{"product_id":"a-mountain-of-paper-1","title":"A Mountain of Paper","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe  series, established by one  of the twentieth-century West's most  distinguished historians, Leonard  Arrington, has become a leading forum  for prominent historians to  address topics related to Mormon history.  The first lecturer was  Arrington himself. He was followed by Richard  Lyman Bushman, Richard E.  Bennett, Howard R. Lamar, Claudia L. Bushman,  Kenneth W. Godfrey, Jan  Shipps, Donald Worster, Laurel Thatcher  Ulrich, and F. Ross Peterson.  Utah State University hosts the Leonard  J. Arrington Mormon History  Lecture Series. The University Libraries'  Special Collections and  Archives houses the Arrington collection. The  state's land grant  university began collecting records very early, and  in the 1960s became a  major depository for Utah and Mormon records.  Leonard and his wife  Grace joined the USU faculty and family in 1946,  and the Arringtons and  their colleagues worked to collect original  diaries, journals, letters,  and photographs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlthough trained as an economist at the University of North Carolina,   Arrington became a Mormon historian of international repute. Working   with numerous colleagues, the Twin Falls, Idaho, native produced the   classic \u003ci\u003eGreat Basin Kingdom: An Economic History of the Latter-day Saints\u003c\/i\u003e   in 1958. Utilizing available collections at USU, Arrington embarked on  a  prolific publishing and editing career. He and his close ally, Dr.  S.  George Ellsworth helped organize the Western History Association,  and  they created the \u003ci\u003eWestern Historical Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e as the  scholarly  voice of the WHA. While serving with Ellsworth as editor of  the new  journal, Arr ington also helped both the Mormon History  Association and  the independent journal Dialogue get established.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Carl Arrington","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54303217254692,"sku":"9780874218466","price":7.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0880\/7635\/3828\/files\/CoreSourceHub_5bd8aea6-b074-4c87-ab00-bec96a16f3d6.jpg?v=1780574321","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.co.uk\/products\/a-mountain-of-paper-1","provider":"IndiePubs UK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}