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James B. Allen (historian)

January 28, 2023

James Brown "Jim" Allen[1] (born June 14, 1927)[2] is an American historian of Mormonism and was an official Assistant Church Historian of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1972 to 1979. While working as Assistant Church Historian, he co-authored The Story of the Latter-day Saints with Glen Leonard. After Ezra Taft Benson dismissed the book as secular new history, other events led to the dissolution of the LDS Church History department in 1982. Allen resigned as Assistant Church Historian in 1979, returning to work at Brigham Young University (BYU) full-time.

James B. Allen
BornJune 14, 1927
Logan, Utah, U.S.A.
NationalityAmerican
EducationB.A., M.A., and Ph.D. in History
Alma materUtah State University
Brigham Young University
University of Southern California
Occupation(s)Historian
University professor
EmployerBrigham Young University
Known forAssistant Church Historian
Author of Mormon histories, such as The Story of the Latter-day Saints
SpouseRenée Jones Allen
Children5
WebsitePersonal site

He studied history at Utah State University (USU) for his Bachelor's, at BYU for his master's, and the University of Southern California for his PhD. After working as a seminary teacher and coordinator of seminaries, he joined the history department at BYU in 1964, where he was department chair from 1981 to 1987. After his retirement in 1992, he was a senior research fellow at the Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Latter-day Saint History.

Early life and education

On June 14, 1927, Allen was born in Ogden, Utah.[2] During his childhood, his family lived in Coalville, Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, Fairview, Wyoming, and Afton, Wyoming. His family moved to Logan, Utah when he was ten, to give him and his siblings the opportunity to go to college. After graduating from high school in 1945, he joined the U.S. Navy and became a Navy photographer in Washington, D.C.[3] A member of the LDS Church, he served as a proselyting missionary in the California Mission under Oscar W. McConkie from 1948 to 1950, "without purse or scrip," depending on the generosity of others for his room and board.[3][4]

As an undergraduate student, Allen attended USU in Logan, receiving a B.A. in history in 1954.[5] George Ellsworth and Eugene Campbell were two of his most influential teachers.[3] During Campbell's graduate history seminar on how to write history, which Allen took as a senior undergraduate, Allen met Leonard J. Arrington, a new economics professor and classmate who greatly influenced Allen's career. Allen's paper from that seminar was published in Utah Historical Quarterly in 1955 and became the basis for his graduate studies.[6][3] Allen pursued his M.A. in history at BYU, with Dr. Richard D. Poll as his major professor. In 1956, he completed his thesis, The Development of County Government in the Territory of Utah, 1850-1896,[7] which drew from his earlier published article.[8][3] Allen attended the University of Southern California on a full-tuition scholarship and received a Ph.D. in history in 1963.[3] His dissertation, The Company Town in the American West, was later published as a book by the University of Oklahoma Press.[6]

Career

Starting in 1954, Allen worked for the Church Educational System (CES) in a variety of roles.[5] In Kaysville, Utah he was a seminary teacher, as well as in Cowley, Wyoming,[6] where he was also the coordinator of seminaries from 1955 to 1957.[9] He taught at LDS Institutes of Religion for nine years,[10] and was director of the institutes in Long Beach and San Bernardino, California[5] while pursuing his doctorate at USC.[6]

Allen joined the religion faculty at BYU in 1963, and then the history department in 1964.[2] He taught both religion and history classes.[3] In the early 1970s he was the doctoral major professor and mentor of Ron Esplin, who would become another notable Mormon historian.[11] He was chair of the history department from 1981 to 1987, and afterward held the Lemuel Hardison Redd Jr. Chair in Western American History, until his 1992 retirement. From 1992 to 2005, he was a senior research fellow with BYU's Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Latter-day Saint History, and served on its executive committee for a time.[5] In 2002, he taught in the History Department of Brigham Young University—Hawaii as a volunteer.[5] He co-edited The Joseph Smith Papers, Journals, Vol. 2.[3]

