Newell G. Bringhurst photograph collection

Collection

Identifier: P1092

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Newell G. Bringhurst photograph collection consist of research materials related to Bringhurst's books as well as personal materials related to his family and personal travels.

Dates

1980-2007

Creator

Bringhurst, Newell G. (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

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.

Conditions Governing 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.

Biographical Sketch

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.

Extent

1 Box

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The Newell G. Bringhurst photograph collection consist of research materials related to Bringhurst's books as well as personal materials related to his family and personal travels.