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. - blog that mentions Scot Proctor is a 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. - article about various attempts to pinpoint where Nephi built his ship 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. — review of Witness of the Light in Meridian The LDS Church has included his photos in their publications at times. - article mentioning that the background photo work was by Scot Proctor, sadly this link does not include the photo itself, only the attribution credits - article with photo by Scot Proctor
Works
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)
See also Bloggernacle Culture of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Notes
References - article on vandalism of Meridian magazine site
Further reading
- article that mentions Proctor's book - Meridian page on the Proctors
External links