Fellow historian Davis Bitton listed James B. Allen as a historian who maintains his church membership while also having a deep understanding of church history, arguing that the existence of faithful historians shows that a knowledge of LDS church history does not necessarily lead to leaving the church.[12]

Mormon History Association

In 1965, Allen was one of the founders of the Mormon History Association (MHA), along with Leonard J. Arrington.[13] He served as its vice-president in 1970[14] and president in 1972.[15] Representing the MHA, Allen wrote and edited the "Historian's Corner," a semi-annual column in the quarterly BYU Studies from 1970 to 1982, when he was succeeded by Ronald W. Walker.[16][17][18] The Mormon History Association selected Allen to discuss the impact of the Hoffman forgeries, describing Allen as "a senior historian whose work has commanded respect among [his] colleagues."[19]

Assistant Church Historian

In 1972, Allen was called to be an Assistant Church Historian for the LDS Church, at the request of Leonard J. Arrington. He served half time in that capacity, continuing his BYU professorship at the same time.[5] Arrington had assembled a team of professional historians to engage in new academic research with use of the church archives. Among the first major publications to emerge was The Story of the Latter-day Saints, a comprehensive single-volume history of the LDS Church written by Allen and Glen M. Leonard, a Senior Historical Associate in the church's Historical Department, and published in 1976.[2]

The book was well received by the general and academic audiences, but some church leaders were uncomfortable. Allen's philosophy was to directly address historical controversies, while casting them against the context of their own time.[20] Ezra Taft Benson denounced the book as new history that was "underplaying revelation"[21] at a fireside and later, at an address for CES instructors. It was not republished for years, despite its popularity.[21] Spencer W. Kimball and Howard W. Hunter both privately praised the book. In 1979, Allen resigned as Assistant Church Historian and returned full-time to BYU.[3] Around this time, the department's History Division came under greater suspicion and scrutiny, and its staff and programs were curtailed before being transferred to BYU in 1982 as the Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Church History.[21]

At BYU, Allen was treated in "a scandalous way" by some religion faculty who were unhappy with his book.[22] Later, some university trustees had reservations about Allen's 1981 appointment as chair of the history department.[21] However, he retained leadership roles at BYU until his 1992 retirement, when he rejoined the staff and programs from the old History Division, at BYU's Joseph Fielding Smith Institute.[2]

Personal life

Allen served in his church throughout his life, including as a Bishop of a student ward at Brigham Young University (BYU) in the 1960s[10] and a stake high councilor. In politics, he also served for a time as a District Republican committeeman.[6] From 1999 to 2000, Allen and his wife served as full-time missionaries for the Church Education System at the Boston Institute of Religion.[5]

Allen lives in Orem, Utah and is married to Renée Jones. They have five children and twenty grandchildren.[5] One of his daughters married the writer Orson Scott Card.[23] Orson Scott Card cites his admiration for Allen as having "the kind of skepticism [...] that is a servant to orthodox faith."[23] Allen's younger brother, John H. Allen, was a Colonel in the United States Army Reserve, the commander over the Judge Advocate General units of the 96th Sustainment Brigade, and a Federal Bankruptcy Judge.[24]

Awards

  • 1968 Best Bibliography Award from the Mormon History Association[25]
  • 1980 Morris Rosenblatt award for best popular interest article in Utah Historical Quarterly[26]
  • 1984 Distinguished Faculty Lecturer at Brigham Young University[5]
  • 1986 David Woolley Evans and Beatrice Cannon Evans Biography Award[26]
  • 1987 T. Edgar Lyon Award for Best Article from the Mormon History Association[25]
  • 1988 Fellow of the Utah State Historical Society[5]
  • 1991 T. Edgar Lyon Best Article Award from the Mormon History Association[25]
  • 1994 T. Edgar Lyon Award of Excellence from the Mormon History Association[25]
  • 2000 Special Citation for the book Studies in Mormon History, 1830-1997 from the Mormon History Association[25]
  • 2001 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title from the American Library Association[27]
  • 2007 Leonard J. Arrington Award for meritorious service to Mormon history from the Mormon History Association[28]

