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Calendar of correspondence

Correspondence:

Between Thomas S. Rue then of 179 Foch Ave., Trenton New Jersey and various people:

  • Alex Joseph, founder and prophet, Church of Jesus Christ in Solemn Assembly, PO Box 151, Glen Canyon City UT
  • Carmen Joseph, polygamous wife of Alex Joseph and member of above named Assembly, PO Box 151, Glen Canyon City UT
  • Joan Joseph, polygamous wife of Alex Joseph and member of above named Assembly, PO Box 151, Glen Canyon City UT
  • Judy Joseph, polygamous wife of Alex Joseph and member of above named Assembly, PO Box 151, Glen Canyon City UT
  • Paulette Joseph, polygamous wife of Alex Joseph and member of above named Assembly, PO Box 151, Glen Canyon City UT
  • William A. Sheldon, general church representative in the office, Church of Christ, Temple Lot, Box 472, Independence MO
  • Majel Smith, Information Center, Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, The Auditorium, Independence MO
  • Stanley L. Johnston, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite), 828 Hickory St., Lansing MI
  • Robert L. Maley, The Book of Mormon Foundation, 3644 S. Louisville,Tulsa OK
  • Mrs. Rupert J. Fletcher, widow of president, Church of Jesus Christ (Cutlerite), 819 So. Cottage St., Independence MO
  • Joseph Calabrese, general church correspondent, Church of Jesus Christ in the USA, 1110 Kingsway Dr., #2, Lorain OH
  • Barney Fuller, World Redemption, Box 1925, Independence MO
  • John Dersi Guiness, c/o The Guinness Agency, 2 W. Broad St., Hopewell NJ
  • J.W. Savage, secretary/treasurer, Church of Christ With the Elijah Message, 608 Lacy Rd., Independence MO

    Originals of the following items of correspondence and news clips are at the Special Collections and Manuscripts department of the Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah. See card catalog entry for file description. 05-07-1975 - Letter from TSR to Alex Joseph, Church of Jesus Christ in Solemn Assembly, Glen Canyon City, Utah, 2 pp., typed.

    05-07-1975 - Letter from TSR to Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Independence, Missouri.

    05-07-1975 - Letter from TSR to Church of Christ, Temple Lot, Independence, Missouri.

    05-16-1975 - Letter to TSR from William A. Sheldon, Church of Christ, Temple Lot, Independence, Missouri.

    15-18-1975 - Letter to TSR from Alex Joseph, Church of Jesus Christ in Solemn Assembly, Glen Canyon City, Utah.

    05-18-1975 - Letter to TSR from Joan Joseph, Judy Joseph, Carmen Joseph, and Paulette Joseph, Church of Jesus Christ in Solemn Assembly, Glen Canyon City, Utah, 1 p., typed.

    05-19-1975 - Letter to TSR from Majel Smith, Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Independence, Missouri.

    05-24-1975 - Letter from TSR to Majel Smith, Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Independence, Missouri.

    05-24-1975 - Letter from TSR to Alex Joseph, Church of Jesus Christ in Solemn Assembly, Glen Canyon City, Utah.

    05-24-1975 - Letter from TSR to William A. Sheldon, Church of Christ, Temple Lot, Independence, Missouri.

    06-04-1975 - Letter to TSR from William A. Sheldon, Church of Christ, Temple Lot, Independence, Missouri.

    06-05-1975 - Interview on the Mike Douglas Show with Alex Joseph, Church of Jesus Christ in Solemn Assembly, 23 pp., handwritten, transcribed by TSR. TV Guide entry describes: "...polygamist Alex Joseph with five of his wives (90 mins.)

    06-10-1975 - Letter to TSR from Stanley L. Johnston, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite), Lansing, Michigan, 4 pp., handwritten.

    06-1975 [nd] - Letter from TSR to Stanley Johnston, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite), Lansing, Michigan, 2 pp., typed.

    06-10-1975 - Letter to TSR from Alex Joseph, Church of Jesus Christ in Solemn Assembly, Glen Canyon City, Utah.

    06-11-1975 - Letter from TSR to William A. Sheldon, Church of Christ, Temple Lot, Independence, Missouri, 3 pp., typed.

    06-12-1975 - Letter from TSR to Stanley L. Johnson, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite), Lansing, Michigan, 1 p., typed.

    06-14-1975 - Letter to TSR from Carmen Joseph, Church of Jesus Christ in Solemn Assembly, Glen Canyon City, Utah, 2 pp., typed.

    06-18-1975 - Letter to TSR from Majel Smith, Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Independence, Missouri.

    06-18-1975 - Letter to TSR from William A. Sheldon, Church of Christ, Temple Lot, Independence, Missouri, 4 pp., typed.

