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Mormon scholars try to save archivist's job
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But another thing that might help would be for the CofC to sell the LDS some of their historical artifacts. I am certain there is great interest in many of these items. The LDS have come to the rescue before. It might be time again. For instance, with a decreased interest in the Joseph Smith translation of the Holy Bible on the part of the CofC, I am sure the LDS would love to get the Phinney Bible and Edited Manuscript that Emma kept. Although the LDS have some JST selections, it would be even better to have the manuscript and Bible used by Joseph Smith in making his restoration of plain and precious truths to the Holy Bible.
It is not a big brother mentality that suggests acquiring some of the downgraded collections, but rather a desire to do what an archivist should do, which is to preserve documents for the public.
I attended two conferences of the MHA and John Whitmer Association and found both of them full of arrogant professionals who think the general public should buy their books but shut up. If historians don't wake up they will discover that all of them have denigrated the public until they become completely irrelevant themselves.