Index
Page numbers in italics refer to images.
Aardema, Albert J., 79
Abplanalp, Joseph, 131
Allen, Carolyn, 156
American Sign Language (ASL), 172
Anderson, Diane Pawlowski, 244, 245
Anderson, Edward O.
and building approvals, 36, 38
designs bureaus of investigation, 112
and groundbreaking, 41
and interest in Los Angeles temple construction, 121
and interior finishings, 102, 103β4
and open house, 127, 140
and placement of angel Moroni, 99
and search for temple site, 23
and temple construction, 55β56, 60β61
and temple design, 31β35
Anderson, Henning, 181
Anderson, Katie, 260, 261
Anderson, Leighton, 244β46
Anderson, Phyllis, 249
Anderson, Robert, 249
Anderson, Scott, 260β61
Andrus, Darlene, 189, 344
Andrus, Richard M., 185, 344
angel Moroni, 87β102, 181, 204β5
angels, choir of, 261β62
Aupiu, Savea, 171
Austin, Lloyd L., 134
baby
feels Spirit, 250β51
sealed to family, 268
baptismal font, 93β94, 107, 125β26
baptism(s) for the dead, 4, 168, 254, 265, 268
baptistry, 106, 185, 253β55
Barlow, E. Garrett, 130, 167
Barron, Priscilla G., 267
beacon, Los Angeles Temple as, 224β27
Beckman, Thornton, 145
Beitler, Harry, 57
Bennion, Adam S., 84, 151β52
Benson, Ezra Taft, 150, 151, 224
Beverly Hills Ward, 111
bishops, calling of, 269β70
Blair, Cassie, 234β35
board of temple architects, 22β23
Bode, Dastur F. A., 135
Bolster, James, 138
Book of Mormon, 3
Borjas, Fany, 265
Bowring, Benjamin L., 142, 148, 166, 167, 168, 338
Bowring, Leone Rampton, 166, 338
Bowron, Fletcher, 36, 41, 42
Bradley, Tom, 220
branch genealogy libraries, 200β201
Brannan, Samuel, 5, 6
Brimhall, Avis, 172, 344
Brimhall, Grant R., 172, 344
Broadhead, Dakon, 64
Brooklyn, 5
Brooks, Maurice, 96
Brown, Cicely Adams, 147
Buccarelli, Alberto, 251β52
Buchanan, James, 7
Buehner, Carl W., 71β72
Bunker, Bryan L., 112
bureaus of information, 112β13, 122β25, 199, 202β7
Burnham, Willard P., 132
Burton, Harold W., 56, 57, 111, 112, 169
Butler, Virge, 61, 70
Caldwell, R. E., 56
California
Church growth in Southern, 29
establishment of Church in, 5β7
post-war migration to, 13
California Intermountain Investment Company, 15
California Mission, 8
California Mission home, 112
Callister, Douglas, 241
Cambodian, ordinances given in, 259β60
Campbell, Clarence R., 278
Campbell, Erika, 167
Cannon, Georgius Y., 23
Cannon, Russell, 131
Cannon, W. Tenney, 131
Caswell, Donald F., 134
chandeliers, 183β84
Chase, James T., 256β57
Child, Stanley, 97
Christensen, Barge, 188
Christensen, Todd, 210
Christmas, 217β20
Christus, 201β2, 203, 205, 214β15
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The
beginnings of, 3β5
established in California, 5β7
growth of, in Southern California, 29
reopens California Mission, 8
threefold mission of, 197
civil rights, 214
Clark, Betty, 247β48
Clark, J. Reuben Jr., 19
and groundbreaking, 42, 295β96
and laying of cornerstone, 83, 84, 309β12
and temple dedication, 142, 149, 330β33
Colt, Marianne, 224β26
Commemoration Day, 188β89
