Box 3
Container
Contains 19 Results:
H. Grant Ivins and A. C. Lambert, August 1967-February 1973
File — Box: 3, Folder: 1-3
Scope and Contents
Lambert was associated with Ivins at BYU. The correspondence contains discussion of LDS Church doctrine as well as personal communication.
Dates:
August 1967-February 1973
H. Grant Ivins and John W. Fitzgerald, February 1969-July 1973
File — Box: 3, Folder: 4-6
Scope and Contents
Correspondence centers around the conflict with LDS Church authorities which resulted in Fitzgerald's excommunication. In addition to correspondence, these folders contain news clippings, Fitzgerald's poetry, documents relating to Fitzgerald's trial before the High Council of Holladay Stake in December 1972 (including Ivins' letter in support of Fitzgerald), and a talk given by Fitzgerald at the First Baptist Church.
Dates:
February 1969-July 1973
H. Grant Ivins and Dallin H. Oaks, October 1971-November 1971
File — Box: 3, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
Correspondence between Ivins and BYU president Dallin Oaks on academic freedom, religion-science conflicts, and racism within the church.
Dates:
October 1971-November 1971
Salt Lake Tribune Public Forum, March 1966-September 1973
File — Box: 3, Folder: 8-10
Scope and Contents
Ivins' letters to the editor regarding racism at BYU and in Mormon theology, the role of the LDS Church in politics, and prophetic infallibility.
Dates:
March 1966-September 1973
African Americans and the LDS Church, 1966-1972
File — Box: 3, Folder: 11-14
Scope and Contents
Personal correspondence, letters to the editor and newspaper clippings regarding the controversy surrounding the status of African Americans within the LDS Church. Contains Ivins' thoughts on the theological and cultural roots of Mormon racism.
Dates:
1966-1972
"Response to Duane Stanfield", 1969
File — Box: 3, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents
Contains two versions of a paper submitted to Dialogue with Ivins' thoughts on Stanfield's letter in which Stanfield describes himself as an "apostate Mormon." Also contains related correspondence.
Dates:
1969
Correspondence, B. H. Roberts' Comparison, Book of Mormon and View of the Hebrews, 1973-1974
File — Box: 3, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The bulk of the material in this section deals with Ivins' religious beliefs and his attempt to develop his personal philosophy within the context of the official teachings of the LDS Church. Box 1 contains his diaries, which deal primarily with his missionary experience in Japan. While in the mission field, Ivins typically wrote daily entries. After his return to the United States, the entries become...
Dates:
1973-1974
B. H. Roberts' Comparison, Book of Mormon and View of the Hebrews
File — Box: 3, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents
Contains an undated carbon copy, originally in the possession of Antoine R. Ivins, of the Roberts comparison.
Dates:
1897-1973
Grant Ivins' Notes on B. H. Roberts' "A Book of Mormon Study", 1973
File — Box: 3, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents
Contains a ledger with 36 pages of handwritten notes. This document is Ivins' chapter-by-chapter summary and analysis of the Roberts comparison. This ledger also contains an inventory of 18 boxes of books.
Dates:
1973
Anthony W. Ivins, 1897-1934
File — Box: 3, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of documents created by Anthony W. Ivins on polygamy, including a list of marriages performed between 1897 and 1904, numbers and ages of marriages, letters to Isaac Russell (1911) and Mrs. R. C. Allred (1934). Also included are two letters to Anthony W. Ivins from George Q. Cannon in 1897 and 1898.
Dates:
1897-1934