Scot and Maurine Proctor

Scot Facer Proctor and Maurine Jensen Proctor are American authors from the Church of the Latter Day Saints (LDS). The established the LDS-oriented website Meridian Magazine, and have published several works about Mormon history and beliefs. They have also published a revised edition of Lucy Mack Smith's history of Joseph Smith, which reintroduces material from Mack Smith's 1845 manuscript that was removed before its first publication.

Biography

Maurine Proctor received her bachelor's degree from the University of Utah and her master's degree from Harvard University. She worked for the Chicago Sun-Times before she and her husband started their own magazine. She has also written a book entitled From Adams Rib to Women's Lib.

Scot Proctor is a professional photographer.

Published works

The Proctors published a revised edition of Lucy Mack Smith's history of Joseph Smith, which reintroduces material from Mack Smith's 1845 manuscript that was removed before its first publication. This version is cited by scholars including Susan Easton Black and Craig J. Ostler. Their work is also cited in the bibliography to Scott R. Petersen's 2005 book Where Have All The Prophets Gone. They have also published a new edition of the Autobiography of Parley Parker Pratt.

The Proctors have compiled a book Light from the Dust which presents photos of areas they believe are similar scenes to where the events of the Book of Mormon took place. For this book the Proctors did on-site studies in Oman. Scholars such as Andrew H. Hedges though have quoted the Proctor's work, although Fred W. Nelson of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute felt that their work was "less reputable" in the area of Book of Mormon geography and archaeology than that of "reputable scholars" such as John Clark or John Sorenson.

The Proctors wrote The Gathering, Mormon Pioneers on the Trail to Zion. The Gathering was cited in the footnotes to Gregory A. Prince and William Robert Wright's book David O. McKay and the Rise of Modern Mormonism.

The Proctors have produced a DVD entitled Gordon B. Hinckley - Temple Builder.

Scott Proctor released Witness of the Light, a photographic book about Joseph Smith. The LDS Church has included his photos in their publications at times.

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Notes

  1. ↑ Proctor, Maurine Jensen (1981), From Adams Rib to Women's Lib, Salt Lake City, Utah: Bookcraft, ISBN 978-0884944256, OCLC 7564414
  2. ↑ Wilmore, Garry (December 9, 2005), "Scot Proctor on photography", I miei cari amici (imieicariamici.blogspot.com) - blog that mentions Scot Proctor is a photographer
  3. ↑ Ostler, Craig J. (2008), "Teachings of President Joseph Smith", in Manscill, Craig K.; Freeman, Robert C.; Wright, Dennis (eds.), Presidents of the Church: The Lives and Teachings of the Modern Prophets, Springville, Utah: Cedar Fort, p. 29, ISBN 978-1-59955-163-0
  4. ↑ Black, Susan Easton (2002), "Happiness in Womanhood", Ensign: 12
  5. ↑ Petersen, Scott R. (2005), Where Have All The Prophets Gone, Springville, Cedar Fort: Cedar Fort, p. 373, ISBN 978-1555178475
  6. ↑ Jensen, Rex, "Substantial new evidence identifies a lush area in the western corner of Oman as the possible location where Nephi built the ship that carried Lehi's family to the promised land", Latter-day.com, retrieved 2013-02-05[unreliable source?] - article about various attempts to pinpoint where Nephi built his ship
  7. ↑ Hedges, Andrew H. (1999), ""All My Endeavors to Preserve Them": Protecting the Plates in Palmyra, 22 September–December 1827", Journal of Book of Mormon Studies, 8 (2): 14–23, doi:10.2307/44747518, JSTOR 44747518, S2CID 193731276, archived from the original on 2012-10-10, retrieved 2013-02-05
  8. ↑ Nelson, Fred W. (1997), "Step by Step through the Book of Mormon: The Story in Scriptures—A Geographical, Cultural, and Historical System of Understanding", FARMS Review (Review), 9 (1): 25–27, doi:10.2307/44792735, JSTOR 44792735, S2CID 254214723, archived from the original on 2012-06-09, retrieved 2010-03-01
  9. ↑ Prince, Gregory A.; Wright, William Robert (2005), David O. McKay and the Rise of Modern Mormonism, Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, p. 490
  10. ↑ "Gordon B. Hinckley—Temple Builder", Meridian Publishing, archived from the original on 2012-02-18
  11. ↑ Merrill, Kieth (April 27, 2009), "Kieth Merrill Reviews Scot Proctor's Witness of the Light. A Powerful Personal Tribute to the Prophet Joseph Smith", Meridian Magazine, archived from the original on April 3, 2013, retrieved February 5, 2013 — review of Witness of the Light in Meridian
  12. ↑ Oaks, Dallin H. (April 2008), "The Atonement and Faith", Liahona - article mentioning that the background photo work was by Scot Proctor, sadly this link does not include the photo itself, only the attribution credits
  13. ↑ Holman, Marianne (Feb 7, 2009), "Performing choir in nation's capital", Church News - article with photo by Scot Proctor
  14. ↑ Bell, James P. (1999), "A Reader's Library: Efficacious Scholarship", Journal of Book of Mormon Studies, 8 (1): 72–73, doi:10.2307/44758896, JSTOR 44758896, S2CID 254216656, archived from the original on 2012-06-12, retrieved 2010-03-01
  15. ↑ This is actually a collection of essays with the Proctors as editors. One of the essays, by Kathleen Slaugh Bahr and Cheri A. Loveless was referenced in Camille S. Williams' work in David L. Paulsen and Donald W. Musser's book Mormonism in Dialogue with Contemporary Christian Theologies (see note 95 on page 292)
  16. ↑ Nelson, Fred W. (1994), "Light from the Dust: A Photographic Exploration into the Ancient World of the Book of Mormon", FARMS Review (Review), 6 (2): 146–150, doi:10.2307/44796979, JSTOR 44796979, S2CID 193548919, archived from the original on 2012-06-12, retrieved 2010-03-01

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