Abstract 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...

Abstract Correspondence, class notes, lecture notes, drafts of his book, Ancient Israel, autobiography, diaries, journals from a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) to northern states. Much of the later material in the collection consists of Snell's defense of his book against Mormon conservatives and of his attempts to avoid excommunication proceedings for his holding the belief that Blacks should be allowed to hold priesthood in the LDS Church. Also includes writings...