Published works

Allen has published over ninety articles, and fourteen books and monographs.[5]

Books

  • Allen, James B.; Richard O. Cowan (1964). Mormonism in the Twentieth Century. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, Extension publications.
  • —— (1966). The Company Town in the American West. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press.
  • Hill, Marvin S.; James B. Allen (1972). Mormonism and American Culture. New York: Harper & Row. ISBN 0-06-042819-8.
  • Allen, James B.; Thomas G. Alexander (1974). Manchester Mormons: The Journal of William Clayton, 1840 to 1842. Santa Barbara: Peregrine Smith. ISBN 0-87905-024-1.
  • ——; Glen M. Leonard (1976). The Story of the Latter-day Saints. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book. ISBN 0-87747-594-6.
  • ——; Thomas G. Alexander (1984). Mormons and Gentiles: A History of Salt Lake City. Boulder, Colorado: Pruett Pub. Co. ISBN 0-87108-664-6.
  • —— (1987). Trials of Discipleship: The Story of William Clayton, A Mormon. Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois Press. ISBN 0-252-01369-7.(Republished in 2002 as No Toil nor Labor Fear: The Story of William Clayton)[5]
  • ——; Ronald K. Esplin; David J. Whittaker (1992). Men With a Mission, 1837-1841: The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in the British Isles. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company. ISBN 0-87579-546-3.
  • ——; Jessie L. Embry; Kahlile B. Mehr (1995). Hearts Turned to the Fathers: A History of the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1894-1994. Provo, Utah: BYU Studies. ISBN 0-8425-2327-8.
  • ——; Ronald W. Walker; David J. Whittaker; Armand L. Mauss; Dynette Ivie Reynolds (2000). Studies in Mormon History, 1830-1997: An Indexed Bibliography. Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois Press. ISBN 0-252-02565-2.
  • Walker, Ronald W.; David J. Whittaker; James B. Allen; Armand L. Mauss (2001). Mormon History. Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois Press. ISBN 0-252-02619-5.

Selected articles

  • Allen, James B. (July 1955). "The Evolution of County Boundaries in Utah". Utah Historical Quarterly. 23: 261–78.
  • —— (January 1964). "Let's Study the Twentieth Century". Improvement Era. Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: 34–38.
  • —— (Spring 1966). "...The Company Town: A Passing Phase of Utah's Industrial Development". Utah Historical Quarterly.
  • —— (Autumn 1966). "The Significance of Joseph Smith's First Vision in Mormon Thought" (PDF). Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought. Stanford, California: Dialogue Foundation. 1 (3): 29–45.
  • ——; Thomas G. Alexander (Winter 1967). "The Mormons in the Mountain West, A Selected Bibliography". Arizona and the West. 9: 365–84.
  • ——; Leonard J. Arrington (Spring 1969). "Mormon Origins in New York: An Introductory Analysis". BYU Studies. Provo, Utah: BYU Press. 9: 241–74.
  • —— (Spring 1980). "Good Guys vs. Good Guys: Rudger Clawson, John Sharp, and Civil Disobedience in Nineteenth Century Utah". Utah Historical Quarterly. Salt Lake City: Utah State Historical Society. 48 (2): 148–74.
  • —— (1991). . Journal of Mormon History. Provo, Utah: Mormon History Association. 17: 205–47. Archived from the original on 2011-06-13. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
  • —— (1993). "The Story of 'The Truth, The Way, The Life'". In B. H. Roberts; John W. Welch (eds.). The Truth, The Way, The Life. Provo, Utah: BYU Studies. pp. cxcix–cxcviii. ISBN 1-86082-487-0.

