Hemidakota Posted June 12, 2009 Report Share Posted June 12, 2009 EXCERPT: SALT LAKE CITY - For the first time in nearly 180 years, the LDS Church has an entire building dedicated to its archives. The newly completed Church History Library contains rare mormon artifacts, including a first edition copy of the Book of Mormon. "We have everything from wax cyclinders, wire recordings, reel to reel tapes, cassette tapes," said Richard Turley of the LDS Church History Department. Reporters were given a tour inside the new facility Thursday.VIDEO Source: ARTICLE LINK: LDS Church Dedicates Archives Building - KSTU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemidakota Posted June 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2009 ARTICLE LINK: Meridian Magazine : : Church Update: President Monson Dedicates New Church History LibraryBy Becky Cardon Smith The dedication of the 230,000 square foot state-of-the-art library represents the culmination of a long line of storage facilities for Church historical documents which had very simple beginnings. Elder Marlin K. Jensen, Church Historian and Recorder, explained, “The available facilities for housing the Church historical collections and work have not always been as grand as those provided by this new library.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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