Jill Mulvay Derr
Jill Mulvay Derr (born September 8, 1948) was a senior research historian in the Church History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 2005 to 2011. She previously served as Managing Director of the Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Latter-day Saint History at Brigham Young University (2003-2005), where she was also Associate Professor of Church History (1998-2005). Her research and publications have focused on the history of Mormon and Utah women, and she is past president of the Mormon History Association (1998-1999).
Derr was raised as Jill Carol Mulvay in Salt Lake City. Some of her publications have been credited under her maiden name.
Derr is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Derr is married to C. Brooklyn Derr, and they are the parents of four children. Longtime residents of Alpine, Utah, they have also lived in Fontainebleau, France[1] and Tolochenaz, Switzerland.
Jill Mulvay Derr holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Utah and an MA in teaching from Harvard University.
Writings
Derr edited Women's Voices: An Untold History of the Latter-day Saints, 1830-1900 with Kenneth W. Godfrey and Audrey M. Godfrey (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1982; 2000). She also co-wrote Women of Covenant: The Story of Relief Society (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1992; 2000). Her articles have appeared in BYU Studies, Journal of Mormon History, Utah Historical Quarterly, and Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought Her paper on Sarah M. Kimball received first prize in the 1976 Utah Bicentennial Biographies contest.
The following is a partial list of Derr's published work:
- Derr, Jill Mulvay (1976), Sarah M. Kimball, Salt Lake City: Utah State Historical Society. Published as a pamphlet by Signature Books in 1981.
Books
- Godfrey, Kenneth W.; Godfrey, Audrey M.; Derr, Jill Mulvay, eds. (1982). Women's Voices: An Untold History of the Latter-day Saints, 1830-1900. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book. ISBN 0-87747-909-7.
- Derr, Jill Mulvay; Janath Russell Cannon; Maureen Ursenbach Beecher (1992). Women of Covenant: The Story of Relief Society. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book. ISBN 0-87579-593-5.
- Snow, Eliza R.; Jill Mulvay Derr; Karen Lynn Davidson (2009). Eliza R. Snow: The Complete Poetry. Provo and Salt Lake City: BYU Press and University of Utah Press. ISBN 978-0-8425-2737-8.
- Davidson, Karen Lynn; Derr, Jill Mulvay (2012). The Life and Faith of Eliza R. Snow. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book. ISBN 978-1-60908-902-3.
Notes
- ↑ C. Brooklyn Derr. "Messages from two Cultures: Mormon Leaders in France, 1985" in Dialogue, 21 (2) Summer 1988, p. 98-111.
Sources
External links
- Jill Mulvay Derr at the MLCA Database
- Works by or about Jill Mulvay Derr in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
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