2:30 3:45-4:30 4:30-5:15Hunter, Mike 2:30-3:15 1:45-2:30 3:45-4:30 4:30-5:15

Jorgensen, Ben 3:45-4:30 1:45-2:30 2:30-3:15 4:30-5:15

Jorgensen, Leann 1:45-2:30 2:30-3:15 3:45-4:30 4:30-5:15

Kimball, Thomas S. 4:30-5:15 1:45-2:30 3:45-4:30 2:30-3:15

Kupitz, Gabriele 4:30-5:15 1:45-2:30 2:30-3:15 3:45-4:30

Lake, Christopher 4:30-5:15 2:30-3:15 3:45-4:30 1:45-2:30

Larsen, Jean M. 4:30-5:15 1:45-2:30 3:45-4:30 2:30-3:15

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Leary, Heather Miriam

2:30-3:15 3:45-4:30 4:30-5:15 1:45-2:30

Lewis, Dustin 1:45-2:30 3:45-4:30 4:30-5:15 2:30-3:15

Marquardt, Michael

1:45-2:30 4:30-5:15 2:30-3:15 3:45-4:30

Maxwell, Margaret F. 1:45-2:30 2:30-3:15 4:30-5:15 3:45-4:30

McKell, Hugh 4:30-5:15 2:30-3:15 3:45-4:30 1:45-2:30

McKell, Sandra 4:30-5:15 3:45-4:30 1:45-2:30 2:30-3:15

Mecham, Dan 4:30-5:15 2:30-3:15 3:45-4:30 1:45-2:30

Merriman, Ruth Marie 3:45-4:30 2:30-3:15 4:30-5:15 1:45-2:30

Minson, Leslie Stone 2:30-3:15 1:45-2:30 3:45-4:30 4:30-5:15

Minson, Michael J.

2:30-3:15 1:45-2:30 3:45-4:30 4:30-5:15

Morris, Donnie 2:30-3:15 4:30-5:15 3:45-4:30 1:45-2:30

Moulton, Tyler 4:30-5:15 1:45-2:30 3:45-4:30 2:30-3:15

Murri, Beverly 2:30-3:15 1:45-2:30 4:30-5:15 3:45-4:30

Oliphant, Roger A. 3:45-4:30 2:30-3:15 4:30-5:15 1:45-2:30

Oliver, Clara 1:45-2:30 2:30-3:15 4:30-5:15 3:45-4:30

Oliver, Richard 3:45-4:30 2:30-3:15 4:30-5:15 1:45-2:30

Olsen, Carl 3:45-4:30 1:45-2:30 2:30-3:15 4:30-5:15

Parsons, Keith R. 3:45-4:30 2:30-3:15 4:30-5:15 1:45-2:30

Paxman, Monroe 1:45-2:30 3:45-4:30 2:30-3:15

Paxman, Shirley 1:45-2:30 3:45-4:30 2:30-3:15

Pitcher, Jennifer 3:45-4:30 1:45-2:30 4:30-5:15 2:30-3:15

Pratt, Belva Gae 3:45-4:30 1:45-2:30 4:30-5:15 2:30-3:15

Pratt, Steve 3:45-4:30 1:45-2:30 2:30-3:15 4:30-5:15

Reber, Brent 4:30-5:15 1:45-2:30 2:30-3:15 3:45-4:30

Reimschiissel, James 4:30-5:15 1:45-2:30 2:30-3:15 3:45-4:30

Riding, Ed 1:45-2:30 4:30-5:15 3:45-4:30 2:30-3:15

Riding, Lisa

1:45-2:30 4:30-5:15 2:30-3:15 3:45-4:30

Roe, Kenneth V. 3:45-4:30 1:45-2:30 2:30-3:15 4:30-5:15

Romriell, Brian J. 2:30-3:15 1:45-2:30 4:30-5:15 3:45-4:30

Roper, Charmaine 1:45-2:30 3:45-4:30 4:30-5:15 2:30-3:15

Sanders, Melissa 3:45-4:30 1:45-2:30 4:30-5:15 2:30-3:15

Sharpe, Mary Lynn 1:45-2:30 2:30-3:15 4:30-5:15 3:45-4:30

Shaw, Melanie 1:45-2:30 4:30-5:15 3:45-4:30 2:30-3:15

Skeen, Becky 1:45-2:30 2:30-3:15 4:30-5:15 3:45-4:30

Skidmore, David Kenn 2:30-3:15 4:30-5:15 3:45-4:30 1:45-2:30

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Smith, Craig Stuart 4:30-5:15 2:30-3:15 1:45-2:30 3:45-4:30

Sorenson, Sarah 2:30-3:15 1:45-2:30 3:45-4:30 4:30-5:15

Sorenson, Tonya 4:30-5:15 1:45-2:30 2:30-3:15 3:45-4:30

Stanford, Emily 1:45-2:30 4:30-5:15 3:45-4:30 2:30-3:15

Taylor, John Arthur 1:45-2:30 2:30-3:15 3:45-4:30 4:30-5:15

Thomas, Paul R. 1:45-2:30 2:30-3:15 4:30-5:15 3:45-4:30

Thomsen, Neal 4:30-5:15 2:30-3:15 3:45-4:30 1:45-2:30

Walters, Cheryl D. 4:30-5:15 1:45-2:30 2:30-3:15 3:45-4:30

Warthen, Lee 1:45-2:30 4:30-5:15 3:45-4:30 2:30-3:15

Worthen, Kathy 2:30-3:15 3:45-4:30 1:45-2:30 4:30-5:15

Crawley, Peter

Bench, Curt

Cook, Lyndon

Nay, Joan

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SCHEDULE

1:00 Conference Welcome

Randy J. Olsen University Librarian

Invocation by Dr. Paul R. Thomas, BYU English Department

1:05-1:15 Opening Remarks: Collecting in the 21st Century

Brad Westwood Chair, L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Introductions of Mr. James S. Winegar

1:15-1:40 My Passion for Building Book Collections

James S. Winegar President, Robert Louis Stevenson Museum

1:45-2:25 Session 1 - Concurrent Seminars

No. 1 Mormon Incunabula Larry Draper 2238 HBLL

No. 2 Collecting Western Fiction Russ Taylor 1130 HBLL

No. 3 The Most Influential Books Ever Printed Scott Duvall 2070 HBLL

No. 4 Modern Fine Printing Robert Maxwell 2824 HBLL

Tours of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Please meet at the Special Collections Reference Desk

Tour A Guide: Gordon Daines, University Archivist

Tour B Guide: John M. Murphy, Curator of 20th-21st Century Manuscripts

2:30-3:10 Session 2 - Concurrent SeminarsNo. 1 Mormon Incunabula Larry Draper 2238 HBLL

No. 3 The Most Influential Books Ever Printed Scott Duvall HBLL 2070

No. 4 Modern Fine Printing Robert Maxwell 2824 HBLL

No. 5 Conservation and Preservation Mark Pollei 3452 HBLL


Please meet at the Special Collection Reference Desk

Tour C Guide: Gordon Daines, University Archivist

Tour D Guide: John M. Murphy, Curator of 20 th-21st Century Manuscripts

3:15-3:40 Break

Refreshments in the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Classroom (HBLL 1130)




No. 5 Conservation and Preservation Mark Pollei 3452 HBLL

No. 6 Street Literature Brad Westwood 3420 HBLL



Tour E Guide: Russ Taylor, Supervisor of Reference Services

Tour F Guide: Tom Wells, Curator of Photography

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No. 5 Conservation and Preservation Mark Pollei 3452 HBLLNo. 6 Street Literature Brad Westwood 3420 HBLL



Tour G Guide: Russ Taylor, Supervisor of Reference Services

Tour H Guide: Tom Wells, Curator of Photography

5:15 Introductions: Scott Duvall, Assistant University Librarian for Special Collections

5: 20-6:10 Dr. Madison Sowell, Speaker - Bibliomania: Confessions & Lessons

Auditorium, Room 1060/1080 Harold B. Lee Library

6:10 Presentation of a Keepsake to Conference Guests.

Printer, Nicole Barnhill (Orem)

Program evaluation forms will also be collected

Benediction by Cali OConnell, HBLL Administrative Assistant

7:00 Dinner and Entertainment

Presidents Dining Room,

Room 3260-64 Wilkinson Center

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FLOOR PLANS FOR THE HAROLD B. LEE LIBRARY

Maps are prominently placed on each oor, corresponding to what is below, to further assist you.

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THE PRESENTERS, SPEAKERS AND TOUR GUIDES

Presenters and Speakers:

Larry DraperLarry W. Draper is Curator of Americana and Mormonism in the L. Tom Perry Special Collections in the Harold B. Lee Library at

Brigham Young University. In 1976 he received a B.A. in philosophy from California State University at Fresno. Two years later he receiveda Masters of Library Science from BYU, followed in 1988 by an M.A. in history, also at BYU. He worked for 18 years at the LDS ChurchHistorical Department, rst as a manuscript cataloger, then from 1985 to 1997 as rare book librarian. He has held his present position since1997.

Scott DuvallScott Duvall began his work at Brigham Young University as the Assistant Curator of Special Collections in 1975. He has a

Bachelor of Arts degree in History, a Masters of Library Science degree, and a Masters Degree in European History. He was appointedChair of the combined Special Collections and Manuscripts Department in 1991. He occupied that position until March of 2002. In1997 he was also appointed as the Assistant University Librarian for Special Collections, the position he holds at the present time. Whileperforming administration duties since 1991, he also has served the L. Tom Perry Special Collections with expertise in the followingsubjects: Manuscripts of the Middle Ages; Renaissance/Reformation; History of Printing; Victorian and 19th century American Literature;History of France; History of Childrens Literature; and Modern Fine Printing.

Robert MaxwellRobert L. Maxwell is head of the Special Collections and Humanities Cataloging Team in the Harold B. Lee Library. His library

assignments include the cataloging of early printed books and ne press materials, and classical and ancient languages materials. He isalso the curator of the Orson Scott Card Collection in the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Library. Bob is the author of two catalogingmanuals, Maxwells Handbook for AACR2and Maxwells Guide to Authority Work, both published by the American Library Association.The latter work won the 2003 ALA-Highsmith Award for Library Literature.

