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Latter Day Saints -- Sexual behavior

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Office of the President records on sex education, 1953-1955

 Sub-Series
Identifier: UA 1086 Series 1 Sub-Series 52
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence, memorandums and proposed curriculum for sex education in schools. Also contains a survey regarding sexual practices of men and women inside and outside of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1953-1955.

Dates: 1953-1955
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / UA 1086, Office of the President records / Office of the President records

Joseph F. Smith letter to Frank S. Bellings

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 942
Scope and Contents

Letter to Frank S. Bellings of 17 Feb. 1905 discussing the marriage customs and sexual practices of Mormons, especially referring to the basic principles of celestial or polygamous marriage. Bellings was doing research for a book on ethics and morality. Apparently, his research was never published in book form.

Dates: 1905
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Joseph F. Smith letter to Frank S. Bellings

Gordon C. Thomasson papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1901
Scope and Contents

Typed essays and correspondence. The essays deal with sexuality and Mormon culture, Mormon doctrine, Mormon social values, and Mormon views of political events. The correspondence deals with issues relating to the publication of "Dialogue."

Dates: 1971-1975
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Gordon C. Thomasson papers

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