Church History Library news for September 2020

Church History Library News—October 2021

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  • New Joseph F. Smith exhibit
  • New featured collection and research guide
  • Blog articles about pioneer-era recipes and the King Follett discourse
  • Recently digitized collections
New Exhibit: “Joseph F. Smith’s Vision of the Redemption of the Dead”
A new exhibit, “Joseph F. Smith’s Vision of the Redemption of the Dead,” opened in the Church History Library on September 24, 2021. Designed in conjunction with the reopening of the Beehive House, where Joseph F. Smith’s renovated bedroom can now be viewed, all the exhibit’s items relate to President Smith, his family, and the vision of the redemption of the dead, now published as Doctrine and Covenants 138, which he received in that bedroom. For example, President Smith’s scriptures will be on display, as well as a special insert printed in 1976 so that Church members could add the vision to their personal copies of the Pearl of Great Price.


This newly revised research guide features updated information on past and present members of the First Presidency, Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, Quorums of the Seventy, and Presiding Bishopric.
Mormons and Their Neighbors is a two-volume index of biographical sketches of Latter-day Saints and other related individuals who lived in Arizona, southern California, Idaho, northern Mexico, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming, and southwestern Canada. Containing over 100,000 entries based on sources published between 1820 and 1981, this is a valuable place to start when researching the life of a Latter-day Saint.
The library shares a monthly list of the latest digitized collections. For some collections, you may need to log in to see the items.
Recently Digitized Collections, August 2021
Recently Digitized Collections, September 2021


Historic Latter-day Saint recipes—and the cookbooks containing them—remain a perennial subject of interest among researchers. Here, see pioneer-era recipes drawn from a variety of sources.


Find several resources available at the Church History Library that can aid your research on the King Follett discourse, a prominent general conference discourse given by Joseph Smith shortly before his death.


Read about the unique missionary letters—written on leaves from trees and bushes—that Reuben Hatch, an early Church member, sent home while serving as a missionary in the Southern States Mission. The letters are now available for viewing in the Church History Catalog.


Filters in the Church History Catalog let you search specifically for poetry. Learn about how to find pioneer-era poetry—and see examples of it—here.


The library digitizes many items from our collections each month that are accessible in the Church History Catalog.
Southern Far East Mission photographs, 1962–1965
(PH 6351)
This large collection of photographs was taken by Jay A. Quealy, who was serving as the president of the Southern Far East Mission. The photographs, which often feature missionaries, local members, and new meetinghouses, show the growth of the Church in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the Philippines. There is also a photo of a 1962 visit from newly called Elder Gordon B. Hinckley and his wife, Marjorie, to the mission.
George Albert Smith in Mexico City, 1946 May (PH 4855)
This collection features photos of George Albert Smith addressing a conference session of the Mexican Mission in Mexico City. It was a significant moment, as many of the Saints pictured had recently returned from their involvement with the Third Convention, signaling a period of rapprochement. (The Third Convention was a movement of Mexican Latter-day Saints that briefly broke away from the Church.) See also PH 2123, which features a photo of George Albert Smith meeting with Manuel Avila Camacho, the president of Mexico, possibly during the same trip.
Albert and Louise Levine photograph collection, 1892–1948 (PH 9010)
Snowflake, Arizona, was founded in 1878 by Erastus Snow and William Flake at the behest of Brigham Young; it would become a permanent Latter-day Saint settlement in the American Southwest. The collection is filled with images of homes, Latter-day Saints, and local events from several decades. William Flake is also shown in a Yuma, Arizona, prison after having been arrested for practicing plural marriage.
John P. Squires reminiscences and journals,
1848–1900 (MS 2143)
John Paternoster Squires (December 22, 1820–November 20, 1901) was an early British convert to the Church. He experienced many significant Church history events firsthand, such as the westward migration, the Utah War, the construction of the Salt Lake Temple, and plural marriage.
Phineas W. Cook reminiscences and journal,
1843–1886 (MS 6288)
Phineas W. Cook (August 28, 1819–July 24, 1900) was another early Latter-day Saint. He joined the Church in Michigan before taking his family across the plains in Brigham Young’s second pioneer company. This multi-decade collection includes details of the Lion House’s construction, as well as references to many prominent—and not-so-prominent—Saints from the pioneer era.
Discourse of President Lorenzo Snow, 1901 June 16
(MS 20782)
A transcript of an address given by Lorenzo Snow during the first meeting held in the newly built Wilford Ward meetinghouse in Salt Lake City. President Snow talks about sacrifice—specifically, the sacrifice involved in building a meetinghouse—and obedience to the law of tithing. He also briefly reminisces about a discussion between Joseph Smith and other early Church leaders about the length of eternity.
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