Mark PolleiMark Pollei began his post-graduate studies in Rare Book Conservation at the North Bennet Street School in Boston,

Massachusetts after graduating from Brigham Young University with a BA in Art History in 1992. He has worked as a Rare BookConservator at the Houghton Library, at Harvard University, and completed an advanced rare book conservation internship at the Libraryof Congress in 1996. Presently, he is the Department Chair of the Rare Book Conservation Laboratory at the Harold B. Lee Library,Brigham Young University.

Madison SowellDr. Madison U. Sowell, Scheuber and Veinz Professor of Humanities and Languages at BYU, received his Ph.D. in romance

languages and literatures from Harvard University. He has published six books, the latest on Giordano Bruno from Yale University Press,

and over 80 scholarly articles, essays, and book reviews.

Russ TaylorCurrently the Supervisor of Reference Services at the L. Tom Perry Special Collections of Brigham Young Universitys Harold

B. Lee Library. Russ has a BA in history, an MLS in library science (both from BYU), and a Juris Doctorate from Syracuse University. Heworked as assistant curator of Special Collections at the Lee Library from 1972-1975, then attended law school at Syracuse University(1975-1978). Russ worked for the Federal Bureau of Investigation from 1979 to 1986, the last ve of these years as a speechwriter toDirector William H. Webster. He also worked as speechwriter and public affairs writer for the American Medical Association in Chicago;Merck & Co. in Whitehouse Station, New Jersey; and Medtronic in Minneapolis. Russ returned to librarianship in 1999 and is glad to be

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Brad WestwoodBrad Westwood has been involved with archives, special libraries, museums and historical agencies for twenty-ve years. Educated

at BYU (B.A., American Studies, 1985) and the University of Pennsylvania (M.S., Historic Preservation, 1994), he was appointed chair of

Special Collections in 2002, after serving as assistant since1996. He worked for Utah State University Special Collections, the Universityof Utah Special Collections, the Louis Kahn Architectural Archive (University of Pennsylvania), the Athenaeum of Philadephia (as the PewCharitable Trusts Project Archivist) and the LDS Church Historical Department. His assignments include photo-archivist, architecturalrecords archivist, corporate archivist and historic preservation ofce. From 1990 to 1995, he conducted business as Westwood Research &Consulting, with academic archives and libraries, historical agencies, and local government as clientele. His research interests have focusedon the history of the book, and American and European social, cultural and architectural history.

James S. WinegarMr. Winegars passion comes from serving as President of the Robert Louis Stevenson Foundation, Inc., which he co-founded with

his former missionary companion, friend, associate and primary benefactor, Rex Maughan. The foundation funded, built and operatesthe Robert Louis Stevenson Museum in Vailima, SAMOA, as a not-for-prot entity. The R.L.S. Museum is a major tourist destination inSamoa and is recognized worldwide as a major repository of Stevensoniana.

His business career spans several years as a sales/marketing professional for pharmaceutical, medical and high-tech companies in

domestic and international markets. His assignments have allowed him to live in several areas of the United States. He currently works asan independent sales/marketing consultant to small manufacturers. He and his wife Brenda are the parents of six children and reside inProvo, UT.

Tour Guides:

Gordon Daines University Archivist

John M. MurphyCurator (20th and 21st Century Western and Mormon Americana manuscripts)

Russ Taylor Supervisor of Reference Services and Curator (Yellowstone Collection, AmericanLiterature printed)

Tom Wells Curator (Photograph archives)

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Recommended Reading:

Basbanes, Nicholas A.A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles,Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books. Henry Holtand Company, 1995. (ISBN #0805036539)

-------. Patience & Fortitude:A Roving Chronicle of BookPeople, Book Places, and Book Culture. HarperCollinsPublishers Inc., 2001. (ISBN #0060196955)

Benton, Megan L. Beauty and the Book: Fine Editions

and Cultural Distinction in America (Henry McBrideSeries in Modernism and Modernity). Yale, 2000. (ISBN#0300082134)

Casper, Scott, Chaison, Joanne D., and Groves and JeffreyD. Perspectives on American Book History: Artifacts andCommentary (Studies in Print Culture and the History ofthe Book series), et al. Univ. of Massachusetts Press, 2002.(ISBN #1558493174)

Carter, John. ABC for Book Collectors, 7th ed., withcorrections, additions, and an introduction by NicolasBarker. New Castle, Delaware. Oak Knoll Press, 1995.223 p. (ISBN #1884718051)

Cassan, Lionel. Libraries in the Ancient World.Yale, 2001.(ISBN #0-300-08809-4)

Clement, Richard W. The Book in America: With Imagesfrom the Library of Congress. Fulcrum Pub, 1999. (ISBN#1555912346)

Ellis, Ian C. Book Finds: How to Find, Buy and Sell RareBooks. Perigree, 1996. (ISBN #0399519785)

Goldstone, Lawrence and Nancy. Slightly Chipped*:*Footnotes in Booklore. St. Martins Press, 1999. (ISBN#0312205872)

Jackson, H.J. Marginalia: Readers Writing in Books. Yale,2001. (ISBN #0300088167)

Man, John. Gutenberg: How One Man Remade the Worldwith Words. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2002. (ISBN#0471218235)

Petroski, Henry. The Book on the Bookshelf. Alfred A.Knopf, Inc., 1999. (ISBN #0375406492)

Shwartz, Ronald B. For the love of Books: 115 CelebratedWriters on the Books They Love Most. Berkley Pub Group,1999. (ISBN #0399144668)

Recommended Websites Related to Book Collecting

and the History of the Book:

Utah Center for the Book (Experience the power andpleasure of words)

http://www.slcpl.lib.ut.us/details.jsp?parent_id=15&page_id=15

The Center for the Book (Uses the resources of theLibrary of Congress to promote books, reading, libraries,and literacy)http://lcweb.loc.gov/loc/cfbook/

The Society for the History of Authorship, Reading andPublishing (SHARP) http://www.sharpweb.org/

The Alcuin Society (For lovers of books, the book arts,

ne printing and reading) http://www.alcuinsociety.com

The American Antiquarian Society (Documents the life oAmericas people from the Colonial era through the CivilWar andReconstruction). http://www.americanantiquarian.org/

Book and Book Collecting (private page with plethora oflinks to online book shops, libraries, etc., etc.,)http://www.trussel.com/f_books.htm

Oak Knoll Books, publishers and rare and out-of printbookseller (largest inventory of books about books andbibliography)http://www.oakknoll.com/

American Booksellers Association (not-for-protorganization founded in 1900 devoted to meeting theneeds of independently owned bookstores with retailstorefront locations) http://www.bookweb.org/

From Alibris Books A Guide to Book Collecting in the21st Century by Roger Gozdecki. This is a temporaryweb section and is the rst half of an eight part series on

Alibris website.http://www.alibris.com/articles_features/articles/

gozdecki/gozdecki-home.cfm

Opening Remarks: Collecting in the 21st Century

Brad Westwood

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Grolier Club: founded in 1884 The oldest and largestsociety for bibliophiles and enthusiasts in the graphic artsin the USA. http://www.grolierclub.org/

Fellowship of American Bibliophilic Societies:http://www.fabsbooks.org/

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Seminar No. 1: Mormon Incunabula:

The Infancy of Mormon Publishing

Larry Draper

View, examine, and discuss the rarity, inuence, and signicance of the foundational publications of the Churchof Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Mormonisms rst scriptures, periodicals, hymnals, missionary tracts andtheological treatises. This seminar will expose the inuences of these publications on the growth of Mormonism.

Selected Bibliography:

Crawley, Peter. A bibliography of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in New York, Ohio, andMissouri. BYU Studies. 12 (summer 1974): 465537.

. A descriptive bibliography of the Mormon Church: Volume one, 18301847. Provo, Religious StudiesCenter, 1997.

. Joseph Smith and A Book of Commandments. Princeton University Library Chronicle42 (autumn1980): 1832.

Crawley, Peter and Chad J. Flake. Notable Mormon books, 18301857. An exhibition in conjunction with thesixth annual Mormon Festival of Arts. Provo, Utah, Friends of the Brigham Young University Library, 1974.

. A Mormon fty. An exhibition in the Harold B. Lee Library in conjunction with the annual conference ofthe Mormon History Association. Provo, Utah, Friends of the Brigham Young University Library, 1984.

Flake, Chad J.A Mormon bibliography, 18301930. Books pamphlets, periodicals and broadsides relating to therst century of Mormonism. Salt Lake City, University of Utah, 1978.

Second edition, revised and enlarged. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, Religious StudiesCenter, 2003. Publication pending, December 2003.

Flake, Chad J. and Larry W. Draper.A Mormon bibliography, 18301930. Indexes to A Mormon bibliographyand Ten year supplement. Salt Lake City, University of Utah Press, 1992.

.A Mormon bibliography, 18301930. Ten year supplement. Salt Lake City, University of Utah Press,1989.

Web Source:Early Mormon Publications

Available online: http://as3.lib.byu.edu/hbll/emp/index.htmlA few of the items found in Bibliography of Mormon books published during the rst decade ofMormonism (18301839) are available at this site with complete images of all pages and searchabletext. Additional titles will be added to this web site over time.

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Mormon Incunabula:The Infancy of Mormon Publishing

A Bibliography of Mormon books publishedduring the rst decade of Mormonism(18301839)

Extracted from Flake, Chad J. and Larry W. Draper.A Mormon bibliography, 18301930. Books pamphlets,

perio ica s an roa si es re ating to t e rst century o Mormonism. Second edition, revised and enlarged.

Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, Religious Studies Center, 2003. Publication pending, December 2003.

341a. Be it nown, t at I, ________ o Jac son County, an state oMissouri, aving ecome a mem er o t e c urc o C rist, organizeaccording to . . . . Independence, Mo.?, 1832?].

Broadside. 31 x 19cm.Crawley 5.USlC

341b. Be it known, that I, ________ of Jackson County, and state ofMissouri, having become a member of the church of Christ, organizedaccor ing to . . . . In epen ence, Mo.?, 1832?].

Broa si e. 31 x 19cm.ariant printing.

Craw ey 6.US C

468. Bi e. N.T. Matt ew 24. Eng is . 1835? Inspire Version.Extract from the new translation of the Bible, it being the 24th chapter of

Matthew; but in order to show the connection we will commence with thelast verse of the 23rd chapter, vix: . . . Published for the benet of the Saints.[Kirtland, Ohio?, 1835?].

