Box 3
Container
Contains 13 Results:
L.D.S. Church Documents, 1960-1976
File — Box: 3, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
Copy of Sonia's partriarchial Blessing from 1960 and 1976.
Dates:
1960-1976
Correspondence with First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1979-1980
File — Box: 3, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
Letters between Sonia Johnson and the LDS Church hierarchy about her support for the Equal Rights Amendment, her trial and appeal of her excommunication.
Dates:
1979-1980
Summons, Trial, and Appeal, 1979-1980
File — Box: 3, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and statements between Sonia Johnson, her LDS Bishop Jeffery H. Willis, and the L.D.S. Stake President Earl J. Roueche about her excommunication trial and appeal.
Dates:
1979-1980
Defense: Michael J. Barrett, 1979-1980
File — Box: 3, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, articles, and notes about a possible defense against excommunication or possible civil action against the LDS Church from Michael J. Barrett, a lawyer.
Dates:
1979-1980
Defense: Paul N. McCloskey, Jr., 1979
File — Box: 3, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
Offer from California representative McCloskey to assist with her case.
Dates:
1979
Defense: Articles
File — Box: 3, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
Copies of "Resolution of Civil Disputes by Mormon Ecclesiastical Courts," by Raymond T. Swenson, and the testimony concerning Reed Smoot in the Committee on Privileges and Elections.
Dates:
1958-1983; Majority of material found within 1978-1982
Trial Testimonies and Statements, 1979
File — Box: 3, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
Included are statements by Sonia Johnson, the LDS Church representative, Ralph J. Payne, Nancy Kuhn, Hazel Rigby, Loneta Murphy, William D. Payne, Mary Ann Payne, Nadine Hansen, Kris Green, and the Consortium for Utah Women in Higher Education.
Dates:
1979
Trial Vigil Prayers and Statements, 1979
File — Box: 3, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
Prayer by Emily Benson, statements by Loneta Murphy and an unnamed individual.
Dates:
1979
Press Packet, 1979
File — Box: 3, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents
Folder for members of the press at Sonia Johnson's trial which includes copies of earlier newspaper clippings, statements, and testimony by and about Sonia Johnson and the Equal Rights Amendment.
Dates:
1979
Notes on Church Meeting, 1979
File — Box: 3, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
Notes by Arlene Wood and Kathryn McKay about the church meeting attended by Sonia on December 2, 1979 the day following her excommunication.
Dates:
1979