Page numbers in italics refer to images.

Aardema, Albert J., 79

Abplanalp, Joseph, 131

Allen, Carolyn, 156

American Sign Language (ASL), 172

Anderson, Diane Pawlowski, 244, 245

Anderson, Edward O.

and building approvals, 36, 38

designs bureaus of investigation, 112

and groundbreaking, 41

and interest in Los Angeles temple construction, 121

and interior finishings, 102, 103–4

and open house, 127, 140

and placement of angel Moroni, 99

and search for temple site, 23

and temple construction, 55–56, 60–61

and temple design, 31–35

Anderson, Henning, 181

Anderson, Katie, 260, 261

Anderson, Leighton, 244–46

Anderson, Phyllis, 249

Anderson, Robert, 249

Anderson, Scott, 260–61

Andrus, Darlene, 189, 344

Andrus, Richard M., 185, 344

angel Moroni, 87–102, 181, 204–5

angels, choir of, 261–62

Aupiu, Savea, 171

Austin, Lloyd L., 134

baby

feels Spirit, 250–51

sealed to family, 268

baptismal font, 93–94, 107, 125–26

baptism(s) for the dead, 4, 168, 254, 265, 268

baptistry, 106, 185, 253–55

Barlow, E. Garrett, 130, 167

Barron, Priscilla G., 267

beacon, Los Angeles Temple as, 224–27

Beckman, Thornton, 145

Beitler, Harry, 57

Bennion, Adam S., 84, 151–52

Benson, Ezra Taft, 150, 151, 224

Beverly Hills Ward, 111

bishops, calling of, 269–70

Blair, Cassie, 234–35

board of temple architects, 22–23

Bode, Dastur F. A., 135

Bolster, James, 138

Book of Mormon, 3

Borjas, Fany, 265

Bowring, Benjamin L., 142, 148, 166, 167, 168, 338

Bowring, Leone Rampton, 166, 338

Bowron, Fletcher, 36, 41, 42

Bradley, Tom, 220

branch genealogy libraries, 200–201

Brannan, Samuel, 5, 6

Brimhall, Avis, 172, 344

Brimhall, Grant R., 172, 344

Broadhead, Dakon, 64

Brooklyn, 5

Brooks, Maurice, 96

Brown, Cicely Adams, 147

Buccarelli, Alberto, 251–52

Buchanan, James, 7

Buehner, Carl W., 71–72

Bunker, Bryan L., 112

bureaus of information, 112–13, 122–25, 199, 202–7

Burnham, Willard P., 132

Burton, Harold W., 56, 57, 111, 112, 169

Butler, Virge, 61, 70

Caldwell, R. E., 56

California

Church growth in Southern, 29

establishment of Church in, 5–7

post-war migration to, 13

California Intermountain Investment Company, 15

California Mission, 8

California Mission home, 112

Callister, Douglas, 241

Cambodian, ordinances given in, 259–60

Campbell, Clarence R., 278

Campbell, Erika, 167

Cannon, Georgius Y., 23

Cannon, Russell, 131

Cannon, W. Tenney, 131

Caswell, Donald F., 134

chandeliers, 183–84

Chase, James T., 256–57

Child, Stanley, 97

Christensen, Barge, 188

Christensen, Todd, 210

Christmas, 217–20

Christus, 201–2, 203, 205, 214–15

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The

beginnings of, 3–5

established in California, 5–7

growth of, in Southern California, 29

reopens California Mission, 8

threefold mission of, 197

civil rights, 214

Clark, Betty, 247–48

Clark, J. Reuben Jr., 19

and groundbreaking, 42, 295–96

and laying of cornerstone, 83, 84, 309–12

and temple dedication, 142, 149, 330–33

Colt, Marianne, 224–26

Commemoration Day, 188–89

computers, and record-keeping, 181

Conlee, Marianne Colt, 224–26

Conlee, Robert, 224–26

Contreras, Brother and Sister, 237–39

cornerstone

contents of, 314–15

dedicatory prayer for, 316–18

laying of, 76–87, 306–16

Cowan, Dawn Houghton, 229–30

Cowan, Richard, 72, 227–30, 231

Cowley, Matthew, 87, 96–97

Culver, Harry, 15

Cushing, Rod, 270–71

Cushing, Verity, 270–71

Davis, H. Frederick, 82–83, 147

dead, salvation for, 4, 149–50, 168, 252–53, 258. See also baptism(s) for the dead