Broadside. 30 x 20cm.UPB copy enclosed in ornamental borderPossi y pu is e as ear y as 1835 as it is reprinte in present orm

in Jo n Corri sA rie i story o t e C urc o C rist o Latter Day Saintspu is e in 1839. Or possi y pu is e as ate as 1843 to com at t eMi erite excitement

ype simi ar to t e type o t eMessenger an A vocatean t e E ers Journa.

Byrd 782, Crawley 25.CtY, UPB, USlC

532. Bishop, Francis Gladden. A brief history of the Church of JesusChrist, of Latter Day Saints, from their rise until the present time; containingan account o , an s owing t e cause o t eir su erings in t e state o Missouri,in t e years 183338. An i ewise a summary view o t eir re igious ait . ByFrancis G. Bis op, a minister o t e or er. Sa em, N.C., Printe y B um &Son, 1839.

14, [1]p. 18cm.

A vertisement o a scriptura i ustration on na ea .Craw ey 53.DLC

595. Book of Mormon. English. 1830. The book of Mormon: anaccount written by the hand of Mormon, upon plates taken from the plates ofNephi . . . By Joseph Smith, Junior, author and proprietor. Palmyra, [N.Y.],Printed by E. B. Grandin, for the author, 1830.

iv, [5]588, [2]p. 19cm.First e ition as many variants: i.e. p. iv is iste as vi; p. 97 is poor y

printe in some copies; p. 207, seven ines rom t e ottom excee ingrea s exce ing; p. 207, seven ines rom t e ottom, great rea s grert; p.201, t e is raise on many copies; p. 212 is printe as p. 122; p. 487

rea s 48 on some copies; on p. 575, E er or priest rea s E er priest. Noor er o printing as een etermine at t e present time.Crawley 1.CLU-C, CoU, CSmH, CtY, CU-B, DLC, ICN, IHi, IWW, MB,

MH, MU, MoInRC, MWA, NjP, NjPS, NjPT, NN, OC, PP, PU,TxDaM-D, UHi, ULA, UPB, USlC, UU

596. Boo of Mormon. Eng is . 1837. T e oo o Mormon: anaccount written y t e an o Mormon, upon p ates ta en rom t e p ateso Nep i . . . Trans ate y Josep Smit , Jr. Kirt an , O io, Printe y O.Cow ery an Co., or P. P. Pratt an J. Goo son, 1837.

iii], [v]vi, [7]619, [2]p. 15cm.

Secon e ition. Correcte y Josep Smit an O iver Cow ery.Wit a new pre ace y Par ey P. PrattPages 23537 are misnumbered 33537.Crawley 35.CLU-C, CSmH, CtY, CU-B, DLC, ICN, MH, NN, UHi, UPB,

USlC

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1450. C urc of Jesus C rist of Latter- ay Saints. T e twe ve apost es.[4 ines in 3 co umns] T e seven presi ents o t e seventy e ers. [3 ines in 3

co umns] T e rst seventy e ers. [21 ines in 3 co umns] T e secon seventye ers [24 ines in 3 co umns]. [Kirt an , O io?, 1836?].

Broa si e. 31 x 20cm.Printe etween t e organization o t e Secoun Quorum o Seventy

in February 1836 and the excommunication of Charles Kelly on May 23,1836

List of members.Within ornamental border.Crawley 27.UPB, USlC

1760. C urc of Jesus C rist of Latter- ay Saints. Hymna . Eng is .3 . A co ection o sacre ymns, or t e C urc o t e Latter Day Saints.

Se ecte y Emma Smit . Kirt an , O io, Printe y F. G. Wi iams & Co,5.iv, [5]121, v p. 11cm.

it e wit in a ou e or er.Crawley 23.CSmH, CtY, MiU-C, MoInRC, MNS, TxDaM-D, UPB, USlC, UU

inc.

2115. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. PresidingBishopric. To the saints scattered abroad, the bishop and his counselors ofKirtland send greeting. Kirtland, Ohio, September 18th, 1837.

Broa si e. 52 x 32cm.In our co umns.

Signe : N. K. W itney, R. Ca oon, V. Knig tNee o support to ui Zion.Craw ey 37.UPB, US C

2854. Doctrine and Covenants. English. 1833. A Book ofCommandments, for the government of the Church of Christ. Organizedaccording to law, on the 6th of April, 1830. Zion [Independence, Mo.],Published by W. W. Phelps and Co., 1833.

160p. 12cm.Includes only ve gatherings, to the end of chapter 65, p. 160. The

estruction o T e Evening an t e Morning Star printing o ce en eprinting or t e Mormons in In epen ence. T e printing o ce was

attac e 20 Ju y 1833 an most copies were estroye . T ree t ousancopies were to e printeFoun in two states, wit an wit out a or er on tit e page.Craw ey 8.CSmH, CtY, CU-B, DLC, ICN, MoInRC, NN, TxDaM-D, UPB,

USlC

2860. Doctrine and Covenants. English. 1835. octrine andCovenants of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints: carefully selected

from the revelations of God, and compiled by Joseph Smith, Junior, OliverCowdery, Sidney Rigdon, Frederick G. Williams, [presiding elders of saidc urc .] Proprietors. Kirt an , O io, Printe y F. G. Wi iams & Co. ort e proprietors, 1835.

iv, [5]257, xxv p. 16cm.First e ition un er tit e Doctrine an Covenants. First to inc u e t e

Lectures on Fait , an many new reve ationsA t oug no aut ors ip as c ear y een esta is e or t e Lectures

on Fait , it was principa y written y Si ney Rig on ut attri ute toJosep Smit .

Craw ey 22.CSmH, CtY, CU-B, DLC, ICN, MH, NjP, NjPT, NN, TxDaM-D,

UHi, UPB, USl, USlC, UU, WHi

2914a. Doctrine and Covenants. Section 59. English. 1834? ehold,blessed saith the Lord, are they who have come up unto this land with an eyesingle to my glory, according to my commandments. [Kirtland, Ohio?, 1834?]

Broadside. 25 x 18cm.In ou e co umn

Printe in Kirt an , O io, e ore t e 1835 Doctrine an Covenants.Craw ey 13.US C

2914 . Doctrine an Covenants. Section 76. Eng is . 1838? A stri ingan remar a e vision, iscosing t e rea an na state o man, a ter t e

period of his existence in this world, by Joseph Smith Junr, and Sidney Rigdon.Preston, Whittles, printers, [1838?].

Broadside. 45 x 29cm.Printed before the death of Joseph Smith, Sr. An Elders certicate

with a similar border, dated 1838, printed in Preston suggests the date andplace of printing of this broadside.

Craw ey 52.

2916f. Doctrine an Covenants. Section 88. Eng is . 1834? Veri y,t us sait t e Lor unto you, w o ave assem e yourse ves toget er to receiveis wi concerning you. [Kirt an , O io, 1834?].

Broadsheet. 34 x 25cm.In double columnsPrinted in Kirtland before the publication of the 1835 Doctrine &

CovenantsIncludes Section 89 on p. [2].Crawley 12.

2920a. Doctrine an Covenants. Section 101. Eng is . 1834? Veri y, I

say unto you, concerning your ret ren w o ave een a icte , an persecutean cast out rom t e an o t eir in eritance . . . . [Kirt an , O io, 1834?].Broa s eet. 32 x 20cm.In double columnsPrinted in Kirtland before the publication of the 1835 Doctrine &

Covenants.Crawley 11.UPB, USlC

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3272 . T e Evening an t e Morning Star Extra. Kirtan , O io, Fe ruary,1834.

Broa s eet. 33 x 22cm.From Missouri an T e Mormons so ca e . Signe y Par ey

Pratt, Newe Knig t, Jo n Carri [Corri ] Decem er 12, 1833. Sectionsater pu is e in Pratts History o t e ate persecutions . . .

Crawley 10.UPB, USlC

3272c. The Evening and the Morning Star Extra. Kirtland, Ohio, August,1834.

Broadsheet. 33 x 22cm.An appeal signed by W. W. Phelps, David Whitmer, John Whitmer

an ot ers. Concerning Missouri persecutions.Craw ey 15.

US C

32 3. Evening an Morning Star. Kirt an , O io, 183234 [i.e.,183536].

v. (24 nos.) monthly. 20cm.A reprint ofThe Evening and the Morning Starwith changes,

published at Kirtland, Ohio, from January, 1835 to October, 1836; nos.111 were published by F. G. Williams & Co., nos. 1224 by O. Cowdery

The numbers have the dates and places of publication of the originalissue (nos. 114. Independence, Mo.; nos. 1524, Kirtland, Ohio).

Date an p ace o reprint is given at en o eac num er.Craw ey 17.

CSmH, CtY, CU-B, DLC, UPB, US C, UU

3710. Greene, Jo n Portineus. acts re ative to t e expu sion o t e Mormons or Latter- ay Saints, rom t e state o Missouri, un er t eexterminating or er. By Jo n P. Greene, an aut orise representative o t e

Mormons. Cincinnati, Printed by R. P. Brooks, 1839.iv, [5]43p. 22cm.In tan printed wrappers.Greene, a brother-in-law of Brigham Young, was present during these

events.Crawley 55.CSmH, CtY, CU-B, DLC, ICN, MiU-C, MoSHi, MWA, NN,

TxDaM-D, UPB, US C, WHi

3710a. Greene, Jo n Portineus. Facts re ative to t e expu sion o t eMormons rom t e state o Missouri, un er t e exterminating or er. By Jo nP. Greene, an aut orise representative o t e Mormons. Cincinnati, Printey R. P. Broo s, 1839.

iv, [5]43p. 22cm.In blue or gray printed wrappers.Crawley 56.CtY, ICHi, IHi, MB, MH, NN, MoHi, OClWHi, UPB, USlC, UU

2921. Doctrine an Covenants. Section 109. Eng is . 1836. rayer, att e e ication o t e Lor s ouse in Kirt an , O io, Marc 27, 1836,By

Josep Smit , Jr. presi ent o t e C urc o t e Latter Day Saints. Kirt an ,O io, 1836].

