Gary P. Gillum

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Gary P. Gillum
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Gillum (2014)
Born(1944-06-12)June 12, 1944
Indianapolis, Indiana
NationalityAmerican
Education St. John's College, Winfield, Kansas
Concordia Senior College, Fort Wayne, Indiana, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
OccupationScholar, historian, author, librarian
SpouseSigne Gillum
Childrenblended family of 17

Gary P. Gillum (June 12, 1944 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is a librarian-emeritus of Brigham Young University (BYU). [1] He has compiled bibliographies of works in Mormon Studies as well as the works of Hugh Nibley. [2]

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Early life and education

Gillum's father was in the United States Air Force, so his family moved often. He lived in Germany from 1953–1956. Gillum was raised a Lutheran and studied to be a minister with the Lutheran Church. He studied at St. John's College and Concordia Senior College, where he received a degree in pre-ministerial studies and classics in 1968. [1] He wanted to join the intelligence services of the United States Army, but was unable to pass the physical tests for it. While in Indiana, he worked as the music librarian for the Indianapolis Public Library. [3]

He joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in 1969. He received a Master's in library science from BYU in 1971. He started working at the Harold B. Lee Library in 1971 as the foreign languages bibliographer and became the librarian of Religion, Philosophy, and Ancient Studies in 1980. [1]

Career

Gillum was Nibley's personal librarian during much of Nibley's time at BYU. Because of his familiarity with Nibley's sources, Gillum edited three volumes of the Collected Works of Hugh Nibley. [4] [5] Gillum also compiled Of All Things, A Hugh Nibley Quote Book. [3] Gillum taught an honors class on Nibley at BYU. [6]

Gillum and Richard L. Anderson both worked with the Hugh Nibley Ancient Studies Room in the Harold B. Lee Library. [4] He indexed, edited, reviewed, and archived Nibley's work for over thirty-five years. [7] He received the Library Faculty Professionalism award in 2006. [5] As part of his work in the library, Gillum compiled the LDS Periodicals Index and an index for Dialogue. He assisted in the creation of Sunstone and Sunstone Review Index (1975-1980). [8]

Gillum has written reviews for Library Journal , BYU Studies and Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought . [4] He served on the editorial boards for BYU Studies and Dialogue. [5] He served as a member of the Oxford Biblical Studies Online library advisory board in 2009. [9]

Personal life

Gillum and Lyn Ann Ruhland were married in July 1969. After having two children together, Lyn died of lymphoma in 1977. Gillum married Elizabeth Bayliss; she died of cancer in 1986. [1] Gillum was briefly married to Cheri Lee. [10] Since 1987 Gillum has been married to Signe Slangerup Hale, with whom he served as missionaries in the LDS California Anaheim Mission 2009–2010. [1]

Gillum has sung with many ensembles. He sang bass for over 17 years with the Utah Baroque Ensemble. [11] He also sang with the Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra, the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, BYU Men's Chorus, and the Payson Civic Chorale. [1] He was the business manager of the Utah Valley Symphony, [12] and in 2008, was a member of its board. [13]

Gillum has been part of the Payson Library Board and in 2006, joined the Springville Library Board. [14] [6]

His papers are in the collection of the Brigham Young University library. [1]

Selected bibliography

Books

Gillum has edited several books of Nibley's works:

Book chapters

Book reviews

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Mary Downs and John Murphy (17 August 2017). " Gary P. Gillum papers ". Prepared for the L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Provo, UT. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  2. ↑ Gary P. Gillum Social Networking Archives Cooperative.
  3. 1 2 Gillum, Gary (December 20, 1984). "Payson Personality". The Payson Chronicle. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  4. 1 2 3 "Gillum, Gary P." rsc.byu.edu. Religious Studies Center.
  5. 1 2 3 "Huge Windy Nebula: The Unique Scholarship of Hugh Winder Nibley". YouTube. Harold B. Lee Library. 2006. Archived from the original on 2021-12-15. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  6. 1 2 "Gillum appointed to Library Board". Springville Herald. May 25, 2006. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  7. ↑ "Gary P. Gillum". The Interpreter Foundation.
  8. ↑ Walker, Ronald Warren; Whittaker, David J.; Allen, James B. (2001). Mormon History. University of Illinois Press. ISBN   978-0-252-02619-5 . Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  9. ↑ "listing of board members". Archived from the original on 2009-11-18. Retrieved 2010-03-09.
  10. ↑ "Cheri Lee and Gary Gillum to be honored at open house". The Payson Chronicle. July 30, 1986. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  11. ↑ "Gary Gillum biography". Utah Baroque Ensemble. Archived from the original on 30 April 2009. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
  12. ↑ "UV Symphony opens season". American Fork Citizen. October 7, 2004. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  13. ↑ "Utah Valley Symphony administration". Utah Valley Symphony. Archived from the original on 2 April 2008.
  14. ↑ "Utah Valley Daily Digest". Provo Daily Herald. May 24, 2006. p. 24.
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