Writings of Leonard J. Arrington, 1942-1999.

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Writings of Leonard J. Arrington, 1942-1999.

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Drafts and notes of almost all of Arrington's writings, including Great Basin Kingdom (1958); a History of First Security Bank (1973); Beet sugar in the west: a history of the Utah-Idaho Sugar Company (1966); the Mormon experience (1979); Brigham Young: American Moses (1985); History of Idaho (1994); Adventures of a church historian (1998); David Eccles: pioneer western industrialist; In the Utah tradition: a history of the Governor's Mansion; Utah's audacious stockman: Charlie Redd; Building the city of God: community and cooperation among the Mormons; and an unpublished biography of W.W. Clyde. The collection also holds over one hundred articles and speeches that Arrington wrote or gave, many of which concern Mormon history or biographies.

85 linear ft. (170 boxes)

Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7588487

Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library

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Utah State University. Libraries. Special Collections and Archives.

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Hickman, William Adams, 1815-1883

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Silver, Madelyn Cannon Stewart, 1901-1961

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Arrington, Leonard J. (Leonard James)

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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,...

Eccles, David, 1849-1912

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Pioneer western industrialist. David Eccles founded the Oregon Lumber Company, and owned several other companies. He bought into banks, insurance companies, railroads, beet sugar factories, flour mills, construction companies, condensed milk plants, and canneries, coal mining ventures, electric light plants, a hotel in London, and the Grand Ogden House in Ogden, Utah. Eccles was elected to the Ogden City Council and served as mayor from 1888 to 1890. At the time of his death, he was...

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...

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Young, Brigham, 1801-1877

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First Security Bank of Utah

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

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

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was formed in 1830 in New York by Joseph Smith, Jr. Its members later migrated to the American West, specifically the Salt Lake Valley in Utah. Shortly after the founding, missionaries were sent out to teach their message. From the guide to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints flannel board missionary discussions, Circa 1950-1970, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) The documents in this collection span the early year...