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James B. Allen

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James B. Allen is an American historian of Mormonism and was an official Assistant Church Historian of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1972–1979.
James Brown Allen, Jim Allen
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LDS (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
1927
Logan, Utah
California Mission, Allen and his wife served as full-time missionaries for the Church Education System at the Boston Institute of Religion (1999-2000)
B.A. in history from Utah State University (1954), M.A. in history from Brigham Young University, Ph.D. in history from the University of Southern California (1963)
Professor, author, historian, one of the founders of the Mormon History Association, Assistant Church Historian for the LDS Church
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5 Works by James B. Allen

Title Role Year Genre
Course Corrections Author Personal Essay
[Review of] Quicksand and Cactus by Juanita Brooks Author Review
Joseph Smith as a Young Man Author Short Story
[Review of] An Intimate Chronicle: The Journals of William Clayton, by George D. Smith Author Review
Joseph Smith vs. John C. Calhoun Author Speech
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