deaf temple patrons, 172

DeMill, Cecil B., 132–33

Derbyshire, Joseph, 166

Devereaux, Ruth I., 137–38

Dibble, Edwin S., 44

Dickson, Jan, 240

divine assistance, 251–65

dream(s)

of Bobbi Toro, 257–58

of Fany Borjas, 265

Driggs, Karleton, 147

droughts, 199

Drysdale, Dick, 70

Dunn, Stanley, 121

earthquakes

as consideration in temple design, 35, 66

Northridge Earthquake (1994), 181–82, 274

San Francisco Earthquake (1909), 8–9

Edmundson, Jim, 264

Edmundson, Mary E. Thacker, 264

Edmundson, Thomas M., 264

Elijah, 4

employment, peace during search for, 272

endowment, 168–71, 184

endowment sessions, 172–73, 175

Escobar, Alba, 270

Escobar, George, 270

Eternal Family, The, 208–9, 225

Evans, Edmond P., 114

Evans, Mae, 339

Evans, Myrthus W., 248–49, 268, 339

Evans, Richard L., 129, 152

family, LDS focus on, 208–10

family history, 165, 200–201

Family History Center, 200–201

Fee, Don, 252

Fetzer, John, 23

fibromyalgia, 240

film(s)

for endowment, 169–70

presenting Los Angeles Temple, 198

flat tire, fireman helps fix, 251–52

Flegal, Lily, 131

Fort Moor Pioneer Memorial, 7

Freeman, Lee, 102

Friberg, Arnold, 96, 132

fund-raising, 43–50, 143–44, 301–4

Gabasa, Ego A., 174, 238, 239

Garns, Paul, 228–29

Genealogical Society of Utah, 200

genealogy, 165, 200–201

General Conference reports, 301–5

Gibby, Joseph, 104, 105, 106

Gonzales, Celia, 264–65

governmental approvals, 35–38, 55

granite panels, 70–72

Grant, Heber J., 19

and California Saints, 13–14

and construction of temple, 24

and search for temple site, 15, 16, 18

and securing temple site, 21

and temple dedication, 147

Grate, David, 251–52

“Great Churches of the Golden West,” 139–40

Greenwald, Myron, 133

Grigware, Edward, 104–5, 106, 125–26, 127, 136

Grossman, Joni, 277–78

groundbreaking, 38–43

Gudmundson, Austin, 130

Haifa Art Museum and Technological Institute, 198

Halowell, R. E., 132

Hansen, Florence P., 210–12

Hansen, Ramm, 23–24

Harbrecht, Ewan, 154

Harlan, Laura H., 131

Hatch, Dorothy, 343

Hatch, Paul R., 343

Hawkins, Kristin, 267–68

Haws, Christopher, 249–50

Haws, Linda, 249–50

Hendrickson, Katie, 200

Hensley, Harold K., 121

Hernández, Gladys, 269

“High on the Mountain Top,” 262

Hill, Darlene, 151

Hinckley, Gordon B., 141, 146, 169–70, 255–56

Hodges, Ken, 202

Holland, Jeffrey R., 240–41

Holy Ghost, 278–79

Home Gardens Ward, 16

“Hosanna Anthem,” 155

Hosanna Shout, 154–55

Houghton, Dawn, 229–30

housing, 176–77

Howells, David P., 16, 18, 22, 147

Huff, Kay, 345

Huff, R. Randall, 345

Hunsaker, Faun, 44

Hunter, Howard W.

