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The Mark Hoffman Newspaper Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-217

Abstract

A collection of newspaper articles concerning Mark Hoffman.

Dates

  • Creation: 1985

Extent

1 Boxes

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

BOX 1





FD 1 “Mysterious Bombings Kill Two in Salt Lake City—And Rock the

Mormons,” unknown magazine, n.d.



FD 2 “The Salamander Letter,” Salt Lake City Messenger, January 1985.



FD 3 “Letter Sheds Light on Religious Era,” Church News, April 28, 1985.



FD 4 “Smith’s Treasure Letter Missing, Two Say,” Ogden Standard

Examiner, April 29, 1985.



FD 5 “BYU Scholars Defend Letter,” Ogden Standard Examiner, May

3, 1985.



FD 6 “LDS Church Shows Text of Smith Letter,” Ogden Standard

Examiner, May 10, 1985.



FD 7 “Letter Linking Joseph Smith, Magic to be Released,” Salt Lake

Tribune, May 10, 1985.



FD 8 “Researcher Says LDS History Disputes Golden Plates Story,” Salt

Lake Tribune, May 15, 1985.



FD 9 “Church Releases Historical Letters,” Sunstone, June 1985.



FD 10 “Salamandergate,” Salt Lake City Messenger, June 1985.



FD 11 “LDS Historian Skeptical of Harris Letter.” Ogden Standard

Examiner, July 13, 1985.



FD 12 “Fake Documents & the Harris Letter,” Salt Lake City Messenger,

August 1985.



FD 13 “Hofmann Borrowed $185,000,” unknown newspaper, ca.

October 1985.



FD 14 “Explosions Kill Two in Salt Lake,” Ogden Standard Examiner,

October 15, 1985.



FD 15 “Bombings Hit Shocked Neighbors Hard,” Salt Lake Tribune,

October 16, 1985.



FD 16 “Business Link Investigated,” Ogden Standard Examiner, October

16, 1985.



FD 17 “LDS Link Not Rules Out in Bomb Blasts,” Salt Lake Tribune,

October 16, 1985.



FD 18 “Material for Bombs Readily Available,” and “S.L. Also Had

Bombings In ’75, ’70,” Salt Lake Tribune, October 16, 1985.



FD 19 “Bomb Victim Faces Charges,” Ogden Standard Examiner,

October 17, 1985.



FD 20 “Police Chief Urges Calm in Bombings’ Wake,” unknown

newspaper, October 17, 1985 (incomplete).



FD 21 “Salamander Letter Only One of Hofmann’s Finds,” Salt Lake

Tribune, October 17, 1985.



FD 22 “Victim of 3 rd Bombing is Suspect in Others That Killed Two in

S.L.,” Salt Lake Tribune, October 17, 1985.



FD 23 “Meeting Followed Bombings,” Ogden Standard Examiner,

October 18, 1985.



FD 24 “Bomb Suspect Wanted to Talk,” Ogden Standard Examiner,

October 19, 1985.



FD 25 “Bombings May Strain Relations Between Curators and Dealers,”

Deseret News, October 19, 1985.



FD 26 “Hofmann Retreats from Statement; 2 Bomb Victims are

Eulogized,” Deseret News, October 19, 1985.



FD 27 “Attention Focused on Questionable Documents,” Ogden Standard

Examiner, October 20, 1985.



FD 28 “First Arrest Made in SLC Bombings,” Ogden Standard Examiner,

October 20, 1985 (see also FD 27).



FD 29 “Loan was Secured for Purchase by Hofmann,” & “Merry-go

round of Issues Whirls on a Single Point: Forgery,” Deseret News,

October 22, 1985.



FD 30 “Mormon Leaders Clarify Hofmann Connections,” Ogden

Standard Examiner, October 23, 1985.



FD 31 “Police Seek Nurse’s Account of Conversation,” Ogden Standard

Examiner, October 23, 1985, & “Hofmann Has ‘Limited

Awareness’ of Situation,” Ogden Standard Examiner, October 24,

1985.



FD 32 “Be More Discreet, Cannon Tells Bomb Probers,” Deseret News,

October 25, 1985.



FD 33 “The Mormon Mystery,” Newsweek, October 28, 1985.



FD 34 “Dealer Says Hofmann Papyri not Suited to Fraud,” Deseret News,

October 29, 1985.



FD 35 “Documents Dealer Asked to Verify Origins of Papyri,” Salt Lake

Tribune, October 29, 1985.



FD 36 “LDS Apostle Blasts News Media,” Salt Lake Tribune, October

31, 1985.



FD 37 “’McLellin Papyrus’ From Egyptian Book of Dead, Dealer Says,”

Salt Lake Tribune, October 31, 1985.



FD 38 “A Murder Mystery,” by Mike Brimley, November 7, 1985.

Subjects

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Repository Details

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Ogden UT 84408

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