Mormon History

Biographical Sources

Published biographies in book form should be searched in the Dictionary Catalog and in CATNYP (see Research Guide Biographical Resources). The biographies on Mormon individuals are mostly laudatory; there are only a handful which are based upon solid scholarly research. For articles embedded in biographical dictionaries, consult the Biography and Genealogy Master Index; however, the finest single reference source for biographical materials on Mormons is

Wiggins, Marvin E. Mormons and Their Neighbors. 2 vols. ([Provo, Utah]: Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, 1984). APK 86-3304. This is a master index to 194 published volumes and lists the sources or over 75,000 biographical sketches "1820 to the present."