Broadsheet. 31 x 20cm.Crawley 26.MoInRC, USlC

3126. Elders Journal of the Church of Latter Day Saints. Kirtland,Ohio; [Far West, Mo.], October 1837August, 1838.

1v. (4 nos. in 64p.). 25cm.First e itor: Josep Smit , JrFo ows t eMessenger an A vocateSuspen e Decem er 1837June 1838Fina issues (3, 4) printe in Far West, Missouri.

Craw ey 39.CtY, CU-B, IWW, MoInRC, NN, UPB, US C, WHi, nos. 13

3127. Prospectus for the Elders [sic] Journal, of the Church of Jesus Christ, ofLatter Day Saints. [Far West, Mo., 1838].

Broadside. 41 x 26cm.Dated: April 30, 1838.Crawley 44.USlC

3160. E swort , Benjamin C. A co ection o sacre ymns, or t e C urco C rist o t e Latter Day Saints. Se ecte an pu is e y Benjamin C.

E swort . Mexico, N.Y.?], 1839.iv, [5]152, vii p. 11cm.Craw ey 61.CtY, UPB, US C

3272. The Evening and the Morning Star. Independence, Mo.[Kirtland, Ohio], June 1832September 1834.

2v. (24 nos.) monthly . 30cm.Vol. 1, nos. 112 not paged continuouslyVol. 1, no. 1vol. 2, no. 14 (issue numbers are continuous through

both volumes) June, 1832July, 1833 published at Independence, Mo.;e ite y W. W. P e ps.

Vo . 2, no. 15vo . 2, no. 24, Decem er, 1833Septem er 1834,

pu is e at Kirt an , O io; e ite y O iver Cow ery.None pu is e etween Ju y an Decem er, 1833.Fo owe y Latter- ay Saints Messenger an A vocate.Craw ey 3.CSmH, MoInRC nos. 114, UPB, USlC

3272a. The Evening and the Morning Star Extra. July 16, 1833.[Independence, Mo.], 1833.

Broadside. 22 x 16cm.W. W. Phelpss retraction of the article Free people of color on p.

111 of issue no. 14.Craw ey 7.US C

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4168. Hy e, Orson. A prop etic warning to a t e c urc es, o every sectan enomination, an to every in ivi ua into w ose an s it may a . ByO. Hy e, preac er o t e gospe , an citizen o t e Unite States. [Toronto,

August, 1836].Broa si e. 47 x 30cm.In three columns.

An early version of his A timely warning.Crawley 30.MoInRC

4172. Hyde, Orson. A timely warning to the people of England, of everysect and denomination, and to every individual into whose hands it may fall.By an e er o t e C urc o Latter Day Saints, ate rom America. Preston,19t August, 1837. Manc ester, Reprinte y W. R. T omas, [1839?].

Broa si e. 50 x 37cm. Wit in an ornamenta or er.

Date at en o co umn t ree: May 4, 1839.Craw ey 54.UPB, USlC

4438a. Johnson, Joel Hills. Anti-Universalism. A poem. Painesville,Ohio?, 1838?].

Broadside. 28 x 16cm.Crawley 41.UU

4438 . Jo nson, Joe Hi s. A contrast etween superstition an re igion. Aream. Painesvi e, O io, [1838?].

Broa si e. 17 x 16cm.Craw ey 40.UU

4440a. Jo nson, Joe Hi s. T e pro iga aug ter. [Painesvi e, O io?,1838?].

Broadside. 31 x 16cm.Supposed author Joel Hills Johnson.

At head of title: Kirtland, March, 1838.Crawley 43.UU

4441a. Jo nson, Joe Hi s. T e young ac e ors wis , or mai s esire.[Painesvi e, O io?, 1838?].Broa si e. 16 x 7cm.Suppose aut or Joe Hi s Jo nson.Craw ey 42.UU

4657a. Kirtland Safety Society. Minutes of a meeting of the members ofthe Kirtland Safety Society, held on the 2nd day of January, 1837. Kirtland,1837].

Broadside. 33 x 18cm.

At head of title:Messenger, Extra. Kirtland, Jan. 1837.

From same typesetting asMessenger and Advocate, vol. 3, January1837, p. 44143.

OC WHi

4657 . Kirt an Safety Society. Minutes o a meeting o t e mem ers ot e Kirt an Sa ety Society, e on t e 2 ay o January, 1837. Kirt an ,O io, 1837].

Broa si e. 49 x 20cm.At ea o tit e: T e Messenger, Extra.Marc , 1837.Constitution of the Kirtland Safety Society.Crawley 34.USlC

4657c. Kirtland Safety Society.Minutes of a meeting of the stockholdersof the Kirtland Safety Society Bank; held on the 2nd day of November, A. D.1836. . . . [Kirt an , 1836].

Broa si e. 32 x 18cm.At ea o tit e: T e Messenger, Extra. Kirt an , O io, Decem er,1836.

Constitution o t e Kirt an Sa ety Society, ate Novem er, 1836.Craw ey 33.US C

4657d. Kirtland Safety Society. Minutes of a meeting of the stockholdersof the Kirtland Safety Society Bank; held on the 2nd day of November, A. D.1836. [Kirtland, Ohio, 1836].

Broadside. 32 x 18cm.At head of title: Kirtland, Ohio, December, 1836.A variant printing wit out t e Messenger Extra esignation.Craw ey 33.US C

4778. Latter Day Saints Messenger an A vocate. Kirt an , O io ,Octo er, 1834Septem er, 1837.

v. (36 nos. in 576p.). 2528cm.Editors: Oliver Cowdery, John Whitmer, Warren A. Cowdery.Published by F. G. Williams & Co. October, 1834May, 1836;

Oliver Cowdery, June, 1936January, 1837; Joseph Smith, Jr. & SidneyRigdon, FebruaryMarch, 1837; April, 1837September, 1837; WilliamMarks.

Succeeded The Evening and the Morning Star. Superseded by theE ers Journa .

Craw ey 16.CSmH, CtY, CU-B, vo . 12, MH vo . 12, NN, UPB, US C

. Nort ern Times. Kirt an , O io, Pu is e y F. G. Wi iams &Co., [Fe ruary 13?], 1835.

v. wee y. 52cm.Editor: Oliver Cowdery; succeeded by Frederick G. Williams.

o information as to how long it was published.Crawley 18.CtY Oct. 2, 9, 1835; UBP Aug. 7, 1835; USlC Dec. 2, 1835,

fragment of Jan. 13, 1836

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6026. Owen, Ep raim Jr. Mormons. Memoria o Ep raim Owen, Jr.,ate o Green County, In iana, now o Davis [sic] County, Missouri, as ing oCongress to a or protection to t e peop e ca e Mormons, in t e enjoyment

o t eir civi rig ts as citizens o t e Unite States; an comp aining o oss oproperty, &c. December 20, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary,and ordered to be printed. Washington], Thomas Allen, Print., [1838].

5p. 23cm. (U.S. 25th Cong. 3d Sess. House. Doc. No. 42)Crawley 51, Fales & Flake 1.CSmH, CtY, CU-B, NjP, NN, TxDaM-D, UHi, UPB, USlC

6582. Pratt, Parley Parker. History of the late persecution inicted bythe state of Missouri upon the Mormons, in which ten thousand Americancitizens were ro e , p un ere , an riven rom t e state, an many ot ers imprisoned, martyred, &c., for their religion, and all this by military force,y or er o t e executive. By P. P. Pratt, minister o t e gospe . Written uringeig t mont s imprisonment in t at state. . . . Detroit, Dawson & Bates,

printers, 1839.v, [7]84p. 19cm.

Also published under title: Late persecutions . . .Crawley 59, Howes P558.CtY inc., USlC

6608. Pratt, Parley Parker. The millennium, a poem. To which is addedhymns and songs on various subjects, new and interesting, adapted to thedispensation of the fulness of times. Boston, Printed for Elder Parley P. Pratt,

5.52p. 5cm.Craw ey 21.CtY, DLC, UPB, US C

6611. Pratt, Par ey Par er. Mormonism unvei e : Zions Watc manunmas e , an its e itor, Mr. L. R. Sun er an , expose : trut vin icate : t e devil mad, and priestcraft in danger! By P. P. Pratt, minister of the gospel . . . .New York, Printed for the publisher, 1838.

47p. 20cm.In yellow printed wrappers which advertise Voice of warning, and The

Millennium, a poem on back wrapper.Crawley 45.OC WHi, UPB, US C

6612. Pratt, Par ey Par er. Mormonism unvei e : Zions Watc man

unmas e , an its e itor, Mr. L. R. Sun er an , expose : trut vin icate : t e evi ma , an priestcra t in anger! By P. P. Pratt, minister o t e gospe . . .Second edition. New York, Published by O. Pratt & E. Fordham, 1838.

47, [1]p. 20cm.In plain blue wrapper .A lamentation on taking leave of New York, by P. P. Pratt on p. [1].

Page 4 is misnumbered 34.Crawley 46.CtY, MH, MoInRC, UPB, US C inc.

6613. Pratt, Par ey Par er. Mormonism unvei e : Zions Watc manunmas e , an its e itor, Mr. L. R. Sun er an , expose : trut vin icate : t e evi ma , an priestcra t in anger! By P. P. Pratt, minister o t e gospe . . .

T ir e ition. New Yor , Pu is e y O. Pratt & E. For am, 1838.7, [1]p. 18cm.

Craw ey 47.

CU-B, UPB, US C, UU

6613a. Pratt, Par ey Par er. Re-printe or Wm. D. Pratt. Mormonismunveiled: Zions Watchman unmasked, and its editor, Mr. L. R. Sunderland,exposed: truth vindicated: the devil mad, & priestcraft in danger: by P. P. Prattminister of the gospel . . . Re-printed for Wm. D. Pratt. Painesville, Ohio,1838.

5p. 18cm.Crawley 48.