computers, and record-keeping, 181
Conlee, Marianne Colt, 224β26
Conlee, Robert, 224β26
Contreras, Brother and Sister, 237β39
cornerstone
contents of, 314β15
dedicatory prayer for, 316β18
laying of, 76β87, 306β16
Cowan, Dawn Houghton, 229β30
Cowan, Richard, 72, 227β30, 231
Cowley, Matthew, 87, 96β97
Culver, Harry, 15
Cushing, Rod, 270β71
Cushing, Verity, 270β71
Davis, H. Frederick, 82β83, 147
dead, salvation for, 4, 149β50, 168, 252β53, 258. See also baptism(s) for the dead
deaf temple patrons, 172
DeMill, Cecil B., 132β33
Derbyshire, Joseph, 166
Devereaux, Ruth I., 137β38
Dibble, Edwin S., 44
Dickson, Jan, 240
divine assistance, 251β65
dream(s)
of Bobbi Toro, 257β58
of Fany Borjas, 265
Driggs, Karleton, 147
droughts, 199
Drysdale, Dick, 70
Dunn, Stanley, 121
earthquakes
as consideration in temple design, 35, 66
Northridge Earthquake (1994), 181β82, 274
San Francisco Earthquake (1909), 8β9
Edmundson, Jim, 264
Edmundson, Mary E. Thacker, 264
Edmundson, Thomas M., 264
Elijah, 4
employment, peace during search for, 272
endowment, 168β71, 184
endowment sessions, 172β73, 175
Escobar, Alba, 270
Escobar, George, 270
Eternal Family, The, 208β9, 225
Evans, Edmond P., 114
Evans, Mae, 339
Evans, Myrthus W., 248β49, 268, 339
Evans, Richard L., 129, 152
family, LDS focus on, 208β10
family history, 165, 200β201
Family History Center, 200β201
Fee, Don, 252
Fetzer, John, 23
fibromyalgia, 240
film(s)
for endowment, 169β70
presenting Los Angeles Temple, 198
flat tire, fireman helps fix, 251β52
Flegal, Lily, 131
Fort Moor Pioneer Memorial, 7
Freeman, Lee, 102
Friberg, Arnold, 96, 132
fund-raising, 43β50, 143β44, 301β4
Gabasa, Ego A., 174, 238, 239
Garns, Paul, 228β29
Genealogical Society of Utah, 200
genealogy, 165, 200β201
General Conference reports, 301β5
Gibby, Joseph, 104, 105, 106
Gonzales, Celia, 264β65
governmental approvals, 35β38, 55
granite panels, 70β72
Grant, Heber J., 19
and California Saints, 13β14
and construction of temple, 24
and search for temple site, 15, 16, 18
and securing temple site, 21
and temple dedication, 147
Grate, David, 251β52
βGreat Churches of the Golden West,β 139β40
Greenwald, Myron, 133
Grigware, Edward, 104β5, 106, 125β26, 127, 136
Grossman, Joni, 277β78
groundbreaking, 38β43
Gudmundson, Austin, 130
Haifa Art Museum and Technological Institute, 198
Halowell, R. E., 132
Hansen, Florence P., 210β12
Hansen, Ramm, 23β24
Harbrecht, Ewan, 154
Harlan, Laura H., 131
Hatch, Dorothy, 343
Hatch, Paul R., 343
Hawkins, Kristin, 267β68
Haws, Christopher, 249β50
Haws, Linda, 249β50
Hendrickson, Katie, 200
Hensley, Harold K., 121
HernΓ‘ndez, Gladys, 269
βHigh on the Mountain Top,β 262
Hill, Darlene, 151
Hinckley, Gordon B., 141, 146, 169β70, 255β56
Hodges, Ken, 202
Holland, Jeffrey R., 240β41
Holy Ghost, 278β79
Home Gardens Ward, 16
βHosanna Anthem,β 155
Hosanna Shout, 154β55
Houghton, Dawn, 229β30
housing, 176β77
Howells, David P., 16, 18, 22, 147
Huff, Kay, 345
Huff, R. Randall, 345
Hunsaker, Faun, 44
Hunter, Howard W.