Notes

  1. ^ "Research Projects". Brown Family History Library. O. James Brown Klein. May 19, 2008. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  2. ^ a b c d e "James Allen". reddcenter.byu.edu. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i Smith, Alex D. "James B. Allen". Religious Studies Center. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
  4. ^ Embry, Jessie L. (Fall 1996). . Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought. 29 (3): 84. Archived from the original on 2011-06-14. Retrieved 2008-11-03.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Brief Academic biography". James B. Allen. Retrieved 2008-09-26.
  6. ^ a b c d e Arrington, Leonard J. (1998). Adventures of a Church Historian. Urbana: University of Illinois Press. p. 82. ISBN 0-252-02381-1. Retrieved 2008-10-03.
  7. ^ Allen, James B. (July 1956). "The Development of County Government in the Territory of Utah, 1850-1896". Department of History, Brigham Young University. Archived from the original on 2012-12-12. Retrieved 2008-11-03. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  8. ^ "Table of Contents: Utah Historical Quarterly, Volume 21-40". Utah State History. Utah State Historical Society. Retrieved 2008-11-03.
  9. ^ "James B Allen". Wyoming Authors Wiki. Wyoming Center for the Book. Retrieved 2008-09-27.
  10. ^ a b . Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought. 1 (3): 27. Autumn 1966. Archived from the original on 2011-06-13. Retrieved 2008-11-03.
  11. ^ Esplin, Ronald K. (Spring 1999). "Documents and Dusty Tomes: The Adventure of Arrington, Esplin and Young". Journal of Mormon History. 25 (1): 103–4. Retrieved 2008-11-03.
  12. ^ Bitton, Davis (2004). "I Don't Have a Testimony of the History of the Church". 2004 Fair Conference. Foundation for Apologetic Information & Research. Retrieved 2008-11-03.
  13. ^ Arrington, Leonard J. (1983). . Journal of Mormon History. 10: 93. Archived from the original on 2011-06-14. Retrieved 2008-11-03.
  14. ^ Arrington, Leonard J. (Fall 1992). . 18 (2): 45. Archived from the original on 2011-06-13. Retrieved 2008-11-03. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  15. ^ . Mormon History Association. Archived from the original on 2012-02-13. Retrieved 2008-11-03.
  16. ^ Allen, James B. (Summer 1070). "The Historians Corner". BYU Studies. 10 (4): 179–80. Retrieved 2008-11-04.
  17. ^ Allen, James B. (Summer 1982). "The Historians Corner". BYU Studies. 22 (3): 357–8. Retrieved 2008-11-04.
  18. ^ Walker, Ronald W. (Winter 1983). "The Historians Corner". BYU Studies. 23 (1): 93. Retrieved 2008-11-04.
  19. ^ May, Cheryll L. (Winter 1986). "The Document Diggers and Their Discoveries: A Panel" (PDF). Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought. 19 (4): 46. Retrieved 2008-11-03.
  20. ^ Esplin, Ronald K. (March–April 1982). "How Then Should We Write History" (PDF). Sunstone. 7 (2): 41–5. Retrieved 2008-11-04.
  21. ^ a b c d Bergera, Gary James; Priddis, Ronald (1985). "Chapter 2: Integrating Religion & Academics". Brigham Young University: A House of Faith. Salt Lake City: Signature Books. ISBN 0-941214-34-6. OCLC 12963965.
  22. ^ Anderson, Devery S. (Summer 2000). "A History of Dialogue, Part Two: Struggle Toward Maturity, 1971-1982" (PDF). Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought. 33 (2): 66–7. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
  23. ^ a b Card, Orson Scott (2005). . Meridian Magazine. Archived from the original on 1 February 2010. Retrieved 2008-11-03.
  24. ^ "Obituary: John H. Allen". Deseret News. Salt Lake City, Utah. July 24, 2001. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  25. ^ a b c d e (PDF). Mormon History Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-13. Retrieved 2008-11-04.
  26. ^ a b "James B. Allen: Personal Bibliography". James B. Allen. Retrieved 2008-11-04.
  27. ^ "Studies in Mormon History, 1830-1997". University of Illinois Press. Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. Retrieved 2008-11-04.
  28. ^ "MHA 2008 Award Winners". Mormon History Association. Retrieved 2008-11-04.

