Church History in the 1970s Ensign Magazine

Although known as mostly a spiritual devotional magazine for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints members, the Ensign has published important and interesting history articles. Some years contain a handful of material while others are full of them. It seems to depend on what scriptures are studied during a cycle. The collection here is not comprehensive, with many regional and biographic retrospectives left out. These articles cover the years 1971 to 1979. In the months ahead the other decades will be represented.

The Church and Its Magazines by Doyle L. Green.

http://www.lds.org/ensign/1971/01/the-church-and-its-magazines?lang=eng

The Human Qualities of Joseph Smith the Prophet by Leonard J. Arrington.

http://www.lds.org/ensign/1971/01/the-human-qualities-of-joseph-smith-the-prophet?lang=eng

April 6, 1830: The Day the Church was Organized by Doyle L. Green.

http://www.lds.org/ensign/1971/01/april-6-1830-the-day-the-church-was-organized?lang=eng

Heritage of a Prophet by Richard Lloyd Anderson.

http://www.lds.org/ensign/1971/02/heritage-of-a-prophet?lang=eng

General Thomas L. Kane by Norman R. Bowen and Albert L. Zobell Jr.

http://www.lds.org/ensign/1971/06/general-thomas-l-kane-the-soldier?lang=eng

Joseph Smith’s Home Environment by Richard Lloyd Anderson.

http://www.lds.org/ensign/1971/07/joseph-smiths-home-environment?lang=eng

History of the Church in Great Britain by Richard L. Evans.

http://www.lds.org/ensign/1971/09/history-of-the-church-in-great-britain?lang=eng

Thomas L. Kane: The Pioneer by Norman R. Bowen and Albert L. Zobell Jr.

http://www.lds.org/ensign/1971/10/general-thomas-l-kane-the-pioneer?lang=eng

Provo: A City with a Colorful Past by Albert L. Zobell Jr.

http://www.lds.org/ensign/1972/01/provo-a-city-with-a-colorful-past?lang=eng

Ogden: Utah’s Oldest Settlement by Eleanor Knowles.

http://www.lds.org/ensign/1972/01/ogden-utahs-oldest-settlement?lang=eng

The Iowa Trek of 1846: The Brigham Young Route from Nauvoo to Winter Quarters by Stanley L. Kimball.

http://www.lds.org/ensign/1972/06/the-iowa-trek-of-1846-the-brigham-young-route-from-nauvoo-to-winter-quarters?lang=eng

A Half Century of Broadcasting in the Church by Herbert F. Murray.

http://www.lds.org/ensign/1972/08/a-half-century-of-broadcasting-in-the-church?lang=eng

Mormons in Mexico: The first 96 Years by Gerry R. Flake.

http://www.lds.org/ensign/1972/09/mormons-in-mexico-the-first-96-years?lang=eng

Mormon Colonies: Beacons of Light in Mexico by Leroy Hatch.

http://www.lds.org/ensign/1972/09/mormon-colonies-beacon-light-in-mexico?lang=eng

How the Scriptures Came to be Translated into Spanish by Eduardo Balderas.

http://www.lds.org/ensign/1972/09/how-the-scriptures-came-to-be-translated-into-spanish?lang=eng

The American Presidency and the Mormons by James B. Allen.

http://www.lds.org/ensign/1972/10/the-american-presidency-and-the-mormons?lang=eng

Lucy Mack Smith: Woman of Great Faith by Jaynann Payne.

http://www.lds.org/ensign/1972/11/lucy-mack-smith-woman-of-great-faith?lang=eng

Joseph Smith’s Inspired Translation of the Bible by Robert J. Matthews.

http://www.lds.org/ensign/1972/12/joseph-smiths-inspired-translation-of-the-bible?lang=eng

The Book of Mormon Goes to Press by Gayle Goble Ord.

http://www.lds.org/ensign/1972/12/the-book-of-mormon-goes-to-press?lang=eng

The Saints in South Africa by Lawrence E. Cummins.

http://www.lds.org/ensign/1973/03/the-saints-in-south-africa?lang=eng

Eliza R. Snow: First Lady of the Pioneers by Jaynann Payne.

