Dean C. Jessee, the Glossary

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1. 84 relations: Archivist, Association for Mormon Letters, Autograph (manuscript), Bookcraft, Boyd K. Packer, Brigham Young University, Brigham Young University Press, BYU Studies, Church Educational System, Church Historian and Recorder, Church Historian's Press, Church History (journal), Church News, D. Michael Quinn, Daniel H. Ludlow, Davis Bitton, Deseret Book Company, Deseret News, Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Ensign (LDS magazine), FAIR (Mormon apologetics organization), First Presidency (LDS Church), Forgery, Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, Founding Fathers of the United States, Genealogy, Germany, High priest (Latter Day Saints), Historian, History of the Latter Day Saint movement, James B. Allen (historian), Jan Shipps, John W. Welch, Joseph Fielding Smith, Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Church History, Joseph Smith, Kent P. Jackson, Larry H. Miller, Latter Day Saint movement, Leonard J. Arrington, Macmillan Inc., Mark Hofmann, Marvin S. Hill, Master of Arts, Maureen U. Beecher, Ministering, Mission (LDS Church), Mission president, Mormon fundamentalism, ... Expand index (34 more) »

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Archivist

An archivist is an information professional who assesses, collects, organizes, preserves, maintains control over, and provides access to records and archives determined to have long-term value.

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Association for Mormon Letters

The Association for Mormon Letters (AML) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1976 to "foster scholarly and creative work in Mormon letters and to promote fellowship among scholars and writers of Mormon literature." Other stated purposes have included promoting the "production and study of Mormon literature" and the encouragement of quality writing "by, for, and about Mormons." The broadness of this definition of LDS literature has led the AML to focus on a wide variety of work that has sometimes been neglected in the Mormon community.

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Autograph (manuscript)

An autograph or holograph is a manuscript or document written in its author's or composer's hand.

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Bookcraft

Bookcraft was a major publisher of books and products for members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).

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Boyd K. Packer

Boyd Kenneth Packer (September 10, 1924 – July 3, 2015) was an American religious leader and educator who served as president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 2008 until his death. Dean C. Jessee and Boyd K. Packer are 20th-century Mormon missionaries, American Latter Day Saint writers and church Educational System instructors.

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Brigham Young University

Brigham Young University (BYU) is a private research university in Provo, Utah, United States.

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Brigham Young University Press

Brigham Young University Press (BYU Press) was the university press of Brigham Young University (BYU).

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BYU Studies

BYU Studies is a multidisciplinary academic journal covering a broad array of topics related to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon studies).

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Church Educational System

The Church Educational System (CES) of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) consists of several institutions that provide religious and secular education for both Latter-day Saint and non–Latter-day Saint elementary, secondary, and post-secondary students and adult learners.

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Church Historian and Recorder

Church Historian and Recorder (usually shortened to Church Historian) is a priesthood calling in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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Church Historian's Press

The Church Historian's Press is an imprint dedicated to publishing scholarly works about the origin, history, and growth of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).

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Church History (journal)

Church History: Studies in Christianity and Culture is a quarterly academic journal.

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Church News

The Church News (formerly LDS Church News) is a multi-platform supplement and subdivision of the Deseret News, a Salt Lake City, Utah newspaper owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (informally, the LDS Church).

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D. Michael Quinn

Dennis Michael Quinn (March 26, 1944 – April 21, 2021) was an American historian who focused on the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Dean C. Jessee and D. Michael Quinn are 20th-century Mormon missionaries, American Latter Day Saint writers, Brigham Young University faculty and historians of the Latter Day Saint movement.

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Daniel H. Ludlow

Daniel Hansen Ludlow (March 17, 1924 – February 14, 2009) was a professor of religion at Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo, Utah. Dean C. Jessee and Daniel H. Ludlow are 20th-century Mormon missionaries, American Latter Day Saint writers and Brigham Young University faculty.

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Davis Bitton

Ronald Davis Bitton (February 22, 1930 – April 13, 2007) was a charter member and president of the Mormon History Association, professor of history at the University of Utah, and official Assistant Church Historian in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) working with Leonard J. Dean C. Jessee and Davis Bitton are 20th-century Mormon missionaries and American Latter Day Saint writers.

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Deseret Book Company

Deseret Book is an American publishing company headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, that also operates a chain of bookstores throughout the western United States.

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Deseret News

The Deseret News is a multi-platform newspaper based in Salt Lake City, published by Deseret News Publishing Company, a subsidiary of Deseret Management Corporation, which is owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought

Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought is an independent quarterly journal that addresses a wide range of issues on Mormonism and the Latter Day Saint Movement.