and fund-raising, 45–46

and groundbreaking, 38

and laying of cornerstone, 84

and open house, 126, 139–40

performs baptisms for the dead, 168

sealing of family of, 246–47

and temple dedication, 140–41

Hunter, Richard, 168

Idaho Falls Temple, 22–23

Isaacson, Thorpe B., 152

Iverson, Paul E., 55, 56

Ivins, Antoine R., 151

Jackson, Harold, 57, 59, 111

Jackson, Henry Harold, 167

Jackson, William, 57, 59, 111

Jackson Brothers Construction Company, 59, 111

Jacobsen, Soren N., 56, 68–70, 72, 74, 76, 79, 80

Japanese television segments, 209–10

Jesus Christ

physical description of, 106

visits temples, 248–49

Johnson, Edward, 275–76

Johnson, Laraine, 22

Johnson, Monica, 275–76

Johnson, Vicki, 232–33

Johnson, Wallace W., 44

Jones, J. Talmage, 48

Kearns, Thomas, 168

Kellogg, Roy, 214

Khushi, Rashida, 172

Kimball, Spencer W., 150, 152, 243

Kirkham, E. Kay, 200

Kirtland Temple, 4, 146, 154

Klammath Stake, 173

Knaphus, Torlief S., 96

Knight, Goodwin J., 128, 144, 319

landscaping, 108–10, 198–99, 233

Lang, Delores, 241, 242, 243–44

Lang, Robert, 241–44

Larsen, Kristie, 345–46

Larsen, Larry J., 345–46

laundry room, 176, 249

Lee, Harold B., 84, 140–41, 150, 155–56

Lents, Louise Harkins, 265–66

Lewis, Sarah, 127

Lippold, Alfred A., 97, 105

Lloyd, Harold, 18, 21, 59, 127–28

Loder, Vern, 70

Los Angeles, California

Church membership and missionary work in, 8–9, 13

growth of, 8

Los Angeles City Council, 320

Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, 320–21

Los Angeles Stake, 111, 121

Los Angeles Temple

announcement of, 30–31

construction of

beginning of, 59–76

cost of, 143

ground leveling and road construction, 57–59

interior, 102–7

landscaping, 108–10

laying of cornerstone, 76–87

other buildings on temple site, 111–14

permit for, 55–57

placement of angel Moroni, 87–102

public interest in, 121–22

standards for, 68–70

volunteer labor in, 62–64

dedication of, 140–46

First Presidency messages at, 322–33

official proclamations issued concerning, 319–21

prayer for, 154–58, 299–300, 334–37

proceedings for, 146–53

design of, 22–24, 31–35

fiftieth anniversary of, 183–90

fund-raising for, 43–50, 143–44, 301–4

future of, 279

General Conference reports concerning, 301–5

governmental approvals secured for, 35–38, 55

groundbreaking for, 38–43, 291–98

impact of

as beacon, 224–27

divine assistance, 251–65

eagerness and sacrifice to receive temple blessings, 235–41

hope, peace, and direction, 273–79

joy of temple service, 246–51

love for temple, 227–35

penetrating the veil, 265–69

preparation before temple blessings, 241–46

revelation, 269–73

increased size of, 29–30, 31–35

landscaping of, 108–10, 198–99, 233

leaders of, 348–50

main entrance of, 34, 68, 176

missionary function of, 122, 197–98

Bureau of Information, 201–2

challenges, 214–17

Christus, 201–2

Family History Center, 200–201

grounds, 198–99

and LDS focus on family, 208–10

Mormon Monument to Women, 210–14

special events, 217–20

murals in, 104–5, 125–26, 136

open house for, 125–40

operation of, 165

calling of temple leaders and workers, 166–68

developments in physical facilities, 176–82

first ordinances, 168

and increasing temple attendance, 172–73, 175–76

ordinances for non-English speakers, 171–72, 174

priesthood days, 175

temple endowment, 168–71

and temple excursions, 173–74

planning, 29–30

presidents and matrons of, 338–46, 348–49

remodeling of, 179, 183–88, 189–90

site of

locations considered for, 14–18

protecting environment of, 29

securing, 18–22

size of, 21

spiral staircase in, 68

time line of key events for, 284–88

title history of site of, 289–90

Los Angeles Temple district, 175–76, 183

Los Angeles Temple Mission, 122–25

Ludloff, Edward R., 248

Lundstrom, Joseph, 57

Lyman, Amasa M., 7

MacIntire, Wayne F., 172

Mackay, Spencer L., 271–72

Maeser, Karl G., 8

Magnusson, Ivan, 304

Magnusson, Scott A., 269–70

main entrance, 34, 68, 176

Malin, Millard F., 93–94, 96, 99, 208

Manti Temple, 146

marble, 103

marriage, 209–10, 215–17. See also sealings

Martinez, Veronica, 255–56

Martz, John, 233–34

Matsusaka, Mits, 275

McConkie, Bruce R., 122

McCune, George W., 15–16

McDonald, Howard, 131

McDougle, Ryan, 209

McEwan, Betty Clark, 247–48, 341

McEwan, Jack, 167, 210, 247–48, 249, 341

McIntire, Edith, 274–75

McIntire, Wayne, 274–75

McKay, David O.

