Dates

• Existence: 1872 - 1971

Administrative History

The Deseret Sunday School Union (1872-1971) was an auxiliary program of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that provided Sunday religious instruction to members of the Church.

The Deseret Sunday School Union was established in 1872 in a renaming of the earlier Parent Sunday School Union. The organization provided Sunday religious instruction in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, as well as support services such as curriculum development, teacher training, and library services. The Deseret Sunday School Union was renamed the Sunday School during a reorganization of Church auxiliaries in 1971.

Citation:

nuc87-34314: Sperry, S.B. The Old Testament prophets, 1965(hdg. on UU rept.: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Deseret Sunday School Union; usage: Deseret Sunday School Union)

LC data base, 2-23-88(Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Deseret Sunday School Union; usage: Deseret Sunday School Union)

Files of The Church History Catalog, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, viewed 11 March 2013(Parent Sunday School Union (1867-1872); organized on November 4, 1867 as Parent Sunday School Union; Deseret Sunday School Union (1872-1971); Sunday School (August 1971-present) also known as Great Salt Lake Sunday School Union; Sunday School Union of Utah Territory; Sunday School Union)

Wikipedia, website viewed 11 March 2013(Sunday School (LDS Church); Sunday School; formerly Deseret Sunday School Union; official auxiliary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; November 11, 1867 Brigham Young ordered that a union of the Sunday Schools be carried out and Daniel H. Wells, George A. Smith, Wilford Woodruff, George Q. Cannon, and Brigham Young, Jr. met and organized the Parent Sunday School Union; In 1872 the Sunday School organization was renamed the Deseret Sunday School Union; named Deseret Sunday School Union until 1971 when it was renamed simply Sunday School)

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