Jeffery Ogden Johnson

JEFFERY OGDEN JOHNSON is manager of the Reference Bureau for the Utah State Archives. This paper was delivered at the annual meeting of the Mormon History Associa￾tion, May 1986, in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Articles

On the Edge: Mormonism’s Single Men

The Doctrine and Covenants contains extremely specific instructions concerning marriage for men: 

In the celestial glory there are three heavens or degrees;

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Determining and Defining “Wife”: The Brigham Young Households

Utah satirist Al Church, among other suggestions on how to survive as a gentile in Utah, offered this tip: “Ask guides at the Beehive House how many wives Brigham Young had. (Of my last four…

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Forgeries, Bombs, and Salamanders | Linda Sillitoe and Allen D. Roberts, Salamander: The Story of the Mormon Forgery Murders

Every once in a while you will see an image that stays with you for years. On 16 October 1985 I saw an image that will be with me a lifetime: a burned out sports…

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