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These letters concern Brodie's access to the L.D.S. Church Archives during the period she was writing No Man Knows My History.

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Two copies of a letter sent to Francis W. Kirkham in response to an article by him in the Improvement Era. Also included is a biography of William D. Purple and a copy of a newspaper article written by Purple in 1877 about the early history of Joseph Smith.

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October 6, 1967-"You must realize that not only is your story on the life of Joseph Smith great literature but that it is also related to much of the intellectual ferment in Utah .... An Arrington or a Whelan, a McMurrin or an O'Dea are now possible because you pioneered and took the brunt of slander."

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For the letters in Fds 4-16 the labeling and filing system used by Brodie has been retained, although some of these fall under the category of personal correspondence as defined for Box 4. In a few instances, letters which came to Fawn Brodie after this material had been donated to the University of Utah Libraries (1973) and which deal directly with No Man Knows My History have been added.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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Jensen, professor emeritus at Utah State University in Logan, Utah, describes himself as an "old, cold cynic," but his letters to Brodie are articulate, witty, full of good humor, and sprinkled liberally with quotes from Byron, Kipling, and Twain. Two of the letters are copies, one he sent to Dr. Wells Jakeman, an archaeologist at Brigham Young University, about the factual base of the Book of Mormon, and the other to Preston Nibley, mostly about his nephew Hugh Nibley.

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...

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...

Scope and Contents Anderson, J. Leland, to John Dart, religion writer for the Los Angeles Times. April 25, 1977 (copy to Brodie)-"May I suggest that you and the Times stop going to negative sources for your information [on the L. D. S. Church] .... Remember there are thousands of Latter-day Saints who read the Times .... the Church, I understand, is also a substantial stockholder of the ...

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...

Scope and Contents Letters from members of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints commenting unfavorably about No Man Knows My History. The main objection seemed to be the evidence presented by Brodie of Joseph Smitn's polygamy, which their church denies. One member, C. J. Hunt, "age eighty-two," includes a pamphlet printed by him titled The Brodie Book, "No Man Knows My History," Exposed and Rejected....

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...