6623. Pratt, Par ey Par er. A s ort account o a s ame u outrage,committe y a part o t e in a itants o t e town o Mentor, upon t e persono E er Par ey P. Pratt, w i e e ivering a pu ic iscourse upon t e su ject ot e gospe ; Apri 7t , 1835. [Kirt an , O io?, 1835?].

p. cm.Crawley 19.USlC

6627. Pratt, Parley Parker. A voice of warning and instruction to all peoplecontaining a declaration of the faith and doctrine of the Church of the LatterDay Saints, commonly called Mormons. By P. P. Pratt, minister of the gospel . .. . New Yor , Printe y W. San or , 1837.

x, [11]216p. 16cm.Craw ey 38.CtY, CU-B, DLC, ICN, MB, MoInRC, NjP, OC WHi, UPB, US C,

UU, WHi

6628. Pratt, Par ey Par er. A voice o warning, an instruction to apeople, or an introduction to the faith and doctrine of the Church of JesusChrist, of Latter-day Saints. By P. P. Pratt, minister of the gospel . . . Secondedition, revised. New York, J. W. Harrison, printer, 1839.

viii, [9]216p. 16cm.On verso of title page is a $300.00 challenge which does not appear

in other editions.Craw ey 62.CSmH, CtY, CU-B, DLC, ICHi, MH, MoInRC, NjP, NN,

OC WHi, PCC, UPB, US C, WHi

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6841. References to the Book of Mormon. [Kirtland, Ohio?, 1835?].iv p. 19cm.

e ear iest re erence gui e or in ex to t e Boo o Mormon.

In most ocate copies, it is tippe into t e 1st e ition o t e Boo oormon.

Craw ey 24.CSmH, CtY, CU-B, ICN, MoInRC, MWA, NN, OC WHi, UPB,

US C

7283. Rigdon, Sidney. Dear brethren. Kirtland, Ohio, 1834].2]p. 32 x 20cm.

Signed Sidney Rigdon, Oliver Cowdery, Kirtland, Ohio, May 10,1834.

Enumerates Mormon expectations of Zions Camp.Craw ey 14.US C

7284. Rig on, Si ney. ration e ivere y Mr. S. Rig on, on t e 4t oJu y, 1838. At Far West, Ca we County, Missouri. Far West, Mo., Printeat t e Journa O ce, 1838.

2p. 2 cm.Crawley 49.ICHi, MH, UPB, USlC

7285. Rigdon, Sidney. Theology. Lecture rst. On the doctrine of theChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Of faith. Kirtland, Ohio, 1835].

Broadside. 34 x 26cm.In t ree co umns.

e rst printing o t e initia section o t e Lectures on Fait as itater appeare in t e 1835 e ition o t e Doctrine an Covenants.

Craw ey 20.US C

7285a. Rigdon, Sidney. To John Thornton, Esq., Peter Rogers, Esq., AndrewRobertson, Esq., James T. V. Thompson, Esq., Col. William T. Wood, DoctWoodson J. Moss, James M. Hughs, Esq., David R. Atchison, Esq. and A. W.Doniphan, Esq. Gentlemen. Kirtland, Ohio, 1836].

Broa si e. 58 x 20cm.At ea o tit e: atter Day Saints Messenger an A vocateExtra.

Kirt an , Geauga County, O io, Ju y 25, 1836.Signe : Si ney Rig on, Josep Smit , Jr., O. Cow ery, F. G.

Wi iams, Hyrum Smit .Concerning pro ems in C ay County, Mo.Craw ey 29.DNA

7405. Rogers, David W. A collection of sacred hymns for the Church of theLatter Day Saints. Selected and Published by David W. Rogers. ew-York, C.Vinten, printer, 1838.

iv, [5]118, ix p. 10cm.it e wit in ine or er.

Craw ey 50.CtY, DLC, PWcHi, UPB, US C

7619. Seixas, Jos ua. upp ement to J. Seixas Manua He rew Grammar,for the Kirtland, Ohio, Theological Institution. New York, Printed by West& Trow, for J. Smith, Jun., S. Rigdon, O. Cowdery, 1836.

1, [1]p. 15cm.Preface by Oliver Cowdery. First chapter of Genesis printed in

Hebrew from the end of the booklet, p. [1], backwards to p. 28. For use int e Sc oo o t e Prop ets in Kirt an .

Craw ey 28.oInRC, UPB

8846. Tay or, Jo n. A s ort account o t e mur ers, ro eries [sic], urnings,t e ts , an ot er outrages committe y t e mo an mi itia o t e state o

Missouri, upon t e Latter Day Saints. T e persecutions t ey ave en ure ortheir religion, and their banishment from that state by the authorities thereof.[Springeld? Ill., 1839].

8p. 21cm.

Caption title.Byrd 485, Crawley 58.CSmH, MH, USlC

8954 . T e Times an Seasons. Commerce, 1839.16p. 25cm.Vo . 1, no. 1 was rst printe wit ate: Commerce, I inois, Ju y,

1839. It was reprinte in Novem er 1839, wit an exp anation on p. 16.T e text as een reset. Artic e y Brig am Young, p. 1516, omitte anan exp anation o t e reprint a e .

oInRC, UslC

8955. The Times and Seasons. Containing a compendium of intelligencepertaining to the upbuilding of the kingdom of God and the signs of the times,together with a great variety of useful information, in regard to the doctrines,istory, princip es, persecutions, e iverances, an onwar progress o t e

C urc o Jesus C rist o Latter- ay Saints. Nauvoo, [I .], 18391846.6v. mont y. 23cm. i us., p ates, o . acsim.E itors: Don Car os Smit , E enezer Ro inson, Josep Smit , Jo n

Tay or, etc.Tit e rom vo ume 4. In vo . 4, some copies ave t e wor

compendium misspelled ocmpendium.Vol. 5, no. 23 misnumbered, no. 22 in some copies.Crawley 60.CSmH, CtY, CU-B, DLC, ICN, MH, NN, UHi, ULA, UPB, USl,

USlC, UU, WHi

9260. The Upper Missouri Advertiser. Independence, Mo., By W. W.P e ps & Co., [June 17?Ju y 1833].

v. wee y. 48cm.E ite y W. W. P e ps.

o. 3 states it is to e pu is e wee y at 75 cents per year untiprinte on ot si es, t en $1.00 per year. Loca newspaper pu is e ont e press o T e Evening an t e Morning Star.

Crawley 4.WA no. 3 (July 11, 1832) as a three column broadside

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Seminar No. 2: Back in the Saddle:

Collecting Western Fiction

Russ Taylor

Beadles Dime Novels, Munros Nickel Books, and a series like The Adventures of Buffalo Bill were forms ofpopular entertainment in the late nineteenth century. From these cheap paper-covered novelettes to the originalmanuscripts an rst e itions of Zane Grey, we exp ore t e wor of t e Western. (Di you now we own sixorigina Zane Grey manuscripts?)

A Bi iograp y of Bi iograp ies onWestern American Fiction

Drew, Bernard Alger. Heroines: a bibliography of womenseries c aracters in mystery, espionage, action,science ction, fantasy, orror, western, romance,and juvenile novels. New York: Garland Pub.,1989.

Etu an, Ric ar W. an N. Ji Howar , e s.Abibliographical guide to the study of WesternAmerican literature. Albuquerque: University ofNew Mexico Press, 1995.

Jo annsen, A ert. T e ouse of Bea e an A ams anits dime and nickel novels: the story of a vanishedliterature. Norman: University of OklahomaPress, 1950.

Meyer, Roy Willard. The middle western farm novel inthe twentieth century. Lincoln: University ofNebraska Press, 1965.

Sno grass, Mary E en. Encyc ope ia of frontier iterature.New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.

A Se ecte Listing of Western Fiction Writers

Cat er, Wi a DeVoto, Bernard

Fergusson, HarveyFis er, Var is

Garland, HamlinGrey, Zane

Gut rie, A. B.Harte, Bret

Haslam, GeraldHi erman, Tony

Irving, Was ingtonJeffers, Robinson

LAmour, Louis

Lewis, Sinc airLondon, JackcMurtry, Larry

anfre , Fre ericMomaday, N. Scott

Norris, FrankPar man, Francis

Robertson, Frank C.Rolvaag, Ole E.San oz, MariSc aefer, JacShepard, Sam

Si o, Les ie MarmonSny er, Gary

Stegner, WallaceStein ec , Jo n

Twain, Marizenor, Gerald

Waters, Frank J.Wi er, Laura Inga s

Wister, Owen

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Seminar No. 3: The Top 50

Most Influential Books Ever Printed

Scott Duvall

As I began the process of compiling and describing the following books I soon realized how presumptuous it was ofme to believe that I could list the fty most inuential books ever printed. Anyone can make such a list and nobodycou argue wit it. So, et me in icate to you t e criteria for my ist.

First, I wanted a particular book to have had widespread inuence over many years. I use the term widespread tomean an inuence beyond one specic discipline, an inuence that affects many people. Second, I chose theseoo s ecause we ave t em in t e L. Tom Perry Specia Co ections. T ere are many inuentia oo s t at we o

not ave an t erefore t ey are not inc u e in t e ist ecause I wou not e a e to s ow t em to you.

Hence, right or wrong, here is my list. We will not have time to discuss all of them, to be sure. But we will beable to see all of them. Please enjoy with me one of the most satisfying and rewarding experiences one can have,i.e. perusing some of t e most important oo s of our western civi ization. P ease note t at for t e fo owingdescriptions, I have relied on my own work with these books over 28 years and also on a wonderful book entitled,Printing and the Mind of Man. London, Cassell and Company, 1967.

1. Guten erg Bi e (O Testament an New Testament) Jo ann Guten erg, 1455.T e Bi e is y far t e est nown oo in t e Western wor . T e O Testament was origina y

written in Hebrew. It was later translated into Greek and is known as the Septuagint. St. Jerome (342-420a.d.) translated the entire Bible into Latin. We know that translation as the Vulgate Bible. The bible printedby Johannes Gutenberg in 1450 A.D. is a Vulgate Bible. As the rst book printed with moveable type, thisBi e stan s, not on y as one of t e most eautifu pieces of printing ever accomp is e , ut as t e eginningof a ood of information released by the printing press.

2. Homer, 8t century B.C. I ia an O yssey . Venice, 1504.T e I ia an t e O yssey are t e rst poetry of t e Western Wor an some ave terme t ese two

books as perfect poetry. The legends of Troy, Hector, Achilles, and the trials, temptations, and journeyof Odysseus are now part of our own mythology. The Iliad and the Odyssey have had an incalculableinuence, not on y on poetry, ut on t e fact, ction, an m of our mo ern age. T ese wor s are morepopu ar to ay t an t ey ave ever een.

