2012 BYU Church History Symposium
Friday, March 2, 2012 at the LDS Conference Center (SLC)
Saturday, March 3, 2012 at the BYU Conference Center (Provo)

On Saturday, March 3, the symposium continued at the BYU Conference Center in Provo, on BYU campus and began at 8:30 a.m. It concluded with the keynote address by Joseph Fielding McConkie, at 12:10 p.m. Parking was free just west of the BYU Conference Center. During the symposium, concurrent sessions were offered by several notable historians, scholars, educators, and authors, covering a variety of topics that were part of the era of President Smith.
The committee consisted of Craig Manscill, Brian Reeves, Guy Dorius, J.B. Haws, and Brent Nordgren.
There is a book now available that is a compilation of selected presentations from the symposium.
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Matt Richardson (Sunday School General Presidency), Devan Jensen (RSC), Sister and Elder Ballard, Elder Marlin K. Jensen (Church Historian)
Elder Ballard (Salt Lake City Keynote), George Tate (First presenter at BYU), Scott Esplin (BYU Church History & Doctrine), Matt Grow (symposium committee member)
Joseph F. Smith: Reflections on the Man and His Times
Edited by Craig K. Manscill, Brian D. Reeves, Guy L. Dorius and J. B. Haws
This book is a compilation of presentations from a BYU Church History Symposium. It features more than twenty messages about the life of Joseph F. Smith, including chapters by Elder M. Russell Ballard and Joseph Fielding McConkie. Elder Ballard, great-grandson of Joseph F. Smith, describes how the Lord prepared President Smith to lead the Church.
- $31.99 Purchase Online
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- ISBN: 978-0-8425-2747-4
- Published in 2013