The JWHA newsletter is published quarterly. Members receive monthly updates to access the latest articles before the next issue is available.

A message from our president, Rachel Killebrew.


Please check out these important dates to remember!


Announcing the 2019 Howard Lecture Speaker: Professor Ann Taves of the University of California at Santa Barbara!

photo of Professor Ann Taves

“Discerning God’s Presence: Experiential Claims and Restorationist Movements in the Burned-Over District”

Taves’ lecture will consider experiential aspects of the Restorationist movements as they were influenced by Methodism and Cane Ridge in upstate New York and northern Ohio.


Student scholarships are available for the 2019 Conference.


Awards Committee chairperson, Joe Geisner, has announcements for members.


The 2019 spring/summer issue of the John Whitmer Historical Association Journal is already in press!


Articles you may have missed


Save the date

JWHA Annual Conference in Rochester, New York, Sept. 26-29, 2019!

Proposals for conference presentations are due April 6, 2019. We want to hear your latest Restoration history research. Read the call for papers!

Reservations are open at our conference site, the Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, in Fairport, N.Y., a cozy suburb of Rochester. Call 800-365-3065 and ask for the special JWHA rate of $141.00 while rooms last.


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