http://www.lds.org/ensign/1973/09/eliza-r-snow-first-lady-of-the-pioneers?lang=eng

Boston’s Mormon Landmark: Abijah Tewkesbury’s Office by Dean May.

http://www.lds.org/ensign/1973/11/bostons-mormon-landmark-abijah-tewkesburys-office?lang=eng

Your Affectionate Father, Brigham Young: The Prophet’s Letters to His Sons (Part 1) by Dean C. Jessee.

http://www.lds.org/ensign/1974/03/your-affectionate-father-brigham-young-the-prophets-letters-to-his-sons-part-1?lang=eng

Your Affectionate Father, Brigham Young: The Prophet’s Letters to His Sons (Part 2) by Dean C. Jessee.

http://www.lds.org/ensign/1974/04/your-affectionate-father-brigham-young-the-prophets-letters-to-his-sons-part-2?lang=eng

125 Years of the Sunday Classroom by Glen M. Leonard.

http://www.lds.org/ensign/1974/12/125-years-of-the-sunday-classroom?lang=eng

History is Then and Now: A Conversation with Leonard J. Arrington, Church Historian.

http://www.lds.org/ensign/1975/07/history-is-then-and-now-a-conversation-with-leonard-j-arrington-church-historian?lang=eng

Coming to Zion: Saga of the Gathering by William G. Hartley.

http://www.lds.org/ensign/1975/07/coming-to-zion-saga-of-the-gathering?lang=eng

Eight Presidents: A Century at BYU by Edwin Butterworth, Jr.

http://www.lds.org/ensign/1975/10/eight-presidents-a-century-at-byu?lang=eng

The Church in the South Pacific by Lanier Britsch.

http://www.lds.org/ensign/1976/02/the-church-in-the-south-pacific?lang=eng

The Seventies: A Historical Perspective by Elder S. Dilworth Young.

http://www.lds.org/ensign/1976/07/the-seventies-a-historical-perspective?lang=eng

Our Great Pearl of Great Price: by James R. Clark.

http://www.lds.org/ensign/1976/08/our-pearl-of-great-price-from-mission-pamphlet-to-standard-work?lang=eng

Gold Plates and Printer’s Ink by Richard Lloyd Anderson.

http://www.lds.org/ensign/1976/09/gold-plates-and-printers-ink?lang=eng

The Character of Joseph Smith: Insights from His Holograph by Richard L. Bushman.

http://www.lds.org/ensign/1977/04/the-character-of-joseph-smith-insights-from-his-holographs?lang=eng

“Virtuous, Lovely, or of Good Report”: How the Church has Fostered the Arts by Ronald W. Walker and Michael Quinn.

http://www.lds.org/ensign/1977/07/virtuous-lovely-or-of-good-report-how-the-church-has-fostered-the-arts?lang=eng

“By the Gift and Power of God” by Richard Lloyd Anderson.

http://www.lds.org/ensign/1977/09/by-the-gift-and-power-of-god?lang=eng

Book of Mormon Personalities Known by Joseph Smith by Robert J. Woodford.

http://www.lds.org/ensign/1978/08/book-of-mormon-personalities-known-by-joseph-smith?lang=eng

1830: Pivotal Year in the Fulness of Times by Richard L. Bushman.

http://www.lds.org/ensign/1978/09/1830-pivotal-year-in-the-fulness-of-times?lang=eng

Alvin Smith: Reminder of the Fairness of God by Larry C. Porter.

http://www.lds.org/ensign/1978/09/alvin-smith-reminder-of-the-fairness-of-god?lang=eng

The Joseph Knight Family by Larry C. Porter.

http://www.lds.org/ensign/1978/10/the-joseph-knight-family?lang=eng

Christmas with the Prophet Joseph by Larry C. Porter.

http://www.lds.org/ensign/1978/12/christmas-with-the-prophet-joseph?lang=eng

The Newel K. Whitney Family by Michael Quinn.

http://www.lds.org/ensign/1978/12/the-newel-k-whitney-family?lang=eng

Kirtland: The Crucial Years by Milton V. Backman Jr.

