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Opera And Its Voices In Utah, Walter B. Rudolph

Arrington Annual Lecture

The annual lecture honors Arrington, whose papers were donated to Utah State University’s Special Collections and Archives, a division in USU’s University Libraries. Part of the gift agreement was to offer an annual lecture on some facet of Mormon history.

“Opera initially did not cross the plains with the Mormon pioneers, nor did classical music,” Rudolph said. “But singing was a very important part of the pioneer heritage and everyday lives.”

Rudolph earned a bachelor’s in music and a master’s in musicology from Brigham Young University. He started a career in performance and teaching in the mid-1970s before turning to …

Narrating Jane: Telling The Story Of An Early African American Mormon Woman, Quincy D. Newell

Arrington Annual Lecture

Jane Elizabeth Manning James was among the early African American converts to Mormonism. After joining the church in the early 1840s, James remained a faithful member until her death in Salt Lake City in 1908. Although she was well-known among church members during her lifetime, James was largely forgotten after her death. However, beginning in about 2000, there was a significant up-tick in non-academic LDS discourse about James. Dr. Newell will analyze this recent talk about Jane, showing that she has become a way for Latter-day Saints to talk about both gender and race in ways that create a usable …

Faith And Doubt As Partners In Mormon History, Gregory A. Prince

Arrington Annual Lecture

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The Prophecy Of Enoch As Restoration Blueprint, Terryl Givens

Arrington Annual Lecture

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“Like The Hajis Of Meccah And Jerusalem”: Orientalism And The Mormon Experience, Richard V. Francaviglia

Arrington Annual Lecture

Richard V. Francaviglia is a historian and geographer who has studied the peoples and landscapes of the American West for more than forty years. He is past president of the Society for the History of Discoveries and former director of the Center for Greater Southwestern Studies and the History of Cartography at the University of Texas at Arlington. As Professor Emeritus, he now lives in Salem, Oregon, where he conducts research and teaches occasional courses in Religious Studies at Willamette University. His many publications include Go East, Young Man: Imagining the American West as the Orient; Believing in Place: A …

A Mountain Of Paper The Extraordinary Diary Of Leonard James Arrington, Carl Arrington, Susan Arrington Madsen

Arrington Annual Lecture

The establishment of a lecture series honoring a library’s special collections and a donor to that collection is unique. Utah State University’s Merrill-Cazier Library houses the personal and historical collection of Leonard J. Arrington, a renowned scholar of the American West. As part of Arrington’s gift to the university, he requested that the university’s historical collection become the focus for an annual lecture on an aspect of Mormon history. Utah State agreed to the request and in 1995 inaugurated the annual Leonard J. Arrington Mormon History Lecture.

Utah State University’s Special Collections and Archives is ideally suited as the host …

The Emotional And Priestly Logic Of Plural Marriage, Utah State University Press

Arrington Annual Lecture

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Predicting The Past: The Utah War's Twenty-First Century Future, William P. Mackinnon

Arrington Annual Lecture

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What's True In Mormon Folklore? The Contribution Of Folklore To Mormon Studies, William A. Wilson

Arrington Annual Lecture

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Brigham Young, The Quorum Of The Twelve, And The Latter-Day Saint Investigation Of The Mountain Meadows Massacre, Utah State University Press

Arrington Annual Lecture

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In-Laws And Outlaws: Lessons In Research And Friendship And A Report From The Archives, Sarah Barringer Gordon

Arrington Annual Lecture

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“I Didn't Want To Leave The House, But He Compelled Me To”: A Personal Examination Of A Mormon Family, F. Ross Peterson

Arrington Annual Lecture

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Encountering Mormon Country: John Wesley Powell, John Muir, And The Nature Of Utah, Donald Worster

Arrington Annual Lecture

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Signifying Sainthood, 1830-2001, Jan Shipps

Arrington Annual Lecture

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The Importance Of The Temple In Understanding The Latter-Day Saint Nauvoo Experience: Then And Now, Kenneth W. Godfrey

Arrington Annual Lecture

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Mormon Domestic Life In The 1870s: Pandemonium Or Arcadia?, Utah State University Press

Arrington Annual Lecture

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The Theater In Mormon Life And Culture, Howard R. Lamar

Arrington Annual Lecture

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Making Space For The Mormons, Utah State University Press

Arrington Annual Lecture

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Faith And Intellect As Partners In Mormon History, Utah State University Press

Arrington Annual Lecture

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