Allen, James B., 1927- (Personal Name)

His The company town in the American West, 1966.

Clayton, W. The Latter-day Saints' emigrants' guide, 1983: CIP t.p. (James B. Allen) data sheet (b. 6/14/27)

UPB files, Feb. 13, 2003 (hdg.: Allen, James B., 1927-; Allen, James Brown, 1927-; usage: James B. Allen)

Wikipedia, website viewed 2 April 2013 (James B. Allen; James Brown "Jim" Allen; born 1927, Logan, Utah; resides in Orem, Utah; American historian of Mormonism; Assistant Church Historian of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1972-1979; missionary for the LDS church in the California Mission in the 1940's; BA, history, Utah State University, 1954; MA, history, Brigham Young University, PhD, University of Southern California, 1963; worked for the Church Educational System (CES) in a variety of roles; joined religion faculty at Brigham Young University in 1964; chair of history department at BYU, 1981-1987; retired from BYU in 1992; senior research fellow with BYU's Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Latter-day Saint History; full-time mission at Bosoton Institute of Religion, 1999-2000; taught history at Brigham Young Univeristy--Hawaii as a volunteer, 2002; one of the founders of the Mormon History Association; president of the Mormon History Association in 1972; author)

James. B. Allen, born June 14, 1927, is an American historian of Mormonism and was the Assistant Church Historian of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1972-1979. As a professor at Brigham Young University (1964-1992) he taught in the religion and history departments and was chair of the history department from 1981-1987. Upon his retierment he served as a senior research fellow with the Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Latter-day Saint History. He was one of the founders of the Mormon History Association and served as its president in 1972.