About the Museum Sources
1 Times and seasons (Nauvoo, Ill. : 1839-1846); 1842-1843 (Volume 4); 1843 May 15 (No. 13); Church History Library.
2 Times and seasons (Nauvoo, Ill. : 1839-1846); 1842-1843 (Volume 4); 1843 May 15 (No. 13); Church History Library.
3 Millennial Star; 1840-1850 (Volumes 1-12); 1848 (Volume 10); 1848 March 15 (No. 6); Church History Library.
4 Deseret News, “Founder and First Home of Deseret Museum,” 12 Aug. 1911.; See also Joseph L Barfoot 1878 account quoted in James E. Talmage, “The Deseret Museum,” Improvement Era 14 (September 1911): 968-969.
5 Joseph L. Barfoot, "A Brief History of the Deseret Museum," manuscript, 1880, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, microfilm copy, Marriott Library, University of Utah; See also John W. Young letter to Brigham Young, 22 Nov. 1875, Church History Library.
6 Ibid; See also Deseret News, “Menagerie and Museum,” 11 Nov. 1869.
7 Deseret Evening News, “The Museum,” 3 Feb. 1870
8 Joseph L. Barfoot, "A Brief History of the Deseret Museum," manuscript, 1880, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, microfilm copy, Marriott Library, University of Utah.
9 Deseret Museum Bulletin, new series, no. 1, 16 August 1911, 1; see also Improvement Era (August 1911): 951.
10 Lila Carpenter Eubanks, "The Deseret Museum," Utah Historical Quarterly 50/4 (1982): 361–76.
11 James E. Talmage, “In Behalf of the Deseret Museum,” in Deseret News, 14 Mar. 1912; See also Deseret Evening News, “The Deseret Museum,” 22 Jul. 1911.
12 Deseret Evening News, “Church Buys Historic Press,” 26 May 1906; See also See also Salt Lake Evening Telegram, “On Utah History,” 11 Jul. 1911.
13 James E. Talmage, “Passing of the Deseret Museum,” Deseret Evening News, April 4, 1919.
14 Jennifer L. Lund, “Joseph F. Smith and the Origins of the Church Historic Sites Program,” in Joseph F. Smith: Reflections on the Man and His Times, Brigham Young University, 2013.
15 Oman, Richard G., and Robert O. Davis. Images of Faith: Art of the Latter-Day Saints: Essays. Deseret Book, 1995.
16 Ezra Taft Benson, Dedication of the Museum of Church History and Art, April 4, 1984, Church History Library.
17 Jeffrey R. Holland, in “Telling Our Story,” documentary video, 2015.