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-lsb- http://www.jamesballen.net/ personal site -rsb- the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints 5 logan , utah , u.s.a. american james b. allen -lrb- historian -rrb-
 1927 assistant as '' the story of the latter-day saints '' church historian author of mormon histories , such orem , utah renée jones allen brigham young university b.a. , m.a. , and ph.d. in history james b. allen historian university professor utah california state university brigham young university university of southern
james b. allen -lrb- historian -rrb-

james brown `` jim '' allen -lrb- born 1927 -rrb- is an american historian of mormonism and was an official assistant church historian of the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints from 1972 -- 1979 .
