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Complete Elvis Analysis Published by BYU Studies

On January 23, 2019 · In News

In Real vs. Rumor I share a variety of interesting reactions from people to these findings of forgery. Further, I use this forgery to illustrate how developing good thinking skills can help protect us from being faked (see pp. 136-137).

My 9,000-word analysis of the forged Elvis Presley annotations in a Book of […]

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Think Again about the Pioneers

On July 24, 2018 · In News

[I was interviewed by Kaitlyn Bancroft for this story that ran in the Church News on July 17, 2018. Read the full story or see an excerpt.]

 

Think you know pioneer history backwards and forwards? These 3 facts will make you think again

If you think all the […]

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Two Award-Winning Chapters

On June 9, 2018 · In News

Two chapters in Mormon Women’s History have received awards from the Mormon History Association:

The award for the best article on any topic went to Amy Harris for “Early Mormonism’s Expansive Family and the Browett Women” (chapter 4).

The award for the best article on women’s history went to Andrea G. Radke-Moss for “Silent Memories […]

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New book on Mormon Women’s History

On December 27, 2017 · In Books, News

Nearly two years after a Church History Symposium devoted to the subject of Mormon women’s history, selected papers from the event are now available in a new volume published by Fairleigh Dickinson University Press.

The volume includes chapters by Keith A. Erekson, Jenny Hale Pulsipher, Andrea Radke-Moss, Amy Harris, Amy Easton-Flake, Heather […]

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LDS Perspectives Podcast – Keeping the Records

On October 18, 2017 · In News, Podcasts

This summary is reposted from the LDS Perspectives website where they also offer the full audio file and a transcript.

Keith Erekson, current director of the LDS Church History Library, has worked really wherever history could be found or needed. When faced with new opportunities, he’s thought, “let’s go […]

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‘History skills’ can strengthen study of Book of Mormon witnesses, speaker says

On August 4, 2017 · In News, Speaking

This text is re-posted from R. Scott Lloyd, “‘History skills’ can strengthen study of Book of Mormon witnesses, speaker says,” Deseret News, August 4, 2017.

As the director of the Church History Library, Keith Erekson has charge, among other things, of manuscript records pertaining to the Three Witnesses and the Eight Witnesses to the […]

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