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1 BYU Studies Quarterly Volume 34 Issue 2 Article Introductory Pages James B. Allen Jessie L. Embry Kahlile B. Mehr Follow this and additional works at: Recommended Citation Allen, James B.; Embry, Jessie L.; and Mehr, Kahlile B. (1994) "Introductory Pages," BYU Studies Quarterly: Vol. 34 : Iss. 2, Article 1. Available at: This Introduction is brought to you for free and open access by the All Journals at BYU ScholarsArchive. It has been accepted for inclusion in BYU Studies Quarterly by an authorized editor of BYU ScholarsArchive. For more information, please contact scholarsarchive@byu.edu, ellen_amatangelo@byu.edu.

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5 BYU Studies Quarterly, Vol. 34, Iss. 2 [1994], Art. 1 TO OUR READERS BYU studies is dedicated to the correlation of revealed and discovered truth and to the conviction that the spiritual and the intellectual are complementary and fundamentally harmonious avenues of knowledge explore scholarly perspectives on LDS topics this periodical strives to ex it is committed to seeking truth by study and also by faith dac d&c and recognizes that all knowledge without charity is nothing 1 cor 132 it proceeds on the premise that faith and reason revelation and scholarly learning obedience and creativity are compatible they are many members yet but one body 1 cor 1220 contributions from all fields of learning are invited BYU studies strives to publish articles that openly reflect a latter day saint point of view and are obviously relevant to subjects of general interest to latter day saints while conforming to high scholarly standards BYU studies invites personal essays dealing with the life of the mind reflections on personal and spiritual responses to academic experiences intellectual choices values responsibilities and methods as well as quality fiction short stories poetry and drama short studies and notes are also welcomed opinions expressed in BYU studies are the opinions of the contributors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints brigham young university the editors the advisory board or anyone else instructions TO AUTHORS please write to BYU studies for guidelines about submitting manuscripts and for information about complimentary issues subscribers NOTICE 4050 arti- BYU studies is abstracted in current contents behavioral social and management sciences indexed in religion index one periodicals cles and index to book reviews in religion and listed in historical abstracts arts and humanities citation index american history and le life annual index and MLA international bibliography BYU studies is published quarterly at brigham young university provo utah 1995 brigham young university provo UT all rights reserved printed in the USA on acid free paper m ISSN subscription is for one year for two years and for three years copies of this issue are available either directly or at retail stores A price list for back issues is available on request all subscriptions begin with the current issue unless otherwise requested address all corre- spondence to BYU studies 403 CB BYU provo utah if you move please let us know four weeks before changing your address 4

6 Allen et al.: Introductory Pages BYU STUDIES ADVISORY BOARD maureen ursenbach beecher merlin H forster gerald N lund lany larry lant C porter steven C walker y EDITOR IN CHIEF john Wwwelch weich welch awelch EXECUTIVE EDITOR doris R dant iff isf y i MANAGING EDITOR production EDITOR nancy R lund karl kari kadd kand F batdorff EDITORS M gerald bradford book reviews V S kent brown religion brian Q cannon historical documents garold N davis associate editor a1 aa i jill mulvay derr book reviews lisa bolin hawkins poetry bruce van orden international topics eric samuelsen film & drama steven C walker fiction & personal essays EDITORIAL ebitorial assistants angela ashurst mcgee john M engler camey andersen jenifer greenwood n i jean M baker ruth A hocker wendy baker jason S izatt wendy M bushman julie liddle ryan D christofferson Christofferson chad poulson t julie conway teonei YF jennifer cory kevin L schlag catherine F cvetko anissa wall wau wan waii wail amanda davis jennifer wallace laurel M davis stacy wiker lydia davis 1I andrew teasdale melissa C snow 0 OFFICE FFICE MANAGERS v t ternei K A salway front coder cover coven coden exterior portals of the granite mountain records vault ca back coder cover coven covek coden prior to filming records from an italian village are being brought down the mountainside by mule 1948 courtesy delbert and barbara roach Published by BYU ScholarsArchive,

7 BYU Studies Quarterly, Vol. 34, Iss. 2 [1994], Art exterior portals of the granite mountain records vault ca 1963 the vault assures the longterm perservation of the original microfilm copies of genealogical records from around the world 6

8 Allen et al.: Introductory Pages 0 5 t tta ty twa volume 34 W 1994 k number 2 t ft HEARTS TURNED TO THE FATHERS table of contents preface 8 prologue the spirit of elijah 11 chapter 1 small beginnings chapter 2 coming of age chapter 3 the pleasures and problems of growth chapter 4 quest for effectiveness chapter 5 new directions chapter 6 gathering the records 213 chapter 7 simplification decentralization cooperation chapter 8 automating the records 303 epilogue 339 appendix 1I historical milestones 343 appendix 11 II microfilm places and operators 347 appendix 111 III ill microfilm production 4 j 351 bibliography S scripture index 382 subject index tvf f v i v r AV Published by BYU ScholarsArchive,

9 BYU Studies Quarterly, Vol. 34, Iss. 2 [1994], Art. 1 wt Must illustrations granite mountain records vault M frontispiece 0ntispiece the kirtland 17 temple xi 4 16 the nauvoo temple t 21 wilford woodruff f franklin D richards 35 old historians office genealogical society library reading room ca susa young gates 61 joseph fielding smith ca anthon H lund 77 LDS church representatives to world congress on genealogy church administration building genealogical society library reading room ca society officials officers and staff of the society archibald FE bennett ca harry H russell ca typists preparing index cards ca society staff sorting TIB index cards ca research staff of the genealogical society genealogical archives record room joseph FE smith memorial building society staff staff checking TIB card index ca family group records archive ca howard W hunter and theodore M burton ca presidency of the genealogical association society staff nathan eldon tanner

10 Allen et al.: Introductory Pages illustrations trut orations fons 7 111us staff using flexowriters ca cache valley utah branch library reading room general assembly of the world conference on records montgomery ward building ca church office building ca delbert roach operating a microfilm printer recordak Re microfilm reader delbert roach at the national archives of mexico granite mountain records vault reservoir 237 granite mountain records vault central corridor 238 granite mountain records vault staff societys Societys first microfilm laboratory ca microfilm presentation in the netherlands first italian filming contract signed parma italy transportation of pramol cramol parish records on a mule boyd K packer executive directors of the family history department 269 theodore M burton J thomas fyans royden G derrick richard G scott J richard clarke monte J brough long range goals 271 ancestral file submissions alex haley 291 genealogical society library computer center of the GIANT glant system patrons using computers in the familysearch FamilySearch center ca ca1993 research carrels in the family history library ca familysearch FamilySearch databases t i r i 1 t& ti i f 5 f 4 z i Published by BYU ScholarsArchive,