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James Brown Jim Allen 1 born June 14 1927 2 is an American historian of Mormonism and was an official Assistant Church Historian of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints LDS Church from 1972 to 1979 While working as Assistant Church Historian he co authored The Story of the Latter day Saints with Glen Leonard After Ezra Taft Benson dismissed the book as secular new history other events led to the dissolution of the LDS Church History department in 1982 Allen resigned as Assistant Church Historian in 1979 returning to work at Brigham Young University BYU full time James B AllenBornJune 14 1927Logan Utah U S A NationalityAmericanEducationB A M A and Ph D in HistoryAlma materUtah State UniversityBrigham Young UniversityUniversity of Southern CaliforniaOccupation s HistorianUniversity professorEmployerBrigham Young UniversityKnown forAssistant Church HistorianAuthor of Mormon histories such as The Story of the Latter day SaintsSpouseRenee Jones AllenChildren5WebsitePersonal siteHe studied history at Utah State University USU for his Bachelor s at BYU for his master s and the University of Southern California for his PhD After working as a seminary teacher and coordinator of seminaries he joined the history department at BYU in 1964 where he was department chair from 1981 to 1987 After his retirement in 1992 he was a senior research fellow at the Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Latter day Saint History Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Career 2 1 Mormon History Association 2 2 Assistant Church Historian 3 Personal life 4 Awards 5 Published works 5 1 Books 5 2 Selected articles 6 Notes 7 External linksEarly life and education EditOn June 14 1927 Allen was born in Ogden Utah 2 During his childhood his family lived in Coalville Utah Salt Lake City Utah Fairview Wyoming and Afton Wyoming His family moved to Logan Utah when he was ten to give him and his siblings the opportunity to go to college After graduating from high school in 1945 he joined the U S Navy and became a Navy photographer in Washington D C 3 A member of the LDS Church he served as a proselyting missionary in the California Mission under Oscar W McConkie from 1948 to 1950 without purse or scrip depending on the generosity of others for his room and board 3 4 As an undergraduate student Allen attended USU in Logan receiving a B A in history in 1954 5 George Ellsworth and Eugene Campbell were two of his most influential teachers 3 During Campbell s graduate history seminar on how to write history which Allen took as a senior undergraduate Allen met Leonard J Arrington a new economics professor and classmate who greatly influenced Allen s career Allen s paper from that seminar was published in Utah Historical Quarterly in 1955 and became the basis for his graduate studies 6 3 Allen pursued his M A in history at BYU with Dr Richard D Poll as his major professor In 1956 he completed his thesis The Development of County Government in the Territory of Utah 1850 1896 7 which drew from his earlier published article 8 3 Allen attended the University of Southern California on a full tuition scholarship and received a Ph D in history in 1963 3 His dissertation The Company Town in the American West was later published as a book by the University of Oklahoma Press 6 Career EditStarting in 1954 Allen worked for the Church Educational System CES in a variety of roles 5 In Kaysville Utah he was a seminary teacher as well as in Cowley Wyoming 6 where he was also the coordinator of seminaries from 1955 to 1957 9 He taught at LDS Institutes of Religion for nine years 10 and was director of the institutes in Long Beach and San Bernardino California 5 while pursuing his doctorate at USC 6 Allen joined the religion faculty at BYU in 1963 and then the history department in 1964 2 He taught both religion and history classes 3 In the early 1970s he was the doctoral major professor and mentor of Ron Esplin who would become another notable Mormon historian 11 He was chair of the history department