Box 1
Container
Contains 12 Results:
Correspondence, 1981-1984
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1-3
Scope and Contents
- Folder 1: Correspondence between Stanley B. Kimball and Boyd K. Packer
- Folder 2: L. Jackson Newell's correspondence
- Folder 3: James L. Clayton, Letter to Boyd K. Packer
Dates:
1981-1984
Davis Bitton, "Mormon Historiography: Response to a Caricature", 1981
File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
In 1981, Boyd K. Packer, an official of the LDS Church, and Louis C. Midgley, a professor of history at Brigham Young University, gave separate talks in which they asserted that LDS historians should write only "faith-promoting" history. This collection contains transcripts of these talks as well as correspondence and articles by several professional historians opposing this position and declaring that it is possible to write scholarly history about the LDS Church without being "anti-LDS."
Dates:
1981
James L. Clayton, "Does History Undermine Faith?", 1982
File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
In 1981, Boyd K. Packer, an official of the LDS Church, and Louis C. Midgley, a professor of history at Brigham Young University, gave separate talks in which they asserted that LDS historians should write only "faith-promoting" history. This collection contains transcripts of these talks as well as correspondence and articles by several professional historians opposing this position and declaring that it is possible to write scholarly history about the LDS Church without being "anti-LDS."
Dates:
1982
Louis C. Midgley, "A Critique of Mormon Historians: The Question of Faith and History", 1981
File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
In 1981, Boyd K. Packer, an official of the LDS Church, and Louis C. Midgley, a professor of history at Brigham Young University, gave separate talks in which they asserted that LDS historians should write only "faith-promoting" history. This collection contains transcripts of these talks as well as correspondence and articles by several professional historians opposing this position and declaring that it is possible to write scholarly history about the LDS Church without being "anti-LDS."
Dates:
1981
Louis C. Midgley, Campus Memorandum: "Discussion on Mormon Historiography", 1981
File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
In 1981, Boyd K. Packer, an official of the LDS Church, and Louis C. Midgley, a professor of history at Brigham Young University, gave separate talks in which they asserted that LDS historians should write only "faith-promoting" history. This collection contains transcripts of these talks as well as correspondence and articles by several professional historians opposing this position and declaring that it is possible to write scholarly history about the LDS Church without being "anti-LDS."
Dates:
1981
Louis C. Midgley, "Some Challenges to the Foundations", 1984
File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
In 1981, Boyd K. Packer, an official of the LDS Church, and Louis C. Midgley, a professor of history at Brigham Young University, gave separate talks in which they asserted that LDS historians should write only "faith-promoting" history. This collection contains transcripts of these talks as well as correspondence and articles by several professional historians opposing this position and declaring that it is possible to write scholarly history about the LDS Church without being "anti-LDS."
Dates:
1984
L. Jackson Newell, "The Purges of September 1993: A Personal Reflection", 1994
File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
In 1981, Boyd K. Packer, an official of the LDS Church, and Louis C. Midgley, a professor of history at Brigham Young University, gave separate talks in which they asserted that LDS historians should write only "faith-promoting" history. This collection contains transcripts of these talks as well as correspondence and articles by several professional historians opposing this position and declaring that it is possible to write scholarly history about the LDS Church without being "anti-LDS."
Dates:
1994
Boyd K. Packer, "The Mantel is Far, Far Greater Than the Intellect", 1981
File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
In 1981, Boyd K. Packer, an official of the LDS Church, and Louis C. Midgley, a professor of history at Brigham Young University, gave separate talks in which they asserted that LDS historians should write only "faith-promoting" history. This collection contains transcripts of these talks as well as correspondence and articles by several professional historians opposing this position and declaring that it is possible to write scholarly history about the LDS Church without being "anti-LDS."
Dates:
1981
Richard D. Poll, "Quixotic Mediator: Thomas L. Kane and the Utah War"
File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
In 1981, Boyd K. Packer, an official of the LDS Church, and Louis C. Midgley, a professor of history at Brigham Young University, gave separate talks in which they asserted that LDS historians should write only "faith-promoting" history. This collection contains transcripts of these talks as well as correspondence and articles by several professional historians opposing this position and declaring that it is possible to write scholarly history about the LDS Church without being "anti-LDS."
Dates:
1981-1984
D. Michael Quinn, "On Being a Mormon Historian", 1982
File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
In 1981, Boyd K. Packer, an official of the LDS Church, and Louis C. Midgley, a professor of history at Brigham Young University, gave separate talks in which they asserted that LDS historians should write only "faith-promoting" history. This collection contains transcripts of these talks as well as correspondence and articles by several professional historians opposing this position and declaring that it is possible to write scholarly history about the LDS Church without being "anti-LDS."
Dates:
1982