Letters
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
First Presidency letter
Photocopy of a typewritten letter signed by Spencer W. Kimball and other members of the First Presidency of the Mormon Church. Letter includes guidelines for local Church authorities when interviewing members for callings, temple recommends, or missionary service. Includes instructions for local leaders to avoid indelicate inquiries into marital relations, as well as an interpretation of oral sex as constituting an unnatural, impure, or unholy practice.
David B. Galbraith collection on the Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies
Contains correspondence between Brigham Young University officials, leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and other people involved in the construction of the Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies. Also includes newspaper articles, written reports, video materials, financial records, and other material concerning the Jerusalem Center. Dates range from 1968 to 1994.
David Matthew Kennedy papers
Diaries, correspondence, business and political records, reports, and miscellaneous items relating to Kennedy's banking and political assignments.
Spencer W. Kimball letter to Francis W. Kirkham
Typewritten and signed letter dated 25 Feb. 1960 and addressed to Francis W. Kirkham. Kimball thanks Kirkham for sending him a copy of his book "A New Witness for Christ in America--Volume II." Kimball writes that he will read it and that he appreciates Kirkham's efforts.
Bernardino Rivadavia letter
Handwritten and signed letter. The item was addressed to a chief engineer in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Rivadavia gives the engineer permission to close a contract. Also included is a typed and signed letter from Spencer W. Kimball describing Rivadavia as "one of the most honest and finest builders of Argentina."