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Please update your browser bookmarks and please use the default browser print function instead.</div></div><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">American historian</div> <p><b>Ronald Kent Esplin</b> (born 1944)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is the managing editor of <a href="/wiki/The_Joseph_Smith_Papers" title="The Joseph Smith Papers">The Joseph Smith Papers</a> project and the former director of the <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Fielding_Smith_Institute_for_Latter-day_Saint_History" class="mw-redirect" title="Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Latter-day Saint History">Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Latter-day Saint History</a> at <a href="/wiki/Brigham_Young_University" title="Brigham Young University">Brigham Young University</a> (BYU). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2></div> <p>Esplin was born in <a href="/wiki/Cedar_City,_Utah" title="Cedar City, Utah">Cedar City, Utah</a> and raised in Salt Lake City.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Esplin served as a missionary for <a href="/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</a> in the Central American Mission, when that mission not only included all the countries from <a href="/wiki/Guatemala" title="Guatemala">Guatemala</a> to <a href="/wiki/Panama" title="Panama">Panama</a>, but also had <a href="/wiki/Colombia" title="Colombia">Colombia</a> within its borders. </p><p>Esplin holds degrees from Brigham Young University, the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Utah" title="University of Utah">University of Utah</a> and the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Virginia" title="University of Virginia">University of Virginia</a>. </p><p>In 1972 Esplin was planning to start a teaching career as an <a href="/wiki/Institute_of_Religion" title="Institute of Religion">Institute</a> instructor. He was recruited to work for the summer under <a href="/wiki/Church_Historian" class="mw-redirect" title="Church Historian">Church Historian</a> <a href="/wiki/Leonard_J._Arrington" title="Leonard J. Arrington">Leonard J. Arrington</a> doing a search and study of <a href="/wiki/Brigham_Young" title="Brigham Young">Brigham Young</a>'s papers in the church archive. He remained working in the Church History Archives until 1980 when <a href="/wiki/Church_Commissioner_of_Education" class="mw-redirect" title="Church Commissioner of Education">Church Commissioner of Education</a> <a href="/wiki/Jeffrey_R._Holland" title="Jeffrey R. Holland">Jeffrey R. Holland</a> announced that Esplin and his colleagues would come to Brigham Young University with Holland who was appointed university president.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Esplin received a Ph.D. from BYU with his doctoral dissertation being entitled <i>The Emergence of Brigham Young and The Twelve to Mormon Leadership, 1830-1841</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By 1984 Esplin was director of the Smith Institute and he helped <a href="/wiki/Dean_C._Jessee" title="Dean C. Jessee">Dean C. Jessee</a> to get <i>The Papers of Joseph Smith: Volume 1</i> published in 1984. Esplin was also involved in the decision to entirely revamp the project. In 2001 he left BYU and took over as director of the papers project full-time. However, from 2001 to 2005 the project was operating at BYU. In 2005 it relocated to the Church Archives (part of the <a href="/wiki/Church_History_Department" title="Church History Department">Church History Department</a>) in <a href="/wiki/Salt_Lake_City" title="Salt Lake City">Salt Lake City</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Esplin's research has focused on the early period of the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints particularly the role of <a href="/wiki/Brigham_Young" title="Brigham Young">Brigham Young</a> during the presidency of <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Smith" title="Joseph Smith">Joseph Smith</a>. Esplin was among the contributors to the <i>Atlas of Mormonism</i><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <i><a href="/wiki/Encyclopedia_of_Mormonism" title="Encyclopedia of Mormonism">Encyclopedia of Mormonism</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Esplin was also one of fourteen editors working on the project under <a href="/wiki/Daniel_H._Ludlow" title="Daniel H. Ludlow">Daniel H. Ludlow</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Besides directing the Smith Institute, Esplin also taught classes in Church History at BYU. </p><p>As managing editor of the Joseph Smith papers project Esplin has been working to make it so that once the papers come out they are available in many libraries around the world.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Esplin also served as the president of the <a href="/wiki/Mormon_History_Association" title="Mormon History Association">Mormon History Association</a> from 2006 to 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Esplin has seven children and has served in such positions as a counselor in a <a href="/wiki/Bishopric_(LDS_Church)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishopric (LDS Church)">bishopric</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Published_works">Published works</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Articles">Articles</h3></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1988/07/a-place-prepared-in-the-rockies?lang=eng">"A Place Prepared in the Rockies"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Ensign_(LDS_magazine)" title="Ensign (LDS magazine)">Ensign</a></i>, July 1988, p. 7</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1993/03/fire-in-his-bones?lang=eng">"Fire in His Bones"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Ensign_(LDS_magazine)" title="Ensign (LDS magazine)">Ensign</a></i>, March 1993, p. 44</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1989/08/god-will-protect-me-until-my-work-is-done?lang=eng">"'God Will Protect Me until My Work Is Done'"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Ensign_(LDS_magazine)" title="Ensign (LDS magazine)">Ensign</a></i>, August 1989, p. 16</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1987/06/brigham-young-in-england?lang=eng">"Brigham Young in England"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Ensign_(LDS_magazine)" title="Ensign (LDS magazine)">Ensign</a></i>, June 