Box 8
Container
Contains 9 Results:
Miscellaneous Handwritten Notes
File — Box: 8, Folder: 1
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
When this book was published in November 1945, it instantly aroused controversy. It has remained controversial to this day in both the state of Utah and the nation. Boxes 8-12 contain the only remaining materials relating to the book, its publication, and its aftermath. "Remaining," because the manuscript and research materials were discarded by Brodie (Brodie to Monsignor Jerome Stoffel, November 3, 1967, Bx 9, Fd 3). Box 8 contains notes used for the revised edition of 1971, various research...
Dates:
1932-1983
Miscellaneous Typed Notes on Joseph Smith
File — Box: 8, Folder: 2
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
When this book was published in November 1945, it instantly aroused controversy. It has remained controversial to this day in both the state of Utah and the nation. Boxes 8-12 contain the only remaining materials relating to the book, its publication, and its aftermath. "Remaining," because the manuscript and research materials were discarded by Brodie (Brodie to Monsignor Jerome Stoffel, November 3, 1967, Bx 9, Fd 3). Box 8 contains notes used for the revised edition of 1971, various research...
Dates:
1932-1983
Correspondence and Research Materials
File — Box: 8, Folder: 3
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents
These letters contain research information. One, an unsolicited letter to Brodie from Loren G. Kilmer, relates an interesting version of how the printing of the original Book of Mormon was financed.
Dates:
1932-1983
Newspapers
File — Box: 8, Folder: 4
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents
Negative copy and reprint of the New York Baptist Register, June 13, 1834.
Dates:
1932-1983
Joseph Smith: An Oration, by Nephi Jensen
File — Box: 8, Folder: 5
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
When this book was published in November 1945, it instantly aroused controversy. It has remained controversial to this day in both the state of Utah and the nation. Boxes 8-12 contain the only remaining materials relating to the book, its publication, and its aftermath. "Remaining," because the manuscript and research materials were discarded by Brodie (Brodie to Monsignor Jerome Stoffel, November 3, 1967, Bx 9, Fd 3). Box 8 contains notes used for the revised edition of 1971, various research...
Dates:
1932-1983
Papers and Articles on Mormon Topics
File — Box: 8, Folder: 6
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents
Copies of articles on various aspects of Mormon history sent to Brodie by other scholars interested in the subject.
Dates:
1932-1983
Papers and Articles on Mormons and Freemasonry
File — Box: 8, Folder: 7
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
When this book was published in November 1945, it instantly aroused controversy. It has remained controversial to this day in both the state of Utah and the nation. Boxes 8-12 contain the only remaining materials relating to the book, its publication, and its aftermath. "Remaining," because the manuscript and research materials were discarded by Brodie (Brodie to Monsignor Jerome Stoffel, November 3, 1967, Bx 9, Fd 3). Box 8 contains notes used for the revised edition of 1971, various research...
Dates:
1932-1983
Walters, Reverend Wesley P., 1967-1979
File — Box: 8, Folder: 8
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents
Reverend Walters, a Presbyterian minister who did a considerable amount of research into the origins of the Mormon church, often shared the results of his research with Brodie.
Dates:
1967-1979
Reviews of No Man Knows My History
File — Box: 8, Folder: 9-14
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents
The reviews range from the New York Times, which called it "one of the best of the Mormon books," and "A masterly job of research," to the extremely hostile Deseret News and Saints Herald (Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints) attacks. The hostile reviews include a pamphlet of four reviews compiled by Hugh Nibley. Also included are reviews in British...
Dates:
1932-1983