and fund-raising, 45β46
and groundbreaking, 38
and laying of cornerstone, 84
and open house, 126, 139β40
performs baptisms for the dead, 168
sealing of family of, 246β47
and temple dedication, 140β41
Hunter, Richard, 168
Idaho Falls Temple, 22β23
Isaacson, Thorpe B., 152
Iverson, Paul E., 55, 56
Ivins, Antoine R., 151
Jackson, Harold, 57, 59, 111
Jackson, Henry Harold, 167
Jackson, William, 57, 59, 111
Jackson Brothers Construction Company, 59, 111
Jacobsen, Soren N., 56, 68β70, 72, 74, 76, 79, 80
Japanese television segments, 209β10
Jesus Christ
physical description of, 106
visits temples, 248β49
Johnson, Edward, 275β76
Johnson, Laraine, 22
Johnson, Monica, 275β76
Johnson, Vicki, 232β33
Johnson, Wallace W., 44
Jones, J. Talmage, 48
Kearns, Thomas, 168
Kellogg, Roy, 214
Khushi, Rashida, 172
Kimball, Spencer W., 150, 152, 243
Kirkham, E. Kay, 200
Kirtland Temple, 4, 146, 154
Klammath Stake, 173
Knaphus, Torlief S., 96
Knight, Goodwin J., 128, 144, 319
landscaping, 108β10, 198β99, 233
Lang, Delores, 241, 242, 243β44
Lang, Robert, 241β44
Larsen, Kristie, 345β46
Larsen, Larry J., 345β46
laundry room, 176, 249
Lee, Harold B., 84, 140β41, 150, 155β56
Lents, Louise Harkins, 265β66
Lewis, Sarah, 127
Lippold, Alfred A., 97, 105
Lloyd, Harold, 18, 21, 59, 127β28
Loder, Vern, 70
Los Angeles, California
Church membership and missionary work in, 8β9, 13
growth of, 8
Los Angeles City Council, 320
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, 320β21
Los Angeles Stake, 111, 121
Los Angeles Temple
announcement of, 30β31
construction of
beginning of, 59β76
cost of, 143
ground leveling and road construction, 57β59
interior, 102β7
landscaping, 108β10
laying of cornerstone, 76β87
other buildings on temple site, 111β14
permit for, 55β57
placement of angel Moroni, 87β102
public interest in, 121β22
standards for, 68β70
volunteer labor in, 62β64
dedication of, 140β46
First Presidency messages at, 322β33
official proclamations issued concerning, 319β21
prayer for, 154β58, 299β300, 334β37
proceedings for, 146β53
design of, 22β24, 31β35
fiftieth anniversary of, 183β90
fund-raising for, 43β50, 143β44, 301β4
future of, 279
General Conference reports concerning, 301β5
governmental approvals secured for, 35β38, 55
groundbreaking for, 38β43, 291β98
impact of
as beacon, 224β27
divine assistance, 251β65
eagerness and sacrifice to receive temple blessings, 235β41
hope, peace, and direction, 273β79
joy of temple service, 246β51
love for temple, 227β35
penetrating the veil, 265β69
preparation before temple blessings, 241β46
revelation, 269β73
increased size of, 29β30, 31β35
landscaping of, 108β10, 198β99, 233
leaders of, 348β50
main entrance of, 34, 68, 176
missionary function of, 122, 197β98
Bureau of Information, 201β2
challenges, 214β17
Christus, 201β2
Family History Center, 200β201
grounds, 198β99
and LDS focus on family, 208β10
Mormon Monument to Women, 210β14
special events, 217β20
murals in, 104β5, 125β26, 136
open house for, 125β40
operation of, 165
calling of temple leaders and workers, 166β68
developments in physical facilities, 176β82
first ordinances, 168
and increasing temple attendance, 172β73, 175β76
ordinances for non-English speakers, 171β72, 174
priesthood days, 175
temple endowment, 168β71
and temple excursions, 173β74
planning, 29β30
presidents and matrons of, 338β46, 348β49
remodeling of, 179, 183β88, 189β90
site of
locations considered for, 14β18
protecting environment of, 29
securing, 18β22
size of, 21
spiral staircase in, 68
time line of key events for, 284β88
title history of site of, 289β90
Los Angeles Temple district, 175β76, 183
Los Angeles Temple Mission, 122β25
Ludloff, Edward R., 248
Lundstrom, Joseph, 57
Lyman, Amasa M., 7
MacIntire, Wayne F., 172
Mackay, Spencer L., 271β72
Maeser, Karl G., 8
Magnusson, Ivan, 304
Magnusson, Scott A., 269β70
main entrance, 34, 68, 176
Malin, Millard F., 93β94, 96, 99, 208
Manti Temple, 146
marble, 103
marriage, 209β10, 215β17. See also sealings
Martinez, Veronica, 255β56
Martz, John, 233β34
Matsusaka, Mits, 275
McConkie, Bruce R., 122
McCune, George W., 15β16
McDonald, Howard, 131
McDougle, Ryan, 209
McEwan, Betty Clark, 247β48, 341
McEwan, Jack, 167, 210, 247β48, 249, 341
McIntire, Edith, 274β75
McIntire, Wayne, 274β75
McKay, David O.
