John Sillito
Professor of Libraries, Weber State University, Ogden, Ut.
The Hinckley Institution | Robert H. Hinckley and JoAnn Jacobsen Wells, “I’d Rather Be Born Lucky Than Rich”: The Autobiography of Robert H. Hinckley
Articles/Essays – Volume 11, No. 4
Robert Hinckley is clearly one of Utah’s most distinguished sons. In a career spanning over a half century, both in Utah and on the national level, he has worn a number of different hats—politician, government…
Read moreThe Klan in Utah | Larry R. Gerlach, Blazing Crosses in Zion: The Ku Klux Klan in Utah
Articles/Essays – Volume 17, No. 1
For most of us, mention of the Ku Klux Klan conjures up visions of the Deep South—night riders in white robes, burning crosses, and, as the lyrics of “Strange Fruit,” Billie Holiday’s jazz classic, state,…
Read moreSocialist Saints: Mormons and the Socialist Party in Utah, 1900-20
Articles/Essays – Volume 18, No. 1
In the early years of this century,” observed David A. Shannon, “the Socialist Party of America was a young and virile organization that could not escape notice. Far stronger than any contemporary party on the left,…
Read moreThe World of Evangelism | Carol Flake, Redemptorama: Culture, Politics, and the New Evangelicalism
Articles/Essays – Volume 19, No. 4
As Carol Flake observes, 1976 seemed to be “the year of the evangelical” as the media focused its attention on Jimmy Carter, a born-again Christian who taught Sun day School in his small Georgia hometown…
Read moreLife in Zion after Conversion: Hazed or Hailed?: A Mormon Out of Misunderstanding
Articles/Essays – Volume 22, No. 2
Utah’s Original “”Mr. Republican””: Reed Smoot: Apostle in Politics by Milton R. Merrill
Articles/Essays – Volume 24, No. 3
Wayward Saints: The Conflict of Opposing Visions: Wayward Saints: The Godbeites and Brigham Young by Ronald W. Walker
Articles/Essays – Volume 32, No. 4
Opening the Fiery Portals: World War II and the Saints:
Articles/Essays – Volume 37, No. 2
Possibilities, Problems and Pitfalls: Excavating Mormon Pasts: The New Historiography of the Last Half Century, Edited by Newell G. Bringhurst and Lavinia Fielding Anderson
Articles/Essays – Volume 39, No. 1