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Book 4, 1955 December 23 - 1956 June 16

 File — Box: 13, Folder: 7
Identifier: II

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

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 Published and unpublished reprints, essays, and addresses pertain primarily to Mormonism and religious issues.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.

Dates

  • Creation: 1955 December 23 - 1956 June 16

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

Collection materials are in English.

Restrictions

Open to public research.

Extent

From the Collection: 44 boxes (23 linear ft.)

Repository Details

Part of the Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives Repository

Contact:
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
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Logan Utah 84322-3000 United States
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