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Polygamyis a sensitive topic. So are 19th century women’s healing blessings that suggested some priesthood participation, power struggles among the male quorums or church finances. By contrast, Arrington ing of LDS principles with dea- demic training. = It was a heady time for LDS historians, who were given access to the church's extensive holdings ofdiaries, letters and minutes of church meetings, many of whith had not been seen before.’ In- those documents were discussions of women’srights, relations with the Indians, ‘polygamy, church hierarchy and organization, and the unfolding of a uhique American religious movement. But, as with Camelot, the dream was noteasytorealize. Several church leaders challenged thé new apprvach to Mormonhistory. A historical departmentofficial, whom Arrington later) referred !to as a “spy,” regularly examined the group’s publications, highlighting “controversial” paragraphs and forwarding them to leaders. The pages were placed in a special file labeled “questioning liberals” kept by church security, Arrington said in his memoirs. By 1982, LDS leaders had dismantled Arrington’s team of professional ‘historians, Saints should show them “in their worship and prayer, in their mutual relationships, in their conflicts and contacts, in their social dealings, in their @ Continued from A-1 In keeping with this view, vortex of a ement, known as the New MormonHistory, that combined an under - his 10-year tenure in the church’s historical _department, an era often referred to by Mormonhistorians as Camelot, Arrington assembled a crack team of a dozen historians and many studentinterns who together produced two single-volume histories of the church, 18 published books, about 100 articles for profes- sional periodicals, more than 250 articles for church maga- PRESERVATION SOURCE 801-278-7880 (by appt.) 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