Westminster College of Salt Lake City : From Presbyterian Mission School to Independent College

Brackenridge (religion, Trinity U.) provides a history of Salt Lake City's Westminster College, originally founded under a different name by the Presbyterian Church in 1875 to convert Mormons to more mainstream American values. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) "Westminster College of Salt Lake City sits in a suburban setting a few minutes drive from the downtown area of Utah's capitol city. Today, the quiet campus suggests a stability and tranquillity that belie past struggles."--BOOK JACKET. "Westminster's history stands unique among institutions of higher education because of Protestant efforts to educate and convert Mormons to values of mainstream America. Protestants believed Latter-day Saint doctrines, especially polygamy, challenged those values. Ironically, those efforts that led to the college's founding and long influenced its operation also threatened its early survival in Utah."--BOOK JACKET. "This comprehensive history examines Westminster College in the context of Mormon/non-Mormon relations as well as the founding of Protestant churches, missions, and schools in Utah and the West. As Westminster College of Salt Lake City moves through its second century, this study will remain an important record of its dramatic and significant past."--BOOK JACKET Preface Introduction Grade school and high school High school and junior college Four-year college Epilogue Selected bibliography Index.