Race -- Religious aspects -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- History -- Sources
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
William E. Berrett papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1955
Scope and Contents
Contains correspondence, speeches, a biography, and an autobiography. The materials relate to Berrett's work with the Utah Committee on Children and Youth, his research on The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' relationships with African-Americans, and various documents pertaining to his career as a professor at Brigham Young University, his time in Fairbanks, Alaska. Also included is Berett's autobiography and a biography of B. H. Roberts, the Mormon historian. Materials dated...
Dates:
1836-1993
Joseph Byron Smith correspondence
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230335991]
Identifier: MSS 1047
Scope and Contents
Typewritten letter dated 24 May 1962 and addressed to the editior of the "Saint's Herald" of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Smith writes in response to an article in the Saint's Herald about the Mormon Church in Utah relating to its stand on Blacks holding the priesthood. Smith refers to several verses of scripture to show that the stand is correct. A letter acknowleding Smith's letter is also attached.
Dates:
1962