LaMar C. Berrett retired in 1992, following a forty-year professional career in the Church Educational System and Religious Education at BYU (1952–92). Berrett, as general editor, published a six-volume series titled Sacred Places: A Comprehensive Guide to Early LDS Historical Sites (New England and Eastern Canada, 1999; New York and Pennsylvania, 2000; Ohio and Illinois, 2002; Missouri, 2004; Iowa and Nebraska, 2006; and Wyoming and Utah, 2007). In 2001, the Mormon History Association awarded him the Leonard J. Arrington Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to Mormon history. He passed away on August 25, 2007.