This is the professional journal of Mormon studies. As an outlet for research by university professors and specialists, its emphasis is on scholarship. The field includes traditional nineteenth- and twentieth-century topics, but also regional and local history, women's studies, and ethnic/minority issues. Articles are screened for accuracy, originality, and literary quality, and the editors encourage interpretative over strictly expositional writing.

Recent articles have considered such topics as labor issues during construction of the Logan temple, marriage customs among Maori Mormons, the experiences of sister missionaries, the life of Mormon gunsmith Benjamin Winchester, and the legal career of church attorney Franklin Richards. There are also book reviews, letters, speeches by prominent historians, and essays on historiography and the pursuit of knowledge.

The journal is a semi-annual publication of the Mormon History Association. For information about membership, annual meetings, and other activities, contact:

Larry and Alene King
MHA Executive Secretaries
581 South 630 East
Orem, Utah 84097
801-224-0241; fax: 801-224-5684
klarry at comcast.net

The journal does not offer subscriptions per se, but is distributed to members of the association. Annual dues is $45.00 ($125.00 for a sustaining membership, $250.00 as a Patron of Mormon History, and $500 as a Donor). Membership should be arranged through MHA directly, not through Signature Books.

The journal is edited by Lavina Fielding Anderson (Ph.D., University of Washington), past president of the Association for Mormon Letters and previous associate editor of the Ensign magazine and of Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought. She is the author of Lucy's Book: A Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir, editor of Chesterfield: Mormon Outpost in Idaho, and co-editor of Sisters in Spirit: Mormon Women in Historical and Cultural Perspective and Tending the Garden: Essays on Mormon Literature. The Mormon History Association has bestowed her with its highest honor, the Grace Fort Arrington Award for Distinguished Service. She and her husband Paul live in Salt Lake City; their son Christian attends Stanford University.