Newell G. Bringhurst Explained
Newell G. Bringhurst (born 3 April 1942) is an American historian and author of books and essays. Most of his writings have been about Mormonism— particularly topics and figures of controversy, such as blacks and the priesthood, Fawn Brodie, polygamy, and schisms within the LDS movement[1]
Bringhurst taught history and political science for 35 years at the College of the Sequoias in Visalia, California, and is now a professor emeritus.[2]
Biography
Bringhurst was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. He received a B.S. degree from the University of Utah in 1965, and completed his master's degree studies in 1967 with a thesis on George H. Dern.[3]
Bringhurst became a history department lecturer at San Jose State University in 1972, where he taught for three years. He was awarded a Ph.D. in history from the University of California at Davis in 1975. He was hired the following year by Boise State University as an instructor of history. He joined the faculty at Indiana University at Kokomo as an assistant professor of history in 1977.[1] [2]
Bringhurst joined the Mormon History Association in 1972, and served as its president in 1999–2000. He was appointed as MHA Historian in 2002. He has been involved with The John Whitmer Historical Association since the mid-1970s, and served as its president from 2005 to 2006.[2]
Personal life
Bringhurst has been married since the mid-1970s, and has one daughter. He has expressed an enjoyment for hiking and other outdoor activities.[2]
Bringhurst has been described as a "cultural Mormon and a liberal Democrat".[4]
Accolades
In 2005, the John Whitmer Historical Association's Special Book Award was granted to Bringhurst and his co-editor Lavina Fielding Anderson for Excavating Mormon Pasts: The New Historiography of the Last Half Century.[2]
In 2021, Bringhurst received the Leonard J. Arrington Lifetime Contribution Award from the Mormon History Association.[5]
Publication
Books
- Book: Bringhurst. Newell G.. Saints, Slaves, and Blacks: The Changing Place of Black People Within Mormonism. 1981. Greenwood Publishing Group. Westport, Conn.. 0-313-22752-7. Book 4 of the Contributions to the Study of Religion Series. registration.
- Book: Bringhurst. Newell G.. Handlin. Oscar. Oscar Handlin. Brigham Young And The Expanding American Frontier. registration. 1986. Little, Brown. Boston. 0-316-10822-7. Library of American Biography Series. . Republished on 24 January 1997 by Longman. .
- Book: Bringhurst. Newell G.. Reconsidering No Man Knows My History: Fawn M. Brodie and Joseph Smith in Retrospect. registration. 1 August 1996. Utah State University Press. Logan, Utah. 0-874-21214-6.
- Book: Bringhurst. Newell G.. Fawn McKay Brodie: A Biographer's Life. 1999. University of Oklahoma Press. Norman. 0-806-13181-0.
- Book: Bringhurst. Newell G.. Mitchell. Annie R. (foreword). Visalia's Fabulous Fox: A Theatre Story. 2000. Jostens Printing and Publishing. Visalia, CA. 0-967-54820-9. A history of the Visalia Fox theater (1928-2000).
- Book: Bringhurst. Newell G.. Anderson. Lavina Fielding. Lavina Fielding Anderson. Excavating Mormon Pasts: The New Historiography of the Last Half Century. 31 May 2004. Greg Kofford Books. Salt Lake City. 1-589-58091-5.
- Book: Bringhurst. Newell G.. Smith. Darron T.. Darron T. Smith. Black and Mormon. 2004. University of Illinois Press. Urbana. 0-252-02947-X.
- Book: Bringhurst. Newell G.. Hamer. John C.. John C. Hamer. Scattering Of The Saints: Schism Within Mormonism. 10 September 2007. John Whitmer Books. Independence, Missouri. 978-1-934-90102-1.
- Book: Bringhurst. Newell G.. Foster. Craig L.. The Mormon Quest for the Presidency: From Joseph Smith to Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman. 1 January 2008. John Whitmer Books. Independence, MO. 978-1-934-90111-3. Expanded and updated volume released on 11 September 2011. .
- Book: Bringhurst. Newell G.. Foster. Craig L.. Craig L. Foster. The Persistence of Polygamy: Joseph Smith and the Origins of Mormon Polygamy. 1 November 2010. John Whitmer Books. Independence, Missouri. 978-1-934-90113-7.
