Alison Arngrim is known around the world for playing the bully Nellie Oleson on Little House on the Prairie. Behind the scenes, she was best friends with Melissa Gilbert, who played the character of Laura Ingalls. Arngrim looks back on her time on the hit television series produced by Michael Landon (the father of Michael Landon Jr.)
The history of Joseph Smith and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has been told many times—often using the same sources. But the context of these critical documents have rarely been considered. In this interview, Latter-day Saint scholars Mark Ashurst McGee, Robin Scott Jensen, and Sharalyn D. Howcroft talk about placing important sources in their historical contexts.
Erin Krakow is best known for her portrayal of Elizabeth Thornton on When Calls the Heart. You may also have seen her in Army Wives or Hallmark Channel movies. Fans constantly ask whether Erin Krakow is Daniel Lissing’s wife (she’s not), if there’s an Erin Krakow Instagram account (there is), or if she’s married (nope). But her life is more substantive than the trending clickbait questions.
The involvement of Mitt Romney in the 2018 Senate race has placed the campaign on the national radar. In Utah, leaders of the Republican, Democratic, and United Utah Parties view his involvement in different ways.
Jenny Oaks Baker is a Juilliard-trained musician and the daughter of President Dallin H. Oaks. Her musical talents have led to her being known as “America’s violinist.” Jenny Oaks Baker recently released her 14th solo album, “The Spirit of God.”
Richard Lyman Bushman is a noted historian who authored “Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling,” and is the festschrift honoree of “To Be Learned is Good: Essays on Faith and Scholarship in Honor of Richard Lyman Bushman.”
I recently had the privilege to interview Sara Martin. She is Editor in Chief of the Adams Papers.
Patrick Mason is the Howard W. Hunter Chair of Mormon Studies at Claremont Graduate University and has an essay in “To Be Learned is Good: Essays on Faith and Scholarship in Honor of Richard Lyman Bushman.”
Historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich is well-known because of her famous quote, “Well-behaved women seldom make history.” But Ulrich is much more than just a popular bumper sticker. For example, she’s also the author of A House Full of Females. In this interview. Laurel Thatcher-Ulrich talks about her backstory.
Spencer Fluhman is the director of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship at BYU, and an editor of a new festschrift in honor of Joseph Smith biographer Richard Lyman Bushman.