Adventures of a church historian
By: Leonard J. Arrington.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 249
Subjects: Arrington, Leonard J.; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints -- History.; Mormons -- Biography.; Mormon Church -- History.
Description: "Adventures of a Church Historian details how Leonard J. Arrington opened up archival resources and presided, for a time, over an unprecedented era of enlightenment as he and those working under his aegis produced path-breaking works of Mormon scholarship." "Arrington was the first professional historian and the first noncentral authority to serve as church historian of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a position he held from 1972 to 1982."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Standing at the gate; title: How I got into Mormon history; title: Counselor in Utah State University stake; title: The fraternity of Mormon scholars; title: Fhe founding of the LDS Church Historical Department; title: Conferences with new leaders; title: Our first publication: Brigham Young's letters to his sons; title: Other early studies and publications; title: Story of the Latter-Day Saints and building the city of God; title: A new pharaoh and new directions; title: The long-promised day; title: The Mormon experience; title: Brigham Young: American Moses; title: Our move to BYU; title: The ongoing process of writing Mormon and western history; title: Writing Latter-Day Saint history: philosophy and testimony; title: Sources; title: Index.