McQuown's notes and thoughts on the American religious character and mankind's religious needs.

McQuown's comparison of Mormonism with Socialist and Fascist regimes.

Economic and political situation of the early nineteenth century and their affect on religion. Reference notes.

Research notes on religious upheaval in the United States including notes on religious revivals from Whitney R. Cross's The Burned-over District.

McQuown's research notes and thoughts on how the prevailing religious beliefs of the 1800s--including the teachings of Alexander Campbell, Lorenzo Dow, and Masonry--influenced the development of Mormon doctrines.

Records of the First Quorum of Elders, 1836-1841.

McQuown's extracts.

McQuown's extracts from the Philadelphia Branch minutes of 1840-1853.

Research notes by McQuown and Morgan on the writing of the L.D.S. church history.

Morgan's extracts from Charles L. Woodward's First Half Century of Mormonism.

McQuown's research notes on church history from official LDS church publications including Documentary History of the Church, "Journal History," and the Journal of Discourses.

Photocopies of parts of two magazine articles contemporary with the founding of the LDS church that relate part of the church history.

Morgan's extracts of Illinois and Iowa counties histories.

McQuown's notes on Nauvoo from a history of Hancock County, Illinois.

Research notes taken by McQuown on Mormon political activities in Illinois and Iowa.

Henry C. Smith, "City Planning," Journal of History, 15 (January 1922) : 1-17. Copy of the article which includes city plates of the City of Zion and Far West, Missouri.

McQuown's notes on the founding of the LDS church

and its early years, including notes on early church leaders.