Correspondence, undated
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, diaries, subject files, and collected writings. Correspondence revolves around the Black priesthood issue of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and was primarily written in the 1960s and 1970s. Correspondents include Sonia Johnson, Samuel W. Taylor, Walter Martin, the General Authorities of the Church, as well as others involved in the Black 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 kept while a chaplain the army and later journals (1952-1978); chaplaincy material; and personal writings, much of which addresses the 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 Published and unpublished reprints, essays, and addresses pertain primarily to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and religious issues. Also includes two boxes of cassette tape recordings of lectures and interviews.
Dates
- Creation: undated
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
Restrictions
Open to public research.
Extent
From the Collection: 44 boxes (23 linear feet)
Repository Details
Part of the Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives Repository
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
3000 Old Main Hill
Logan Utah 84322-3000 United States
435 797-8248
435 797-2880 (Fax)
scweb@usu.edu