Edward Tullidge

Edward Wheelock Tullidge (September 30, 1829 – May 21, 1894) was a literary critic, newspaper editor, playwright, and historian of Utah Territory.

Biography

Tullidge was born at Weymouth, Dorset, England as Edward William Tullidge.^[1] He became acquainted with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the late 1840s. Among those who he would walk to church with at this time was the later Latter-day Saint poetess Emily Hill Woodmansee.

Tullidge emigrated to Utah Territory in 1861.^[1] In 1868, he associated with the Godbeite movement. In 1879 he became a member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.^[2]

Publications

Books

• Tullidge, Edward W. (1876). Life of Brigham Young: Or, Utah and Her Founders. New York: s.n.
• —— (1877). The Women of Mormondom. New York: s.n.
• —— (1878). Life of Joseph the Prophet. New York: Tullidge & Crandall.
• —— (1886). History of Salt Lake City. Tullidge's Histories, vol 1. Salt Lake City: Star Printing Company. Simultaneously self-published by Tullidge as The History of Salt Lake City and Its Founders.
• —— (1889). Tullidge's Histories. Vol II. Salt Lake City: Juvenile Instructor.

Periodicals

• Tullidge, Edward W.; et al., eds. (1856–1861). Millennial Star (weekly). Manchester, England: European Mission. ^[3]
• Harrison, E.L.T.; Tullidge, Edward W., eds. (1864). Peep o' Day (weekly). Salt Lake City. ^[4]
• ——; ——, eds. (1868–1869). Utah Magazine. Salt Lake City. ^[4][5]
• ——; ——, eds. (1870). Mormon Tribune. Salt Lake City. ^[4][5]
• Tullidge, Edward W., ed. (1880–1885). Tullidge's Quarterly Magazine. Salt Lake City: Star Printing Co.
• ——, ed. (1888). The Western Galaxy (monthly). Salt Lake City: E. W. Tullidge.

Articles

• Tullidge, Edward W. (October 1866). "Views of Mormondom, By a Mormon Elder". The Galaxy (W.C. and F.P. Church) 2: 209–214.
• —— (October 1866). "The Mormon Commonwealth, By a Mormon Elder". The Galaxy (W.C. and F.P. Church) 2: 351–364.
• —— (November 1866). "The Mormons. History of Their Leading Men". American Phrenological Journal and Life Illustrated (Fowler and Wells) 44 (5): 144–151.
• —— (September 1867). "Brigham Young and Mormonism, By a Mormon Elder". The Galaxy (W.C. and F.P. Church) 4 (5): 541–549.
• —— (February 1869). "Woman's Sphere in Utah". American Phrenological Journal and Life Illustrated (Fowler and Wells) 49 (2): 82–83.
• —— (November 1870). "William H. Hooper, The Utah Delegate and Female Suffrage Advocate". Phrenological Journal and Life Illustrated (Samuel R. Wells) 51: 328–333.
• —— (January 1871). "The Mormons: Who and What They Are". The Phrenological Journal and Life Illustrated (Fowler & Wells) 52 (1): 38–45.
• —— (May 1871). "The Utah Gentiles—Who and What They Are". The Phrenological Journal and Life Illustrated (Fowler & Wells) 52 (5): 337–343. ^[3]
• —— (July 1871). "Leaders in the Mormon Reform Movement". The Phrenological Journal and Life Illustrated (Fowler & Wells) 53 (1): 30–40.
• —— (September 1871). "The Reformation in Utah". Harper's New Monthly Magazine 43 (1): 602–610.
• —— (January 1, 1877 – June 24, 1878). "Chapters from the Life of Prest. Brigham Young". Millennial Star (70 part series). 39–40.

Plays

• Tullidge, Edward W.; John Shanks Lindsay; Niel Warner (1870). Oliver Cromwell: An Historical Play, In Five Acts.
• —— (1875). Ben Israel: Or, From Under the Curse; a Jewish Play in Five Acts. Salt Lake City: J.C. Graham. (1887 edition by Star Printing Company)
• —— (1879). Elizabeth of England: A Play in Five Epochs. Salt Lake City: J.C. Graham.
• —— (1888). Napoleon: A Play. s.n.

Notes

1. Norwood, Scott. "Tullidge, Edward Wheelock". Who Was Who in RLDS History. Archived from the original on 2009-10-22. Retrieved 2008-07-23.
2. Smith, Joseph, III; Heman C. Smith (1903). History of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints 4. Lamoni, Iowa: Board of Publication of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. p. 262. Retrieved 2008-07-23.
3. Lye 1960, p. 75
4. Tullidge, Edward W. (1886). "Appendix". History of Salt Lake City. Salt Lake City, Utah: Edward W. Tullidge. p. 9. Retrieved 2009-12-10.
5. Bennion, Sherilyn Cox (1994), "Salt Lake Tribune", in Powell, Allan Kent, Utah History Encyclopedia, Salt Lake City, Utah: University of Utah Press, ISBN 0874804256, OCLC 30473917

References

• Bushman, Claudia L. (Winter 2000). "Edward Tullidge and the Women of Mormondom". Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 33 (4). Retrieved 2008-07-23..
• Howard, Richard P. (October 1978). "Edward W. Tullidge: RLDS Enigma". Saints' Herald 125: 50.. (Continues on p. 52 of the November and December Herald issues.)
• Launius, Roger D. (February 1984). "Edward W. Tullidge and the Restoration". Restoration Trail Forum 10: 1, 4–6..
• Lye, William Frank (Winter 1960). "Edward Wheelock Tullidge, The Mormons' Rebel Historian". Utah Historical Quarterly 28 (1): 56–75..
• Walker, Ronald W. (1976). "Edward Tullidge: Historian of the Mormon Commonwealth". Journal of Mormon History 3: 55–72. Retrieved 2008-07-23..

External links

• Works by or about Edward Tullidge in libraries (WorldCat catalog)