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Jenson, Janet

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1937 - 2018

Biographical History

Janet Jenson (1937-2018) was a librarian and cataloger at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.

Janet Jenson was born April 10, 1937 in Athens, Georgia to Ralph William and Helen Harris Jenson, the first of their four children. She attended Brigham Young University, receiving a bachelor's degree in English and a master's degree in history and religion. She then worked at at the Church Historian's Office, taking some time off to complete a Master's of Library Science at Columbia University. After leaving church employment, she served in the Peace Corps and as a librarian at the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University while living in Spanish Fork, Utah.

Janet Jensen died in Spanish Fork, Utah on March 11, 2018.

Citation:
Phone conversation with author, 20 May 2011 (Janet Jenson, b. April 10, 1937 in Athens, Clarke County, Georgia; B.A. in English and M.A. in history and philosophy of religion, Brigham Young University; M.L.S. Columbia University; Librarian and cataloger at Church History Library of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Librarian and cataloger at Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University; Peace Corps Volunteer; currently resides in Spanish Fork, Utah)

Deseret News, June 24, 2003: Helen Harris Jenson obituary (lives in Spanish Fork)

Janet Jenson collection (MSS 7989) (born in Georgia to Ralph William and Helen Harris Jenson; first of four children)

Ancestry.com, Apr. 5, 2013 (Helen Harris Jenson, b. 1915; born around 1937 to Ralph William and Helen Harris)

BYU studies, Winter 1973 (previously worked for Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Historical Department; served in Peace Corps; received BA and MA degrees from Brigham Young University; MS degree from Columbia University, 1966)

Daily Herald, via WWW, March 14, 2018 (Janet Jenson, 80, of Spanish Fork, passed away on March 11, 2018)

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Janet Jenson collection on Franklin Stewart Harris

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233266086]
Identifier: UA 1106
Scope and Contents Materials include information, papers, and artifacts gathered Janet Jenson in the course of writing a biography of her grandfather Franklin S. Harris. The materials include articles by or about Franklin S. Harris, Franklin S. Harris' testimony in the Confederated Bands of Ute Indians vs. the United States, some business records of Franklin S. Harris, newspaper clippings about Franklin S. Harris, correspondence of Franklin S. and Estelle S. Harris, certificates of Franklin S. and Estelle S....
Dates: 1847-2002
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Janet Jenson collection on Franklin Stewart Harris

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