http://www.lds.org/ensign/1979/01/kirtland-the-crucial-years?lang=eng

The First Road West: From New York to Kirtland, 1831 by Stanley B. Kimball.

http://www.lds.org/ensign/1979/01/the-first-road-west-from-new-york-to-kirtland-1831?lang=eng

Kirtland’s Resolute Saints by Lavina Fielding Anderson.

http://www.lds.org/ensign/1979/01/kirtlands-resolute-saints?lang=eng

A House Divided: The John Johnson Family by Keith Perkins.

http://www.lds.org/ensign/1979/02/a-house-divided-the-john-johnson-family?lang=eng

The John Tanner Family by Leonard J. Arrington.

http://www.lds.org/ensign/1979/03/the-john-tanner-family?lang=eng

Zion’s Camp March from Ohio to Missouri, 1834 by Stanley B. Kimball.

http://www.lds.org/ensign/1979/04/zions-camp-march-from-ohio-to-missouri-1834?lang=eng

“Like Gold Seven Times Purified”: Early Saints in Missouri by Lavina Fielding Anderson.

http://www.lds.org/ensign/1979/04/like-gold-seven-times-purified-early-saints-in-missouri?lang=eng

Missouri’s Impact on the Church by Max H. Parkin.

http://www.lds.org/ensign/1979/04/missouris-impact-on-the-church?lang=eng

Missouri Myths by Graham W. Doxey.

http://www.lds.org/ensign/1979/04/missouri-myths?lang=eng

Dating the Restoration of the Melchizedek Priesthood by Larry C. Porter.

http://www.lds.org/ensign/1979/06/dating-the-restoration-of-the-melchizedek-priesthood?lang=eng

“Steadfastness and Patient Endurance”: by Dean Jessee.

http://www.lds.org/ensign/1979/06/steadfastness-and-patient-endurance-the-legacy-of-edward-partridge?lang=eng

The Mormon Battalion March, 1846-47 by Stanley B. Kimball.

http://www.lds.org/ensign/1979/07/the-mormon-battalion-march-184647?lang=eng

Jane Manning James: Black Saint, 1847 Pioneer by Linda King Newell and Valeen Tippetts Avery.

http://www.lds.org/ensign/1979/08/jane-manning-james-black-saint-1847-pioneer?lang=eng

The Whitmers: A Family That Nourished the Church by Richard Lloyd Anderson.

http://www.lds.org/ensign/1979/08/the-whitmers-a-family-that-nourished-the-church?lang=eng

Early Saints and the Millenium by Glen M. Leonard.

http://www.lds.org/ensign/1979/08/early-saints-and-the-millennium?lang=eng

Two More Mormon Trails: The Boonslick Trail; The Mississippi Saint’s Trial by Stanley B. Kimball.

http://www.lds.org/ensign/1979/08/two-more-mormon-trails-the-boonslick-trail-the-mississippi-saints-trail?lang=eng

Almost all of the September 1979 Ensign.

http://www.lds.org/ensign/1979/09?lang=eng

Church Publishes First LDS Edition of the Bible by Lavina Fielding Anderson.

http://www.lds.org/ensign/1979/10/church-publishes-first-lds-edition-of-the-bible?lang=eng

The Five Sons of Jared and Charity Pratt by Steven Pratt.

http://www.lds.org/ensign/1979/10/the-five-sons-of-jared-and-charity-pratt?lang=eng

The Kingdom Builders by James R. Moss.

http://www.lds.org/ensign/1979/12/the-kingdom-builders?lang=eng

Preston’s Proud Saints by Roger J. Kendle.

http://www.lds.org/ensign/1979/12/prestons-proud-saints?lang=eng

In the Crucible: Early British Saints by Lavina Fielding Anderson.

http://www.lds.org/ensign/1979/12/in-the-crucible-early-british-saints?lang=eng

Louie Bouton Felt; A Friend of Children by Patricia Mann Alto.

http://www.lds.org/ensign/1979/12/louie-bouton-felt-a-friend-of-children?lang=eng