Karl Ricks Anderson
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Karl Ricks Anderson is a Latter-day Saint historian whose specialty is the Kirtland
period in the history of the Latter Day Saint movement
. He is a brother of Richard Lloyd Anderson
and they were the second recipients of the Junius F. Wells Award from the Mormon Historic Sites Foundation
in 2006.
Anderson was born in Salt Lake City, Utah
and grew up in Kaysville, Utah
. He served as a Mormon missionary
in the Swiss–Austria
n Mission
of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1957 to 1960.
Anderson earned a bachelors degree and a masters in business administration from the University of Utah
. He has spent most of his life since that time in the eastern United States, particularly Michigan
and Ohio
. He spent most of his career working for Borg-Warner.
In the late 1970s, Anderson served as president of the LDS Church's Cleveland Ohio Stake when its boundaries included Kirtland. Anderson later served as a regional representative of the Twelve
. For a time, he served as a counselor in the Ohio Cleveland Mission presidency. He has also served as the area family history advisor for the North America North East Area
of the church.
Anderson has been involved heavily with the Church Educational System
(CES). Having taught early morning seminary for 15 years and institute
for at least nine years.
Anderson has also served as the secretary of the Joseph and Hyrum Smith foundation.
Anderson has been key to the acquiring of many of the properties the LDS Church owns in Kirtland. This was most particularly the case with the Newel K. Whitney
Store. He has also written a book about Kirtland entitled Joseph Smith's Kirtland: Eyewitness Accounts. He has also written many articles that have been published in such works as the Encyclopedia of Mormonism
.
Anderson currently serves as the stake patriarch of the Kirtland Ohio Stake.
Kirtland, Ohio
Kirtland is a city in Lake County, Ohio, USA. The population was 6,670 at the 2000 census. Kirtland is famous for being the early headquarters of the Latter Day Saint movement.-Origins of Kirtland:...
period in the history of the Latter Day Saint movement
History of the Latter Day Saint movement
The Latter Day Saint movement is a religious movement within Christianity that arose during the Second Great Awakening in the early 19th century and that led to the set of doctrines, practices, and cultures called Mormonism and to the existence of numerous Latter Day Saint churches...
. He is a brother of Richard Lloyd Anderson
Richard Lloyd Anderson
Richard Lloyd Anderson is an emeritus professor of Church history and doctrine at Brigham Young University . His book Investigating the Book of Mormon Witnesses is widely considered the definitive LDS work on this subject...
and they were the second recipients of the Junius F. Wells Award from the Mormon Historic Sites Foundation
Mormon Historic Sites Foundation
The Mormon Historic Sites Foundation is an independent organization that seeks to contribute to the memorialization of sites important to the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...
in 2006.
Anderson was born in Salt Lake City, Utah
Utah
Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...
and grew up in Kaysville, Utah
Kaysville, Utah
Kaysville is a city in Davis County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Ogden–Clearfield, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 20,351 at the 2000 census, and 25,820 as of the 2008 estimates.-History:...
. He served as a Mormon missionary
Mormon missionary
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is one of the most active modern practitioners of missionary work, with over 52,000 full-time missionaries worldwide, as of the end of 2010...
in the Swiss–Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n Mission
Mission (LDS Church)
A mission of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a geographical administrative area to which church missionaries are assigned. Almost all areas of the world are within the boundaries of an LDS Church mission, whether or not Mormon missionaries live or proselytize in the area...
of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1957 to 1960.
Anderson earned a bachelors degree and a masters in business administration from the University of Utah
University of Utah
The University of Utah, also known as the U or the U of U, is a public, coeducational research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The university was established in 1850 as the University of Deseret by the General Assembly of the provisional State of Deseret, making it Utah's oldest...
. He has spent most of his life since that time in the eastern United States, particularly Michigan
Michigan
Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
and Ohio
Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
. He spent most of his career working for Borg-Warner.
In the late 1970s, Anderson served as president of the LDS Church's Cleveland Ohio Stake when its boundaries included Kirtland. Anderson later served as a regional representative of the Twelve
Regional representative of the Twelve
Regional representative of the Twelve, commonly shorted to regional representative or regional rep, was a priesthood calling in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints between 1968 and 1995...
. For a time, he served as a counselor in the Ohio Cleveland Mission presidency. He has also served as the area family history advisor for the North America North East Area
Area (LDS Church)
An area is an administrative unit of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which typically is composed of multiple stakes and missions...
of the church.
Anderson has been involved heavily with the Church Educational System
Church Educational System
The Church Educational System of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints consists of several institutions that provide religious and secular education for both Latter-day Saint and non-Latter-day Saint elementary, secondary, and post-secondary students and adult learners...
(CES). Having taught early morning seminary for 15 years and institute
Institute of Religion
Institutes of Religion provide religious educational classes for young single adult and university students who belong to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...
for at least nine years.
Anderson has also served as the secretary of the Joseph and Hyrum Smith foundation.
Anderson has been key to the acquiring of many of the properties the LDS Church owns in Kirtland. This was most particularly the case with the Newel K. Whitney
Newel K. Whitney
Newel Kimball Whitney was a prominent leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and an American businessman. He served as Bishop of Kirtland, Ohio, Far West, Missouri, and Nauvoo, Illinois. He also served as the second Presiding Bishop of the Church from 1847 until his death...
Store. He has also written a book about Kirtland entitled Joseph Smith's Kirtland: Eyewitness Accounts. He has also written many articles that have been published in such works as the Encyclopedia of Mormonism
Encyclopedia of Mormonism
The Encyclopedia of Mormonism is a semi-official encyclopedia for topics relevant to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...
.
Anderson currently serves as the stake patriarch of the Kirtland Ohio Stake.