1987</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/2000/02/hyrum-smith-the-mildness-of-a-lamb-the-integrity-of-job?lang=eng">"Hyrum Smith: The Mildness of a Lamb, the Integrity of Job"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Ensign_(LDS_magazine)" title="Ensign (LDS magazine)">Ensign</a></i>, February 2000, p. 30</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1982/10/utahs-first-thanksgiving?lang=eng">"Utah's First Thanksgiving"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Ensign_(LDS_magazine)" title="Ensign (LDS magazine)">Ensign</a></i>, October 1982, p. 49-51</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Chapters">Chapters</h2></div> <ul><li>"Joseph Smith and the Kirtland Crisis, 1837" in <i>Joseph Smith: Prophet and Seer</i></li> <li>"Modern Efforts to Preserve Church History" in <i>Preserving the History of the Latter-day Saints</i></li> <li>"A Place Prepared: Joseph, Brigham, and the Quest for a Promised Refuge in the West" in <i>Window of Faith: Latter-day Saint Perspectives on World History</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Books">Books</h3></div> <ul><li>With David J. Whittaker and <a href="/wiki/James_B._Allen_(historian)" title="James B. Allen (historian)">James B. Allen</a>, <i>Men with a Mission: The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in the British Isles, 1837-1841</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFWalker,_Ronald_W.David_J._WhittakerJames_B._Allen2001" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Ronald_W._Walker" title="Ronald W. Walker">Walker, Ronald W.</a>; <a href="/w/index.php?title=David_J._Whittaker&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="David J. Whittaker (page does not exist)">David J. Whittaker</a>; <a href="/wiki/James_B._Allen_(historian)" title="James B. Allen (historian)">James B. Allen</a> (2001). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=-iSVA0KRs4MC"><i>Mormon History</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/Urbana,_Illinois" title="Urbana, Illinois">Urbana</a>: <a href="/wiki/University_of_Illinois_Press" title="University of Illinois Press">University of Illinois Press</a>. p. 68. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-252-02619-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-252-02619-5"><bdi>0-252-02619-5</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2008-10-21</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Mormon+History&rft.place=Urbana&rft.pages=68&rft.pub=University+of+Illinois+Press&rft.date=2001&rft.isbn=0-252-02619-5&rft.au=Walker%2C+Ronald+W.&rft.au=David+J.+Whittaker&rft.au=James+B.+Allen&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D-iSVA0KRs4MC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARon+Esplin" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fairmormon.org/authors/esplin-ronald">FairMormon bio of Esplin</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFShill,_Aaron2008" class="citation news cs1">Shill, Aaron (March 25, 2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mormontimes.com/people_news/?id=2415">"Brigham Young enthusiast manages Joseph Smith Papers"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/MormonTimes" class="mw-redirect" title="MormonTimes">MormonTimes</a></i>. Salt Lake City, Utah: <a href="/wiki/Deseret_News" title="Deseret News">Deseret News</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=MormonTimes&rft.atitle=Brigham+Young+enthusiast+manages+Joseph+Smith+Papers&rft.date=2008-03-25&rft.au=Shill%2C+Aaron&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mormontimes.com%2Fpeople_news%2F%3Fid%3D2415&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARon+Esplin" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080704054736/http://sc.lib.byu.edu/bibliographies/brighamyoung.php">"BYU Special Collections"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://sc.lib.byu.edu/bibliographies/brighamyoung.php">the original</a> on 2008-07-04<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Ludlow">Ludlow, Daniel H.</a>, <i>Church History: Selection from the Encyclopedia of Mormonism</i>, p. XV</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAdams,_Brooke1991" class="citation news cs1">Adams, Brooke (December 6, 1991). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://archive.deseretnews.com/archive/197702/EDITOR-IN-CHIEF-HOPES-LDS-ENCYCLOPEDIAS-CUT-MISUNDERSTANDING.html">"Editor in Chief Hopes LDS Encyclopedias Cut Misunderstanding"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Deseret_News" title="Deseret News">Deseret News</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2009-05-13</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Deseret+News&rft.atitle=Editor+in+Chief+Hopes+LDS+Encyclopedias+Cut+Misunderstanding&rft.date=1991-12-06&rft.au=Adams%2C+Brooke&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Farchive.deseretnews.com%2Farchive%2F197702%2FEDITOR-IN-CHIEF-HOPES-LDS-ENCYCLOPEDIAS-CUT-MISUNDERSTANDING.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARon+Esplin" class="Z3988"></span><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged November 2024">dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Ronald K. Esplin, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1993/03/fire-in-his-bones?lang=eng">"Fire in His Bones"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Ensign_(LDS_magazine)" title="Ensign (LDS magazine)">Ensign</a></i>, March 1993, p. 44.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120213160038/http://www.mhahome.org/about/past_presidents.php">"Past MHA Presidents"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Mormon_History_Association" title="Mormon History Association">Mormon History Association</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mhahome.org/about/past_presidents.php">the original</a> on 2012-02-13<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2008-07-21</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Past+MHA+Presidents&rft.pub=Mormon+History+Association&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mhahome.org%2Fabout%2Fpast_presidents.php&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARon+Esplin" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Ronald Esplin, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1982/10/utahs-first-thanksgiving?lang=eng">"Utah's First Thanksgiving"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Ensign_(LDS_magazine)" title="Ensign (LDS magazine)">Ensign</a></i>, October 1982, p. 51.</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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