View XML QR Code

Newell G. Bringhurst papers, 1834-2016

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Bringhurst, Newell G.
Title
Newell G. Bringhurst papers
Dates
1834-2016 (inclusive)
Quantity
86 linear feet
Collection Number
ACCN 1341
Summary
The Newell G. Bringhurst papers (1849-2015) contain the research materials and notes on Bringhurst's biography of Fawn McKay Brodie and his book on Brigham Young, as well as correspondence, articles, conference papers, oral histories, interviews, speeches, newspaper clippings, and information on the Sunstone Symposium and other conferences. Newell Bringhurst is a former Professor of History and Government at the College of the Sequoias in Visalia, California. He is the author and editor of several books on the history of the Mormons. These include Saints, Slaves, and Blacks: The Changing Place of Black People within Mormonism, Brigham Young and the Expanding American Frontier, Fawn McKay Brodie: A Biographer's Life, and Reconsidering No Man Knows My History. Bringhurst co-authored with Lavina Fielding Anderson Excavating Mormon Pasts: the New Historiography of the Last Half Century which received the John Whitmer Historical Association's Special Book Award in 2005. Two years later, he co-edited with John C. Hamer Scattering of the Saints: Schism within Mormonism. Bringhurst served as the president of the Mormon History Association and the John Whitmer Historical Association.
Repository
University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860

Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu
Access Restrictions

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Languages
English
Return to Top

Historical Note

Newell Bringhurst was born on April 3, 1942 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He graduated from the University of Utah in 1965 with a B.S. degree after which Newell entered the department of history's graduate program at the U of U completing his master's degree studies in 1967. Bringhurst commenced his academic career in 1972 when he was appointed as a history department lecturer at San Jose State University, a position which he held for three years. Newell was awarded a Ph.D. in history from the University of California at Davis in 1975. A year later Boise State University hired him as an instructor of history. In 1977 Bringhurst joined the faculty at Indiana University at Kokomo as an assistant professor of history. For twenty-five years Newell taught history and political science at the College of the Sequoias which is located in Visalia, California. He is the author and co-editor of twelve books and several articles on the history of the Mormons. In many of his works, Bringhurst has been interested in studying religious and socio-economic institutions, dissenting individuals, and non-conformist ideas. These interests have led him to investigate L.D.S. church racial attitudes and policies and fundamentalist and non-mainstream interactions with the Mormon establishment. Some published examples which reflect these scholarly concerns are Saints, Slaves, and Blacks: The Changing Place of Black People Within Mormonism, Black and Mormon, The Mormon Church and Blacks: A Documentary History, The Persistence of Polygamy, Fawn McKay Brodie: A Biographer's Life, Reconsidering No Man Knows My History, and Scattering the Saints: Schism within Mormonism. In 2005 the John Whitmer Historical Association's Special Book Award was granted to Bringhurst and his co-editor Lavina Fielding Anderson. Newell has served as the president of the Mormon History Association and the John Whitmer Historical Association.

Return to Top

Content Description

The Newell G. Bringhurst papers (1849-2015) consist of manuscripts, research materials, notes, correspondence, articles, book reviews, conference papers, oral histories, interviews, speeches, newspaper clippings, and essays.

The 2012 addendum consists mainly of Bringhurst's material related to his book The Persistance of Polygamy, articles about African Americans in the LDS Church, and other personal and professional docuements from Bringhurst's career as a writer and historian.

Return to Top

Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Preferred Citation

Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

Return to Top

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Donated by Newell Bringhurst in 2001, 2003, 2005, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015 and 2017.

Processing Note

Processed by Cody Coleman and Brandon Rasmusson in 2001.

Addenda processed by Lindsey Moore in 2003, Elizabeth Rogers in 2006, Roger V. Paxton in 2007 (boxes 111-115), Betsey Welland in 2010, Michael Bills in 2012, and Roger V. Paxton in 2014, 2016, and 208 (boxes 150-219).

Return to Top

Detailed Description of the Collection

Finding aid prepared by Cody Coleman
2006 (last modified: 2018)

CC0

About Creative Commons Licenses in Archives West