Juanita Brooks' influence was such that she had a lecture series named for her five years before her 1989 death. In 1984, Obert C. Tanner, founder of O.C. Tanner Co., endowed the Juanita Brooks Lectures Series at what is now Dixie State University, the same institution where Brooks herself was an instructor for a time. Each year a different respected scholar from throughout Utah and across the United State comes to St. George to deliver the lecture. Like Brooks, many of the scholars have written about Mormon history. Some of them share her membership in the church, others do not. But they all have a common goal: objective history over partisan posturing. Among the lecturers are prominent historians like Levi S. Peterson (1989) and Pulitzer Prize-winner Laurel Thatcher Ulrich (1992). While most are LDS, some like Jan Shipps (1987) and Larry Logue (1990), are not. Similarly, some are locals like Hurricane native W. Paul Reeve (2007) and Cedar City resident Wayne K. Hinton (2001), while others come from northern Utah or even other states.

Honoring Juanita Brooks: A Compilation of 30 Annual Presentations from the Juanita Brooks Lecture Series, Dixie State University

DOUGLAS D. ALDER

DIXIE STATE UNIVERSITY

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Honoring Juanita Brooks: A Compilation of 30 Annual Presentations from the Juanita Brooks Lecture Series, Dixie State University