By Jared TNovember 2, 2009
Just a reminder of a great event happening this week! See the organizers’ site for the full schedule (I like the printer friendly version on that page). I plan to be there and taking notes which I will post on the JI.
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By Jared TOctober 14, 2009
The latest UHQ came recently. There’s not a lot of overtly Mormon content, but most of the articles do look interesting. From the “In This Issue” section:
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By Jared TOctober 13, 2009
I noticed that I never got to putting up the run down on this issue. In the interest of doing it, I will need to be brief and only comment more on items dealing directly with Mormon history.
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By Jared TSeptember 29, 2009
This was announced last week, and I thought I’d post this as a reminder. It should be a great time.
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By Jared TSeptember 25, 2009
My battery is almost dead and my power cord is not working, so unfortunately, no notes will be taken tomorrow, and I won’t be able to follow up on this until Saturday evening, so if I made a mistake on these awards (doing them from memory), please leave a comment so one of my cobloggers can correct it. Tonight at the awards banquet, the following awards were given (see past award recipients here):
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By Jared TSeptember 18, 2009
George U. Hubbard. When the Saints Came Marching In: A History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Denton, Texas 1958-2008. Denton, Texas: Tattersall Publishing, 2009. x + 326 pp. $15.00. Hardback, ISBN: 978-0-9679775-3-9.
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By Jared TSeptember 17, 2009
While preparing my review (see here) of the recently published When the Saints Came Marching In: A History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Denton, Texas 1958-2008 by George Hubbard, I came across a few items of local poetry that I’ll include here:
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By Jared TSeptember 15, 2009
From the Utah State University website:
By Jared TSeptember 9, 2009
Continued from Part 1.
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