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Nearly 300 people attended the seventh annual Joseph Smith Papers Conference to explore the question: “What have we learned from the Joseph Smith Papers project?”

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Friday that a new biography is being written about church founder Joseph Smith.

Who is Elder Kyle S. McKay? The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has introduced Elder Kyle S. McKay as the 16th church historian and recorder, taking over for Elder LeGrand R. Curtis Jr., who will be released at October general conference.

Who is Elder LeGrand R. Curtis Jr.? Elder Curtis, a General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, has served as church historian and recorder and executive director of the Church History Department since 2019 and soon be released. Read what he will remember most.

Nelson’s headstone gets assist from temple renovation (Michael Stack | Special to The Tribune) This notation appears on the monument that will mark church President Russell M. Nelsons grave in the Salt Lake City Cemetery. May 10, 2021. It has become a common practice for a husband or wife to erect a headstone for the couple after only one has died — waiting to list the death date for the surviving spouse to be engraved later. Still, mourners strolling through the northwest quadrant of the h...

What started as a way to adapt university talks to COVID-19 precautions may continue as a new forum for Latter-day Saint history and culture. Podcast “The Foyer” began last year as Patrick Mason was looking for ways to continue discussions about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the larger movement of Mormonism. As Utah State University’s Leonard J. Arrington Chair of Mormon Studies, Mason felt a responsibility to keep bringing people content that they could nor...

How an accidental historian won over critics and shed light on two of Mormonism’s darkest hours (Leah Hogsten | Tribune file photo) Richard Turley holds one of Joseph Smiths personal documents during a news conference to announce a release in the "Joseph Smith Papers" project in 2013. Turley recently retired. | Updated: March 4, 2021, 3:33 p.m. It was 1986, a dark time for Mormon historians. Just months earlier, infamous document collector Mark Hofmann had forged his way into the market ...