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Book of Mormon -- Authorship

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Paul Jensen research file on Sidney Rigdon

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230349919]
Identifier: MSS 4048
Abstract

Includes photocopies of genealogies, newspaper clippings, wills, letters, photographs, and maps relating to the life of Sidney Rigdon and his descendants.

Dates: 1759-1892

Noel B. Reynolds study of wordprinting and authorship research files, 1984-1996

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7935 Series 2 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains the creator's research files on wordprinting and authorship. Many of his research projects have resulted in authorship studies, especially in reference to the works of Thomas Hobbes, Sidney Rigdon, and Joseph Smith, Jr., 1984-1996.

Dates: 1984-1996

Athalia Robinson affidavit

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230318872]
Identifier: MSS SC 2065
Scope and Contents

Handwritten, signed, and notarized affidavit. Also included is a typewritten copy of the same item also signed and notarized. Athalia swears that she was present when her father, Sidney Rigdon (1793-1876), first saw a copy of the Book of Mormon and affirms that he was not the author of it.

Dates: 1904