3. Plato. 4t century B.C. Complete Works. Venice, 1513.T e p i osop er A fre Nort W ite ea ec are t at p i osop y was no more t an a series of

footnotes to P ato. He is regar e as t e rst rationa p i osop er. Of a t e ancient p i osop ers, t ecomplete works of Plato were the rst to be printed after the invention of moveable type. As Plato conceivedthe universe of ideas, with Perfect Types, of which material objects are imperfect forms, and as he designed

is concept of t e State, P ato ai own a enite system of t oug t t at containe t e germs of a i eas.Since t e ays of is teac ing in t e Aca emy, is inuence as never isappeare .

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4. Aristotle. 4t century B.C. Complete Works.Venice, 1497.

It can e sai of Aristot e t at e isthe Father of Physics, Metaphysics, PoliticalScience, Literary Criticism, Biology, Astronomy,and the list goes on. His method of inquirysti un er ies a mo ern t in ing. Most of Aristot es i eas were origina y e ivere inthe form of lectures, and the texts we haveare probably the lecture notes of his students.Aristot e retaine is inuence t roug out t eMi e Ages t roug t e wor s of A ertus

Magnus, Thomas Aquinas, and others.

5. Euc i . c.300 B.C. E ements. Venice, 1491.Euclids Elements of Geometryis the

oldest mathematical text book in the world stillin common use today. Its author was a Greekmat ematician iving a out 300 B.C. w ofoun e a mat ematica sc oo in A exan ria.The Elements is a compilation of all earlierGreek mathematical knowledge, organized into

a consistent system so that each theorem followsogica y from its pre ecessor. Since 1450, w enprinting began, Euclid has been publishedin more than one thousand editions andtranslations. This edition, printed by ErhardRat o t, is t e rst of a t ose e itions.

6. Gaius Plinius Secundus, 23-79, A.D.Historia Natura is. Venice, 1476.

The Natural History of Pliny theElderis more than a natural history: it is anencyclopedia of all the knowledge of the ancientwor . P iny compi e t is wor y rea ing an citing over four un re Gree an Latinauthorities. It is comprised of thirty-sevenbooks dealing with geography, astronomy,mathematics, physics, medicine, zoology,ant ropo ogy, p ysio ogy, p i osop y, istory,agriculture, arts and letters. The Historia

Naturalisbecame the standard reference book,used by Bede, Alcuin, Isidore, Vincent de

Beauvais, and thousands of others.

7. St. Augustine, 354-430. The City of God.Subiaco, Italy, 1467

t. Augustine, Bis op of Hippo, was oneof t e four great Fat ers of t e Latin C urc .He wrote De Civitate Dei(The City of God)in response to the barbarian sacking of Romein 410 A.D. St. Augustine conceived of history

as a strugg e etween two communities, oneinspired by the love of God, the other by thelove of man. Both of these views vie for thesoul of man, but redemption for men comesy t e Grace of Go . T e inuence of T e

City of Go can e fe t even to ay. Lut er anCalvin both took Augustine as the foundationof their theology. Indeed Calvins doctrine ofPredestination comes from St. Augustine. Thisis t e rst e ition of t is wor . It was t e t irbook printed in Italy.

8. Thomas Aquinas, 1225-1274. SummaTheologica. Lyons, 1588.

Thomas Aquinas was the greatest ofme ieva p i osop ers an t eo ogians. He wasa member of Dominican order and throughouthis life he lived the life of a student and ateacher. He traveled and lectured throughout

France, Germany, an Ita y. But e on y asixteen active years of writing uring w ic esomehow managed to write some eight millionwords. The Summa Theologicais the crowningachievement of medieval theology. In this workAquinas meticu ous y reconci e t e p i osop yand work of Aristotle with Christian theology.In other words, he reconciled all the knownscientic reasoning with all the known Christianwriters of fait ase t eo ogy. Hence, is wor

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was the basis of the scholasticism of the HighMi e Ages. Know e ge, e e ieve , comes

from two sources: t e trut s of C ristianity anthe truths of human reason.

9. Dante A ig ieri, 1265-1321. e DivineCome y. Brescia, Ita y, 1481.

On 27 January 1302 Dante Alighierileft his beloved Florence to live in perpetualexi e. His po itica experiences ena e imto write La Comme ia. Later nown as T e

Divine Comedy, Dantes work is an allegory of aChristian pilgrimage, a journey of self discovery,i.e. Dantes private journey. Divided into threeparts, T e Inferno, Purgatory, an Para ise,Dante is guided through each level, eachcomplete with rings of punishments or rewardsand eternal bliss. The work is thoroughlyme ieva as Dante p aces imse f into t eC ristian t eo ogy of t e Mi e Ages coup ewith the Aristotelian view of the universe.

10. New Testament. Gree . Bas e, 1522.(Erasmus, d. 1536)

Nearly one hundred Latin Bibles wereprinted in the 15t century. But a printed NewTestament in t e Gree anguage constitutea irect c a enge to t e ofcia Latin Vu gateBible. A scholar would then be in a positionto criticize and correct Jeromes Vulgate. Thesuccess of Erasmus Greek New TestamentamongRenaissance sc o ars was imme iate. It wasthe rst in its eld and formed the basis of theNew Testament translations of both Luther andTyndale. Thus, it had a profound inuence onater Protestant versions of t e Bi e.

11. Thomas More, 1478-1535. Utopia. London,1685.

topiawas pu is e in 1516. It is notso much a plea for the perfect state as it is

a supplication against the new statesmanship ofa powerfu autocracies. It p ea s for re igious

to erance an universa e ucation coup e witthe virtues of wisdom, fortitude, temperance,and justice. In many ways, Mores Utopia, wasthe rst statement of political conservatism.Human institutions s ou c ange s ow y.Ra ica reform is to e feare . T is intentnotwithstanding, Mores work has becomesynonymous with a view of the ideal state. Hiswor as een rea an imitate ever since.

12. Martin Luther, 1483-1546. o the ChristianNobility. 1520.

n June 1520 t e Pope issue a Buof Excommunication for Martin Luther.Luther responded with three pamphlets, therst entitled To the Christian Nobility of theGerman Nation concerning t e reformation oft e C ristian Commonwea t . T ese t reepamphlets made his position clear to theworld. They summarized his grievances and

his proposals for reform. With the publicationof t ese tracts, Lut er unwitting y starte asocial revolution and a religious reformation.Within one week of its publication 4,000 copiesofTo the Christian Nobilityhad been sold inGermany. T ree wee s ater t e tract was eingprinte an so t roug out a of Europe. T etitles of the other two pamphlets published in1520 are Concerning Christian Libertyand Onthe Babylonian Captivity of the Church.

13. Niccolo Machiavelli, 1469-1527. The Prince.600.

Nicco o Mac iave i ie in 1527. Hea nis e t e rst raft of is rincein 1513,

one year after the Republic of Florence cameto an abrupt end and he, as a servant of theRepublic, was banished and exiled from the cityOver t e years, Mac iave i a eve ope anadmiration for the audacity, cruelty, and

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self-reliance of the successful Prince and het us foun e t e science of mo ern po itics y

simp y escri ing t e successfu ru e of CesareBorgia and others. It is an irony of historythat his work, as inuential as it has been inEuropean history, was not published until veyears after is eat .

14. John Calvin, 1509-1564. Institutes of theC ristian Re igion. Geneva, 1559.

Jo n Ca vins Institutes of t e C ristian

Religion was the rst systematic statementof a Reformed Church. Some have calledit the most important doctrinal work oft e Reformation ecause it provi e acomprehensive theological system rivaling thoseof the Middle Ages. It discusses ancient andmedieval philosophy, the Church Fathers, theCat o ic C urc , an t e Protestant movement.In is wor , Ca vin quote St. Augustine over4,000 times. The 1559 edition is the third,most complete rendition. It was the last edition

published before Calvins death.Ca vins octrine reste on t e a so ute

rule of God. Mans complete dependence onGod included the doctrine of Grace, as he

is re ieve of sin. Ca vin fu y accepte antaug t t e octrine of Pre estination. Ca vinsinuence cannot be overstated. The Huguenotsof France, the Puritans of England and America,the Protestant movement in Switzerland,Scot an an Ho an can a trace t eir roots toJohn Calvin.

15. Nico aus Copernicus, 1473-1543. Ont e Revo utions of t e Ce estia Sp eres.Amsterdam, 1617.

The publication ofOn the Revolutionsof the Celestial Spheresin 1543 challenged theaut ority of antiquity an set t e course for t emodern world.. Copernicus had completed his

work by 1530. His student, Georg Rheticus,persua e im to na y pu is it in 1543.

Legen as it t at R eticus returne fromNuremberg with the published book in hand.After he showed it to his mentor, Copernicussighed and died. Without the numerousprinte oo s t at surroun e Copernicusy 1530, it is ou tfu if e wou ave a

the information at hand by which to turn themedieval world upside down. Within a century,a t oug oppose y t e C urc , a t e ea ersof science a accepte t e Copernican t eory

of the solar system.

16. Boo of Common Prayer. 1610.The English Book of Common Prayer,

conceived by Thomas Cranmer, was the rstsingle manual of worship in a vernacularanguage irecte to e use universa y yt e c ergy an t e common peop e. It is seenas the greatest of all liturgical compilations,combining as it did the four main service books

of the Roman Catholic Church: the Missal,t e Breviary, t e Manua , an t e Pontica . Itstandardized in printed form the worship ofthe Anglican Church and set a pattern for allsubsequent denominations of worship.It is sti use to ay.

17. Abraham Ortelius, 1527-1598. heater of theWorld.

T e T eater of t e Wor is a an marpublication because it is the rst large modernatlas and established the use of the printingpress for the making of maps that were usedy exp orers an common peop e a i e. Map

pu is ers an printers respon e to t e everincreasing public demand for descriptionsand maps of known and unknown lands. TheTheatrum gathered together the best availablemaps an pu is e t em as a compi ation. Itwas published in forty-one editions between

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1570 and 1612. The original edition contained53 maps. T e e ition of 1612 a increase to

over 120 maps.

18. Michel de Montaigne, 1533-1592. Essais.Paris, 1640.

Born near Bor eaux, France, Mic e eMontaigne was born to middle class parents.He later served at Mayor of Bordeaux and thenretire at age 38 to is ome to me itate anwrite. He is is own su ject in t e ssays. e

expresses his personal convictions and privatemeditations. As he speaks in the rst person,Montaigne exalts the individual human beingwit is een o servation of uman nature. Herepresents the skepticism of the 16 h century towhich Bacon, Descartes, and Newton respondedin the next century.

