BYU STUDIES Volume 47 • Issue 3 • 2008
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Denominations, Mormonism
| Author: | BYU Studies | ISBN: | 9781938896828 |
| Publisher: | Deseret Book Company | Publication: | May 16, 2014 |
| Imprint: | BYU Studies | Language: | English |
| Author: | BYU Studies |
| ISBN: | 9781938896828 |
| Publisher: | Deseret Book Company |
| Publication: | May 16, 2014 |
| Imprint: | BYU Studies |
| Language: | English |
BYU Studies volume 47, number 3, is a special issue pertaining to the Mountain Meadows massacre, which took place in southern Utah in 1857. Guest editors Richard E. Turley Jr. and Ronald W. Walker include selections of important documents about the massacre: in 1892, historian Andrew Jenson interviewed Utahns who had information about the massacre. Interviews of Mary S. Campbell, Mary H. White, Ellott Willden, William Barton, Samuel Knight, Richard S. Robinson, and David W. Tullis are included in this issue. The second group of documents was the property of David H. Morris, an attorney living in St. George, Utah. He collected affidavits and statements about the massacre from long time residents as he contact with them in other dealings. Letters from John W. Judd and J. G. Sutherland and statements from Samuel Knight and Nephi Johnson are included.
The complete collections of documents appear in the book Mountain Meadows Massacre: The Andrew Jensen and David H. Morris Collections. This book accompanies the book Massacre at Mountain Meadows, by Ronald W. Walker, Richard E. Turley Jr., and Glen M. Leonard, which provides a narrative of the 1857 events.
This issue also includes two articles about issues (problems with sources and dealing with violence) related to the massacre. Reviews of Massacre at Mountain Meadows and House of Mourning: A Biocultural History of the Mountain Meadows Massacre also are included.
Contents
Guest Editors’ Introduction by Richard E. Turley Jr. and Ronald W. Walker
Editorial Procedures
Andrew Jenson Collection
The Andrew Jenson Collection by Ronald W. Walker and Richard E. Turley Jr.
Selections from the Andrew Jenson Collection Mary S. Campbell
Mary H. White
Corrections to Bancroft History
Ellott Willden
William Barton
Samuel Knight
Richard S. Robinson
David W. Tullis
David H. Morris Collection
The David H. Morris Collection by Ronald W. Walker and Richard E. Turley Jr.
Selections from the David H. Morris Collection
Joseph Anderson Memorandum
John W. Judd Letter
J. G. Sutherland Letter
Samuel Knight Statement
Nephi Johnson 1908 Statement
Articles
Problems with Mountain Meadows Masssacre Sources by Richard E. Turley Jr.
Mormon Memories and the Tragedy at Mountain Meadows by Ronald W. Walker
Book Reviews
Massacre at Mountain Meadows: An American Tragedy by Ronald W. Walker, Richard E. Turley Jr., Glen M. Leonard, reviewed by Brian Q. Cannon
Massacre at Mountain Meadows: An American Tragedy by Ronald W. Walker, Richard E. Turley Jr., Glen M. Leonard, reviewed by Jared Farmer
House of Mourning: A Biocultural History of the Mountain Meadows Massacre by Shannon A. Novak, reviewed by Joel C. Janetski
Acknowledgments and Photo Credits
BYU Studies volume 47, number 3, is a special issue pertaining to the Mountain Meadows massacre, which took place in southern Utah in 1857. Guest editors Richard E. Turley Jr. and Ronald W. Walker include selections of important documents about the massacre: in 1892, historian Andrew Jenson interviewed Utahns who had information about the massacre. Interviews of Mary S. Campbell, Mary H. White, Ellott Willden, William Barton, Samuel Knight, Richard S. Robinson, and David W. Tullis are included in this issue. The second group of documents was the property of David H. Morris, an attorney living in St. George, Utah. He collected affidavits and statements about the massacre from long time residents as he contact with them in other dealings. Letters from John W. Judd and J. G. Sutherland and statements from Samuel Knight and Nephi Johnson are included.
The complete collections of documents appear in the book Mountain Meadows Massacre: The Andrew Jensen and David H. Morris Collections. This book accompanies the book Massacre at Mountain Meadows, by Ronald W. Walker, Richard E. Turley Jr., and Glen M. Leonard, which provides a narrative of the 1857 events.
This issue also includes two articles about issues (problems with sources and dealing with violence) related to the massacre. Reviews of Massacre at Mountain Meadows and House of Mourning: A Biocultural History of the Mountain Meadows Massacre also are included.
Contents
Guest Editors’ Introduction by Richard E. Turley Jr. and Ronald W. Walker
Editorial Procedures
Andrew Jenson Collection
The Andrew Jenson Collection by Ronald W. Walker and Richard E. Turley Jr.
Selections from the Andrew Jenson Collection Mary S. Campbell
Mary H. White
Corrections to Bancroft History
Ellott Willden
William Barton
Samuel Knight
Richard S. Robinson
David W. Tullis
David H. Morris Collection
The David H. Morris Collection by Ronald W. Walker and Richard E. Turley Jr.
Selections from the David H. Morris Collection
Joseph Anderson Memorandum
John W. Judd Letter
J. G. Sutherland Letter
Samuel Knight Statement
Nephi Johnson 1908 Statement
Articles
Problems with Mountain Meadows Masssacre Sources by Richard E. Turley Jr.
Mormon Memories and the Tragedy at Mountain Meadows by Ronald W. Walker
Book Reviews
Massacre at Mountain Meadows: An American Tragedy by Ronald W. Walker, Richard E. Turley Jr., Glen M. Leonard, reviewed by Brian Q. Cannon
Massacre at Mountain Meadows: An American Tragedy by Ronald W. Walker, Richard E. Turley Jr., Glen M. Leonard, reviewed by Jared Farmer
House of Mourning: A Biocultural History of the Mountain Meadows Massacre by Shannon A. Novak, reviewed by Joel C. Janetski
Acknowledgments and Photo Credits
