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James B. Allen (historian)

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James Brown "Jim" Allen (born 1927) 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. [1]

58 relations: Area (LDS Church), B. H. Roberts, Brigham Young University Press, Church Historian and Recorder, Comprehensive History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Cove Fort, Danny Jorgensen, David J. Whittaker, Dean C. Jessee, Deseret Book Company, Edward L. Kimball, Erastus Snow, First Vision, Glen M. Leonard, Grant H. Palmer, Heber C. Kimball, History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Isaac Morley, J. Thomas Fyans, James Allen, James R. Kearl, Jan Shipps, John A. Widtsoe, John Taylor (Mormon), John Whitmer Historical Association, Joseph F. Smith, Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Church History, Leonard J. Arrington, List of Latter Day Saint periodicals, Mark Ashurst-McGee, Mormon cosmology, Mormon History Association, Mormon Reformation, Mormon studies, Mormonism and history, Mormonism in the 19th century, Mormonism in the 20th century, Mormonism: A Historical Encyclopedia, Nauvoo, Illinois, Orson Pratt, Paul Langheinrich, Reformed Egyptian, Richard D. Poll, Richard L. Jensen, Ron Esplin, St. George Utah Temple, State of Deseret, The Mountain Meadows Massacre (book), The Story of the Latter-day Saints, The Wasp (newspaper), ..., Thomas B. Marsh, Thomas C. Sharp, Thomas G. Alexander, Thomas L. Kane, Utah War, William Clayton (Mormon), William Robert Wright, William Smith (Latter Day Saints). Expand index (8 more) »

Area (LDS Church)

An area is an administrative unit of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), which typically is composed of multiple stakes and missions.

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B. H. Roberts

Brigham Henry Roberts (March 13, 1857 – September 27, 1933) was a Mormon leader, historian, and politician.

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Brigham Young University Press

Brigham Young University Press (BYU Press) is the university press of Brigham Young University (BYU).

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Church Historian and Recorder

Church Historian and Recorder (usually shortened to Church Historian) is a priesthood calling in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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Comprehensive History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

A Comprehensive History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Century I is a six-volume history published in 1930 by B.H. Roberts, a general authority and Assistant Church Historian of the LDS Church.

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Cove Fort

Cove Fort is a fort and historical site located in Millard County, Utah.

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Danny Jorgensen

Danny Lynn Jorgensen (born 1951) is an American professor at the Department of Religious Studies of the University of South Florida, for which he also served as chair from 1999 to 2006.

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David J. Whittaker

David Jay Whittaker (born 1945) is a Mormon historian and bibliographer.

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Dean C. Jessee

Dean Cornell Jessee (born 1929) is a historian of the early Latter Day Saint movement and leading expert on the writings of Joseph Smith, Jr.

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Deseret Book Company

Deseret Book is an American publishing company headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, that also operates a chain of bookstores throughout the western United States.

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Edward L. Kimball

Edward Lawrence Kimball (September 23, 1930 – November 21, 2016) was an American scholar, lawyer, and historian who was an emeritus law professor at Brigham Young University (BYU).

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Erastus Snow

Erastus Snow (November 9, 1818 – May 27, 1888) was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1849 to until his death.

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First Vision

The First Vision (also called the grove experience) refers to a vision that Joseph Smith said he received in the spring of 1820, in a wooded area in Manchester, New York, which his followers call the Sacred Grove.

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Glen M. Leonard

Glen Milton Leonard (born 1938) is an American historian specializing in Mormon history.

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Grant H. Palmer

Grant Hart Palmer (August 17, 1940 – September 25, 2017) was an American educator best known for his controversial work, An Insider's View of Mormon Origins, which ostensibly led to his disfellowshipment in 2004 from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).

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Heber C. Kimball

Heber Chase Kimball (June 14, 1801 – June 22, 1868) was a leader in the early Latter Day Saint movement.

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History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

The history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) is typically divided into three broad time periods.

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Isaac Morley

Isaac Morley (March 11, 1786 – June 24, 1865) was an early member of the Latter Day Saint movement and a contemporary of both Joseph Smith and Brigham Young.

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J. Thomas Fyans

Joseph Thomas Fyans (May 17, 1918 – May 18, 2008) was a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1974 until his death.

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James Allen

James, Jim, or Jimmy Allen may refer to.

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James R. Kearl

James R. Kearl (born May 27, 1947) is the Abraham O. Smoot Professor of Economics at Brigham Young University (BYU) and a Senior Consultant for Charles River Associates (CRA).

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Jan Shipps

Jo Ann Barnett "Jan" Shipps (born 1929) is an American historian specializing in Mormon History, particularly in the latter half of the 20th century to the present.

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John A. Widtsoe

John Andreas Widtsoe (31 January 1872 – 29 November 1952) was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1921 until his death.

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John Taylor (Mormon)

John Taylor (November 1, 1808 – July 25, 1887) was an English religious leader who served as the third president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1880 to 1887.

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John Whitmer Historical Association

The John Whitmer Historical Association (JWHA) is an independent, nonprofit organization promoting study, research, and publishing about the history and culture of the Latter Day Saint movement.

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Joseph F. Smith

Joseph Fielding Smith Sr. (November 13, 1838 – November 19, 1918) was an American religious leader who served as the sixth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).

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Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Church History

The Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Church History (later renamed to Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Latter-day Saint History) was an academic research organization at Brigham Young University (BYU) from 1980 to 2005 that sought to promote the study of the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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Leonard J. Arrington

Leonard James Arrington (July 2, 1917 – February 11, 1999) was an American author, academic and the founder of the Mormon History Association.

