| This page was my attempt to present Anderson's article using only third party sources. The original article was deleted after it was argued to have inadequate sources of a non-notable subject (see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Devery S. Anderson (2nd nomination)). Anderson could become notable if he continues to lecture and publish on Emmett Till and Mormon history, resulting in additional media coverage and citation of his work. He is anticipated to publish books on Willard Richards and Emmett Till and two more articles on the history of Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought from his six-part series. I have preserved this material for my own resource, since I don't know about retrieving material from deleted articles. |
Devery Scott Anderson (born 1960) is an American historian specializing in Mormon history and the 1955 Emmett Till murder.
Biography edit
Anderson is from Longview, Washington.[1] He is a graduate of the University of Utah.[2]
In 1991, while living in Longview, Anderson organized the Forum for the Study of Mormon Issues, an independent quarterly study group. After being scrutinized by his church leaders, Anderson refused repeated orders from his stake president to disband the group. After his temple recommend was confiscated and the matter was brought before the area's presiding General Authority, Anderson's case was included in Lavina Fielding Anderson's controversial 1993 article chronicling LDS ecclesiastical abuse.[1]
After moving to Utah, Anderson was involved with Sunstone, as a member of the magazine staff,[3] a volunteer,[4][5] a symposium organizer,[6] and frequent a symposium presenter.[7][8][9][10] He has also presented before the John Whitmer Historical Association.[11]
Anderson's research into Mormon history has also resulted in several articles in scholarly journals and two award-winning books. He has assisted academic Armand Mauss in his study of Mormon racial conceptions.[12]
Emmett Till edit
In addition to his interest in Mormonism, while at the University of Utah Anderson began to research the murder of Emmett Till, a 1955 crime that helped spark the Civil Rights Movement. Anderson learned about Till from watching the PBS documentary Eyes on the Prize, which inspired him to further research. He has interviewed most witnesses to the crime who were still alive and became close with Till's mother. He has spent over 15 years preparing a book, to be entitled The Boy Who Never Died: The Saga of the Emmett Till Murder. During his research into Till's story, he has written for Southern Quarterly and spoken at colleges, schools, and a Martin Luther King Jr. banquet.[2] In 2009 he participated in an Emmett Till panel for the University of Utah lecture series on the civil rights movement.[13]
In his study of Till, Anderson maintains a website of his research, EmmettTillMurder.com, which is well regarded by scholars and researchers of the case.[14][15]
Writings edit
Since his studies at the University of Utah, Anderson has been working on a study of the Emmett Till murder[2] and a biography of Mormon Apostle Willard Richards.[16] He has been writing a six-part history of Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought. The first installment, published in the journal in 1999, won a Dialogue Writing Award for history and biography.[17]
Anderson's 2005 books, Joseph Smith's Quorum of the Anointed and The Nauvoo Endowment Companies, 1845–1846, co-edited with Gary James Bergera, received the Steven F. Christensen Award for Best Documentary from the Mormon History Association in 2006,[18] as well as a Special Book Award from the John Whitmer Historical Association.[19]
- Anderson, Devery S. (1996). "'The Kind of Experience That Changes You Forever'". In Lavina Fielding Anderson (ed.). Case Reports of the Mormon Alliance. Vol. 2. Salt Lake City, Utah: Mormon Alliance.
- —— (Summer 1999). "A History of Dialogue, Part One: The Early Years, 1965-1971". Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought. 32 (2): 15–67.
{{cite journal}}:|author=has numeric name (help) - —— (Summer 2000). "A History of Dialogue, Part Two: Struggle toward Maturity, 1971-1982". Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought. 33 (2): 1–96.
{{cite journal}}:|author=has numeric name (help) - —— (July 2001). "Make Good Memories Daily" (PDF). Sunstone (119): 20–21.
{{cite journal}}:|author=has numeric name (help) - —— (Summer 2002). "A History of Dialogue, Part Three: "Coming of Age" in Utah, 1982-1987". Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought. 35 (2): 1–71.
{{cite journal}}:|author=has numeric name (help) - —— (Fall 2003). "The Anointed Quorum in Nauvoo, 1842–45". Journal of Mormon History. 29 (2): 137–57.
{{cite journal}}:|author=has numeric name (help) - ——; Bergera, Gary James, eds. (2005). Joseph Smith’s Quorum of the Anointed, 1842–1845: A Documentary History. Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Books. ISBN 1-56085-186-4.
{{cite book}}:|editor1-last=has numeric name (help) - ——; Bergera, Gary James, eds. (2005). The Nauvoo Endowment Companies, 1845–1846: A Documentary History. Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Books. ISBN 1-56085-187-2.
