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Dean C. Jessee

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Dean C. Jessee is widely recognized as an authority on the life and writings of Joseph Smith. He holds a master's degree in Church History from Brigham Young University and is a research historian in the Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Latter-day Saint History at BYU. He served for many years in the Church Historical Department, and has been president of the Mormon History Association. He is the editor of The Papers of Joseph Smith, volumes 1 and 2.
Dean Cornell Jessee
LDS
LDS (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
1929
Springville, Utah
Germany
Master of Arts in LDS church history from the College of Religion at Brigham Young University (1959)
LDS Seminary teacher, archivist, editor, historian, author
Male
Author, Editor
English

9 Works by Dean C. Jessee

Title Role Year Genre
To the Church in Quincy, Illinois Editor Letter
Letters of Brigham Young to His Sons Editor 1974 Letter
The Kirtland Diary of Wilford Woodruff Editor Diary / Journal
The Prophet's Letters to His Sons, Part 1 and 2 Editor Letter
The Personal Writings of Joseph Smith Author 1984
The Papers of Joseph Smith - Vol. 1 Author 1989
The Papers of Joseph Smith - Vol. 2 Author 1992
The John Taylor Nauvoo Journal Editor Diary / Journal
[Review of] The Words of Joseph Smith: The Contemporary Accounts of the Nauvoo Discourses of the Prophet Joseph Author Review
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