Leonard J. Arrington Papers 1839-1999

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Leonard J. Arrington Papers 1839-1999

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This collection consists of 13 different series which reflect his personal life, his professional career, and his research interests he conducted while a professor at Utah State University and Brigham Young University.

727 boxes; 272.5 linear feet

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Utah State University. Merrill-Cazier Library. Special Collections and ArchivesUniversity Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6624088

Utah State University. Merrill-Cazier Library. Special Collections and ArchivesUniversity Archives

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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Historical Department

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The Church History Department (CHD) manages the historical and publishing activities of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). This includes the Church History Museum, Church Historian’s Press, and various research and collection projects. Kyle S. McKay, an LDS general authority seventy, is the current Church Historian and Recorder. The position of CHR is based on revelations Joseph Smith said he received, which are included in the Doctrine and Covenants, calling for keep...

Arrington, Leonard J.

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Leonard J. Arrington was historian of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1972 to 1982. The first professional historian and the first noncentral authority to occupy this position. Arrington opened archival resources and presided over an unprecedented era of enlightenment in Mormon scholarship. From the description of Leonard J. Arrington miscellaneous images, circa 1880-196u. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367935916 Leo Arrington is a black Mormon, a boxer,...

Hickman, William Adams, 1815-1883

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Council of the Twelve Apostles (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

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Arrington, Leonard J. History of First Security Bank.

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Arrington, Leonard J. Adventures of a church historian.

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Latter-day Saints' College (Salt Lake City, Utah)

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Utah-Idaho Sugar Company

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Arrington, Noah Westley, 1889-1968.

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Young, Brigham, 1801-1877

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Richards, Willard, 1804-1854

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Richards was member of Council of the Twelve Apostles (1840-1847), Church Historian, and second counselor in First Presidency (1847-1854). From the guide to the MS 1490 Willard Richards journals 1836-1853 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Church History Library) Second president of the Mormon Church. From the guide to the Brigham Young letter, 1849, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Mormon Church leader, pioneer, apostle, politician, and cou...

Smith, Joseph, jr., 1805-1844

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Brigham Young University. Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Church History.

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Redd, Charlie, 1889-1975

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Charles Redd was born in Bluff, Utah, on 8 May 1889, the sixth of eight children of Lemuel Hardison Redd, Jr., and Eliza Ann Westover. Charles, always referred to as "Charlie," spent his childhood and youth in Bluff on the San Juan River in southeastern Utah. He attended Brigham Young University, where he studied agriculture and business and was active in sports, politics, and debate. He served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Pacific Northwest from 1911 to 19...

Farnsworth, Philo Taylor, 1906-1971

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Clawson, Rudger, 1857-1943

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Roskelley, Richard.

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Arrington, Carl Wayne, b. 1951.

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Woolley, Roland Rich, 1891-1979.

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Madsen, Susan Arrington

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Susan Arrington Madsen (born 1954) is a Mormon author and former service missionary in Tiberias, Israel. Susan Arrington Madsen was born on August 25, 1954, in Logan, Utah, to Grace and Leonard Arrington. She studied journalism at Utah State University. Susan married Dean Madsen in 1975. They have four daughters. Susan has also published nine books on subjects related to Mormon history. She is a former adjunct faculty member at the Logan LDS institute, a formber member o...

Eccles, David, 1849-1912

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Woolley, Hyrum Smith, 1852-1936.

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Gates, Susa Young, 1856-1933.

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Strong, Ezra Baldwin, 1805-1846

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Arrington, Leonard J. Great Basin Kingdom.

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Bartholomew, Rebecca, 1945-….

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Arrington, Leonard J. Latter-day Saint women on the Arizona frontier.

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Utah Endowment for the Humanities

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Arrington, Leonard J. Alice Merrill Horne, cultural entrepreneur.

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Utah Foundation. Research report.

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Utah State Historical Society.

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Collection of oversize photographs removed from other collections. From the description of Utah State Historical Society oversize photograph collection, ca.1847-1990. (Utah Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 122623732 John L. Hunt (1902-1998) was a Mormon businessman and owner of a "trading post" in Blanding, Utah which deals in Indian crafts. From the guide to the John L. Hunt papers, 1936-1978, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Caro...

Arrington, Grace Fort, 1914-1982.

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Smith, Bathsheba W. Bigler, 1822-1910

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General President of the Relief Society, 1901-1910. From the description of Papers, 1861-1902. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122645306 Bathsheba W. Bigler Smith (1822-1910) a Mormon pioneer, and a civic and ecclesiastical leader. She served as president of the Relief Society from 1901 to 1910. From the description of Bathsheba W. Bigler Smith Relief Society message, 1903 April 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 460782377 Mormon pioneer. Originally from ...

Arrington, Leonard J. Place of Relief Society minutes in Church history.

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Arrington, Leonard J. Utah's audacious stockman: Charlie Redd.

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American Historical Association

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Arrington, James

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Idaho State Historical Society

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Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.)

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Arrington, Leonard J. Brigham Young: American Moses.

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Western Historical Quarterly

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Arrington, Leonard J. Economic role of pioneer Mormon women.

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Chamberlain, Amelia T. Cannon.

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Clyde, W. W. (Wilford Woodruff), 1889-1976

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Relief Society (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

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The Female Relief Society was a women's organization organized on February 9, 1854 in Great Salt Lake City, Utah Territory. It was a predecessor of the official Latter-day Saint Church Relief Society organized by Brigham Young in 1855. From the description of Female Relief Society record book, 1854. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367553700 ...

Mormon History Conference (1988 : Salt Lake City, Utah)

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Western History Association.

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Anschutz Land and Livestock Co.

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Arrington, Leonard J. David Eccles: pioneer western industrialist.

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Utah Governor's Mansion (Salt Lake City, Utah)

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Mormon History Association

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Kimball, Heber C. (Heber Chase), 1801-1868

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Mormon apostle. From the description of Diaries, 1845-1846. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122630452 From the guide to the Heber Chase Kimball diaries, 1845-1846, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Mormon Church leader and polygynist, who served as first counselor to President Brigham Young. From the description of Letter, 1840. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122645075 From the description of Letter, 1844. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 12262253...

Partridge, Edward, 1833-1900.

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Hess, Chloe.

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Arrington, Leonard J. Mormon experience.

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Arrington family.

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Smith, Bathsheba Wilson, 1822-1910. Diary.

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Silver, Madelyn Cannon Stewart, 1901-1961

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Arrington, Edna Corn, 1894-1960

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Chamberlain, Amelia T. Cannon. Journal of Amelia T. Cannon, 1892 Jan.-Mar.

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Horne, Alice Merrill, 1868-1948.

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Taylor, John, 1808-1887

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Mormon businessman in Logan, Utah. From the guide to the Joseph Morrell letters received, 1883-1906, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Mormon genealogist, temple recorder, and member of the Utah Militia. From the guide to the Copies of revelations, 1869-1900, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Report to George Q. Cannon, Brigham Young Jr., and Albert Carrington on claims by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints against the estate of Brigham Yo...

First Security Bank of Utah

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Arrington, Leonard J. History of Idaho.

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