Allen, James B., 1927-2024
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- Clayton, W. The Latter-day Saints' emigrants' guide, 1983:CIP t.p. (James B. Allen) data sheet (b. 6/14/27)
- His The company town in the American West, 1966.
- UPB files, Feb. 13, 2003(hdg.: Allen, James B., 1927-; Allen, James Brown, 1927-; usage: James B. Allen)
- James Brown Allen; born June 14, 1927 in Ogden, Utah; died September 2, 2024; served as Assistant Church Historian; taught history at Brigham Young University ( (Walker Sanderson Funeral Home & Crematory, via WWW, September 9, 2024) )
- Wikipedia, website viewed 2 April 2013(James B. Allen; James Brown "Jim" Allen; born 1927, Logan, Utah; resides in Orem, Utah; American historian of Mormonism; Assistant Church Historian of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1972-1979; missionary for the LDS church in the California Mission in the 1940's; BA, history, Utah State University, 1954; MA, history, Brigham Young University, PhD, University of Southern California, 1963; worked for the Church Educational System (CES) in a variety of roles; joined religion faculty at Brigham Young University in 1964; chair of history department at BYU, 1981-1987; retired from BYU in 1992; senior research fellow with BYU's Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Latter-day Saint History; full-time mission at Boston Institute of Religion, 1999-2000; taught history at Brigham Young University--Hawaii as a volunteer, 2002; one of the founders of the Mormon History Association; president of the Mormon History Association in 1972; author)
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James Brown Allen (June 14, 1927 – September 2, 2024) was an American historian of Mormonism and was an 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. He received a bachelor's degree in history from Utah State University (USU), a master's degree from BYU, and a PhD at the University of Southern California (USC). After working as both a seminary teacher and coordinator, he joined BYU's history department 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.
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