An online directory of biographies about individuals of the Latter Day Saint movement.
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11 Feb 2022
We're eager to move to @WikibaseCloud! Congrats to the whole #Wikibase team/community 🎉
10 Feb 2022
Wikibase development plan for Q1 2022 has been published. A major focus this quarter will be the initial launch of @WikibaseCloud lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkit…
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20 Jul 2022
Excellent exhibit on the life of journalist, leftist activist, and Cedar City girl Helen Foster Snow, at the BYU library.
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13 Jun 2022
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11 Jun 2022
Breaking: Around 20 neonazi Patriot Front members detained then arrested in Coeur d'Alene Idaho (vid: @alissaazar)
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Last months we released 17 hrs audio from PNW chapter's meetings: unicornriot.ninja/2022/patri…
Dictionary of Mormon Biography retweeted
11 Jun 2022
400 GB of Patriot Front neonazi leaks here, including 55,249 RocketChat messages and file attachments: unicornriot.ninja/2022/patri…
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17 Feb 2022
I am collecting missionary stories for a folklore project. Personal stories. Legends. etc. Over the next week or so I will be tweeting 10 ?s from what I am calling a "Mass Returned Missionary Interview." If you served a Latter-day Saint mission, I would love your reply.
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13 Feb 2022
Martha Ann Knight was the daughter of Newt & Rachel Knight, leaders of an informal band who harassed Confederate supply lines during the Civil War. Barred from school because of her race, she went on to join the LDS in 1882 & own land. Meet Martha here:
exhibits.lib.utah.edu/s/cent…
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15 Feb 2022
Check out John Bennion's new article, "Polygamous Family Life and Geographic Isolation: The Poetry of Esther Ann Birch Bennion" in the Journal of Mormon History. scholarlypublishingcollectiv…
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16 Feb 2022
The January 2022 issue of the Journal of Mormon History is live! Inside, you'll find articles by John Bennion, Polly Aird, Mary Jane Woodger, Nate Oman, and others. If you are a current MHA member, you can access the new issue here: order.press.uillinois.edu/jm….
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14 Feb 2022
Joseph Smith's 1832 History is often cited as an example of the LDS Church hiding its past. Every time I hear this I get annoyed--but not for the reasons you might think. So, a (very) long thread for those who want to think critically about access and LDS archival records: 1/?
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24 Sep 2021
A fabulous publication history of the historical works of Andrew Jenson, thank you Robin!
24 Sep 2021
Happy Friday! What better way to start off the weekend than with a fun #bookhistory thread. /1
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15 Sep 2021
I'm thrilled to announce that I am putting together a conference in honor of D. Michael Quinn that will take place at the University of Utah on March 25, 2022. There will be panels that discuss Quinn as a historical figure as well as his scholarly legacies. /1
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18 Aug 2021
MHA is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Curt Bench, who died this a.m. from an aneurism. Founder of @BenchmarkBooks & a longtime supporter, participant, & exhibitor at MHA, Curt’s sense of humor & enthusiasm for friends, books, & Mormon history will be dearly missed.
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25 Jul 2021
In 1848, Betsy Fluellen made the pioneer trek to Utah as an enslaved 11-year-old child, separated from any family that she may have known. She died in Provo, Utah over 50 yrs later at the state mental hospital. She too was a LDS pioneer.
Meet Betsy here:
exhibits.lib.utah.edu/s/cent…
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Dictionary of Mormon Biography retweeted
Any #Mormons or folks interested in #Mormon studies working with #LinkedData out there? I've got plans for the next gen of @MormonBiography
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Presented on @MormonBiography & the future of #Mormon #linkeddata at @BYU for earlysaints.byu.edu: slideshare.net/todrobbins/li… #EarlySaints
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@HendrixKomoto your paper convinced me to get Grouard added to @MormonBiography: mormonbiography.org/index.ph…) - feel free to add upon it #mha50
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Today at the @ChurchHistory Library: Now 5,400 Digitized Collections mormonbiography.org/blog/201… #lds #mormon #churchhistory #mormonbiography
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26 Sep 2014
De Pillis: to understand Mormonism, we must spend more attention on the spiritual life of average Latter Day Saints. #jwha14
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