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Encyclopedia of Mormonism

The Encyclopedia of Mormonism is a semi-official English-language encyclopedia for topics relevant to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church, see also "Mormon").

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Ensign (LDS magazine)

The Ensign of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, commonly shortened to Ensign, was an official periodical of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1971 to 2020.

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FAIR (Mormon apologetics organization)

FAIR (Faithful Answers, Informed Response), formerly known as FairMormon and the Foundation for Apologetic Information & Research (FAIR), is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that specializes in Mormon apologetics and responds to criticism of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Dean C. Jessee and FAIR (Mormon apologetics organization) are historians of the Latter Day Saint movement.

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First Presidency (LDS Church)

The First Presidency, also called the Quorum of the Presidency of the ChurchDoctrine and Covenants.

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Forgery

Forgery is a white-collar crime that generally refers to the false making or material alteration of a legal instrument with the specific intent to defraud.

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Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies

The Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies (FARMS) was an informal collaboration of academics devoted to Latter-day Saint historical scholarship. Dean C. Jessee and Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies are historians of the Latter Day Saint movement.

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Founding Fathers of the United States

The Founding Fathers of the United States, commonly referred to as the Founding Fathers, were a group of late-18th-century American revolutionary leaders who united the Thirteen Colonies, oversaw the War of Independence from Great Britain, established the United States of America, and crafted a framework of government for the new nation.

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Genealogy

Genealogy is the study of families, family history, and the tracing of their lineages.

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Germany

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.

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High priest (Latter Day Saints)

In most denominations of the Latter Day Saint movement, a high priest is an office of the priesthood within the Melchizedek priesthood.

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Historian

A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it.

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History of the Latter Day Saint movement

The Latter Day Saint movement is a religious movement within Christianity that arose during the Second Great Awakening in the early 19th century and that led to the set of doctrines, practices, and cultures called Mormonism, and to the existence of numerous Latter Day Saint churches.

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James B. Allen (historian)

James Brown Allen (born June 14, 1927) is an American historian of Mormonism and was an official Assistant Church Historian of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1972 to 1979. Dean C. Jessee and James B. Allen (historian) are 20th-century Mormon missionaries, American Latter Day Saint writers, Brigham Young University faculty, church Educational System instructors and historians of the Latter Day Saint movement.

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Jan Shipps

Jo Ann Barnett Shipps (born 1929), known as Jan Shipps, is an American historian specializing in Mormon history, particularly in the latter half of the 20th century to the present. Dean C. Jessee and Jan Shipps are historians of the Latter Day Saint movement.

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John W. Welch

John Woodland "Jack" Welch (born 1946) is a scholar of law and religion. Dean C. Jessee and John W. Welch are 20th-century Mormon missionaries, American Latter Day Saint writers, American Mormon missionaries in Germany, Brigham Young University faculty and historians of the Latter Day Saint movement.

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Joseph Fielding Smith

Joseph Fielding Smith Jr. (July 19, 1876 – July 2, 1972) was an American religious leader and writer who served as the tenth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1970 until his death in 1972. Dean C. Jessee and Joseph Fielding Smith are 20th-century Mormon missionaries and American Latter Day Saint writers.

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Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Church History

The Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Church History (later renamed to Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Latter-day Saint History) was an academic research organization at Brigham Young University (BYU) from 1980 to 2005 that sought to promote the study of the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Dean C. Jessee and Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Church History are historians of the Latter Day Saint movement.

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Joseph Smith

Joseph Smith Jr. (December 23, 1805June 27, 1844) was an American religious leader and the founder of Mormonism and the Latter Day Saint movement.

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Kent P. Jackson

Kent Phillips Jackson (born 1949) is an American scholar who was a professor of ancient scripture at Brigham Young University (BYU). Dean C. Jessee and Kent P. Jackson are Brigham Young University faculty.

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Larry H. Miller

Larry H. Miller (April 26, 1944 – February 20, 2009) was an American businessman.

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Latter Day Saint movement

The Latter Day Saint movement (also called the LDS movement, LDS restorationist movement, or Smith–Rigdon movement) is the collection of independent church groups that trace their origins to a Christian Restorationist movement founded by Joseph Smith in the late 1820s.

