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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 6 Collections and/or Records:

Joseph Field Smith Institute administrative records, 1984-2005

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 1214 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains corporate minutes, reports, schedules, agendas, photographs, letters, memoranda, suget forms, programs and clippings concerning the administrative files of the Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Latter-day Saint History. These administrative files deal with faculty reports, symposiums, lectures, grants, and projects of the various programs and researches of the Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Latter-day Saint History, 1984-2005.

Dates: 1984-2005

Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Latter-day Saint History faculty files, 1987-2005

 Sub-Series — Carton 1: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233286480], Folder: 6-46
Identifier: MSS 8009 Series 2 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains files for the faculty of the Joseph Smith Fielding Institute, including meeting minutes and memos, newsletters and handouts, and correspondence. Materials cover faculty retreats, productivity reports, lists of books and publications made by the faculty, and staffing and hiring records, 1987-2005.

Dates: 1987-2005

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 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

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