Books
(1) Larson, Stan and Sam Passey editors: The William E. Mclellin Papers. Forthcoming from Signature Books. June 2007.
Summary
During his long life, William E. McLellin moved from one Mormon faction to another, searching for absolute truth but sympathizing with dissenters in each new group. In fact, he was a genuine, if ill-tempered, intellectual among Joseph Smith’s less academically oriented original twelve apostles, and his writings illuminate the founding period of Mormonism. Ironically, the items in this compilation were discovered because document forger Mark Hofmann claimed to have found “apple crates full” of such material. In fact, Hofmann had found nothing, but the publicity surrounding the claim led to the discovery of the McLellin papers. This collection is introduced and contextualized by the editors and contributors, including former RLDS Church Historian Richard P. Howard, Salt Lake Tribune reporter Dawn House, Brigham Young University Professor Thomas G. Alexander, and AHA award-winning historian D. Michael Quinn.
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Articles in Process
(1) Passey, Sam and Jennifer Sessions. "Retroactive conversion of legacy finding aids at the University of Utah and an outsourcing caution." This paper describes some of the considerations involved in adopting EAD in a large repository, lessons learned, etc.
(2) Passey, Sam and Seth E. Shaw. This article will focus on Institutional Repositories and introduce them to the archival community. Institutional Repositories have many similar functions to traditional archives. It is important that the experience of the archives profession is carried over to the digital realm.
Reviews
(1) Review of Bradley's Zion's Camp. Journal of Mormon History. Summer 2006.
(2) Review of David L. Bigler's Fort Limhi: The Mormon Adventure in Oregon Territory. Journal of Mormon History. Spring 2007.