and announcement of Los Angeles Temple, 31
becomes Church President, 38
calls temple leaders, 166, 167
Cecil B. DeMill and, 132
dedicates California Mission home, 112
and dedicatory prayer, 154, 155β56, 334β37
describes Jesus Christ, 106
and film for endowment, 169β70
and fund-raising, 44, 45, 301β2
and groundbreaking, 40, 42, 43, 291β92
and laying of cornerstone, 79, 80, 83, 84, 306β7
and placement of angel Moroni, 97β99
and temple construction, 59, 66β68, 79, 80
and temple dedication, 142, 143, 145, 147, 149, 150, 152β53, 299β300, 322β24
McKean, Howard J., 41
Mesa Temple, 16
Mills, Dean, 243
Mills, Marilyn, 242β43
missionary work. See Los Angeles Temple, missionary function of
mission presidentβs home, 189β90
Moncur, Paul G., 260β61, 277β78
Monson, Thomas S., 89
Mormon Battalion, 5β6
Mormon Choir of Southern California, 82β83
Mormon Monument to Women, 210β14
Moroni, 87β102, 181, 204β5
Morris, George Q., 150
Moses, tabernacle of, 145
Moua, Kacha, 174
Moyle, Henry D., 151
murals, 104β5, 125β26, 136
muscular dystrophy, 240β41
National Production Authority, 37β39
Nauvoo Temple, 89β91, 146
Nelson, George S., 35
New York Worldβs Fair (1964-1965), 201, 202
Nielsen, Dane, 261
Northridge Earthquake (1994), 181β82, 274
Ocean Heights, 14β15
Ocean Park Heights, 13, 15β16
olive trees, 233
Olson, C. Dean, 41
on-site housing, 176β77
open house, 125β40
ordinances
baptisms for the dead, 4, 168, 254, 265, 268
eagerness and sacrifice to receive, 235β41
endowment, 168β71, 184
for non-English speakers, 171β72, 174, 259β60
preparation for, 241β46
revelation of doctrine of, 4β5
and salvation for dead, 4, 149β50, 168, 252β53, 258
sealings, 174, 237β39, 243β44, 245β46, 247, 268. See also marriage
Orgill, Helen Kimball, 157β58
oxen, 93β94, 107, 125β26, 255
Packard, H. Von, 342
Packard, Sheila, 342
Packer, Boyd K., 169
Parks, Mary Louise, 272β73
Pawlowski, Bob, 245
Peel, Vern R., 44
Petersen, Mark E., 150, 206β7
Peterson, A. Bent, 166
Pettit, E. Alan, 127
Poole, Eric, 210
Pope, Hyrum C., 23
Porter, Elbert, 96
Poulson, Norris, 80, 128β29, 144, 145, 319β20
Powers, Harold J., 134β35
Prendergast, Edward, 129
Prestwich, L. Lloyd, 130
Price, Arthur, 22β23
priesthood, 242β44
priesthood endowment sessions, 175
pronunciation, of ordinance name, 267
Proposition 8, 215β17
Quealy, Jay A., 27
Quickstrom, Shirley, 266
Raymond, A. George, 121
Redding, Ned, 56, 141
Reeves, Madge, 341β42
Reeves, Wayne A., 260, 341β42
refugees, 174
Relief Society president, revelation regarding calling as, 272β73
revelation, received in temple, 269β73
Reynolds, Lani, 345
Reynolds, William F., 345
Rice, Rosa, 240
Rich, Charles C., 7
Richards, LeGrand, 27, 41, 42, 111, 152, 292β94
Richards, Preston D., 35β36, 38, 41, 42, 45, 147
Richards, Stephen L
and Christus, 201
with Ezra Taft Benson, 151
and fund-raising, 43, 44, 301
and groundbreaking, 42, 296β98
and laying of cornerstone, 84, 85, 86, 312, 316β18
on temple as missionary force, 122
and temple dedication, 142, 149, 324β30
Ricks, Shirley, 215
Ricks, Stephen, 215
Rollo, Renae, 250β51
Romney, Marion G., 152
Rose, Guy B., 123
Ross, Sophronia, 268
Rozsa, Allen C., 237β38, 253, 340
Rozsa, Dawna, 239, 340
Rubalcava, Nefi, 256β57
Russon, John M.
