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Book of Mormon -- Manuscripts -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Book of Mormon

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230322833]
Identifier: MSS SC 2616
Scope and Contents

Photographs of the original handwritten manuscript of the Book of Mormon. The book was first published in 1830.

Dates: 1829

Royal Skousen correspondence and publicity on Book of Mormon, 1996-2008

 Sub-Series — Carton 86: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197232561446], Folder: 15-27
Identifier: MSS 8255 Series 2 Sub-Series 6
Scope and Contents

Contains materials pertaining to the linguistic work of Royal Skousen, a professor at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. Particularly correspondence with Skousen's linguistic and other professional colleagues (including sharing of articles), as well as symposium publications and distribution, press releases, travel files, and newspaper excerpts. Materials dated 1996-2008.

Dates: 1996-2008

Royal Skousen papers on Book of Mormon and Critical Text Project, 1981-2020

 Series
Identifier: MSS 8255 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Consists of manuscript drafts, photocopies of research material, correspondence, articles, reviews, and presentations, publicity, variant searches and hour logs, other authors' books and articles on the Book of Mormon, photographs of the original Book of Mormon manuscript, and publication materials for volumes 3 and 4 of the Book of Mormon Critical Text Project series. Materials dated 1981-2020.

Dates: 1981-2020

Royal Skousen papers on Critical Text Project, 1986-2014

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8255 Series 2 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents Contains the majority of the research and publication files for Skousen's Book of Mormon Critical Text Project: preliminary research and drafts and original volumes, Original and Printer's manuscripts (3 volumes altogether), Analysis of Textual Variants (6 volumes), and emendations. This includes early or progressive drafts and bindings, correspondence, facsimile photocopies, overhead transparencies, notecards, slides, transcriptions, proofs, variant collations, symbol keys, articles and...
Dates: 1986-2014

Royal Skousen papers on student hiring and research assistants, 1995-1999

 Sub-Series — Carton 87: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197232561453], Folder: 5-7
Identifier: MSS 8255 Series 2 Sub-Series 8
Scope and Contents

Contains materials pertaining to the linguistic work of Royal Skousen, a professor at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. Particularly, hiring and research time files for student Matt Empey, Skousen's daughter Christina, and other student and assistant researchers, including correspondence and campus memos, timecards, work authorizations, and research notes (reference checks, spelling variants). Materials dated 1995-1999.

Dates: 1995-1999

Royal Skousen papers on Yale Edition, 2008-2014

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8255 Series 2 Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents

Contains proofs of 9 revisions (1, 3.1-3.3, 4, 6, 8/9, 10, and 11) of Skousen's book "The Book of Mormon: The Earliest Text" (printed by Yale University Press, hence the nickname of "Yale Edition"), as well as proofs of the 1st and 2nd printings. Also included are a page layout chart, corrections, and memorandums. Materials dated 2008-2014.

Dates: 2008-2014

Royal Skousen photographs of Book of Mormon manuscript, 1991 October, 1992 October 2

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8255 Series 2 Sub-Series 10
Scope and Contents

Contains a set of black and white ultraviolet photographs of the Wilford Wood fragments of the original Book of Mormon manuscript. David W. Hawkinson reportedly photographed the fragments in October 1991 at the Harold B. Lee Library conservation lab. As the editor of the Book of Mormon critical text project, Royal Skousen was in possession of the photographs and eventually donated them to Brigham Young University in 1992. Materials dated October 1991.

Dates: 1991 October; Record Keeping: 1992 October 2

Royal Skousen research on Book of Mormon editions, approximately 2000-2010

 Sub-Series — Carton 81: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197232561396], Folder: 15-18
Identifier: MSS 8255 Series 2 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains materials pertaining to the linguistic work of Royal Skousen, professor at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. In particular are photocopies of pages from editions of the Book of Mormon published between 1837 and 1990 (including Reorganized Church versions), extra and undated/miscellaneous pages, articles and charts on kinds of textual changes, scribes, transcription symbols, notes, and correspondence. Materials dated approximately 2000-2010.

Dates: approximately 2000-2010