Q: Are you aware of any studies or research relating to LDS home teaching, its history, relationship to similar home visitation that John Calvin instituted, or setting it in a sociological or anthropological background?
A: We received three responses from members of the MSSA.
Benjamin Pykles noted five publications in Mormon History on home teaching at the BYU library, including:
- Home Teaching–Attempts by the Latter-day Saints to Establish an Effective Program during the Nineteenth Century by Phelps, Gary L. 1975
- Changes in the Numbers and the Priesthood Affiliation of the Men Used as Ward Teachers in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1908-1922 by Israelsen, Vernon L. 1975
- A Documentary History of the Lord’s Way of Watching Over the Church by the Priesthood Through the Ages by Anderson, Rex A. 1974
- Elijah F. Sheets : The Half-century Bishop by Pace, D. Gene 1985
- Home Teaching by Hartley, William G. 2000
Jeffery Johnson recommended a book with important research on the history of home teaching (formerly called “Block Teaching”):
- My Fellow Servants: Essays on the History of the Priesthood, by William G. Hartley, (Provo, Utah: BYU Studies, 2010)
Armand Mauss suggested that you also contact Reid Neilson or another librarian at the LDS Library/Archives. You can ask a librarian here. He also suggested you consider contacting a member of the Church Research Information Division.