John C. Hamer
John C. Hamer is Executive Director of the John Whitmer Historical Association. He is an independent researcher,
historian and mapmaker. Hamer has produced maps for a number of university presses and museums, including the
University of Michigan Press, Columbia University Press, the Smithsonian Institution Press, the Strategic Air
and Space Museum, and the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Interpretive Center.
In the field of Latter Day Saint studies, Hamer has also produced maps for the LDS church’s Joseph Smith Papers
Project and the Community of Christ’s forthcoming history,
From Restoration to Community: The Journey of a
People. Hamer is the author of
Northeast of Eden: A Historical Atlas of Missouri’s Mormon County,
and is currently at work on
The Atlas of Mormon History (forthcoming).
He lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan with his partner of ten years, Michael Karpowicz.
John Whitmer Books by John C. Hamer
Scattering of the Saints: Schism within Mormonism, Editor
Strangites: The Great Lakes Mormon Experience, Editor
