Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Max H. Parkin papers (1820-1995) center around Max Parkin (born 1930) and his teaching career at the Salt Lake City Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) Institute of Religion from 1968 to 1995. The collection contains materials on subjects such as the Book of Mormon, the Doctrine and Covenants, the Pearl of Great Price, the Bible, LDS Church history and doctrine, polygamy, LDS apostates, Christianity and other world religions, science, and modern-day events. These materials are...

Scope and Contents Includes preliminary statements and congressional legislation prior to and about these Manifestos that stopped the practice of plural marriage and gave African-Americans the right to hold the priesthood.