What's New

October 2023

Integration with Church Databases

The Research Team has identified over 10,000 of the 16,000 individuals included in the Wilford Woodruff Papers and we are now collaborating with a number of Church departments and projects, including the Church History Biographical Database, Saints by Sea, the Nauvoo Community Project, FamilySearch, and BYU’s Record Linking Lab to make this new information accessible. Combining our information with all of these databases will make it possible to identify hundreds of thousands of related individuals because Wilford Woodruff’s records provide unique primary sources that were previously unavailable.

Church Cites Wilford Woodruff Papers Website

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints recently cited information from the Wilford Woodruff Papers to help explain the importance of the renovation of the St. George Utah Temple and Wilford Woodruff’s role in recording and administering the sacred ordinances that have been performed in the St. George temple since its initial dedication in 1877.

Improved Website Search Engine and Topics Tab

The Technology Team has completed work expanding the search capability on our website. Improvements include the ability to search all content on the site, including documents, media, and images, and the ability to sort by topic, document type, and date. They have also connected 3,000 places tags to the timeline and a new mapping feature.

New Content Added to Wilford Woodruff AI Learning Experience

We have added new data to the Wilford Woodruff AI Learning Experience about Wilford receiving his vision of the Founding Fathers, initiating their proxy temple work in the St. George temple, and issuing the 1890 Manifesto to end the practice of polygamy.

Use the link below to download the experience and ask our AI-powered Wilford Woodruff character about these experiences.

Church History Library Event

On October 13th, the Wilford Woodruff Papers Foundation Board and friends of the Foundation were invited to view and learn more about Wilford Woodruff's original journals and some of his other records held in the Church History Library Archives.

St. George Tabernacle Fireside

On October 8th, Jennifer Ann Mackley presented a fireside in the St. George Tabernacle in collaboration with the St. George Temple Visitors' Center. Her remarks focused on our role in God’s work to gather Israel on both sides of the veil.

Faith Matters Restore Conference

Thanks to our friends at FAIR Latter-day Saints, we were able to support the 3,000 people who gathered to recharge their spiritual lives at the Faith Matters Restore conference held October 12 and 13.