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Contents of the Cornerstone Box
Richard O. Cowan, "Contents of the Cornerstone Box" in A Beacon on A Hill: The Los Angeles Temple (Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2018), 314–315.
President Stephen L Richards listed the articles deposited in the copper cornerstone box:[1]
One copy, Deseret News, December 5, 1953, issue
One copy, Deseret News, Church Section, September 26, 1951, showing the First Presidency at the ground-breaking ceremony of the Los Angeles Temple
One copy, Salt Lake Tribune, December 10, 1953
Photographs of each of the General Authorities
Photostatic copy of the first issue of the Deseret News 1850
Photographs of stake presidents in the Southern California Temple Region
One directory, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1953 issue
One report of the Annual General Conference, April 1953
One Bible, missionary edition
One triple combination—the Book of Mormon, the Doctrine and Covenants, and the Pearl of Great Price
One book of Mutual Improvement Association Recreational Hymns
One Primary and Junior Sunday School song book, entitled The Children Sing
One pamphlet, “Church Welfare Plan,” by Albert E. Bowen, 1946
One Improvement Era, April 1953, temple edition
One Improvement Era, December 1953 issue
One copy of The Instructor, December 1953 issue
Coins in denominations of one dollar, fifty cents, twenty-five cents, ten cents, five cents, and one cent.
One copy of the Los Angeles Times
One copy of the Los Angeles Examiner
One copy of the Los Angeles Herald-Express
One copy of the Los Angeles Daily News
One copy of the Los Angeles Daily Mirror
One copy of the California Intermountain News
One copy of the Santa Monica Outlook
One copy of the Westwood Independent
Photographs of workmen on the temple
Photographs showing progress of construction on temple
Photographs of Los Angeles city and county officials
Copy of construction plans
Statement of temple contributions to date
One set Century of Mormon Activities in California, a two-volume book by Elder Leo J. Muir
“Gospel Ideals” by President David O. McKay
Photographs of the President of the United States of America
Notes
[1] “President Richards Dedicates Stone; Reveals Contents,” Church News, December 19, 1953, 7.
