Church, State, and Politics: The Diaries of John Henry Smith (book cover)

Church, State, and Politics
The Diaries of John Henry Smith

Edited by
Jean Bickmore White

Signature Books
in association with
Smith Research Associates
Salt Lake City
1990

Introduction
A John Henry Smith Chronology
Prominent C haracters
The John Henry Smith Family

The Documents
Missionary Years: 1874 - 1875
Missionary Years continued:1875 - 1883
Missionary Years continued:1883 - 1885

Time of Trials: 1885 -1888
Time of Trials continued: 1 888 - 1890
Time of Trials continued: 1 890 - 1892

Gaining Statehood: 1892 - 1894
Gaining Statehood continued: 1895 - 1896

Early Statehood Years: 1896 - 1898
Early Statehood Years continued: 1899 -1900
Early Statehood Years continued: 1901
Early Statehood Years continued: 1902 -1903

Challenges for Church and State: 1904 - 1906
Challenges for Church and State continued: 1907 - 1908
Challenges for Church and State continued: 1909 - 1911

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		Title page Church, State, and Politics The Diaries of John Henry Smith Edited by Jean Bickmore White Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates 1990
		Dedication To my mother Lettie Chritchlow Bickmore who was born in the Time of Trials
	Frontispiece
Copyright page © 1990 by Signature Books, Inc. All rights reserved. Signature Books is a registered trademark of Signature Books, Inc. Printed in the United States of America ∞ Printed on acid free paper. Diaries and other documents used by permission of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Western Americana, Marriot Library, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Smith, John Henry, 1848-1911. Church, state, and politics: the diaries of John Henry Smith / edited by Jean Bickmore White. p. cm. 1. Smith, John Henry, 1848-1911– Diaries. 2. Mormons – Utah-Diaries. 3. Politicians – Utah – Diaries. 4. Church and state – United States – History – Sources. 5. Utah – Politics and government. I. White, Jean Bickmore. II. Title. ISBN 0-941214-85-0 BX8695.S58S65 1990 289.3´092 – dc20 89-27212 [B] CIP
About the editor Jean Bickmoe White has a long-standing interest in Utah political history. She holds an M.A. degree from the University of California at Los Angeles and a Ph.D. degree from the University of Utah, both in political science. While writing her dissertation on Utah politics in the 1890s, she first read John Henry Smith's extensive journals and letters and recognized their importance in understanding the politics of that period in Uah history. A professor of political science at Weber State University since 1969, she has published articles and book reviews in the Utah Historical Quarterly, Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, Weber Studies, the Journal of the Mormon History, and thje Charles Redd Center Monograph Series. She is a member of the American Political Science Association, and is a member and former council member of the Western Political Science Association. She also serves on the advisory board of the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies at Brigham Young University. She lives in Farmington, Utah, with her husband, John Stephen White.