The State Builders: Their Journey, Advent, Tribulations and Triumphs
from Utah As It Is, by S.A. Kenner, published in 1904 MORE than half a century ago there appeared at the summit of one of Read More »
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DIBBLE, Philo
There he was shot and wounded by the anti-Mormon mob. While he was bleeding to death, in fact almost gone, the prophet was sent for. He and the p…
Speak Your Piece | 10: Season 3, Ep. 10: Utah’s National History Day
Date: 08.09.2021 (Season 3, Episode 10, 54:13 min.) To read the complete Utah Dept. of Culture & Community Engagement show notes for this episode (including Read More »
Speak Your Piece | 8: “Rails East to Ogden:” Abandon Cultural Landscapes, Historical Archaeology and One of USA’s “Unknown National Treasures”
Date: 07.12.2021 (Season 3, Episode 8, 1: 20:00 min.) To read the complete Utah Dept. of Culture & Community Engagement show notes for this episode Read More »
Speak Your Piece | 1: Season 1, Ep. 1, Will Bagley on the value of history
Will Bagley, Utah and Western historian, author, editor of over twenty books, former columnist for the Salt Lake Tribune (best known column “history Matters” 2000–2004) Read More »
Speak Your Piece | 3: Season 1, Ep. 3 (Part 1): W. Paul Reeve, “Century of Black Mormons”
W. Paul Reeve, Simmons Professor of Mormon Studies, University of Utah, describes his public history project Century of Black Mormons, designed to name and identify Read More »
Speak Your Piece | 3: Season 1, Ep. 3 (Part 2): W. Paul Reeve, “Century of Black Mormons”
W. Paul Reeve, Simmons Professor of Mormon Studies, University of Utah, describes his public history project Century of Black Mormons, designed to name and identify Read More »
Speak Your Piece | 4: Season 1, Ep. 4 (Part 1): Rick Turley, 35 Years of LDS Church History
Richard E. Turley, former Assistant Church historian (and before this, Executive Director) of the Church history Department, describes his thirty-five year career in Mormon history. Read More »
Speak Your Piece | 4: Season 1, Ep. 4 (Part 2): Rick Turley, 35 Years of LDS Church History
Richard E. Turley, former Assistant Church historian (and before this, Executive Director) of the Church history Department, describes his thirty-five year career in Mormon history. Read More »
Speak Your Piece | 6: Season 1, Ep. 5 (Part 1): James D’Arc, Hollywood films made in Utah
James D’Arc, while in his early 20s as a BYU undergrad in the mid-1970s, convinced Brigham Young University to collect and document America’s film industry. Read More »
Speak Your Piece | 5: Season 1, Ep. 8 (Part 1): Better Days 2020 Historian Katherine Kitterman on women suffrage history, key arguments, events and people (1870-1920)
Guest Bio: Katherine Kitterman deeply understands both the national and the local contexts regarding 19th and early 20th century women suffrage history. She also has Read More »
Speak Your Piece | Season 1, Episode 9 (Part 1): Brenden Rensink, Mobile App “Intermountain Histories,” Podcast “Writing Westward”
Guest BioBrenden Rensink is one of Utah’s brightest and most digitally savvy young historians. A true scholar at heart; he understand nonetheless how and why Read More »
Speak Your Piece | Season 1, Episode 9 (Part 2): Brenden Rensink, Mobile App “Intermountain Histories,” Podcast “Writing Westward”
Guest BioBrenden Rensink is one of Utah’s brightest and most digitally savvy young historians. A true scholar at heart; he understand nonetheless how and why Read More »
Speak Your Piece | Season 1, Ep. 10 (Part 1): Sondra Jones, “Being & Becoming Ute” (2019)
Guest BioSondra Jones has spent her adult life researching, listening, writing and doing fieldwork regarding Native American in Utah, Colorado and New Mexico. With a Read More »
Speak Your Piece | 11: Season 1, Ep. 10 (Part 2): Sondra Jones, “Being & Becoming Ute”
Guest BioSondra Jones has spent her adult life researching, listening, writing and doing fieldwork regarding Native American in Utah, Colorado and New Mexico. With a Read More »
Speak Your Piece | 12: Season 1, Ep. 12 (Part 1): Joe Hill (1879-1915): Labor Troubadour, Union Organizer & Execution in Utah
Date: 02.10.2020 (Season 1, Ep. 12; 36:41 minutes and 27:12 minutes (two audio segments). To read the complete Speak Your Piece shownotes for this episode Read More »
Speak Your Piece | 12: Season 1, Ep. 12 (Part 2): Joe Hill (1879-1915): Labor Troubadour, Union Organizer & Execution in Utah
Date: 02.10.2020 (Season 1, Ep. 12; 36:41 minutes and 27:12 minutes (two audio segments). To read the complete Speak Your Piece shownotes for this episode Read More »
Speak Your Piece | 15: Season 1, Ep. 15 (Part 1): Seth Anderson discusses the history of Utah’s LGBTQ+.
