« Viewer Mail: Wedding Cards | Main | An Approach to Religious History »

Comments

Feed You can follow this conversation by subscribing to the comment feed for this post.

I met Jan a while back and found her to be simply wonderful. She truly has herself well placed in many worlds. I know of no other scholar that is tied so closely to and has friendships with the "brethren," apologists, and the New Mormon Historians all at once.

She is a great scholar to boot. The McLellin diaries, which were at the heart of the Hofmann intrigue, were simply lost in the First Presidency's vault. She produced the edited diaries which were co-published by U of Illinois and BYU. They are an amazing resource.

Yes, it makes the FP Vault sound like an old closet where various artifacts or manuscripts are chucked in, then forgotten. You'd think they have the budget to hire a few archivists to catalog the contents ...

The comments to this entry are closed.

Now Reading

General Books 09-12

General Books 06-08

General Books 04-05

About This Site

Mormon Books 2015-16

Mormon Books 2013-14

Science Books

Bible Books

Mormon Books 2012

Mormon Books 2009-11

Mormon Books 2008

Mormon Books 2007

Mormon Books 2006

Mormon Books 2005

Religion Books 09-12

Religion Books 2008

Religion Books 2004-07

DMI on Facebook


Blog powered by Typepad