Stanley B. Kimball
STANLEY B. KIMBALL is professor of history at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville. This paper was originally presented before the Mormon History Association Annual Meeting, Provo, Utah, May 1984. 1
The Mormons in Early Illinois: An Introduction
Articles/Essays – Volume 05, No. 1
The Illinois period of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints commenced eight years after the founding of the Church in Fayette, New York on April 6, 1830, by Joseph Smith. From New York…
Read moreA Footnote to the Problem of Dating the First Vision
Articles/Essays – Volume 05, No. 4
Both sides of the current debate over the date of the First Vision have tried to establish the time when members of the Smith family joined the Presbyterian church in Palmyra. The primary source for…
Read moreThe Intellectual in the Service of the Faith?: Prometheus Hobbled: The Intellectual in Mormondom
Articles/Essays – Volume 18, No. 1
Meet the Author of The Prophet of Palmyra: Thomas Gregg: Early Illinois Journalist and Author by John W. Hallwas
Articles/Essays – Volume 18, No. 2
A Double Dose of Revisionism: The 1838 Mormon War in Missouri
Articles/Essays – Volume 22, No. 3
“Come Ye Disconsolate”: Is There a Mercy Seat in Mormon Theology and Practice?
Articles/Essays – Volume 28, No. 1