    06-22-1975 - Letter to TSR from Robert L. Maley, The Book of Mormon Foundation, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1 p., handwritten.

    06-23-1975 - Letter from TSR to Alex Joseph, Church of Jesus Christ in Solemn Assembly, Glen Canyon City, Utah, 3 pp., typed.

    06-26-1975 - Letter from TSR to Rupert J. Fletcher, Church of Jesus Christ (Cutlerite), Independence, Missouri, 2 pp., typed.

    06-28-1975 - Letter to TSR from Alex Joseph, Church of Jesus Christ in Solemn Assembly, Glen Canyon City, Utah, 4 pp., typed.

    06-28-1975 - Letter to TSR from Carmen Joseph, Church of Jesus Christ in Solemn Assembly, Glen Canyon City, Utah, 1 p., typed.

    06-1975 [nd] - Letter from TSR to Stanley King, Church of Jesus Christ Restored, Owen Sound, Ontario.

    06-1975 [nd] - Letter from TSR to Barney Fuller, World Redemption, Independence, Missouri, 1 p., typed.

    06-1975 [nd] - Letter to Robert Maley, Book of Mormon Foundation, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1 p., typed.

    07-07-1975 - Letter to TSR from Barney R. Fuller, World Redemption, Independence, Missouri, 2 pp., typed.

    07-07-1975 - Letter to TSR from Mrs. Rupert J. Fletcher, Church of Jesus Christ (Cutlerite), Independence, Missouri, 1 p., typed.

    07-09-1975 - Letter from TSR to Mrs. Rupert J. Fletcher, Church of Jesus Christ (Cutlerite), Independence, Missouri, 1 p., typed.

    07-09-1975 - Letter from TSR to Stick of Joseph, Independence, Missouri, 1 p., typed.

    07-14-1975 - Letter to TSR from Mrs. Rupert J. Fletcher, Church of Jesus Christ (Cutlerite), Independence, Missouri, 1 p., typed.

    07-18-1975 - Letter from TSR to William A. Sheldon, Church of Christ, Temple Lot, Independence, Missouri, 1 p., typed.

    07-12-1975 - Letter to TSR from William A. Sheldon, Church of Christ, Temple Lot, Independence, Missouri, 1 p., typed.

    07-28-1975 - Letter to TSR from William A. Sheldon, Church of Christ, Temple Lot, Independence, Missouri, 2 pp., typed.

    07-31-1975 - Letter from TSR to William A. Sheldon, Church of Christ, Temple Lot, Independence, Missouri, 3 pp., typed.

    07-1975 [nd] - Newsletter, "The Voice of Peace," official monthly publication of The Church of Christ With the Elijah Message, Independence, Missouri, bearing typed note to TSR initialed JWS, 1 p., typeset.

    08-30-1975 - Letter from TSR to John Dersi Guinness, c/o the Guinness Agency, Hopewell, New Jersey, 1 p., typed.

    09-04-1975 - Letter to TSR from John Dersi Guinness, c/o the Guinness Agency, Hopewell, New Jersey, 1 p., handwritten [difficult legibility, nd] and transcript, with envelope bearing postmark.

    09-29-1975 - Letter from TSR to Ortell Kingston, Davis County Cooperative Society, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1 p., typed.

    09-29-1975 - Letter from TSR to Stick of Joseph, Independence, Missouri, 1 p., typed.

    09-29-1975 - Letter from TSR to W.A. Davis, Church of Christ With the Elijah Message, Independence, Missouri, 1 p., typed.

    09-29-1975 - Letter from TSR to Emil LeBaron, Church of the Firstborn of the Fulness of Times, El Paso, Texas, 1 p., typed, marked "returned `Not at this address, 9 October 1975.'"

    09-29-1975 [nd] - Letter from TSR to Church of Christ (Lukite), Independence, Missouri, 1 p., typed.

    09-29-1975 - Letter from TSR to Robert L. Maley, Book of Mormon Foundation, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1 p., typed.

    09-29-1975 - Letter from TSR to Corie Ciaravino, Church of Jesus Christ (Bickertonite), Monongahela, Pennsylvania, 1 p., typed.

    10-03-1975 - Letter to TSR, J.W. Savage, Church of Christ With the Elijah Message, Independence, Missouri, 2 pp., typed.

    10-08-1975 - Letter from TSR to J.W. Savage, Church of Christ With the Elijah Message, Independence, Missouri, 1 p., typed.

    10-08-1975 - Letter from TSR to Mrs. Majel Smith, Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Independence, Missouri, 1 p., typed.

