Ronald O. Barney is Executive Director of the Mormon History Association. He worked for 33 years as an archivist and historian before retiring from the LDS Church History Department in 2011. He was Associate Editor of the Joseph Smith Papers and Executive Producer of the Joseph Smith Papers television series. His books on Mormon history have won several awards. He lives in North Salt Lake, Utah, with his wife Marilyn. They have three children and ten grandchildren.
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FairMormon Conference Presentations
The Reliability of Mormon History Produced by the LDS Church (2009)
Joseph Smith’s Visions: His Style and his Record (2013)