The Ronald and Nelani Walker Lecture
Find Grand Themes and Grand Topics: The Career and Research Collection of Ronald W. Walker
Ronald W. Walker, a former BYU professor of history, was a towering figure in the research and writing of Latter-day Saint history. Over his long career, he amassed an impressive research collection on topics including pioneer Utah, Brigham Young, and Heber J. Grant. This lecture celebrates the opening of the Ronald W. Walker Papers at Special Collections and will narrate Professor Walker’s career, describe the archival collection, and give a peek into his final project—a co-authored biography of Brigham Young, being finished by Matthew Grow.
Matthew J. Grow
Matthew J. Grow is Managing Director of the Church History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In that capacity, he leads a team of history professionals who collect documents and artifacts, preserve them, and promote understanding of the Church’s past through a publishing program, a research library, a museum, and many historic sites. Grow also serves as a general editor of the Joseph Smith Papers and Saints: The Story of the Church of Jesus Christ in the Latter Days. He has published widely on Latter-day Saint history and American religious history. Grow received his PhD in American history from the University of Notre Dame.
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