Honors
- Best Article Award for "The Writing of Joseph Smith’s History" (Mormon History Association: 1971)
- Best Book Award for Letters of Brigham Young to his Sons (Mormon History Association: 1975)
- Vice-president of the Mormon History Association (1978–79)
- President of the Mormon History Association (1980–81)
- First winner of the Grace Arrington Award for Historical Excellence (Mormon History Association: 1982)
- The T. Edgar Lyon Award for Best Article for "Return to Carthage: Writing the History of Joseph Smith’s Martyrdom" (Mormon History Association: 1983)
- Best Book Award in documentary history for The Personal Writings of Joseph Smith (Mormon History Association: 1984)
- Steven F. Christensen Best Documentary Award for The Papers of Joseph Smith: Autobiographical and Historical Writings, vol. 1 (Mormon History Association: 1989)
- Steven F. Christensen Best Documentary Award for Steven F. Christensen Best Documentary Award (Mormon History Association: 1992)
- Steven F. Christensen Best Documentary Award for The Joseph Smith Papers: Journals, vol. 1, 1832-1839 (Mormon History Association: 2009)
- Special Award in Textual Criticism and Bibliography for The Joseph Smith Papers: Journals, vol. 1, 1832-1839 (Association for Mormon Letters: 2009)
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