John Williams Fitzgerald papers, 1876-1985.

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John Williams Fitzgerald papers, 1876-1985.

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Correspondence, diaries, subject files, and collected writings. Correspondence revolves around the Black priesthood issue of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and was primarily written in the 1960s and 1970s. Correspondents include Sonia Johnson, Samuel W. Taylor, Walter Martin, the General Authorities of the L.D.S. Church, as well as others involved in the Black Mormon priesthood issue. Material from Fitzgerald's personal life includes family diaries, including missionary diaries of Fitzgerald's grandfather, John Fitzgerald (1876-1877), and of his father, William C. Fitzgerald (1906-1907); personal journals, including a 1944 journal in 1944 kept while a chaplain the army, and later journals (1952-1978); chaplaincy material; and personal writings, much of which addresses the Mormon Church and the Black priesthood issue. Fitzgerald's subject files cover a wide range of topics. Published and unpublished reprints, essays, and addresses pertain primarily to Mormonism and religious issues. Also includes two boxes of cassette tape recordings of lectures and interviews.

23 linear ft. (44 boxes)

Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6905328

Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library

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Utah State University. Libraries. Special Collections and Archives.

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Martin, Walter,

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Latter-day Saints' College (Salt Lake City, Utah)

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was formed in 1830 in New York by Joseph Smith, Jr. Its members later migrated to the American West, specifically the Salt Lake Valley in Utah. Shortly after the founding, missionaries were sent out to teach their message. From the guide to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints flannel board missionary discussions, Circa 1950-1970, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) The documents in this collection span the early year...

Taylor, Samuel W. (Samuel Woolley), 1907-1997

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Mormon author and historian. From the description of Cedar Breaks, 1970? (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 366744563 From the description of Papers, 1940-1970. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122623033 From the description of Correspondence, 1947-1948. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122553158 From the description of Family kingdom, ca. 1950. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122550731 From the guide to the Samuel Woolley Taylor correspondence, 1947-1948, ...

Fitzgerald, John, 1876-1877.

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John W. Fitzgerald spent the majority of his adult life as a professional educator. He served both as a seminary teacher in the L.D.S. Church, and as a principal in Salt Lake County's Granite School District. He also served professionally as a chaplain in the United States Army during World War II and continued this service with the Utah National Guard until his retirement in 1967. During his adult life Fitzgerald was a student of history and of the social policies that surrounded him. Through t...

Johnson, Sonia

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Sonia Ann Harris was born on 27 February 1936 in Malad City, Idaho, to Alvin and Ida Howell Harris. Her childhood was spent in Preston, Idaho, until the family moved to Logan, Utah, in 1948. She was raised a faithful member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (The Mormon Church). After graduation from Logan High School in 1954 Sonia worked in a bank until she entered Utah State University in January 1955. She received her B.A. in English in 1958. Sonia and Richard Theodore Johnson...

Fitzgerald, John, 1878-1966

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Fitzgerald, William C., 1878-1966.

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Fitzgerald, John William, 1907-

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School teacher and principal. From the description of [Papers] / John William Fitzgerald. 1910- (University of Utah). WorldCat record id: 10155091 Latter-day Saint Church military chaplain. From the description of John W. Fitzgerald oral history interview : Tape and transcript, 1974 December 23 [sound recording] / conducted by Richard Maher. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122480051 Utah educator and social activist; ex-communicated from the Church of Jes...

Fitzgerald, William C., 1906-1978

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