With the fifty-first anniversary of the NYC Stonewall Riots (June 28th to July 3rd) ending just before the 4th of July weekend, we thought this Read More »
Speak Your Piece | 1: Season 2, Ep. 1 (Part 1): Everett Bassett: Discovering human remains at Mountain Meadows
The story of the siege and massacre of approximately 120 California bound immigrants by Mormon settlers and Paiute Indians at Mountain Meadows (Washington County, 38 Read More »
Speak Your Piece | 1: Season 2 Ep. 1 (Part 2): Everett Bassett: Discovering human remains at Mountain Meadows
The story of the siege and massacre of approximately 120 California bound immigrants by Mormon settlers and Paiute Indians at Mountain Meadows (Washington County, 38 Read More »
Speak Your Piece | 4: Season 2, Ep. 4 (Part 1): Dr. Cassandra Clark: “Landscape of the Mind”
Dr. Cassandra Clark is an adjunct professor at the Salt Lake Community College and is a Public history Marketing Content Coordinator for the Utah Department Read More »
Speak Your Piece | 4: Season 2 Ep. 4 (Part 2): Dr. Cassandra Clark, “Landscapes of the Mind”
Dr. Cassandra Clark is an adjunct professor at the Salt Lake Community College and is a Public history Marketing Content Coordinator for the Utah Department Read More »
Speak Your Piece | 5: Season 2, Ep. 5 (Part 1): Neylan McBaine, “Pioneering The Vote: The Untold Story of Suffragists in Utah and the West”
Neylan McBaine, until just recently, served as both founder and CEO of Better Days 2020, a Utah non-profit organization, created with the intent of popularizing Read More »
Speak Your Piece | Season 2, Ep. 5 (Part 2): Neylan McBaine, “Pioneering The Vote: The Untold Story of Suffragists in Utah and the West”
Neylan McBaine, until just recently, served as both founder and CEO of Better Days 2020, a Utah non-profit organization, created with the intent of popularizing Read More »
Speak Your Piece | 3: Season 2, Ep. 3 (Part 1 of 2) Leo Lyman’s Deep Dive into the “Sausage Making” of Utah’s Statehood
Concerning Utah’s statehood story, the oft heard quote comes to mind, attributed to German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, who said: “laws and sausage, if they Read More »
Speak Your Piece | Season 2, Ep. 3 (Part 2 of 2) Leo Lyman’s Deep Dive into the “Sausage Making” of Utah’s Statehood
podcast Content for Part 2 of 2: Concerning Utah’s statehood story, the oft heard quote comes to mind, attributed to German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, Read More »
Speak Your Piece | 8: Season 2, Ep. 8, Sons of Utah Pioneers, their magazine “the Pioneer,” & their 125th statehood anniversary issue
podcast Introduction: This episode includes William W. Tanner, the publisher of the Sons of Utah Pioneer’s (sup) magazine; Wayne Hinton, the organization’s 2020 national president; Read More »
Speak Your Piece | 9: Season 2, Ep. 9, Dr. Martha Bradley Evans: 20th C. Utah & LDS Women’s History (including ERA)
podcast Intro: Dr. Martha Sontag Bradley Evans (University of Utah, Dean of Undergraduate Studies) introduced her book Pedestals & Podiums: Utah Women, Religious Authority & Read More »
Speak Your Piece | 11: Season 2, Ep. 11, Utah’s Small Museum Landscape
The guests in this Speak Your Piece episode live and work in three dispersed regions of Utah: LeeAnn Denzer in east central Utah (Ashley Valley), Read More »
