1. “There Shall Be A Record Kept Among You:” Professionalization of the Church Historian’s Office

2. What is a Profession?

3. Characteristics of a Profession  Possession and use of a specialized knowledge base  Service orientation  Community sanction  Institutional altruism  Image building

4. Church Historian’s Office

5. Mormon abridging the records

6. Translating the Book of Mormon

7. Joseph Smith

8. Joseph Smith’s Red Brick Store

9. Early Church Historians Willard RichardsFranklin D. RichardsGeorge A. Smith

10. Andrew Jenson

11. Earl E. Olson

12. Church Historian’s Office and SAA  Began attending meetings in 1957  Local Arrangements Committee for the 1958 annual meeting in Salt Lake City  Active participation in the Workshop on Church Archives

13. S. Lyman Tyler

14. Historical Department, 1972 Managing Director Church Librarian Church Archivist Church Historian

15. Church Historian's Office development

16. Documenting Church History

17. J. Gordon Daines III Brigham Young University gordon_daines@byu.edu 801-422-5821