from 1981 to 1987 and afterward held the Lemuel Hardison Redd Jr Chair in Western American History until his 1992 retirement From 1992 to 2005 he was a senior research fellow with BYU s Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Latter day Saint History and served on its executive committee for a time 5 In 2002 he taught in the History Department of Brigham Young University Hawaii as a volunteer 5 He co edited The Joseph Smith Papers Journals Vol 2 3 Fellow historian Davis Bitton listed James B Allen as a historian who maintains his church membership while also having a deep understanding of church history arguing that the existence of faithful historians shows that a knowledge of LDS church history does not necessarily lead to leaving the church 12 Mormon History Association Edit In 1965 Allen was one of the founders of the Mormon History Association MHA along with Leonard J Arrington 13 He served as its vice president in 1970 14 and president in 1972 15 Representing the MHA Allen wrote and edited the Historian s Corner a semi annual column in the quarterly BYU Studies from 1970 to 1982 when he was succeeded by Ronald W Walker 16 17 18 The Mormon History Association selected Allen to discuss the impact of the Hoffman forgeries describing Allen as a senior historian whose work has commanded respect among his colleagues 19 Assistant Church Historian Edit In 1972 Allen was called to be an Assistant Church Historian for the LDS Church at the request of Leonard J Arrington He served half time in that capacity continuing his BYU professorship at the same time 5 Arrington had assembled a team of professional historians to engage in new academic research with use of the church archives Among the first major publications to emerge was The Story of the Latter day Saints a comprehensive single volume history of the LDS Church written by Allen and Glen M Leonard a Senior Historical Associate in the church s Historical Department and published in 1976 2 The book was well received by the general and academic audiences but some church leaders were uncomfortable Allen s philosophy was to directly address historical controversies while casting them against the context of their own time 20 Ezra Taft Benson denounced the book as new history that was underplaying revelation 21 at a fireside and later at an address for CES instructors It was not republished for years despite its popularity 21 Spencer W Kimball and Howard W Hunter both privately praised the book In 1979 Allen resigned as Assistant Church Historian and returned full time to BYU 3 Around this time the department s History Division came under greater suspicion and scrutiny and its staff and programs were curtailed before being transferred to BYU in 1982 as the Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Church History 21 At BYU Allen was treated in a scandalous way by some religion faculty who were unhappy with his book 22 Later some university trustees had reservations about Allen s 1981 appointment as chair of the history department 21 However he retained leadership roles at BYU until his 1992 retirement when he rejoined the staff and programs from the old History Division at BYU s Joseph Fielding Smith Institute 2 Personal life EditAllen served in his church throughout his life including as a Bishop of a student ward at Brigham Young University BYU in the 1960s 10 and a stake high councilor In politics he also served for a time as a District Republican committeeman 6 From 1999 to 2000 Allen and his wife served as full time missionaries for the Church Education System at the Boston Institute of Religion 5 Allen lives in Orem Utah and is married to Renee Jones They have five children and twenty grandchildren 5 One of his daughters married the writer Orson Scott Card 23 Orson Scott Card cites his admiration for Allen as having the kind of skepticism that is a servant to orthodox faith 23 Allen s younger brother John H Allen was a Colonel in the United States Army Reserve the commander over the Judge Advocate General units of the 96th Sustainment Brigade and a Federal