Newspapers and Mid-Nineteenth Century America’s Views of Mormonism

Authors

Mason Price, Brigham Young University
Gerrit Dirkmaat, Brigham Young University

Keywords

newspapers, mid-nineteenth century Americas, Mormonism

College

Religious Education

Department

Church History and Doctrine

Abstract

With increasing access to archived American newspaper sources online, it is simpler than ever before to peer into the past through the lens of primary source news articles. Newspapers, though they have limitations in presenting historical information, can nonetheless be useful to uncover and better understand how events and people have impacted Americans as a whole. We used online newspaper resources to examine the American conversation and discourse about Mormons and Mormonism between 1844 and 1846, during the volatile period between the death of Joseph Smith and the Mormon exodus from Nauvoo.

Recommended Citation

Price, Mason and Dirkmaat, Gerrit (2018) "Newspapers and Mid-Nineteenth Century America’s Views of Mormonism," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2018: Iss. 1, Article 200.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2018/iss1/200