- Book: Bringhurst. Newell G.. Foster. Craig L.. Craig L. Foster. The Persistence of Polygamy, Vol. 2: From Joseph Smith's Martyrdom to the First Manifesto, 1844-1890. 23 September 2013. John Whitmer Books. Independence, Missouri. 978-1-934-90114-4.
- Book: Bringhurst. Newell G.. Foster. Craig L.. Craig L. Foster. The Persistence of Polygamy, Vol. 3: Fundamentalist Mormon Polygamy from 1890 to the Present. 11 September 2015. John Whitmer Books. Independence, Missouri. 978-1-934-90119-9.
- Book: Harris. Matthew L.. Bringhurst. Newell G.. Matthew L. Harris. The Mormon Church and Blacks: A Documentary History. 4 November 2015. University of Illinois Press. 978-0-252-08121-7.
Essays and articles
- Bringhurst. Newell G.. An Ambiguous Decision: The Implementation of Mormon Priesthood Denial for the Black Man—A Re-Examination. Utah Historical Quarterly. Winter 1978. 46 . 46. 45–64. 10.2307/45060571 . 45060571 . 254431257 .
- Bringhurst. Newell G.. Elijah Abel and the Changing Status of Blacks Within Mormonism. . Summer 1979. 12. 2. 22–36. 10.2307/45224769 . 45224769 . 254387560 . 5 July 2017. Republished in Bush Jr., Lester E.; Mauss, Armand L., eds. (1984). Neither White nor Black: Mormon Scholars Confront the Race Issue in a Universal Church. Midvale, Utah: Signature Books.
- Bringhurst. Newell G.. Mormonism in Black Africa: Changing Attitudes and Practices 1830-1981. Sunstone Magazine. May–June 1981. 6. 3. 15–21.
- Bringhurst. Newell. G.. Fawn Brodie's Richard Nixon: The Making of a Controversial Biography. California History. Winter 1991–1992. 70. 4. 378–391. 10.2307/25158591. 25158591. University of California Press in association with the California Historical Society.
- Bringhurst. Newell G.. Thomas Kearns: Irish-American Builder of Modern Utah. Journal of the West. April 1992. 31. 2. 24–32.
- Bringhurst. Newell G.. Joseph Smith, the Mormons, And Antebellum Reform—A Closer Look. The John Whitmer Historical Association Journal. 1994. 14. 73–91. John Whitmer Historical Association. Also included in The Prophet Puzzle: Interpretive Essays on Joseph Smith edited by Bryan Waterman (15 February 1999). Signature Books. .
- Bringhurst. Newell G.. Juanita Brooks and Fawn Brodie — Sisters in Mormon Dissent. . Summer 1994. 27. 2 . 105–127. 10.2307/45228821 . 45228821 . 254329464 . 7 September 2017.
- Bringhurst. Newell G.. The Private Versus Public David O. McKay: Profile of a Complex Personality. . Fall 1998. 31. 3. 11–34. 10.2307/45228408 . 45228408 . 254316374 . Republished in Taysom, Stephen C., ed. (15 June 2011) Dimensions of Faith: A Mormon Studies Reader. Salt Lake City: Signature Books. .
- Bringhurst. Newell G.. The Ku Klux Klan in a Central California Community: Tulare County During the 1920s and 1930s. Southern California Quarterly. Winter 2000. 82. 4. 365–396. 10.2307/41172036. 41172036. University of California Press on behalf of the Historical Society of Southern California.
- Bringhurst. Newell G.. My 'Affair' with Fawn McKay Brodie: Motives, Pain, and Pleasure. . Fall 2002. 35. 3. 200–211.
- Sillito, John R.; Staker, Susan, eds. (2002). Mormon Mavericks: Essays on Dissenters. "Fawn McKay Brodie and Her Quest for Independence" by Newell G. Bringhurst. Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Books. .
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Newell G. Bringhurst papers, 1849-2015. Archives West. Orbis Cascade Alliance. 14 July 2017.
- Web site: Newell Bringhurst. FairMormon. 16 May 2017.
- Essay of Fall 2002, pp 201–202.
- Book: The Persistence of Polygamy: Joseph Smith and the Origins of Mormon Polygamy—'About the Author'. 978-1934901137. Bringhurst. Newell G.. Foster. Craig L.. 2010. John Whitmer Books .
- Web site: Stuart. Joseph. June 15, 2021. MHA 2021 Awards. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210628002830/https://juvenileinstructor.org/mha-2021-awards/. June 28, 2021. July 6, 2021. Juvenile Instructor.
