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The Professionalized Church Historian's Office: Evolution and Impact

This text explores the professionalization of the Church Historian's Office, focusing on its characteristics as a profession, such as possessing specialized knowledge, service orientation, community sanction, institutional altruism, and image building. It delves into Mormon historical practices, including abridging records, translating the Book of Mormon, and the role of key figures like Joseph Smith. It also discusses early Church historians like Willard Richards, George A. Smith, Franklin D. Richards, Andrew Jenson, and Earl E. Olson. The text outlines the Office's relationship with the Society of American Archivists, its involvement since 1957, and highlights like organizing the 1958 annual meeting. It covers the development of the Church Historian's Office and the significance of documenting Church history under leaders like J. Gordon Daines III at Brigham Young University.

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The Professionalized Church Historian's Office: Evolution and Impact

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

  2. What is a Profession?

  3. Characteristics of a Profession • Possession and use of a specialized knowledge base • Service orientation • Community sanction • Institutional altruism • Image building

  4. Church Historian’s Office

  5. Mormon abridging the records

  6. Translating the Book of Mormon

  7. Joseph Smith

  8. Joseph Smith’s Red Brick Store

  9. Early Church Historians Willard Richards George A. Smith Franklin D. Richards

  10. Andrew Jenson

  11. Earl E. Olson

  12. 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

  13. S. Lyman Tyler

  14. Historical Department, 1972 Managing Director Church Historian Church Archivist Church Librarian

  15. Church Historian's Office development

  16. Documenting Church History

  17. J. Gordon Daines III Brigham Young University gordon_daines@byu.edu 801-422-5821

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