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List of Latter Day Saint periodicals

This article lists periodicals published primarily about institutions, people, or issues of the Latter Day Saint movement.

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Mark Ashurst-McGee

Mark Roscoe Ashurst-McGee (born 1968) is an American historian of the Latter Day Saint movement and editor for the Joseph Smith Papers project.

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Mormon cosmology

Mormon cosmology is the description of the history, evolution, and destiny of the physical and metaphysical universe according to Mormonism, which includes the doctrines taught by leaders and theologians of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), Mormon fundamentalism, the Restoration Church of Jesus Christ, and other Brighamite denominations within the Latter Day Saint movement.

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Mormon History Association

The Mormon History Association (MHA) is an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to the study and understanding of all aspects of Mormon history to promote understanding, scholarly research, and publication in the field.

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Mormon Reformation

The Mormon Reformation was a period of renewed emphasis on spirituality within The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).

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Mormon studies

Mormon studies is the interdisciplinary academic study of the beliefs, practices, history and culture of those known by the term Mormon and denominations belonging to the Latter Day Saint movement whose members do not generally go by the term "Mormon".

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Mormonism and history

The Mormon religion is predicated on what are said to be historical events such as the First Vision of Joseph Smith and the historicity of the Book of Mormon, which describes a detailed pre-Columbian history of the Americas.

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Mormonism in the 19th century

This is a chronology of Mormonism.

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Mormonism in the 20th century

This is a timeline of major events in Mormonism in the 20th century.

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Mormonism: A Historical Encyclopedia

Mormonism: A Historical Encyclopedia is an encyclopedia designed for a general readership about topics relating to the History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, edited by W. Paul Reeve and Ardis E. Parshall.

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Nauvoo, Illinois

Nauvoo (etymology) is a small city in Hancock County, Illinois, United States, on the Mississippi River near Fort Madison, Iowa.

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Orson Pratt

Orson Pratt, Sr. (September 19, 1811 – October 3, 1881) was an American mathematician and religious leader who was an original member of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles of the Church of the Latter Day Saints.

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Paul Langheinrich

Paul Langheinrich (1895–1979) was a German genealogist who saved a large number of German records that might have otherwise been destroyed from 1945 to 1953.

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Reformed Egyptian

The Book of Mormon, a work of scripture of the Latter Day Saint movement, describes itself as having originally been written in reformed Egyptian characters on plates of metal or "ore" by prophets living in the Western Hemisphere from perhaps as early as the 4th century BC until as late as the 5th century AD.

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Richard D. Poll

Richard Douglas Poll (April 23, 1918 – April 27, 1994) was an American historian, academic, author and member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).

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Richard L. Jensen

Richard Louis Jensen (born 1943) is an American historian who specializes in the study of 19th-century Latter Day Saint history in Europe and of 19th-century European Latter Day Saint immigrants in the United States.

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Ron Esplin

Ronald Kent Esplin (born 1944) is the managing editor of The Joseph Smith Papers project and the former director of the Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Latter-day Saint History at Brigham Young University (BYU).

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St. George Utah Temple

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State of Deseret

The State of Deseret was a provisional state of the United States, proposed in 1849 by settlers from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in Salt Lake City.

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The Mountain Meadows Massacre (book)

The Mountain Meadows Massacre (1950) by Juanita Brooks was the first definitive study of the Mountain Meadows massacre.

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The Story of the Latter-day Saints

The Story of the Latter-day Saints is a single-volume history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) by James B. Allen and Glen M. Leonard, first published in 1976.

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The Wasp (newspaper)

The Wasp (often referred to as Nauvoo Wasp) was a weekly Latter Day Saint newspaper edited and published by William Smith in Nauvoo, Illinois from April 1842 to April 1843.

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Thomas B. Marsh

Thomas Baldwin Marsh (November 1, 1800 – January 1866) was an early leader in the Latter-day Saint movement and an original member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.

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Thomas C. Sharp

Thomas Coke Sharp (September 25, 1818 – April 9, 1894) was a prominent opponent of Joseph Smith and the Latter Day Saints in Illinois in the 1840s.

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Thomas G. Alexander

Thomas Glen Alexander (born August 8, 1935) is an American historian and academic who is professor emeritus from Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo, Utah, where he was also Lemuel Hardison Redd, Jr.

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Thomas L. Kane

Thomas Leiper Kane (January 27, 1822 – December 26, 1883) was an American attorney, abolitionist, and military officer who was influential in the western migration of the Latter-day Saint movement and served as a Union Army colonel and general of volunteers in the American Civil War.

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Utah War

The Utah War (1857–1858), also known as the Utah Expedition, Utah Campaign, Buchanan's Blunder,Poll, Richard D., and Ralph W. Hansen.

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William Clayton (Mormon)

William H. Clayton (July 17, 1814 – December 4, 1879) was an early leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints who was a clerk and scribe to the Mormon religious leader Joseph Smith.

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William Robert Wright

William Robert Wright (May 20, 1935 – January 13, 2012), known as Bob Wright, was an American attorney, Utah Republican politician, and co-author of the award-winning biography, David O. McKay and the Rise of Modern Mormonism.

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William Smith (Latter Day Saints)

William Smith (also found as William B. Smith) (March 13, 1811 – November 13, 1893) was a leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and one of the original members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_B._Allen_(historian)

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