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Leonard J. Arrington

Leonard James Arrington (July 2, 1917 – February 11, 1999) was an American author, academic and the founder of the Mormon History Association. Dean C. Jessee and Leonard J. Arrington are American Latter Day Saint writers, Brigham Young University faculty, historians of the Latter Day Saint movement and writers from Salt Lake City.

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Macmillan Inc.

Macmillan Inc. was an American book publishing company originally established as the American division of the British Macmillan Publishers.

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Mark Hofmann

Mark William Hofmann (born December 7, 1954) is an American counterfeiter, forger, and convicted murderer. Dean C. Jessee and Mark Hofmann are 20th-century Mormon missionaries.

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Marvin S. Hill

Marvin Sidney Hill (1928–2016) was a professor of American history at Brigham Young University (BYU) and a historian of the Latter Day Saint movement. Dean C. Jessee and Marvin S. Hill are American Latter Day Saint writers, Brigham Young University faculty and historians of the Latter Day Saint movement.

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Master of Arts

A Master of Arts (Magister Artium or Artium Magister; abbreviated MA or AM) is the holder of a master's degree awarded by universities in many countries.

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Maureen U. Beecher

Maureen Ursenbach Beecher (born March 19, 1935) is a historian and editor of the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Dean C. Jessee and Maureen U. Beecher are American Latter Day Saint writers, Brigham Young University faculty and historians of the Latter Day Saint movement.

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Ministering

Ministering is the term for Christian service given to fellow congregants, known as "ward members," within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).

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Mission (LDS Church)

A mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) is a geographical administrative area to which church missionaries are assigned.

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Mission president

Mission president is a priesthood leadership position in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).

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Mormon fundamentalism

Mormon fundamentalism (also called fundamentalist Mormonism) is a belief in the validity of selected fundamental aspects of Mormonism as taught and practiced in the nineteenth century, particularly during the administrations of Joseph Smith, Brigham Young, and John Taylor, the first three presidents of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).

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Mormon History Association

The Mormon History Association (MHA) is an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to the study and understanding of all aspects of Mormon history to promote understanding, scholarly research, and publication in the field. Dean C. Jessee and Mormon History Association are historians of the Latter Day Saint movement.

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Mormon missionary

Missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church)—widely known as Mormon missionaries—are volunteer representatives of the church who engage variously in proselytizing, church service, humanitarian aid, and community service.

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MP3

MP3 (formally MPEG-1 Audio Layer III or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III) is a coding format for digital audio developed largely by the Fraunhofer Society in Germany under the lead of Karlheinz Brandenburg, with support from other digital scientists in other countries.

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New Era (magazine)

The New Era was an official magazine of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1971 to 2020.

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Oregon

Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.

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PDF

Portable Document Format (PDF), standardized as ISO 32000, is a file format developed by Adobe in 1992 to present documents, including text formatting and images, in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems.

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Philanthropy

Philanthropy is a form of altruism that consists of "private initiatives for the public good, focusing on quality of life".

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Portland, Oregon

Portland is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon, located in the Pacific Northwest region.

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Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church)

In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (also known as the Quorum of the Twelve, the Council of the Twelve Apostles, or simply the Twelve) is one of the governing bodies in the church hierarchy.

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Regional representative of the Twelve

Regional representative of the Twelve, commonly shorted to regional representative or regional rep, was a priesthood calling in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) between 1968 and 1995.

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Religious Studies Center

The Religious Studies Center (RSC) at Brigham Young University (BYU) sponsors and publishes scholarship on the culture, history, scripture, and doctrine of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).

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Richard Bushman

Richard Lyman Bushman (born June 20, 1931) is an American historian and Gouverneur Morris Professor Emeritus of History at Columbia University, having previously taught at Brigham Young University, Harvard University, Boston University, and the University of Delaware. Dean C. Jessee and Richard Bushman are 20th-century Mormon missionaries, American Latter Day Saint writers, Brigham Young University faculty, church Educational System instructors, historians of the Latter Day Saint movement and writers from Salt Lake City.

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Richard Lloyd Anderson

Richard Lloyd Anderson (9 May 1926 – 12 August 2018) was an American lawyer and theologist of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who was a professor of church history and doctrine at Brigham Young University (BYU). Dean C. Jessee and Richard Lloyd Anderson are 20th-century Mormon missionaries, American Latter Day Saint writers, Brigham Young University faculty, church Educational System instructors, historians of the Latter Day Saint movement and writers from Salt Lake City.

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Robert L. Millet

Robert L. Millet (born 30 December 1947) is a professor of ancient scripture and emeritus Dean of Religious Education at Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo, Utah. Dean C. Jessee and Robert L. Millet are American Latter Day Saint writers and Brigham Young University faculty.