Bankruptcy Judge 24 Awards Edit1968 Best Bibliography Award from the Mormon History Association 25 1980 Morris Rosenblatt award for best popular interest article in Utah Historical Quarterly 26 1984 Distinguished Faculty Lecturer at Brigham Young University 5 1986 David Woolley Evans and Beatrice Cannon Evans Biography Award 26 1987 T Edgar Lyon Award for Best Article from the Mormon History Association 25 1988 Fellow of the Utah State Historical Society 5 1991 T Edgar Lyon Best Article Award from the Mormon History Association 25 1994 T Edgar Lyon Award of Excellence from the Mormon History Association 25 2000 Special Citation for the book Studies in Mormon History 1830 1997 from the Mormon History Association 25 2001 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title from the American Library Association 27 2007 Leonard J Arrington Award for meritorious service to Mormon history from the Mormon History Association 28 Published works EditAllen has published over ninety articles and fourteen books and monographs 5 Books Edit Allen James B Richard O Cowan 1964 Mormonism in the Twentieth Century Provo Utah Brigham Young University Extension publications 1966 The Company Town in the American West Norman Oklahoma University of Oklahoma Press Hill Marvin S James B Allen 1972 Mormonism and American Culture New York Harper amp Row ISBN 0 06 042819 8 Allen James B Thomas G Alexander 1974 Manchester Mormons The Journal of William Clayton 1840 to 1842 Santa Barbara Peregrine Smith ISBN 0 87905 024 1 Glen M Leonard 1976 The Story of the Latter day Saints Salt Lake City Deseret Book ISBN 0 87747 594 6 Thomas G Alexander 1984 Mormons and Gentiles A History of Salt Lake City Boulder Colorado Pruett Pub Co ISBN 0 87108 664 6 1987 Trials of Discipleship The Story of William Clayton A Mormon Urbana Illinois University of Illinois Press ISBN 0 252 01369 7 Republished in 2002 as No Toil nor Labor Fear The Story of William Clayton 5 Ronald K Esplin David J Whittaker 1992 Men With a Mission 1837 1841 The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in the British Isles Salt Lake City Deseret Book Company ISBN 0 87579 546 3 Jessie L Embry Kahlile B Mehr 1995 Hearts Turned to the Fathers A History of the Genealogical Society of Utah 1894 1994 Provo Utah BYU Studies ISBN 0 8425 2327 8 Ronald W Walker David J Whittaker Armand L Mauss Dynette Ivie Reynolds 2000 Studies in Mormon History 1830 1997 An Indexed Bibliography Urbana Illinois University of Illinois Press ISBN 0 252 02565 2 Walker Ronald W David J Whittaker James B Allen Armand L Mauss 2001 Mormon History Urbana Illinois University of Illinois Press ISBN 0 252 02619 5 Selected articles Edit Allen James B July 1955 The Evolution of County Boundaries in Utah Utah Historical Quarterly 23 261 78 January 1964 Let s Study the Twentieth Century Improvement Era Salt Lake City The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints 34 38 Spring 1966 The Company Town A Passing Phase of Utah s Industrial Development Utah Historical Quarterly Autumn 1966 The Significance of Joseph Smith s First Vision in Mormon Thought PDF Dialogue A Journal of Mormon Thought Stanford California Dialogue Foundation 1 3 29 45 Thomas G Alexander Winter 1967 The Mormons in the Mountain West A Selected Bibliography Arizona and the West 9 365 84 Leonard J Arrington Spring 1969 Mormon Origins in New York An Introductory Analysis BYU Studies Provo Utah BYU Press 9 241 74 Spring 1980 Good Guys vs Good Guys Rudger Clawson John Sharp and Civil Disobedience in Nineteenth Century Utah Utah Historical Quarterly Salt Lake City Utah State Historical Society 48 2 148 74 1991 Would be Saints West Africa Before the 1978 Priesthood Revelation Journal of Mormon History Provo Utah Mormon History Association 17 205 47 Archived from the original on 2011 06 13 Retrieved 2020 01 30 1993 The Story of The Truth The Way The Life In B H Roberts John W Welch eds The Truth The Way The Life Provo Utah BYU Studies pp cxcix cxcviii ISBN 1 86082 487 0 Notes Edit Research Projects Brown Family History Library O James Brown Klein May 19 2008 