The Tanners say:
http://www.utlm.org/onlinebooks/changech2.htm#37
But on January 15, 1972 we were surprised to read the following in the Salt Lake Tribune: "Dr. Leonard J. Arrington, noted Utah educator and author, has been named historian of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...." The thing that made the appointment of Dr. Arrington most surprising, however, was that he had been critical of the church leader's policy of suppressing the documents. Writing in Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought (Spring 1966, p.26), Dr. Arrington stated: "it is unfortunate for the cause of Mormon history that the Church Historian's Library, which is in the possession of virtually all of the diaries of leading Mormons, has not seen fit to publish these diaries or to permit qualified historians to use them without restriction."
Since Dr. Arrington's appointment, the church historical department has been more open to researchers. Nevertheless, the Mormon leaders are still not making all the documents available. For instance, a Mormon scholar told us that the journal of George Q. Cannon may never be made available because it contains so much revealing material concerning the secret Council of 50. Also, the church has still "not seen fit to publish" the diaries of Joseph Smith and other leading Mormons. We can only hope that the Mormon people will continue to exert pressure until the diaries are printed and all of the records made available to the public.
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Interestg, Kevin. Are you familiar with the Leonard J Arrington case?For ref, e.g. :On Sun, 1 Feb 2004 05:29:34 -0800 (PST) Kevin Deegan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:There seems to be some confusion about who controls BYUThe control board that removes tattoos from pictures etc.Some say it is not LDS Church controlled.The controlling board of BYU is made up of 13 members:||
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