The JWHA board has planned a Golden Jubilee Celebration of all things JWHA including a lineup of speakers and sessions certain to recall and expand interest in Restoration history.
Please note: the agenda presented here is a draft and subject to change.
Items marked with (RS) indicate the presentation is part of the Restoration Studies track.
Click on the Session Numbers for Abstract & Bio.
| Time | Session | Presenter(s) | Location | |
Saturday, September 17, 2022 |
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| 7:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. | 50 Years: A Snapshot | Theatre 2 | ||
| 7:30-9:15 a.m. | Light Breakfast – included in registration fee | |||
| 8:00 a.m. Chair: Taunalyn Ford |
Keynote 301 | Joseph Smith’s Presidential Campaign and the Quest for Religious Freedom | Spencer W. McBride | Sanctuary |
| 9:00 a.m. | Break | Main Foyer/2nd Level | ||
| 9:30 a.m. Chair: Matthew J. Frizzell |
Breakout 311 | ‘Passing White’ before the Lord: African Americans and temple endowments before 1978 | Melvin C. Johnson | Lecture Hall |
| Foragers to Farmers: Shoshone Converts Who Helped Build the Logan Temple | Devan Jensen | |||
| 9:30 a.m. Chair: Jessie Embry |
Breakout 312 | Comparative Perspectives on the Lord’s Supper: Delivering the Sacrament Prayers and Kneeling | David W. Grua | Continents Room |
| ‘Receive a Blessing’: The Global History of Women and Medicine in the Early Latter-Day Saint Movement | Robyn Shahan Spears | |||
| 9:30 a.m. Chair: Jeff Thompson |
Breakout 313 | Turning Type into Pi: The Destruction of the Nauvoo Expositor in Historical Context | Craig L. Foster | Theatre 1 |
| “Another Smith Killed Near Carthage, Illinois? The 1880 Murder of Alvin Salisbury” | Kyle R. Walker | |||
| 9:30 a.m. Chair: Alonzo L. Gaskill |
Breakout 314 | Laying the Foundation of Zion: Joseph Smith’s 1831 Mission to Western Missouri | Alex Baugh | Peacemakers Room |
| Doctrine and Covenants 135 and the John Taylor Authorship Tradition | Michael J. Burnham | |||
| 10:45 a.m. | Break | Main Foyer/2nd Level | ||
| 11:15 a.m. Chair: Matthew L. Harris |
Plenary 302 | Hidden Things Shall Come to Light: The Visual Image of Joseph Smith Jr. | Lachlan Mackay Ronald E. Romig |
Sanctuary |
| 12:15 p.m. | Break | |||
| 12:30-5:00 p.m. | John Whitmer Historical Sites Tour Pre-registration Required Box lunch included in registration fee. |
Off Site | ||
| 2:00-3:00 p.m. | Archive Sharing 315 | Sharing Objects, Sharing Stories Pre-registration Required |
Apostle Lachlan Mackay, Barbara Walden, Executive Director CCHSF & Community of Christ Historian | Library |
| 3:00 p.m. | Break | |||
| 3:30-4:30 p.m. | Archive Sharing 316 | Sharing Objects, Sharing Stories Pre-registration Required |
Apostle Lachlan Mackay, Barbara Walden, Executive Director CCHSF & Community of Christ Historian | Library |
| 6:30 p.m. | Keynote 331 | Presidential Banquet and Address Formal Evening, Black Tie Optional Mr. Smith Goes to Salt Lake City: Fred M. in Utah 1904-1906 |
Christin Mackay | Uptown Market |