19. Miguel de Cervantes, 1547-1616. DonQuixote. London, 1652.

Cervantes was a soldier, a prisonerof war for ve years, a government servant,and a prisoner of the state between 1507 and1602. He began his masterpiece, Don Quixote,while in prison. This satire and caricature oft e c iva ric romances was an a most instantsuccess. T ree e itions appeare in 1605,the rst year of publication. Don Quixoteisa universal work, read by all ages at all times.With its message of what it means to be humanan wit its questions of w at is rea y rea ,Cervantes has given us in Don Quixote andSancho Panza two of the best known charactersin all of ction.

20. Johannes Kepler, 1571-1630. AstronomiaNova. Heidelberg, 1609.

Kepler stands between Copernicus andNewton as among t e foun ers of mo ernastronomy. As he began his studies, Kepler was

fortunate to inherit the work of Tycho Brahe,a Danis astronomer. In is New Astronomy

Kep er gives us is rst two aws of p anetarymotion: 1)the planet move around the sun inellipses and 2)a planet moves not uniformly, butin such a way that a line drawn from it at anypoint in its or it to t e sun sweeps out equaareas of t e e ipse in equa times. He pu is ehis third law in 1618. He was a voluminouswriter who also acted as his own printer,pu is er, an istri utor.

21. The Holy Bible(King James) London, 1611.The King James Bibleis named after

King James I ecause t e King wis e to sett ethe quarrels within the Church of Englandconcerning the most accurate English bible.When the idea of a new translation surfaced,King James eager y em race t e proposa . T ewor was comp ete y a committee of ftytranslators, organized into six groups. It hasbeen described as the only literary masterpiece

ever to have been produced by a committee.How fortunate t at t e trans ators ive in aperiod when the genius of the language was infull ower. G.M. Trevelyan said, The effectof the continual domestic study of the bookupon t e nationa c aracter, imagination aninte igence for near y t ree centuries to come,was greater than that of any literary movementin our annals, or any religious movementsince the coming of St. Augustine. Since thisstatement was ma e we can a a most anot erone hundred years and it is still true.

22. Francis Bacon, 1561-1626. T e A vancementof Learning. Lon on, 1605.

ir Francis Bacon, who served as LordChancellor under James I in 1618, conceivedof a massive plan for the reorganization of themet o of con ucting scientic researc . Heproposed a total reconstruction of sciences,

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arts, and all human knowledge. Part of hisp an inc u e a comp ete survey of a uman

now e ge an a new met o of acquiring newknowledge. Thus, the scientic method forconducting research and presenting the resultingndings is still with us today. He insisted onma ing science experimenta an factua , rat ert an specu ative an p i osop ica .

23. Wi iam S a espeare, 1564-1616. e FirstFo io. Facsimi e, 1902.

No amount of commentary can dojustice to the breadth and depth of Shakespearesinuence on western civilization. The majestyof is poetry, t e magnicence of is t eater,and the universality of his characters all attest tohis greatness and inuence. The rst collectededition of Shakespeares plays, commonlynown as T e First Fo io, was pu is e in

1623.

24. Thomas Hobbes, 1588-1679. Leviathan.Lon on, 1651.

The Leviathan is the product of thetimes in which Thomas Hobbes lived, namelythe events leading up to and including theEng is Civi War. T e State, it seeme toHo es, is t e most important of institutions.The individual should always submit to theState, because any government is better thanthe anarchy of the natural state. With thispure y t eoretica wor , Ho es was comp ete yunprepared for the furor it raised. If only heknew how modern totalitarians have referred tohis thoughts.

25. Ro ert Hoo e, 1635-1703. Micrograp ia.London, 1667.

Robert Hooke was one of the mostversatile and brilliant scientists of all time. Hema e contri utions to astronomy, optics, abranches of physics, mechanics, technology,

and architecture. TheMicrographiais acontri ution to t e e of io ogy. In t is

wor , w ic is a series of o servations, Hoo ecoined the term cells. Hooke also perfectedthe compound microscope and invented thewheel barometer. In fact, he is called theFat er of mo ern meteoro ogy. He wor e incartograp y an geograp y, improve watc es,and made many contributions to physiology,articial respiration, geology and paleontology.He invente an apparatus for iving an ept -soun ing an e was a so active as a surveyor

and architect.

26. P i osop ica Transactions of t e RoyaSociety. 1660-

The Philosophical Transactionswas theearliest scientic journal. Although it wasnot owne , at rst, y t e Roya Society ofLon on, it ecame t e means y w ic t eociety communicated information concerning

the results of experiments and scientic

investigations. The importance of the scienticjourna is evi ent in to ays mo ern wor . T epractice of publishing and peer review beganwith the Philosophical Transactions.

27. Sir Isaac Newton, 1643-1727. Mat ematicaPrinciples of Natural Philosophy. London,726.

Following the researches of Copernicus,Bra e, Kep er, Ga i eo, an Descartes, t ework of Isaac Newton brought to a close thescientic revolution of the 17 h century. HisMathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy,

nown simp y as t e Principia, is genera yescri e as t e greatest wor in t e istory

of science. The giants upon whose shouldersNewton stood described the phenomena theyobserved and Newton explained the underlyinguniversa aws for t ose o servations. Heprovided a synthesis of the cosmos. For the rst

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time, a single mathematical law could explaint e motion of o jects on eart as we as t e

p enomena of t e eavens. Newtons systemremained supreme for two centuries with hisviews not being challenged until EinsteinsTheory of Relativity.

28. John Locke, 1632-1704. Two Treatises ofGovernment. London, 1698.

Jo n Loc e pu is e is rst wor att e age of fty-four. Because of is connection

with Lord Shaftesbury, who was forced to eeEngland in 1682, Locke also left England to livein Holland. He returned in 1689. While inexi e e wrote t e Two Treatises of GovernmentThe second treatise is a plain statement of theprinciples of democracy. Locke presupposes anecessary state of nature ruled by the Law ofReason. Governments are institute y t econsent of t e governe an t us t e mem ersof societies have the authority to throw offgovernmental rule whenever that government

shall transgress the fundamental rules of society.

29. Encyclopedie ou Dictionnaire Raisonne desSciences, des Arts et des Metiers, par uneSociete es Gens e Lettres ... Paris, 1751-1765.

Simply known as the Encyclopedie, this35 volume work is a monument in the historyof European thought. It provided an impetust at inexora y pus e po itica t oug t anactions toward the French Revolution becauseit had as its goal to undermine the ancienregime. It is now a permanent source forstu y of eig teent century civi ization. T ewor was e ite y Denis Di erot, 1713-1784and Jean dAlembert, 1717-1783. Each volumeas it appeared caused a sensation throughoutEurope as the court, the church, and theju iciary were outrage .

By 1780 at least seven pirated editions had beenpublished in Geneva, Berne, Lausanne, Verdun,Lucca an Leg orn.

30. Samuel Johnson. A Dictionary of the EnglishLanguage. London, 1755.

Wit t e pu ication of is ictionary,amue Jo nson accomp is e t e most

enduring work ever undertaken by one person.It was originally the project of a group ofpu is ers an oo se ers, ut it na y resteupon one man. Suc a monumenta wor

is usually the work of an entire life. Johnsonaccomplished it in ten years. Noah Webster saidthat Johnsons Dictionary had the effect thatNewtons wor a in mat ematics. Jo nsoncodied the spelling of English words andgave full denitions of their meaning. Hisdenitions are fun to read because Johnson wasnot afrai to et is own persona ity an fee ingsenter into is writing.

31. Adam Smith, 1723-1790. An Inquiry intot e Nature an Causes of t e Wea t ofNations. London, 1776.

Critics have termed the Wealth of

Nationsas t e rst an greatest c assic ofmo ern economic t oug t. A am Smit ,having obtained a life long position as acommissioner of Customs, spent ten years inperfecting his work. His theory of economicsis very simp e: t e in ivi ua as t e rig t to eunimpeded in the exercise of economic activity.Labor is the source from which a nation deriveswhat is necessary to it. Labor has three essentiale ements wages, prot, an rent. Wit t eWea t of Nations, Smit roug t to economicswhat had taken two centuries to achieve in thepolitical aspects of the rights of the individual.

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32. Alexander Hamilton, 1757-1804; JamesMa ison, 1751-1836; Jo n Jay, 1745-1829.

T e Fe era ist Papers. New Yor , 1788.The Federalist Paperswere written as a

series of essays designed to persuade the citizensof New York of the necessity of ratifying theConstitution of t e Unite States. A t ougt ey were rst written as po itica propagan a,they survive as one of the new nations mostimportant contributions to the theory ofgovernment. T e inuence of t ese essays aseen apparent t roug out t e years as awyers,

judges, and Justices of the Supreme Court haveused them to interpret the Constitution.

33. Edmund Burke, 1729-1794. Reections onthe Revolution in France. London, 1790.

It is interesting that in EdmundBur e we n a person against t e FrencRevo ution ut w o supporte t e Americancolonists in their revolution. Why? Becausein his most famous work, a publication that

became the quintessential statement of classicalconservatism, Bur e emonstrates is e ief inthe slow, organic growth of human institutionsthat need to be maintained. America hadexisted separate and apart from England for twocenturies. T e Frenc , on t e ot er an , a cut off t e roots of a prou an no e tree anthe tree would now wither and die. To EdmundBurke it was a question between the practicaland the ideal. He was always an advocate of theatter.

34. Thomas Paine, 1737-1809. Rights of Man.Lon on, 1792.

In response to t e conservatism ofEdmund Burke, Thomas Paine penned a tractthat defended the principles of fundamentalhuman rights. Published in London, the Britishgovernment rst trie to suppress it, ut t epeople purchased Rights of Man all the

more. In many ways, Thomas Paines inuence,w ic egan wit is Common Sense, is quite

pervasive. He gives to us t e most fun amentaand basic principles of democracy.

