Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Church History
Organization
Dates
- Existence: 1980 - 1999
Administrative History
The Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Church History was a research institute at Brigham Young University established to encourage the study and publishing of Mormon historical material.
The Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Church History (JFSI) was created in 1980 upon the closure of the Historical Division of the Historical Department of the Church and subsequent transfer of its director and staff to Brigham Young University. In 1982 the institute was physically relocated from Salt Lake City, Utah to the Brigham Young University campus, and was under the direction of the College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences. The staff of the institute worked to write and publish for a professional and church audience, teach courses in history, and facilitate research networks. Directors included Leonard J. Arrington (1980-1986) and Ronald K. Esplin (1986-1999). In 1999 the institute was reorganized as the Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Latter-day Saint History.
Citation:
BYU organizational history project, Mar. 8, 2012: Joseph Fielding Smith Institute of Church History (existed 1980-1999; under College of FHSS; study and publishing of LDS material; est. following closure of Historical Division; relocated to BYU, 1982; write and publish, teach history, facilitate research; directors, Leonard J. Arrington (1980-1986), Ronald K. Esplin (1986-1999); 1999 reorganized as Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Latter-day Saint History)Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:
Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Latter-day Saint History records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 1214
Scope and Contents
Contains correspondence, newspaper articles, reports, manuscripts, oral histories, and other material concerning the Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Latter-day Saint History, mostly from 1940-2005. Collection includes administrative files, history of the Primary and Relief Society organizations within The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, social services and women in the church. The records concerning the Primary and Relief Society organizations document the beginning of those...
Dates:
1880-2005
Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Latter-day Saint History records on BYU Studies, 1992-2005
Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8009 Series 2 Sub-Series 5
Scope and Contents
Contains records from BYU Studies relating to the Joseph Fielding Smith Insitute (JFSI) and its role as the institute's primary publisher. Materials include book lists, invoices, a review of the organization including its aims and objectives, JFSI publication projects, memorandums and correspondence about the relationship between the JFSI and BYU Studies, proposals and publication procedures, and newsletters from both organizations. Also contains correspondence, edited articles, book review...
Dates:
1992-2005
Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Latter-day Saint History records on the history of the Primary, 1880-1977
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 1214 Series 2
Scope and Contents
Contains clippings, programs and documents concerning the history of the Primary Organization of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It contains information concerning the structure of the Primary Organization, and how it began in the late 1800's. It details the gradual growth and the monumental moments in the Primary History, 1880-1997.
Dates:
1880-1977
Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Latter-day Saint History records on Women History Initiative Team, 1977-2008
Sub-Series — Carton 3: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233286498], Folder: 6-59
Identifier: MSS 8009 Series 2 Sub-Series 7
Scope and Contents
Contains materials related to the Women's History Initiative Team (WIT) of the Joseph Fielding Smith Institute. Includes meeting minutes, strategy notes, correspondence and memorandums, programs and schedules for seminars and symposia, faculty retreat records, published articles, poetry, information on summer fellowships and photographs from a reunion, records on the Mormon Women's History Course 390 R, records from the Eliza R. Snow film project, and lists of dissertations and published...
Dates:
1977-2008
Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Latter-day Saint History special project records, 1995-2005
Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8009 Series 2 Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents
Contains records for special projects carried out by the Joseph Fielding Smith Institute, including records on an Eliza R. Snow documentary, Mormon Studies leadership awards and symposia, a Yale Conference entitled God, Humanity and Revelation: Perspectives from Mormon Philosophy and History, international outreach efforts, agendas and proposals of the Council on Religious Endeavors (CORE), coordination with the Brigham Young University Special Collections and church archives, Mormon...
Dates:
1995-2005
Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Latter-day Saint History symposia records, 1987-2005
Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8009 Series 2 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents
Contains records for various symposia hosted by the Joseph Smith Fielding Institute, including brochures and fliers, programs and schedules, correspondence and memorandums, symposia proposals, calls for papers, and speaker biographies. Seminars cover topics including Joseph Smith, Brigham Young, the Restoration, and Latter-day Women. Also includes applications for faculty fellowships as well as summer fellows biographies. In addition, contains records for the National Endowment for the...
Dates:
1987-2005
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- Research institutes -- Utah -- Provo 7
- Minutes (Records) 6
- Manuscripts 4
- Memorandums 4
- Publications 4
- Colleges and Universities 3
- Education 3
- Oral histories 3
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 2
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 2
- DVDs 2
- Financial records 2
- Mormon pioneers 2
- Mormon women 2
- Newsletters 2
- Programs 2
- Records 2
- Relief Society 2
- Reports 2
- United States -- History -- Study and teaching 2
- Academics 1
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- Books -- Reviews 1
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- College students' writings 1
- College teachers -- Utah -- Provo 1
- Conference materials 1
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- Mormon Church -- Congresses 1
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- Notes 1
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