and fund-raising, 45, 46β48
and groundbreaking, 38
and open house, 121, 126, 130
and temple consulting committee, 167
and temple dedication, 140β41
Salt Lake Temple, 89, 146
Salt Lake Valley, arrival of pioneers in, 6β7
San Bernardino Rancho, 7
Sanders, Jeff, 268
Sanders, Jessica, 268
Sanders, Stacey, 268
San Francisco Earthquake (1909), 8β9
Santa Fe Railroad, 8
Santa Monica, 13β14
Schiel, Lilo, 167
seagulls, 101
sealing keys, 149β50
sealings, 174, 237β39, 243β44, 245β46, 247, 268. See also marriage
Sharp, Richard, 56, 61
Sheffield, Brian, 252, 253β55
Shepard, Robert L., 105β6
Sherman, Gene, 101
Shingledecker, Sophronia Ross, 268
Simpson, Jelaire, 340
Simpson, Robert L., 340
sister missionaries, 270
Smith, Dennis, 210β12
Smith, Don H., 27
Smith, Eldred G., 41
Smith, George Albert, 29, 30, 38
Smith, Hugh C., 56, 126, 130, 140β41
Smith, Joseph, 3, 4β5, 154
Smith, Joseph Fielding, 41, 42, 142, 149β50, 152, 294β95
solemn assemblies, 175
Solomonβs temple, 145
Sorenson, Charlene, 343
Sorenson, Nile A., 343
Southern Pacific Railroad, 8
South Gate Ward, 304
souvenir plates, 48
Spafford, Belle S., 143
Spanish-language ordinances, 174
spiral staircase, 68
βspirit of Elijah,β 4
βSpirit of God, The,β 155
staircase, 68
stake choirs, 151
Stapley, Delbert L., 152
Startup, Elbert, 149
Steed, A. Merlin, 122β23, 127, 130, 138β39, 142
Steed, Shanna, 276β77
Stewart, Ora Pate, 135β37
Stock, Carey, 218
Stokes, Barbara, 167
Stott, Joan, 248
Stratford, Richard C., 339
Stratford, Vera, 339
Summers, Raymond A., 123
tabernacle of Moses, 145
Talmage, James E., 168
Tapp, Jesse, 131β32
Taylor, Henry D., 142, 167
Taylor, John, 259
temple dedications, 145β46. See also Los Angeles Temple, dedication of
temple engineer, calling of, 166
temple excursions, 16, 173β74, 190, 227β28, 235β37
temple presidentβs home, 189β90
temples. See also Los Angeles Temple
construction of, 15, 22
Idaho Falls Temple, 22β23
instilling importance of, in children, 234β35
Kirtland Temple, 4, 146, 154
love for, 227β30
Manti Temple, 146
Mesa Temple, 16
Nauvoo Temple, 89β91, 146
Salt Lake Temple, 146
significance of, 4
Washington, D.C., Temple, 91
temple workers, 249, 251β52, 260β61, 277β78
Thorvaldsen, Bertil, 201
Thrapp, Dan L., 138
tire, fireman helps fix flat, 251β52
Tollman, Max, 109
Toro, Bobbi, 257β58
Toro, Frank, 257
twins, ordinances for, 262β64
Tyler, Doris, 168
utilities building, 113β14
veil, penetration of, 265β69
visitorsβ centers, 112β13, 122β25, 199, 201, 214β15
volunteer labor, 62β64. See also temple workers
Waddell, Glenn, 273
Waddell, Joann, 273, 274
Waddell, Michael, 273
Waddell, Scott, 273
Waddell, Wayne, 273β74
Waddell, W. Christopher, 273β74
Waite, W. Noble
and fund-raising, 43β45, 49, 50, 143β44
General Conference reports of, 301β5
and groundbreaking, 38
and laying of cornerstone, 84, 307β8
and open house, 126, 127, 130, 131
and temple construction, 56
and temple dedication, 149
Walker, Glen H., 342β43
Walker, Willa Rae, 342β43
Wallace, Arthur, 158
Washington, D.C., Temple, 91
water conservation, 199
Watkins, Arthur V., 37
Watts riots (1965), 214
Weberg, Harris, 104, 106
Welch, John W. βJack,β 156β57
Welchman, Kay, 239
Westwood Ward chapel, 111, 121
White, Morgan Hyde, 167
Widtsoe, John A., 168β69
Williams, Frederick S., 122, 124β25, 126, 127
Wilshire Ward chapel, 30, 158
window grills, 72β76
Winn, Howard, 57
Wittorf, Rosetta, 167β68
βWomanβA Precious Jewelβ pageant, 214
Woodruff, Wilford, 279
Woolacott, Eliza, 8
Woolwine, Vicki Johnson, 232β33
Woolwine, Woods, 233
Young, Brigham, 6, 7, 14, 30, 279
Young, Clifford E., 150
Young, Hulda, 214
Young, Joseph E., 102
Young, Levi Edgar, 152
Young, Lorenzo S., 23β24
Young, S. Dilworth, 153, 179β80, 212
youth center, 250β51
youth temple excursions, 173, 227β28, 235β37
Zeedik, Kathrine, 261β62
Zierenberg, Kandy, 262