Emily Utt | Preserving the Legacy of Latter-day Saints: Florence S. Jacobsen

Latter-day Saint Women Podcast

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

5 • 670 Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2020

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Old buildings that are loved for their stories and significance are a central part of the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day. Historic Sites curator Emily Utt introduces us to her predecessor Florence Smith Jacobsen, the first female Church curator, who used her passion, personal connections, and great influence to preserve our heritage through building preservation. Known for restoring many church buildings, including the Lion House, Beehive House, and the interior of the Manti Temple, and for her involvement in the creation of the Church History Museum, Florence connected the importance historic sites and artifacts to our lives today by teaching that the best way to preserve our pioneer legacy is by becoming worthy of that story. Emily also offers insights into her current work as curator to preserve historic sites and temples, including the Salt Lake Temple renovation project.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Latter-day Saint Women podcast, where we share the legacy of women of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
0:11.8	You'll get to know the faithful women who shaped our past and hear from inspiring women of faith today.
0:16.5	I'm Carly Geiman.
0:17.6	And I'm Shailen Beck. We're your co-hosts.
0:20.2	Today we're excited to welcome back to the
0:21.7	podcast, Emily. Emily, thanks for joining us again today. It's good to be here. Emily is the historic
0:28.4	sites curator in the church history department. And she just told us today she's been with church
0:32.8	history for 16 years. And she has a master's degree from Gauter College in Baltimore in historic preservation.
0:40.3	And one of the great things about this podcast is just our opportunity to talk with
0:44.8	incredible women in a variety of locations that have different roles and are in different
0:49.4	circumstances. And we also get to talk about influential women of our past that we may not
0:53.6	or may have heard about. And today we get to talk about influential women of our past that we may not or may have heard about.
0:55.7	And today we get to talk with Emily about an incredible woman in our more recent past.
1:00.4	Her name's Florence Jacobson.
1:01.9	And she actually just passed away a few years ago.
1:04.4	She was a young woman general president.
1:06.7	And she was also called.
1:08.7	This was fascinating that it's a calling.
1:10.4	She was called as the church curator for church history in the 1970s.
1:14.9	And so we'll go back a little bit into Florence's life later.
1:18.1	But Emily, first of all, we want to go back to you.
1:21.1	We just love your job.
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