35. Mary Wo stonecraft, 1759-1797. AVin ication of t e Rig ts of Woman.London, 1792.

Mary Wollstonecrafts main argumentwas ui t on t is simp e princip e t at,if woman e not prepare y e ucation to

become the companion of man, she will stopthe progress of knowledge, for truth mustbe common to all. She did not attack theinstitution of marriage or t e practice ofreligion. She simply wished for an equalityof education for both men and women. Shebelieved that women should be equal partnerswit men an t at e ucation wou provi et at equa ity. In a ition toA Vin ication ,Wollstonecraft wrote literature for children anda novel. But she will always be remembered for

this famous work published in 1792.

36. Thomas Malthus, 1766-1834. An Essay onthe Principle of Population. London, 1803.

t is rare t at a pu is e wor as t eeffect of ma ing its aut ors name an a jective.But the term Malthusian has become common.In his Essay on the Principle of Population,Malthus suggests that the population of acommunity increases geometrica y, w i e foosupplies increase only arithmetically. To checkthe size of population, Malthus argued, peoplemust exercise moral restraint and limit thesize of fami ies y postponing marriage. T earguments an e ates surroun ing Ma t usianideas have been long and vociferous over theyears. We cannot deny the inuence of Malthuson social policy and the source of the idea of thestrugg e for existence.

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37. William Wordsworth, 1770-1850 and SamuelCo eri ge, 1772-1834. Lyrica Ba a s.

Lon on, 1800.In the second edition of the Lyrical

Ballads(the rst published in 1798), WilliamWordsworth included a preface in which he

ene is t eory of poetry. In t is statementWor swort penne a revo t against t e reasonand articiality of the Enlightenment. Thefunction of poetry is to appeal to the emotionsof uman nature. Wit t is emp asis onemotions rat er t an reason, on t e rustic

settings of the common man, rather thanthe classical ambience of Greece and Rome,Wordsworth affected not only the romanticpoets of t e next generation ut a poetry since.

38. Meriwether Lewis, 1774-1809 and WilliamC ar , 1770-1838. History of t e Expe itionun er t e Comman s of Captains Lewis anClark to the Pacic Ocean. Philadelphia,1814.

We cannot even estimate the importanceof t e effect of t e Louisiana Purc ase in 1803on the history of the United States. ThomasJefferson chose Meriwether Lewis to headan expedition to explore this area and he inturn c ose Wi iam C ar to assist. T eirjourney egan in May 1804 an conc u ein September 1806. They had intended topublish a report of their expedition shortlyafter their return, but circumstances delayed itspu ication. Wi iam C ar na y pu is ethe account in 1814 (Lewis having died in1809). Although they were unsuccessful innding a transcontinental water route, Lewisan C ar i open up t e West to over antrave an exp oration. We sti fee t e effectsof this marvelous journey to the Pacic.

39. Noah Webster, 1758-1843. An AmericanDictionary of t e Eng is Language. New

Haven, Connecticut, 1806.This dictionary became, almost at

once, and has remained the standard Englishdictionary in the United States. NoahWe ster was a teac er an a awyer as we as aexicograp er. He wis e to stress not on y t epolitical separation of the United States fromGreat Britain, but the cultural separation aswe . His American spe ings an enitionsgave t e printe wor in America a istinctive

appearance. It also affected the spoken word.In effect, Websters tour de force was to breakthe American language loose from the bonds ofamue Jo nson.

40. Harriet Beecher Stowe, 1811-1896. UncleToms Ca in. C eve an , 1852.

Harriet Beec er Stowe was a pro uctof New England Calvinism. She moved toCincinnati with her family and lived just across

the river from the slave state of Kentucky foreig teen years. S e returne to New Eng anwith her husband, Calvin Stowe in 1850. On 9March 1851 she proposed a serialized story, thatwould show the evils of slavery, to the editorof T e Nationa Era. T e story ran in wee yinsta ments from 5 June 1851 to 1 Apri 1852.Even before the conclusion of the serial, UncleToms Cabin was published in a two volumebook form in March 1852. Before the summerof 1852 a come to an en , t e pu is erhad printed over 300,000 copies of the bookfor American sales. It was just as successful inEngland and was translated into twenty-veanguages. T e socia impact of t is ctionawor as propagan a ma e Unc e Toms Ca inthe most inuential novel of all time.

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41. Florence Nightingale, 1820-1910. Notes onMatters Affecting t e Hea t , Efciency, an

Hospita A ministration of t e Britis Army.London, 1859.

On 16 November 1856 Lord Panmure,the Secretary for War of Great Britain, askedF orence Nig tinga e to prepare a report of erown experiences of ospita ife. Nine mont slater, Miss Nightingale published a volume ofover eight hundred pages. The rst six chapters

ea wit t e Crimean War an t e remainingc apters contain extensive an etai e

recommendations on hospital organization andsanitary requirements. This work was placedat the disposal of a Royal Commission on theArmy, w ic institute F orence Nig tinga esreforms and thus inuenced hospitals andnursing care throughout the world.

42. C ar es Darwin, 1809-1882. On t e Originof Species by Means of Natural Selection.London, 1859.

In Charles Darwin we nd thecu mination of t eory specu ate upon y JeanBaptiste Lamarck, Charles Lyell, James Hutton,Erasmus Darwin, Dean Herbert, HerbertSpencer, Thomas Huxley, and others. Darwinsai e on t e Beag e in 1831. His intent was

iscover t e means y w ic t e innite varietyof living organisms could have been producedwithin the limits of geological time. With theOrigin of SpeciesDarwin revolutionized ourt in ing on t e natura or er of t e universe.The theory of evolution became a causal theoryaffecting almost every area of scientic research.

43. Lewis Carro , 1832-1898. A ices A venturesin Wonderland. London, 1866.

InAlices Adventures in WonderlandLewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson),create a c i rens oo t at see s to entertainchildren. But the characters he sketched

are hardly less with us as adults. The RedQueen, t e Ma Hatter, t e C es ire Cat, an

Humpty Dumpty are a part of our mentaviews of childhood. The illustrations, by SirJohn Tenniel, are almost equally as famous.How ironic that a book that freed childrensiterature from t e pe antic nature of VictorianEng an , wou e penne y a mat ematicianfrom Oxford.

44. Kar Marx, 1818-1883. Das Kapita .

Hamburg, 1872.After twenty-ve years of work in theReading Room of the British Museum, KarlMarx pu is e is Das Kapita in 1867. T iscritique of capitalism gave to the common manthe terms proletariat and bourgeoisie. Based onthe philosophy of Hegel, it outlined a theory of

istory an economics in w ic a ictators ipof t e pro etariat wou e succee e y a classless and stateless society. Voluntaryassociations would be the means of production

and provide for social necessities. Variations ofMarxism ave een inuentia across t e g o esince the beginning of the 20th century.

45. T eo or Herz , 1860-1904. Der Ju enstaat.Leipzig, 1896.

Between 70 A.D. and 1948 A.D.there existed no Jewish State. The impetus toreconstitute a Jewish government and homelandcame wit T eo or Herz s Der Ju enstaatWith his call for the return to Palestine anda national home for the Jewish people, Herzltransformed this people into a positive politicalforce. In consequence of t e pu ication of

is oo , a congress was e in Bas e in 1897and the Zionist organization was founded. Thehistoric Balfour declaration of 1917 promisedBritish support for this homeland and it came tofruition on 14 May 1948. T e wor as eenaffected by these events ever since.

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46. Sigmund Freud, 1856-1939. TheInterpretation of Dreams. New Yor , 1913.

Wor s suc as t e unconscious. freeassociation, sub-conscious, id, ego, super-ego, and libido, are all part of our modernvocabulary. Psychoanalysis was instituted bySigmun Freu wit is pu ication of 1900.T e rst Eng is e ition appeare in 1913.This remained his single greatest and mostinuential work. It has been popularized and

is terms an enitions remain a part of ouranguage to ay.

47. Albert Einstein, 1879-1955. Die Grundlageer A gemeinen Re ativatst eorie, in Anna en

der Physik. 1916.In 1905 Einstein postulated his pecial

Theory of Relativitythat asserts that light alwaysmoves in a straig t ine t roug empty space,an a ways at t e same spee in a vacuum. In1916, his General Theory of Relativityconsiderstime to be a dimension like height, width, and

depth, creating a four dimensional universeca e space-time. Gravity is rea y a warping ofspace-time, with the greatest distortions near themost massive objects. The scientic touchstonesof the modern age, the Bomb, space travel,e ectronics, quantum p ysics, aser tec no ogy,a ear is imprint. In 2000 Einstein wasnamed Man of the 20th Century by TimeMagazine.

48. John Maynard Keynes. The General Theoryof Employment, Interest, and Money.London, 1936.

T e 1929 fa of t e Stoc Mar etan t e consequent wor wi e s umpprompted John Maynard Keynes to attempt anexplanation of, and new methods for controllingthe ups and downs of trade cycles. He thussu jecte t e t eories of t e c assica sc oo

of economists (Smit , Ma t us, Ricar o)

to a penetrating scrutiny an foun t eminadequate. The national budget shouldbe used as a major instrument in planningthe national economy. The regulation oftra e cyc es s ou e t e responsi i ity of government, e maintaine . Laissez-Faire,as proposed by Adam Smith, should not be anational economic policy. Keynesian economics

ave een fo owe y governments ever since.

49. Alex Haley, 1921-1992. Roots. Garden City,New York. 1976.

n 1965 A ex Ha ey stum e uponthe names of his maternal great-grand parentswhile he was researching some post-Civil Warrecords in the National Archives in WashingtonD.C. E even years ater e pu is e Roots, astory t at egins wit Ha eys ancestry in Africaand traces seven American generations. In1977 Rootswon the National Book Award and

a special Pulitzer Prize. The book sold moret an one mi ion copies in one year an ecamethe basis of university courses in more than 500American colleges and universities. The bookawakened an interest in family history all acrosst e wor an particu ar y among African-Americans.

50. Book of Mormon. Palmyra. 1830.The inuence ofThe Book of Mormon is

a mo ern inuence. T e C urc of Jesus C risof Latter-day Saints sends out 15,000 copiesevery day. Thus, the Church has distributed todate approximately 120,000,000 copies ofTheBoo of Mormon It as een trans ate intomore t an 100 anguages. T e inuence it ason people around the world is evident as theChurch continues to grow every year. Thereare now more than 12,000,000 members of the

Church.

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