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Joseph F. Darowski is an American documentary editor and historian of the Latter Day Saint movement. He received a BS in sociology from Cornell University before doing graduate work at the College of William and Mary. He completed his MA in History at Brigham Young University. His thesis, “Utah’s Plight: A Passage Through the Great Depression,” focused on the conflict between federal and LDS aid programs for those affected by the Great Depression. In 2002 he was hired as a historian and editor with the Joseph Smith Papers Project. Since joining the Joseph Smith Papers Project, he has published on the early Latter Day Saint school of the prophets and the development of councils within church government. He earned a diploma from the Institute for the Editing of Historical Documents at the University of Wisconsin—Madison.

Published work

• Darowski, Joseph F. (2004). Utah’s Plight: A Passage Through the Great Depression. [master's thesis]. Brigham Young University.
• ——; Kay Darowski (Spring/Fall 2006). "A Scholar as a Witness : A Conversation with Richard Lloyd Anderson". Mormon Historical Studies. 7 (1–2): 50–82. {{cite journal}}: |author1= has numeric name (help); Check date values in: |date= (help)
• —— (Spring 2008). "Schools of The Prophets : An Early American Tradition". Mormon Historical Studies. 9 (1): 1–14. {{cite journal}}: |author= has numeric name (help)
• —— (2009). "The WPA Versus the Utah Church". In Cannon, Brian Q.; Embry, Jessie L. (eds.). Utah in the Twentieth Century. Logan, Utah: Utah State University Press. pp. 167–185. {{cite book}}: |author= has numeric name (help).
• —— (Spring 2010). "Seeking After the Ancient Order : Conferences and Councils in Early Church Governance, 1830-1834". Mormon Historical Studies. 11 (1): 27–39. {{cite journal}}: |author= has numeric name (help)
• —— (2011). "Seeking After the Ancient Order : Conferences and Councils in Early Church Governance. 1830-34". In Whittaker, David J.; Garr, Arnold K. (eds.). A Firm Foundation : Church Organization and Administration. Salt Lake City and Provo: Deseret Book and Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University. pp. 167–185. {{cite book}}: |author= has numeric name (help).

External Links

• Biography at Joseph Smith Papers Project website (accessed May 4, 2012)

Category:Brigham Young University alumni Category:Historians of the Latter Day Saint movement Category:Living people