and announcement of Los Angeles Temple, 31

becomes Church President, 38

calls temple leaders, 166, 167

Cecil B. DeMill and, 132

dedicates California Mission home, 112

and dedicatory prayer, 154, 155–56, 334–37

describes Jesus Christ, 106

and film for endowment, 169–70

and fund-raising, 44, 45, 301–2

and groundbreaking, 40, 42, 43, 291–92

and laying of cornerstone, 79, 80, 83, 84, 306–7

and placement of angel Moroni, 97–99

and temple construction, 59, 66–68, 79, 80

and temple dedication, 142, 143, 145, 147, 149, 150, 152–53, 299–300, 322–24

McKean, Howard J., 41

Mesa Temple, 16

Mills, Dean, 243

Mills, Marilyn, 242–43

missionary work. See Los Angeles Temple, missionary function of

mission president’s home, 189–90

Moncur, Paul G., 260–61, 277–78

Monson, Thomas S., 89

Mormon Battalion, 5–6

Mormon Choir of Southern California, 82–83

Mormon Monument to Women, 210–14

Moroni, 87–102, 181, 204–5

Morris, George Q., 150

Moses, tabernacle of, 145

Moua, Kacha, 174

Moyle, Henry D., 151

murals, 104–5, 125–26, 136

muscular dystrophy, 240–41

National Production Authority, 37–39

Nauvoo Temple, 89–91, 146

Nelson, George S., 35

New York World’s Fair (1964-1965), 201, 202

Nielsen, Dane, 261

Northridge Earthquake (1994), 181–82, 274

Ocean Heights, 14–15

Ocean Park Heights, 13, 15–16

olive trees, 233

Olson, C. Dean, 41

on-site housing, 176–77

open house, 125–40

ordinances

baptisms for the dead, 4, 168, 254, 265, 268

eagerness and sacrifice to receive, 235–41

endowment, 168–71, 184

for non-English speakers, 171–72, 174, 259–60

preparation for, 241–46

revelation of doctrine of, 4–5

and salvation for dead, 4, 149–50, 168, 252–53, 258

sealings, 174, 237–39, 243–44, 245–46, 247, 268. See also marriage

Orgill, Helen Kimball, 157–58

oxen, 93–94, 107, 125–26, 255

Packard, H. Von, 342

Packard, Sheila, 342

Packer, Boyd K., 169

Parks, Mary Louise, 272–73

Pawlowski, Bob, 245

Peel, Vern R., 44

Petersen, Mark E., 150, 206–7

Peterson, A. Bent, 166

Pettit, E. Alan, 127

Poole, Eric, 210

Pope, Hyrum C., 23

Porter, Elbert, 96

Poulson, Norris, 80, 128–29, 144, 145, 319–20

Powers, Harold J., 134–35

Prendergast, Edward, 129

Prestwich, L. Lloyd, 130

Price, Arthur, 22–23

priesthood, 242–44

priesthood endowment sessions, 175

pronunciation, of ordinance name, 267

Proposition 8, 215–17

Quealy, Jay A., 27

Quickstrom, Shirley, 266

Raymond, A. George, 121

Redding, Ned, 56, 141

Reeves, Madge, 341–42

Reeves, Wayne A., 260, 341–42

refugees, 174

Relief Society president, revelation regarding calling as, 272–73

revelation, received in temple, 269–73

Reynolds, Lani, 345

Reynolds, William F., 345

Rice, Rosa, 240

Rich, Charles C., 7

Richards, LeGrand, 27, 41, 42, 111, 152, 292–94

Richards, Preston D., 35–36, 38, 41, 42, 45, 147

Richards, Stephen L

and Christus, 201

with Ezra Taft Benson, 151

and fund-raising, 43, 44, 301

and groundbreaking, 42, 296–98

and laying of cornerstone, 84, 85, 86, 312, 316–18

on temple as missionary force, 122

and temple dedication, 142, 149, 324–30

Ricks, Shirley, 215

Ricks, Stephen, 215

Rollo, Renae, 250–51

Romney, Marion G., 152

Rose, Guy B., 123

Ross, Sophronia, 268

Rozsa, Allen C., 237–38, 253, 340

Rozsa, Dawna, 239, 340

Rubalcava, Nefi, 256–57

Russon, John M.

