Mormonism's Encounter with the Michigan Relics, by Mark Ashurst-McGee, David W. Grua and Robin Scott Jensen, published in BYU Studies in 2010, is a peer-reviewed academic article recounting the 1890s Michigan Relics forgery and how figures connected to the LDS Church became entangled with it, along with the church's later handling and eventual transfer of part of the collection. Its strength is that it is a peer-reviewed article published through a university-affiliated journal, written by professional historians working from the archival record. Its limit is that it is a focused historical account of one episode, so a claim about LDS archaeological claims more broadly needs a source addressing that wider subject rather than this specific case study.
Facts
Citation
AuthorMark Ashurst-McGee, David W. Grua, Robin Scott Jensen
PublisherBYU Studies
Publication Year2010
URLhttps://byustudies.byu.edu/article/mormonisms-encounter-with-the-michigan-relics
Source Typeacademic article
Assessment
Reliability Tier1
Published in BYU Studies in 2010, a peer reviewed article by professional historians working from the archival record of the episode, treated at the top tier. NotesPeer-reviewed account of the forgery and of the LDS Church's handling and later transfer of part of the collection.
Claims Backed By This Source (23 claims)
This source backs 23 claims across the atlas. As facts: 12 well-attested, 1 popular myth - corrected. As cited relationships: 8 holds. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Artifacts & Relics, 8 claims: 2 well-attested, 5 holds, 1 general references.
- Sources, 8 claims: 8 well-attested.
- Custodians & Museums, 5 claims: 1 popular myth - corrected, 3 holds, 1 general references.
- Articles, 2 claims: 2 well-attested.
Popular myth - corrected
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