Reflections of an Assistant Church Historian

Richard E. Turley Jr. retired on March 31, 2020, after a long career in which he oversaw the Church History, Family History, Public Affairs, and Church Communication Departments of the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He has authored or edited numerous books on Latter-day Saint and Western U.S. history and helped create the Church Historian’s Press, the Joseph Smith Papers, FamilySearch, the Church History Library, and Saints: The History of the Church of Jesus Christ in the Latter Days.