Items placed inside Church History Library time capsule

Published: Thursday, March 26 2009 12:00 a.m. MDT

 Faith Rewarded: A Personal Account of Prophetic Promises to the East German Saints, by President Thomas S. Monson

 Official Report of the One Hundred Seventy-Eighth Annual General Conference, April 5-6, 2008 — includes the solemn assembly in which President Thomas S. Monson was sustained as president of the church

 Current edition of the Standard Works — Bible, Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price

 The Joseph Smith Papers, Journals, Volume 1

 Selected Collections from the Archives of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a two-volume DVD set

 2009 Church Almanac

 A copy of the Church History Library architectural drawings on DVD and microfilm

Binder 1:

 List of languages into which the Standard Works are translated

 Photographs of the current First Presidency, Quorum of the Twelve, Presidency of the Seventy, Presiding Bishopric, First and Second Quorums of the Seventy; Church History department executive leadership, directors council, department work groups; and the Church History Library project administration

 Maps of ecclesiastical areas, including current Area Presidencies

 Photos of current events in the church, including the Church History Library ground-breaking ceremonies

 Business cards of Church Historical Department leaders: Elder Marlin K. Jensen, Elder Paul K. Sybrowsky, Richard E. Turley Jr., Steven L. Olsen

Binder 2:

 "Scriptural Foundation for Church History"

 "Making a Case for Church History," a talk on the value of church history, Elder Jensen, church historian and recorder

 "Church History: Past, Present and Future," a talk by Elder Jensen on the office of church historian and recorder

 "Assistant Church Historians and the Publishing of Church History," Turley, assistant church historian and recorder

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