Welcome to the Maxwell Institute podcast. I'm Joseph Stewart. Andrew Jensen undertook a lifelong quest to render the LDS historical record complete and comprehensive.

An assistant church historian of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,

Jensen tirelessly carried out his office's archival mission and advocated for fixed record-keeping to become a duty for Latter-day Saints.

Rita Nielsen and Scott Di Mariano offer a new in-depth study of Jensen's long life and career

in Restless Pilgrim, Andrew Jensen's quest for Latter-day Saint History from the University of Illinois

Press.

Their account follows Jensen from his arrival as a Danish immigrant to 1860s, Utah, through trips around the world to secure documents from far-flung missions, and on to his public life as a newspaper columnist and interpreter of Latter-day Saint history.

Throughout, Jensen emerges as a figure dedicated to the belief that recorded history united past and present Latter-day Saints, in heaven and on earth, and for all eternity.

In this interview, you'll hear the voices of Dr. Reed L. Nielsen and Scott Di Mariano.

In April 2022, Dr. Nielsen was appointed as the Assistant Academic Vice President for Religious

Scholarly Publications at BYU. He holds a PhD in Religious Studies with an emphasis in American

religious history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He earned a PhD in religious studies with an emphasis in American religious history from

the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He earned his bachelor's degree in international relations

from BYU and holds graduate degrees in American history and business administration, also from

BYU. Scott Di Mariano is a historian and archivist of the church history library in Salt Lake City

and holds degrees in history

from Brigham Young University and Utah State University. Now, without any further ado, let's get

to our conversation with Reed and Scott. Welcome Reed Nielsen and Scott Mariano to the Maxwell

Institute podcast. Thanks for having us today. Good to be with you. My first question is, how did the two of you come to work

on Andrew Jensen, who was an assistant church historian and really one of the great chroniclers

of Latter-day Saint History? I've been working on Andrew Jensen's life for some time, publishing

different articles and books on its life. And then I came in contact with Scott

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