Restless pilgrim : Andrew Jenson's quest for Latter-day Saint history / Reid L. Neilson and Scott D. Marianno.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Neilson, Reid L., 1972- author.

Marianno, Scott D., author.

Series:

Illinois scholarship online.

Illinois scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion historians--United States--Biography.

Religion historians.

Latter Day Saint converts--Biography.

Latter Day Saint converts.

Danish Americans--Biography.

Danish Americans.

Latter Day Saint missionaries--Scandinavia--Biography.

Latter Day Saint missionaries.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Church Historian's Office--Employees.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--Historiography.

Jenson, Andrew, 1850-1941.

Jenson, Andrew.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (300 pages)

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2022]

Summary:

Andrew Jenson undertook a lifelong quest to render the LDS historical record complete and comprehensive. As Assistant Church Historian of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Jenson tirelessly carried out his office's archival mission and advocated for fixed recordkeeping to become a duty for Latter-day Saints. Reid L. Neilson and Scott D. Marianno offer an in-depth study of Jenson's long life and career.

Contents:

Danish American emigrant

Entrepreneurial chronicler

Historian's office affiliate

Itinerant world traveler

Assistant church historian

Elder and emissary

Scandinavian Mission president

Modern record keeper

Explorer of Latin America

Public commemorator

Twilight church historian.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2022.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on October 12, 2022).

ISBN:

9780252053184

0252053184

OCLC:

1267402023