Collected Leonard J Arrington Mormon History Lectures
by Usu Special Collections Special
Utah State University Press, 2004 eISBN: 978-0-87421-527-4 | Cloth: 978-0-87421-598-4 Library of Congress Classification E184.M8C65 2004 Dewey Decimal Classification 289.373
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
The first ten lectures in Leonard J. Arrington Mormon History Lecture Series are here collected in one volume. The series, established by one of the twentieth-century West's most distinguished historians, Leonard Arrington, has become a leading forum for prominent historians to address topics related to Mormon history. The first lecturer was Arrington himself. He was followed by Richard Lyman Bushman, Richard E. Bennett, Howard R. Lamar, Claudia L. Bushman, Kenneth W. Godfrey, Jan Shipps, Donald Worster, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, and F. Ross Peterson. Utah State University hosts the Leonard J. Arrington Mormon History Lecture Series. The University Libraries' Special Collections and Archives houses the Arrington collection. The state's land grant university began collecting records very early, and in the 1960s became a major depository for Utah and Mormon records. Leonard and his wife Grace joined the USU faculty and family in 1946, and the Arringtons and their colleagues worked to collect original diaries, journals, letters, and photographs.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
In 1973, Arrington accepted the appointment as the official historian of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as well as the Lemuel Redd Chair of Western History at Brigham Young University. More and more Arrington focused on Mormon, rather than economic, historical topics. His own career flourished by the publication of The Mormon Experience, co-authored with Davis Bitton, and American Moses: A Biography of Brigham Young. He and his staff produced many research papers and position papers for the LDS Church as well. Nevertheless, tension developed over the historical process, and Arrington chose to move full time to BYU with his entire staff. The Joseph Fielding Smith Institute of History was established, and Leonard continued to mentor new scholars as well as publish biographies. He also produced a very significant two-volume study, The History of Idaho.
After Grace Arrington passed away, Leonard married Harriet Horne of Salt Lake City. They made the decision to deposit the vast Arrington collection of research documents, letters, files, books, and journals at Utah State University. The Leonard J. Arrington Historical Archives is part of the university's Special Collections. The Arrington Lecture Committee works with Special Collections to sponsor the annual lecture.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
Introduction
000
1
7 November 1995
Faith and Intellect as Partners in Mormon History
Leonard J. Arrington
1
2
22 October 1996
Making Space for the Mormons
Richard Lyman Bushman
31
3
6 November 1997
"My Idea is to Go Right Through Right
Side Up With Care"
The Exodus as Reformation
Richard E. Bennett
55
4
1 December 1998
The Theater in Mormon Life and Culture
Howard R. Lamar
71
5
7 October 1999
Mormon Domestic Life in the 1870s
Pandemonium or Arcadia?
Claudia L. Bushman
91
6
25 October 2000
The Importance of the Temple in Understanding
the Latter-day Saint Nauvoo Experience
Then and Now
Kenneth W. Godfrey
119
7
11 October 2001
Signifying Sainthood, 1830-2001
Jan Shipps
155
8
11 October 2002
Encountering Mormon Country
John Wesley Powell, John Muir, and the Nature of Utah
Donald Worster
185
9
23 October 2003
Rachel's Death
How Memory Challenges History
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
205
10
Date here 2004
"I Didn't Want to Leave the House, But
He Compelled Me To"
A Personal Examination of a Mormon Family
F. Ross Peterson
223
Notes
000
About the Authors
000
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Collected Leonard J Arrington Mormon History Lectures
by Usu Special Collections Special
Utah State University Press, 2004 eISBN: 978-0-87421-527-4 Cloth: 978-0-87421-598-4
The first ten lectures in Leonard J. Arrington Mormon History Lecture Series are here collected in one volume. The series, established by one of the twentieth-century West's most distinguished historians, Leonard Arrington, has become a leading forum for prominent historians to address topics related to Mormon history. The first lecturer was Arrington himself. He was followed by Richard Lyman Bushman, Richard E. Bennett, Howard R. Lamar, Claudia L. Bushman, Kenneth W. Godfrey, Jan Shipps, Donald Worster, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, and F. Ross Peterson. Utah State University hosts the Leonard J. Arrington Mormon History Lecture Series. The University Libraries' Special Collections and Archives houses the Arrington collection. The state's land grant university began collecting records very early, and in the 1960s became a major depository for Utah and Mormon records. Leonard and his wife Grace joined the USU faculty and family in 1946, and the Arringtons and their colleagues worked to collect original diaries, journals, letters, and photographs.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
In 1973, Arrington accepted the appointment as the official historian of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as well as the Lemuel Redd Chair of Western History at Brigham Young University. More and more Arrington focused on Mormon, rather than economic, historical topics. His own career flourished by the publication of The Mormon Experience, co-authored with Davis Bitton, and American Moses: A Biography of Brigham Young. He and his staff produced many research papers and position papers for the LDS Church as well. Nevertheless, tension developed over the historical process, and Arrington chose to move full time to BYU with his entire staff. The Joseph Fielding Smith Institute of History was established, and Leonard continued to mentor new scholars as well as publish biographies. He also produced a very significant two-volume study, The History of Idaho.
After Grace Arrington passed away, Leonard married Harriet Horne of Salt Lake City. They made the decision to deposit the vast Arrington collection of research documents, letters, files, books, and journals at Utah State University. The Leonard J. Arrington Historical Archives is part of the university's Special Collections. The Arrington Lecture Committee works with Special Collections to sponsor the annual lecture.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
Introduction
000
1
7 November 1995
Faith and Intellect as Partners in Mormon History
Leonard J. Arrington
1
2
22 October 1996
Making Space for the Mormons
Richard Lyman Bushman
31
3
6 November 1997
"My Idea is to Go Right Through Right
Side Up With Care"
The Exodus as Reformation
Richard E. Bennett
55
4
1 December 1998
The Theater in Mormon Life and Culture
Howard R. Lamar
71
5
7 October 1999
Mormon Domestic Life in the 1870s
Pandemonium or Arcadia?
Claudia L. Bushman
91
6
25 October 2000
The Importance of the Temple in Understanding
the Latter-day Saint Nauvoo Experience
Then and Now
Kenneth W. Godfrey
119
7
11 October 2001
Signifying Sainthood, 1830-2001
Jan Shipps
155
8
11 October 2002
Encountering Mormon Country
John Wesley Powell, John Muir, and the Nature of Utah
Donald Worster
185
9
23 October 2003
Rachel's Death
How Memory Challenges History
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
205
10
Date here 2004
"I Didn't Want to Leave the House, But
He Compelled Me To"
A Personal Examination of a Mormon Family
F. Ross Peterson
223
Notes
000
About the Authors
000
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