and fund-raising, 45, 46–48

and groundbreaking, 38

and open house, 121, 126, 130

and temple consulting committee, 167

and temple dedication, 140–41

Salt Lake Temple, 89, 146

Salt Lake Valley, arrival of pioneers in, 6–7

San Bernardino Rancho, 7

Sanders, Jeff, 268

Sanders, Jessica, 268

Sanders, Stacey, 268

San Francisco Earthquake (1909), 8–9

Santa Fe Railroad, 8

Santa Monica, 13–14

Schiel, Lilo, 167

seagulls, 101

sealing keys, 149–50

sealings, 174, 237–39, 243–44, 245–46, 247, 268. See also marriage

Sharp, Richard, 56, 61

Sheffield, Brian, 252, 253–55

Shepard, Robert L., 105–6

Sherman, Gene, 101

Shingledecker, Sophronia Ross, 268

Simpson, Jelaire, 340

Simpson, Robert L., 340

sister missionaries, 270

Smith, Dennis, 210–12

Smith, Don H., 27

Smith, Eldred G., 41

Smith, George Albert, 29, 30, 38

Smith, Hugh C., 56, 126, 130, 140–41

Smith, Joseph, 3, 4–5, 154

Smith, Joseph Fielding, 41, 42, 142, 149–50, 152, 294–95

solemn assemblies, 175

Solomon’s temple, 145

Sorenson, Charlene, 343

Sorenson, Nile A., 343

Southern Pacific Railroad, 8

South Gate Ward, 304

souvenir plates, 48

Spafford, Belle S., 143

Spanish-language ordinances, 174

spiral staircase, 68

“spirit of Elijah,” 4

“Spirit of God, The,” 155

staircase, 68

stake choirs, 151

Stapley, Delbert L., 152

Startup, Elbert, 149

Steed, A. Merlin, 122–23, 127, 130, 138–39, 142

Steed, Shanna, 276–77

Stewart, Ora Pate, 135–37

Stock, Carey, 218

Stokes, Barbara, 167

Stott, Joan, 248

Stratford, Richard C., 339

Stratford, Vera, 339

Summers, Raymond A., 123

tabernacle of Moses, 145

Talmage, James E., 168

Tapp, Jesse, 131–32

Taylor, Henry D., 142, 167

Taylor, John, 259

temple dedications, 145–46. See also Los Angeles Temple, dedication of

temple engineer, calling of, 166

temple excursions, 16, 173–74, 190, 227–28, 235–37

temple president’s home, 189–90

temples. See also Los Angeles Temple

construction of, 15, 22

Idaho Falls Temple, 22–23

instilling importance of, in children, 234–35

Kirtland Temple, 4, 146, 154

love for, 227–30

Manti Temple, 146

Mesa Temple, 16

Nauvoo Temple, 89–91, 146

Salt Lake Temple, 146

significance of, 4

Washington, D.C., Temple, 91

temple workers, 249, 251–52, 260–61, 277–78

Thorvaldsen, Bertil, 201

Thrapp, Dan L., 138

tire, fireman helps fix flat, 251–52

Tollman, Max, 109

Toro, Bobbi, 257–58

Toro, Frank, 257

twins, ordinances for, 262–64

Tyler, Doris, 168

utilities building, 113–14

veil, penetration of, 265–69

visitors’ centers, 112–13, 122–25, 199, 201, 214–15

volunteer labor, 62–64. See also temple workers

Waddell, Glenn, 273

Waddell, Joann, 273, 274

Waddell, Michael, 273

Waddell, Scott, 273

Waddell, Wayne, 273–74

Waddell, W. Christopher, 273–74

Waite, W. Noble

and fund-raising, 43–45, 49, 50, 143–44

General Conference reports of, 301–5

and groundbreaking, 38

and laying of cornerstone, 84, 307–8

and open house, 126, 127, 130, 131

and temple construction, 56

and temple dedication, 149

Walker, Glen H., 342–43

Walker, Willa Rae, 342–43

Wallace, Arthur, 158

Washington, D.C., Temple, 91

water conservation, 199

Watkins, Arthur V., 37

Watts riots (1965), 214

Weberg, Harris, 104, 106

Welch, John W. “Jack,” 156–57

Welchman, Kay, 239

Westwood Ward chapel, 111, 121

White, Morgan Hyde, 167

Widtsoe, John A., 168–69

Williams, Frederick S., 122, 124–25, 126, 127

Wilshire Ward chapel, 30, 158

window grills, 72–76

Winn, Howard, 57

Wittorf, Rosetta, 167–68

“Woman—A Precious Jewel” pageant, 214

Woodruff, Wilford, 279

Woolacott, Eliza, 8

Woolwine, Vicki Johnson, 232–33

Woolwine, Woods, 233

Young, Brigham, 6, 7, 14, 30, 279

Young, Clifford E., 150

Young, Hulda, 214

Young, Joseph E., 102

Young, Levi Edgar, 152

Young, Lorenzo S., 23–24

Young, S. Dilworth, 153, 179–80, 212

youth center, 250–51

youth temple excursions, 173, 227–28, 235–37

Zeedik, Kathrine, 261–62

Zierenberg, Kandy, 262