Retrieved 2010 01 18 a b c d e James Allen reddcenter byu edu Retrieved 2019 03 11 a b c d e f g h i Smith Alex D James B Allen Religious Studies Center Retrieved 2019 03 11 Embry Jessie L Fall 1996 Without Purse or Scrip Dialogue A Journal of Mormon Thought 29 3 84 Archived from the original on 2011 06 14 Retrieved 2008 11 03 a b c d e f g h i j k l Brief Academic biography James B Allen Retrieved 2008 09 26 a b c d e Arrington Leonard J 1998 Adventures of a Church Historian Urbana University of Illinois Press p 82 ISBN 0 252 02381 1 Retrieved 2008 10 03 Allen James B July 1956 The Development of County Government in the Territory of Utah 1850 1896 Department of History Brigham Young University Archived from the original on 2012 12 12 Retrieved 2008 11 03 a href Template Cite journal html title Template Cite journal cite journal a Cite journal requires journal help Table of Contents Utah Historical Quarterly Volume 21 40 Utah State History Utah State Historical Society Retrieved 2008 11 03 James B Allen Wyoming Authors Wiki Wyoming Center for the Book Retrieved 2008 09 27 a b Notes on Contributors Dialogue A Journal of Mormon Thought 1 3 27 Autumn 1966 Archived from the original on 2011 06 13 Retrieved 2008 11 03 Esplin Ronald K Spring 1999 Documents and Dusty Tomes The Adventure of Arrington Esplin and Young Journal of Mormon History 25 1 103 4 Retrieved 2008 11 03 Bitton Davis 2004 I Don t Have a Testimony of the History of the Church 2004 Fair Conference Foundation for Apologetic Information amp Research Retrieved 2008 11 03 Arrington Leonard J 1983 Reflections on the Founding and Purpose of the Mormon History Association 1965 1983 Journal of Mormon History 10 93 Archived from the original on 2011 06 14 Retrieved 2008 11 03 Arrington Leonard J Fall 1992 The Founding of the LDS Church Historical Department 1972 18 2 45 Archived from the original on 2011 06 13 Retrieved 2008 11 03 a href Template Cite journal html title Template Cite journal cite journal a Cite journal requires journal help Past MHA Presidents Mormon History Association Archived from the original on 2012 02 13 Retrieved 2008 11 03 Allen James B Summer 1070 The Historians Corner BYU Studies 10 4 179 80 Retrieved 2008 11 04 Allen James B Summer 1982 The Historians Corner BYU Studies 22 3 357 8 Retrieved 2008 11 04 Walker Ronald W Winter 1983 The Historians Corner BYU Studies 23 1 93 Retrieved 2008 11 04 May Cheryll L Winter 1986 The Document Diggers and Their Discoveries A Panel PDF Dialogue A Journal of Mormon Thought 19 4 46 Retrieved 2008 11 03 Esplin Ronald K March April 1982 How Then Should We Write History PDF Sunstone 7 2 41 5 Retrieved 2008 11 04 a b c d Bergera Gary James Priddis Ronald 1985 Chapter 2 Integrating Religion amp Academics Brigham Young University A House of Faith Salt Lake City Signature Books ISBN 0 941214 34 6 OCLC 12963965 Anderson Devery S Summer 2000 A History of Dialogue Part Two Struggle Toward Maturity 1971 1982 PDF Dialogue A Journal of Mormon Thought 33 2 66 7 Retrieved 2019 03 11 a b Card Orson Scott 2005 Why I am Teaching at SVU And Why SVU is Important Meridian Magazine Archived from the original on 1 February 2010 Retrieved 2008 11 03 Obituary John H Allen Deseret News Salt Lake City Utah July 24 2001 Retrieved 2010 01 18 a b c d e MHA Awards PDF Mormon History Association Archived from the original PDF on 2012 02 13 Retrieved 2008 11 04 a b James B Allen Personal Bibliography James B Allen Retrieved 2008 11 04 Studies in Mormon History 1830 1997 University of Illinois Press Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois Retrieved 2008 11 04 MHA 2008 Award Winners Mormon History Association Retrieved 2008 11 04 External links EditJames B Allen s website Works by or about James B Allen in libraries WorldCat catalog James B Allen Papers MSS 2183 L Tom Perry Special Collections Harold B Lee Library Brigham Young University Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title James B Allen historian amp oldid 1124720387, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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