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The Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Church History was part of the College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences in 1980. Directors included Leonard J. Arrington (1980-1986) and Ronald K. Esplin (1986-1999). In 1999 the institute was reorganized as the Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Latter-day Saint History.
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In 1980, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints closed the Historical Division of the Historical Department of the Church and transfered its director and staff to BYU as the newly formed Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Church History in the College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences. The institute remained at Church Headquarters in Salt Lake City until 1982 when it was transfered to BYU's campus in Provo, Utah. Leonard J. Arrington (1980-1986) continued to serve as Director and he was followed by Ronald K. Esplin (1986-1999). In 1999 the institute was reorganized as the Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Latter-day Saint History.
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==Variant Names==
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Brigham Young University. College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences. Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Church History
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Brigham Young University. Smith Institute
  
 
==Description==
 
==Description==
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Abolished: [[abolished in::date::1999]]
 
Abolished: [[abolished in::date::1999]]
  
Location: [[location of::Provo, Utah]] ([[date::1980]]-[[date::1999]])
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Location: [[location of::Salt Lake City, Utah]] ([[date::1980]]-[[date::1982]])
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Location: [[location of::Provo, Utah]] ([[date::1982]]-[[date::1999]])
  
 
==Functions==
 
==Functions==
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==Associated Units==
 
==Associated Units==
  
Superior unit: [[superior unit::Brigham Young University. College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences]] ([[date::1983]]-[[date::1999]])
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Superior unit: [[subordinate to::Brigham Young University. College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences]] ([[date::1980]]-[[date::1999]])
  
 
Later unit: [[later unit::Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Latter-day Saint History]] ([[date::1999]])
 
Later unit: [[later unit::Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Latter-day Saint History]] ([[date::1999]])
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Associated unit: [[associated with::Brigham Young University. Research Division]] ([[date::1984]]-[[date::1990]])
  
 
==Associated Archival Materials==
 
==Associated Archival Materials==
  
 
Collection, 1972-1995 (MSS 1979 and MSS 2285)
 
Collection, 1972-1995 (MSS 1979 and MSS 2285)
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Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Latter-day Saint History Records, 1880-2005 (UA 1214)
  
 
==Sources==
 
==Sources==
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Adventures of a Church Historian, 1998: p. 214 (LDS Church transfered the Historical Division of the History Department to BYU; housed at Church Headquarters until 1982)
  
 
Brigham Young University Annual Catalog, 1983-1984: p. 117 (Listed as a special program)  
 
Brigham Young University Annual Catalog, 1983-1984: p. 117 (Listed as a special program)  
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==Maintenance Information==
 
==Maintenance Information==
  
Record ID:
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Record ID: EAC-2009-00277
EAC-2009-00277
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LCCN: n 88668845
  
 
Creator: LFW
 
Creator: LFW

Latest revision as of 15:20, 8 March 2012

In 1980, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints closed the Historical Division of the Historical Department of the Church and transfered its director and staff to BYU as the newly formed Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Church History in the College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences. The institute remained at Church Headquarters in Salt Lake City until 1982 when it was transfered to BYU's campus in Provo, Utah. Leonard J. Arrington (1980-1986) continued to serve as Director and he was followed by Ronald K. Esplin (1986-1999). In 1999 the institute was reorganized as the Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Latter-day Saint History.

Variant Names

Brigham Young University. College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences. Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Church History

Brigham Young University. Smith Institute

Description

Established: 1980

Abolished: 1999

Location: Salt Lake City, Utah (1980-1982)

Location: Provo, Utah (1982-1999)

Functions

The task of the Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Church History is the scholarly study of the Latter-day Saint past. Its personnel are historians whose primary activity is writing and publishing for both a professional and a general Church audience. They also teach courses in history, Church history, literature, and other disciplines related to their fields of expertise, under the direction of the appropriate departments. The institute seeks to facilitate research by other scholars in Church history. Limited support for research and publication in Church history is available to faculty members from other departments within the university, based on an exchange of teaching and research assignments with institute faculty.

Assets and Administrative Structure

The Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Church History was within the College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences. The Director was under the direction of the Dean of the College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences.

Associated Units

Superior unit: Brigham Young University. College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences (1980-1999)

Later unit: Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Latter-day Saint History (1999)

Associated unit: Brigham Young University. Research Division (1984-1990)

Associated Archival Materials

Collection, 1972-1995 (MSS 1979 and MSS 2285)

Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Latter-day Saint History Records, 1880-2005 (UA 1214)

Sources

Adventures of a Church Historian, 1998: p. 214 (LDS Church transfered the Historical Division of the History Department to BYU; housed at Church Headquarters until 1982)

Brigham Young University Annual Catalog, 1983-1984: p. 117 (Listed as a special program)

Brigham Young University Annual Catalog, 1987-1988: p. 133 (Ronald K. Esplin, Director)

Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Church History Web site, Nov. 6, 2009 (est. 1980; directors included Leonard J. Arrington (1980-1986); reorganized in 1999)

Brigham Young University 1999 Catalog, via WWW, Nov. 6, 2009 (renamed Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Latter-day Saint History)

Maintenance Information

Record ID: EAC-2009-00277

LCCN: n 88668845

Creator: LFW