Brodie, Fawn M., to Fawn B. and Thomas E. McKay, 1943-1946

File — Box: 2, Folder: 1

Identifier: II

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

May 18, 1943 - Tells her parents she has won the Alfred A. Knopf Fellowship, and warns them "the book is likely to get a good bit of hostile criticism from the authorities of the church."
May 24, 1943 - Tells them about her progress on No Man Knows My History.
April 15, 1946 - Writes concerning an Elder Bowen's attack on the accuracy of her book No Man Knows My History. Discusses Bernard Brodie, Dick Brodie (their son), and household matters.
Ivins, Heber Grant, to Thomas E. McKay
June 12, 1946 - Congratulates McKay on the courage of his daughter [Fawn Brodie] for writing No Man Knows My History in an "unbiased and scholarly manner." States, somewhat prophetically, "one might just as well expect to write an objective story of Thomas Jefferson's life." Copy of the letter sent to Fawn Brodie by Thomas E. McKay.
Brimhall, Dean, to Fawn B. McKay
March 24, 1946 - "D[avid] O. McKay's attack on the family at the B.Y.U. meeting must be answered . . . . . By indirection he ttacked her 'upbringing'. . . he insulted her father and since the book was dedicated to McKeen [Dean Brimhall's deceased son] his slander about Fawn has spread over me."

Dates

1943-1946

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