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Originals and copies of letters between Nelson and L.D.S. church leaders' policy regarding Blacks resulting from an inquiry about Cuba by Heber Meeks.

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Copies of letters between Chauncy D. Harris and L.D.S. church leaders and Nelson about policies regarding Blacks--letters from men like church President David O. McKay and Joseph Anderson, secretary to the president.

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Letters between Nelson and Fitzgerald about the L.D.S. church and about policies regarding Blacks and the church's reaction to Fitzgerald's outspoken attitude.

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Letters between Nelson and John C. Swensen, William C. Carr, and Juanita Brooks having to do directly with the 1947 correspondence between Nelson and the L.D.S. church's First Presidency.

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Letters between Nelson and David 0. McKay, Joseph Anderson, Ralph Russell, L. H. Kirkpatrick, 0. Boyd Mathias, Gaylen L. Caldwell, and E. DeAlton Partridge regarding various church policies and beliefs.

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Letters between Nelson and Claude A. Eggertsen, Stewart Udall, 0. Meredith Wilson, Vernon Davies, and Armand L. Mauss regarding L.D.S. church policies toward Blacks and other issues.

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Letters between Nelson and Carlton Culmsee; Lester Bush; 0. Kendall White, Jr.; R. Clayton Brough; Armand L. Mauss; and Vernon Davies about L.D.S. church policies toward Blacks and other issues.

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Includes some of Nelson's opinions.

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Includes some of Nelson's opinions.

Scope and Contents Nelson, Lowry, "Mormons and the Negro," The Nation, vol. 174, 24 May 1952, p. 488. Doxy, Roy W., "Letter to the Editor," The Nation, vol. 175, 6 August 1952, p. 120. Letter written in reply to Nelson's article which is highly critical of Nelson's viewpoint and which sets forth the opposing view. Nelson, Lowry, "Letter to the Editor," The...

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Letters between Nelson and Robert H. Hinckley, J. H. Kolb, Paul A. Christensen, Dean Brimhall, Harold T. Christensen, J. C. Swensen, George S. Ballif, Harold W. Bentley, John W. Tucker, Leonard Arrington, Sterling McMurrin, Justice J. Allen Crockett, J. B. Christensen, Marcus A. Heyman, Gloria S. Woyantes, Calvin H. Simons, and Lawrence S. Bee, expressing congratulations on the article and other favorable opinion on hopeful progress regarding Blacks within the L.D.S. church.

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Letters exchanged with Roy W. Doxy of Brigham Young University, regarding The Nation article, in which Doxy took Nelson to task over his statements and informed him a letter was being sent to The Nation in reply to Nelson's article.

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Manuscript with revisions and correspondence with The Nation and Christian Century about publication.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Lowry Nelson's collection of personal writings, correspondence, books, and manuscripts was presented to Marriott Library, Special Collections beginning in 1974 and continuing through 1976. Personal items filed with the collection include two bound autobiographies, comprising memoirs of his boyhood and his personal life; diaries and daybooks concerning his years of foreign travel and research; and personal photographs, family histories, and family correspondence.The correspondence...

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Letters between Nelson and Roy Wilkins of the NAACP, Reverend Edward Day, Ray Canning, and Stewart Udall regarding the Christian Century article.