Book
Mormon recreation in theory and practice: a study of social change
[s.n.] • Philadelphia • Published In 1941 • Pages:
By: Skidmore, Rex A. (Rex Austin).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The purpose of this study is to present an objective analysis of Mormon recreation based on interviews, correspondence with Church officials, and archival research. The author traces the history of recreation as sponsored by the Church from the days of Joseph Smith to the highly centralized recreation programs of the Church in the 1940s.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Leisure time activities
- Music
- Dance
- Commercialized entertainment
- Priesthood
- Congregations
- Religious denominations
- Childhood activities
- Adolescent activities
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Mormons
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2018
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Sociologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Marlene Martin ; 1978
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1940
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1850-1940
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Utah, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Rex A. Skidmore
- Table of Contents: I. Introduction; II. Joseph Smith and Recreation; III. Brigham Young and Recreation; IV. The Centralization of Mormon Recreation, 1877-1923; V. Present Day Recreational System of the Mormons; VI. Retrospect; Glossary; Bibliography.
- Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Pennsylvania, 1941
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-137)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- a41004068
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mormon Church
- Recreation--Utah