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From Pioneers to present: BYU professor documents the evolution of Church administration in Utah

July 19, 2023
While some early church areas in Utah had operating wards that would be familiar to us today, other areas did not. It wasn’t until 1877 that President Brigham Young, in one of the final major acts of his life, standardized local administration of the Church and set forth a structure that is basically the same as how the local Church is organized today.
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Church History Symposium Looks “Beyond Biography” at Women’s History

February 07, 2016
Brigham Young University and the Church History Department are co-sponsoring a Church History Symposium, Beyond Biography: Sources in Context for Mormon Women’s History. The symposium will be Thursday, March 3, at Brigham Young University; and Friday, March 4, at the Conference Center Little Theater in Salt Lake City.
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