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After transcribing 1.2 million of his words, this researcher knows Brigham Young

LaJean Purcell Carruth, a senior historian in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' History Department and transcriber of manuscripts written in Pitman and Taylor shorthands and in the Deseret Alphabet, poses for a photo as she takes a short break from work on transcribing shorthand written by George D. Watt, while she works in Salt Lake City on Oct. 7.

LaJean Purcell Carruth, a senior historian in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' History Department and transcriber of manuscripts written in Pitman and Taylor shorthands and in the Deseret Alphabet, poses for a photo as she takes a short break from work on transcribing shorthand written by George D. Watt, while she works in Salt Lake City on Oct. 7. (Scott G Winterton, Deseret News)


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"People don't know Brigham Young," LaJean Purcell Carruth said. After decades of work transcribing 1.2 million words of this early leader — including hundreds of thousands of words never before available — Carruth says with confidence: "I know Brigham Young. I know his voice. I know his heart. I know his soul."

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