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Roger D. Launius

Roger D. Launius (born May 15, 1954) is an American historian and author of Lithuanian descent, a former chief historian of NASA. Dean C. Jessee and Roger D. Launius are historians of the Latter Day Saint movement.

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Ron Esplin

Ronald Kent Esplin (born 1944) is the managing editor of The Joseph Smith Papers project and the former director of the Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Latter-day Saint History at Brigham Young University (BYU). Dean C. Jessee and Ron Esplin are 20th-century Mormon missionaries, Brigham Young University faculty and historians of the Latter Day Saint movement.

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Ronald W. Walker

Ronald Warren Walker (1939 – May 9, 2016) was an American historian of the Latter Day Saint movement and a professor at Brigham Young University (BYU) and president of the Mormon History Association. Dean C. Jessee and Ronald W. Walker are Brigham Young University faculty, church Educational System instructors and historians of the Latter Day Saint movement.

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Salamander letter

The salamander letter was a controversial forged document about the history of the Latter Day Saint movement.

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Salt Lake City

Salt Lake City, often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah.

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Springville, Utah

Springville is a city in Utah County, Utah, United States, that is part of the Provo–Orem metropolitan area.

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Stake (Latter Day Saints)

A stake is an administrative unit composed of multiple congregations in certain denominations of the Latter Day Saint movement.

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Sunstone (magazine)

Sunstone is a magazine published by the Sunstone Education Foundation, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation, that discusses Mormonism through scholarship, art, short fiction, and poetry.

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Susan Easton Black

Susan Easton Black (born Susan Lindsay Ward in 1944) is a retired professor of Church History and Doctrine at Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo, Utah. Dean C. Jessee and Susan Easton Black are 20th-century Mormon missionaries, American Latter Day Saint writers, Brigham Young University faculty and historians of the Latter Day Saint movement.

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is the largest Latter Day Saint denomination, tracing its roots to its founding by Joseph Smith during the Second Great Awakening.

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The Joseph Smith Papers

The Joseph Smith Papers (or Joseph Smith Papers Project) is a documentary editing project to collect, research, and publish all documents created by, or under the direction of, Joseph Smith (1805-1844), the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement.

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The Journal of American History

The Journal of American History is the official academic journal of the Organization of American Historians.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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Truman G. Madsen

Truman Grant Madsen (December 13, 1926 – May 28, 2009) was an American professor of religion and philosophy at Brigham Young University (BYU) and director of the Brigham Young University Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies. Dean C. Jessee and Truman G. Madsen are American Latter Day Saint writers, Brigham Young University faculty, church Educational System instructors and historians of the Latter Day Saint movement.

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University of Chicago Press

The University of Chicago Press is the university press of the University of Chicago, a private research university in Chicago, Illinois.

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University of Illinois Press

The University of Illinois Press (UIP) is an American university press and is part of the University of Illinois system.

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University of Utah Press

The University of Utah Press is the independent publishing branch of the University of Utah and is a division of the J. Willard Marriott Library.

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Ward (LDS Church)

A ward is a local congregation in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), with a smaller local congregation known as a branch.

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Western History Association

The Western History Association (WHA), a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, was founded in 1961 at Santa Fe, New Mexico by Ray Allen Billington, et al.

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William G. Hartley

William George Hartley (born 10 February 1942; died 10 April 2018) was an American historian and author. Dean C. Jessee and William G. Hartley are 20th-century Mormon missionaries, American Latter Day Saint writers, Brigham Young University faculty, church Educational System instructors and historians of the Latter Day Saint movement.

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See also

Brigham Young University staff

• Alton L. Wade
• Amos Jordan
• Blaine Fowler
• Claudia Lauper Bushman
• Daniel E. Gawthrop
• David B. Haight
• Dean C. Jessee
• Doug Padilla
• Evan McMullin
• Fred L. Markham
• Gail Halvorsen
• Gerrit W. Gong
• Greg Wrubell
• Harvey L. Taylor
• Janie Thompson
• Keith N. Hamilton
• Kevan Guy
• Mark Ashurst-McGee
• Mark L. Grover
• Marvin Goldstein
• Mike Wilton
• Paul L. Anderson
• Richard L. Jensen
• Thomas B. Griffith
• Tomoyuki Nishita
• Trent Walker

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_C._Jessee

Also known as Dean C. Jesse, Dean Jesse, Dean Jessee.

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