Mormon Historic Sites Foundation
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The Mormon Historic Sites Foundation (MHSF) is an independent organization that seeks to contribute to the memorialization of sites important to the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The organization also maintains a database of historic sites of the LDS Church called the Mormon Historic Sites Registry.
in Salt Lake City, Utah. After the success of this project the organization changed to its current name and undertook a broader mission. Their next major project was the restoration of Kirtland, Ohio
including the working towards the relocation of the main road so visitors would not have to compete with traffic in visiting the historic sites there.
The current title first appeared in the LDS Church News
, about the ceremony held in 1998 to remember the Haun's Mill Massacre
, held jointly by the MHSF and the Missouri Mormon Frontier Foundation.
Mormon Historical Studies was originally The Nauvoo Journal, until its name change in spring 2000. The Nauvoo Journal started with Lyman D. Platt and the Early Mormon Research Institute in 1989, intending to aid Mormon History "by bringing to light previously unknown and little used records, by correcting false research and traditions, by indexing of other difficult records, and by publishing many sources that are inaccessible to hundreds of interested family historians and genealogists".
History
The foundation was originally started in 1992 as the Ensign Peak Foundation, involved in the creation of Ensign Peak ParkEnsign Peak
Ensign Peak is a peak in the foothills near downtown Salt Lake City, Utah. It is approximately 1 mile north of the Utah State Capitol and sits almost directly behind it. On July 26, 1847 Brigham Young and other members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints climbed this hill and gave it...
in Salt Lake City, Utah. After the success of this project the organization changed to its current name and undertook a broader mission. Their next major project was the restoration of Kirtland, Ohio
Kirtland, Ohio
Kirtland is a city in Lake County, Ohio, USA. The population was 6,670 at the 2000 census. Kirtland is famous for being the early headquarters of the Latter Day Saint movement.-Origins of Kirtland:...
including the working towards the relocation of the main road so visitors would not have to compete with traffic in visiting the historic sites there.
The current title first appeared in the LDS Church News
Church News
The Church News is a weekly tabloid-sized supplement to the Deseret News and the MormonTimes , a Salt Lake City, Utah newspaper owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...
, about the ceremony held in 1998 to remember the Haun's Mill Massacre
Haun's Mill massacre
The Haun's Mill massacre was an event in the history of the Latter Day Saint movement. It occurred on October 30, 1838 when a mob/militia unit from Livingston County attacked a Mormon settlement in eastern Caldwell County, Missouri, United States, after the Battle of Crooked River...
, held jointly by the MHSF and the Missouri Mormon Frontier Foundation.
Publications
The MHSF produces a semiannual scholarly publication called Mormon Historical Studies. It features "essays, biographies, documents, book reviews, historical site descriptions, indexes, and archival listings relevant to subjects of general interest to Latter-day Saints".Mormon Historical Studies was originally The Nauvoo Journal, until its name change in spring 2000. The Nauvoo Journal started with Lyman D. Platt and the Early Mormon Research Institute in 1989, intending to aid Mormon History "by bringing to light previously unknown and little used records, by correcting false research and traditions, by indexing of other difficult records, and by publishing many sources that are inaccessible to hundreds of interested family historians and genealogists".
See also
- Junius F. WellsJunius F. WellsJunius Free Wells was the first head of the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association, an organization which is today the Young Men organization of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...
- the "Junius F. Wells Award" is given to individuals who promote the purposes of the Foundation - Fred WoodsFred WoodsFred Emmett Woods IV is a Brigham Young University professor of Latter-day Saint Church History and Mormon Doctrine, an author specializing in Mormon migration and the Globalization of Mormonism.-Early life:...
- executive director - J Malan HeslopJ Malan HeslopJ Malan Heslop to Jesse and Zella Malan Heslop, was a World War II combat photographer with Arnold E. Samuelson's Combat Assignment Unit #123 of the 167th Signal Photographic Company who documented evidence of Nazi war crimes...
- president for at least part of the time it was known as the Ensign Peak Foundation - Historic Kirtland VillageHistoric Kirtland VillageHistoric Kirtland Village, located in Kirtland, Lake County, Ohio, is the name given to a historic site . The village is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . The church purchased the first property in the village, the Newel K...
External links
- Official website
- Mormon Historic Sites Registry maintained by the MHSF