Richard D. McClellan and Dr. Donald Cannon, Church History Louis A. Bertrand (originally John Francis Elias Flandin) had traveled most of the world when he decided to “settle down” in Paris and became a leader in the Red Republican Party just before the Revolution of 1848. He was working as the political editor of the […]
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Childbirth Experience of Chinese Women
Robin Kartchner and Dr. Lynn C. Callister, Nursing Women across the world share in the same biological process of childbirth. However, their experience with childbirth can vary widely depending on their cultural and spiritual background. The quality of care a woman receives during and after her pregnancy is deeply influenced by the understanding of these […]
Summation of ORCA Research
Blaine Johnson and Dr. Warner Woodworth, Organizational Behavior Objective I proposed to develop a method of community development originating and sustained by those within the targeted developing communities. After formulating this methodology I anticipated the formation of a practical development advisory group on the campus of BYU that may lend assistance to emerging humanitarian organizations […]
Research Tom Polacca and His Descendants
Sterling Fluharty and Dr. David J. Whittaker Tom Polacca was a Hopi-Tewa in Arizona who was known for his leadership, progressive ideas, political involvement, and conversion to the Mormon Church. My intent was to research the life of him and his descendants, examining primary and secondary sources, as well as collecting oral history from descendants […]
Linguistic Research in the Fijian Language
Jared Chapman and Dr. Dallin Oaks, English Introduction For nearly fifty years, Fiji has been the only major South Pacific LDS mission without its own Missionary Training Center (MTC) language program. For this reason, missionaries have gone without language skills and their ability to do missionary work was limited. Today, the MTC has a fledgling […]
Holy Ground: An Interpretive Study of the Salt Lake Temple Landscape
Jeremy P. Call and Dr. George B. Handley, Classic and Comparative Literature Lying in the geographic heart of the Mormon faith, the Salt Lake Temple has become a popular icon for the Mormon Church throughout the world and has been the subject of numerous architectural and theological analyses. Architectural analyses often trace historical and stylistic […]
Clifford Cole: Was He One of Them or Was He Them?
Mitchell McClellan and Dr. Keith Wilson, Religious Education Change is inevitable. Yet the direction of the change is influenced by who is steering. The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints experienced major doctrinal changes throughout its institutional history, especially during the 1960s and 19070s. The types of changes intrigued Dr. Keith Wilson […]
The History of the History: Re-discovering Joseph Smith’s First Vision
Samuel Alonzo Dodge and Dr. Steven Harper, Church History and Doctrine The ways in which Mormon historians approach history has changed greatly over time. For years the historical discussion of Mormonism‟s early periods tended to one of two camps, critics who sought to defame Joseph Smith and discredit the religious movement he launched, or Mormon […]
Robert McCorkle to Joseph Smith: A Poetic Letter
Hal Robert Boyd and Dr. Susan E. Black, Church History Department In 1844 Robert Andrew Hope McCorkle (R.A.H McCorkle) journeyed to Nauvoo to familiarize himself with Mormonism and meet the Prophet Joseph Smith. In Nauvoo, McCorkle found many Latter-day Saints. Yet, he left Nauvoo disappointed, without having approached the Prophet Joseph Smith. He wanted to […]
Woman’s Exponent: Chronicling the Relief Society’s Involvement in the Quest for Political Equality, 1900-1914
Paige Tuft and Dr. Rebecca de Schweinitz, History Department Main Text As most of my research tends to do, this project took quite a different turn then originally intended. I intended this research to continue on with the topic of my senior thesis concerning the political activism of women in Utah during the 1920s by […]