Here's my Curriculum Vitae

And these are some of my current research projects:

Gay Mormons

Gay Mormon History (1840-1980)

Queer Nation Utah Archives (1990-1992)


Massachusetts Mormons

Mormons in the Lowell, Mass. Branch (1835-1860)

Mormons of the Boston, Mass. Branch (1835-1860)

William Smith's Elders' Pocket Companion of November 1844 (Boston) - PDF

Michael Hull Barton's 192 page Something new: comprising a new and perfect alphabet containing forty distinct characters, etc. (origin of the Mormon phonetic "Deseret Alphabet"?) 192 page PDF

JPEG Images of Barton's Phonetic Alphabet: Page One, Page Two


African American Mormons

Research on Elder Q. Walker Lewis & the Genealogy of His Family (1798-1856)

The Life and Murder of Thomas Coleman in Theocratic Utah (1831-1866) - PDF


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