Mountain Meadows Massacre: The Andrew Jenson and David H Morris Collections (BYU Studies)

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BYU Studies

Mormon Studies

During years of research for their 2008 book Massacre at Mountain Meadows: An American Tragedy, authors Ronald W. Walker, Richard E. Turley Jr., Glen M. Leonard, and their colleagues found out a substantial amount of information about the 1857 massacre, leading to a clearer understanding of the tragedy. No person can speak responsibly about the main points of this event without consulting these newly found out documents. Mountain Meadows Massacre presents two of the valuable and revealing collections the authors uncovered.

The first collection was once gathered in the 1890s by Andrew Jenson (1850-1937), a full-time employee in the LDS church historian’s administrative center. The second one collection was once compiled a decade later by David H. Morris (1858-1937), an attorney and pass judgement on in St. George, Utah. Images of the original documents are accompanied by typed transcriptions, which reproduce original spelling, punctuation, strikethroughs, and inserted words or characters. Introductory text explains how each and every document collection was once to start with created, how the LDS Church came to possess them, and where they were archived. Brief biographical sketches introduce the individuals who were interviewed, gave affidavits, or wrote letters that appear in the document collections.

Distributed for BYU Studies.
Winner of the Mormon History Association Steven F. Christensen Best Documentary Award. 

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