{{cite book}}:|editor1-last=has numeric name (help) - —— (2005). "An Introduction to the Book of Mormon". Signature Books Library Essays. Signature Books.
{{cite web}}:|author=has numeric name (help) - —— (Spring 2006). "[Review of Explosion of the steamboat Saluda]". Journal of Mormon History. 32 (1): 256–59.
{{cite journal}}:|author=has numeric name (help) - —— (Summer 2008). "A Wallet, a White Woman, and a Whistle: Fact and Fiction in Emmett Till's Encounter in Money, Mississippi". Southern Quarterly: A Journal of the Arts in the South. XLV. University of Southern Mississippi: 10–21.
{{cite journal}}:|author=has numeric name (help) - —— (Fall 2008). "A History of Dialogue, Part Four: "A Tale in Two Cities, 1987-1992". Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought. 41 (3): 1–54.
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Reviews edit
The following are reviews of Anderson's work:
The Nauvoo Endowment Companies
- Brown, Sam (January 14, 2006). Association for Mormon Letters, website
- Burroughs, John (February 2006). Midwest Book Review 6 (2): website
- Launius, Roger D. (Fall 2006). Journal of Mormon History 32 (3): 220–24
- Blair, Alma R. (2007). John Whitmer Historical Association Journal 27: 228–30
Joseph Smith's Quorum of the Anointed
- Banack, David (June 30, 2005). Dave's Mormon Inquiry, website
- Launius, Roger D. (Fall 2006). Journal of Mormon History 32 (3): 220–24
- Blair, Alma R. (2007). John Whitmer Historical Association Journal 27: 228–30
References edit
- ^ a b Anderson, Lavina Fielding (Spring 1993). "The LDS Intellectual Community and Church Leadership: A Contemporary Chronology". Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought. 26 (1): 34, 57. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
- ^ a b c Marshall, Edward (January 11, 2010). "Till story retold at MLK scholarship event". The Journal. Martinsburg, West Virginia. Retrieved 2010-01-26.
- ^ Bergera, Gary James (July 2003). "'Only Our Hearts Know'—Part 2: Sunstone During the Elbert Peck Years, 1993–2001" (PDF). Sunstone (128): 26, 30. Retrieved 2010-10-26.
- ^ "Much-Appreciated Volunteers" (PDF). Sunstone (119): 2. July 2001. Retrieved 2010-01-26.
- ^ "Much-Appreciated Volunteers" (PDF). Sunstone (136): 2. March 2005. Retrieved 2010-01-26.
- ^ Bradley, Martha Sonntag (July 2002). "Theological Discussion or Support Group?: A History of Sunstone Symposiums" (PDF). Sunstone (123): 43. Retrieved 2010-01-26.
- ^ "Why I No Longer Trust 'FARMS Review of Books'". Sunstone Education Foundation. Retrieved 2010-01-26.
- ^ "Following the Brethren: The Abdication of Agency". Sunstone Education Foundation. Retrieved 2010-01-26.
- ^ "'Dialogue': The Early Years". Sunstone Education Foundation. Retrieved 2010-01-26.
- ^ "Pillars Of My Faith". Sunstone Education Foundation. Retrieved 2010-01-26.
- ^ "2005 Annual Meeting Program". John Whitmer Historical Association. Retrieved 2010-01-26.
- ^ Mauss, Armand, (2003). All Abraham's Children: Changing Mormon Conceptions of Race and Lineage. Urbana: University of Illinois Press. p. xvi. ISBN 0252028031. Retrieved 2010-01-28.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Award-winning authors and journalists discuss media history and civil rights". U News Center. University of Utah. January 21, 2009. Retrieved 2010-01-28.
- ^ Houck, Davis W. (2008). Emmett Till and the Mississippi Press. University Press of Mississippi. p. xiii. ISBN 1934110159. Retrieved 2010-01-28.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthor=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ Houck, Davis W. (Summer 2005). "Killing Emmett". Rhetoric & Public Affairs. 8 (2). Michigan State University Press: 225–262.
For an exhaustive (and fascinating) account of what has happened to the many people involved in the Emmett Till case, Devery Anderson's website...
- ^ "Joseph Smith's Quorum of the Anointed, 1842-1845". SignatureBooks.com. Signature Books. Retrieved 2010-01-28.
{{cite web}}: line feed character in|title=at position 25 (help) - ^ "1999 Dialogue Writing Award Winners". Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought. 33 (1): xx. Spring 2000. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
- ^ "MHA 2006 Award Winners". Mormon History Association. Retrieved 2008-09-25.
- ^ "Awards". John Whitmer Historical Association. Retrieved 2010-01-26.
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