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“There Shall Be A Record Kept Among You:” Professionalization of the Church Historian’s Office
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“There Shall Be A Record Kept Among You:” Professionalization of the Church Historian’s Office.

Jan 02, 2016

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Page 1: “There Shall Be A Record Kept Among You:” Professionalization of the Church Historian’s Office.

“There Shall Be A Record Kept Among You:”

Professionalization of the Church Historian’s Office

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What is a Profession?

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Characteristics of a Profession

Possession and use of a specialized knowledge base

Service orientation

Community sanction

Institutional altruism

Image building

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Church Historian’s Office

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Mormon abridging the records

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Translating the Book of Mormon

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Joseph Smith

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Joseph Smith’s Red Brick Store

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Early Church Historians

Willard Richards Franklin D. RichardsGeorge A. Smith

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Andrew Jenson

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Earl E. Olson

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Church Historian’s Office and SAA

Began attending meetings in 1957

Local Arrangements Committee for the 1958 annual meeting in Salt Lake City

Active participation in the Workshop on Church Archives

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S. Lyman Tyler

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Historical Department, 1972

Managing Director

Church Librarian

Church Archivist

Church Historian

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Church Historian's Office development

1900 1905 1910 1915 1920 1925 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 19750

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AdministrationHistory DivisionLibrary-Archives DivisionCurator's DivisionMeetinghouse Libraries Division

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Documenting Church History

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J. Gordon Daines III

Brigham Young University

[email protected]

801-422-5821