By October 21, 2008
Incredibly, the Juvenile Instructor is approaching it’s 1st year anniversary. We went live on October 26, 2007. We hope to have a little historical write up nearer that time about how all this got going. In the mean time, I wanted to put up some posts you might have missed since our beginning. There are too many good ones to put them all up, but here’s a sampling from our first months:
By October 21, 2008
Preparation, information gathering, and relief efforts figure prominently in present-day discussions of Mormons and natural disasters. Just last conference President Eyring spoke of those who praise the church for ?know[ing] how to organize to get things done? but don?t always recognize that ?the miracle lies not in organization alone, but in the people?s hearts? [1]. Elders who experienced some part of the 1900 Galveston Hurricane recorded evidence of concerned hearts; their dairies also provide glimpses of a nascent organization.
By October 20, 2008
Like many Elders in the American South, and like many of the people they visited, Elder Brooks and companion, Elder Decker, were both suffering from malaria in September 1900. Although they had some success in their counties near the Louisiana border, flooding and disease took a heavy toll on their enthusiasm and their bodies. In fact, Elder Decker requested release from the mission on September 03.
By October 20, 2008
Hurricanes have been on my mind of late?and more literally in my yard and in a great many houses. Instead of writing about recent storms, however, I?d like to discuss the 1900 Galveston Hurricane that nearly obliterated the city of Galveston, Texas, before smashing its way into the continental interior. Estimates vary, but the modern consensus centers around eight-thousand dead. Four Mormon missionaries and one member (presumably) were in Galveston that night and a hand-full of Saints and other missionaries?probably less than a hundred?encountered the storm before it disintegrated. Over the next few days I will examine elements of the Mormon experience of, response to, and interpretation of the storm. This page will function as a homepage of sorts, with links added as the posts become available.
By October 17, 2008
See part I here.
On the last page of the May 1834 issue of Evening and the Morning Star, the Church included the minutes of a meeting held on May 3, 1834. In a straightforward way, and lacking any fanfare, it included the following:
By October 15, 2008
Admin Note: We’re pleased to have Joe Geisner, a frequent reader and knowledgeable commenter here at the JI post his review of the newly published James H. Martineau journals.
By October 13, 2008
from my inbox:
SUMMER SEMINAR ON JOSEPH SMITH
?Parley and Orson Pratt and Nineteenth-Century Mormon Thought?
Brigham Young University
May 26-July 3, 2009
By October 13, 2008
I reckon I better start earning my keep around these parts and post more often. James G. Duffin presided over the Southwestern States (later Central States) Mission in the first years of the twentieth century. Below I?ve reproduced his diary entries dealing with an abortion case brought before a church court.
By October 10, 2008
From Matt Grow:
The Center for Communal Studies at the University of Southern Indiana announces its annual paper prize competition for the best undergraduate and graduate student paper on historic or contemporary communal groups. The author of the best graduate paper or thesis or dissertation chapter will receive $500. The author of the best undergraduate paper or thesis will receive $250. Send two copies of submissions, by January 15, 2009, to Matthew Grow, 8600 University Boulevard, Evansville, IN, 47712. Questions may be directed to mjgrow@usi.edu.
By October 10, 2008
One of BYU?s homecoming events this year (today, I think) will be to honor Dr. Jim Olson, a Regents Professor of History at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas, with a Distinguished Service Award. I hope this post doesn?t sound like a eulogy. When I asked him about the award earlier this week, he said it meant that he had to wear a suit to the football game.
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