Collected Leonard J Arrington Mormon History Lectures: (Arrington Lecture Series)

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.

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

About the Author :
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.