    10-09-1975 - Letter from TSR to Earl L. Jensen, Utah Mission President, Church of the Firstborn of the Fulness of Times, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1 p., typed, returned to sender marked "No box record in 84110" postmarked 10-24-1975.

    10-20-1975 - Letter to TSR from Joseph Calabrese, Church of Jesus Christ in the United States of America, 2 pp., typed.

    10-25-1975 - Letter from TSR to Alex Joseph, Church of Jesus Christ in Solemn Assembly, Glen Canyon City, Utah, 1 p., typed.

    10-25-1975 - Letter from TSR to William A. Sheldon, Church of Christ, Temple Lot, Independence, Missouri, 2 pp., typed.

    10-25-1975 - Letter from TSR to Joseph Calabrese, Church of Jesus Christ in the United States of America, Mongongahela, Pennsylvania, 3 pp., typed, with publications order list.

    10-25-1975 - Letter to TSR from Barney Fuller, World Redemption, Independence, Missouri, 2 pp., handwritten.

    10-27-1975 - Letter to TSR from J.W. Savage, Church of Christ With the Elijah Message, Independence, Missouri, 4 pp., handwritten.

    10-28-1975 - Letter to TSR from Majel Smith, Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Independence, Missouri, 1 p., typed.

    11-03-1975 - Letter to TSR from William A. Sheldon, Church of Christ, Temple Lot, Independence, Missouri, 4 pp. typed.

    12-02-1975 - Letter from TSR to Stanley L. Johnston from TSR, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite), Lansing, Michigan, 2 pp., typed.

    01-12-1976 - Letter from TSR to Majel Smith from TSR, Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Independence, Missouri, 2 pp., typed.

    01-29-1976 - Letter to TSR from Majel Smith, Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Independence, Missouri, 1 p., typed.

    01-29-1976 - Letter to TSR from Joseph Calabrese, Church of Jesus Christ in the United States of America, Mongonagela, Pennsylvania, 3 pp., typed.

    02-25-1976 - Letter from TSR to Alex Joseph, Church of Jesus Christ in Solemn Assembly, Glen Canyon City, Utah, 1 p., typed.

    03-03-1976 - Letter to TSR from Carmen Joseph, Church of Jesus Christ in Solemn Assembly, Glen Canyon City, Utah, 3 pp., typed.

    03-06-1976 - Letter to TSR from Carmen Joseph, Church of Jesus Christ in Solemn Assembly, Glen Canyon City, Utah, 2 pp., typed.

    04-02-1976 - Letter from TSR to Church of the Body of the Spirit of Christ, Kansas City, Missouri, 1 p., typed, returned marked "Not deliverable as addressed."

    04-02-1976 - Letter from TSR to William A. Sheldon, Church of Christ, Independence, Missouri, 2 pp., typed.

    04-02-1976 - Letter from TSR to Church of Christ of Erie, Laurence Park, Pennsylvania, 1 p., typed.

    04-02-1976 - Letter from TSR to Church of Christ, Independence, Missouri, 1 p., typed.

    04-02-1976 - Letter from TSR to H.H. Burt, Church of Christ, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1 p., typed.

    04-03-1976 - Letter from TSR to J.W. Savage, Church of Christ With the Elijah Message, Independence, Missouri, 1 p., typed.

    04-03-1976 - Letter from TSR to The Aaronic Order, Taylorsville, Utah, 1 p., typed.

    04-03-1976 - Letter from TSR to Church of Christ, Independence, Missouri, 1 p., typed.

    04-13-1976 - Letter to TSR from William A. Sheldon, Church of Christ, Temple Lot, Independence, Missouri, 2 pp., typed.

    05-04-1976 - Letter to TSR from Carol Karo, Voice of Warning, [?], 2 pp., handwritten.


    New Clippings

    05-05-1975 - "Polygamist under fire in Utah," The Trentonian (AP).

    05-12-1975 - Partial clipping from People, title not available, photo and caption concerning Alex Joseph and wives.

    05-19-1975 - "Polygamy in the desert," Time, concerning Alex Joseph and wives, Church of Jesus Christ in Solemn Assembly.

    01-23-1976 - "She loves her husband and his wives," The Trentonian, Peter Gillens (AP).



    Related Documents and Links

    Harold B. Lee Library, BYU - Provo, Utah
    Library card catalog entry, above collection of letters, BYU/HBLL - Provo, Utah
    Letters from Chad Flake, former curator of Special Collections, BYU/HBLL, 1977-1980
    Remarks to the Upper Delaware UU Fellowship- by Thomas S. Rue, 08-10-1989
    An apostolic calling- by Thomas S. Rue, 01-01-1997
    Restoration resources on the WWW- Mormon links

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