UUS_mss056.xml Guide to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) vs. the Logan City School District records 1975-1979 American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) vs. the Logan City School District records 1975-1979 Finding aid created by the Special Collections Department at Utah State University Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008 Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives ©2008
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-04-10. Finding guide is in English in Latin script. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard). 2009 Template information was updated to reflect Archives West best practice guidelines. 2025 Revised to add additional material Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) vs. the Logan City School District records UUS_COLL MSS 056 1 box .25 linear feet 1975-1979 Contains photocopies of newspaper articles, correspondence, press releases, and court documents concerning a court case addressing the question of the separation of church and state, specifically the awarding of credit for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints seminary courses held during school time. Collection materials are in English.

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Permission to publish material from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) vs. the Logan City School District records must be obtained from the Special Collections and Archives manuscript curator and/or the Special Collections and Archives department head.

The material in this collection was donated to the Utah State University Special Collections and Archives by Dean F. Peterson in 1977. Additional materials were donated by the Logan LDS Institute of Religion in 2023.

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) vs. the Logan City School District records, 1975-1979. (COLL MSS 056) Utah State University. Special Collections and Archives department.

Organized into four folders.

This collection consists of one box of documents pertaining to a lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union against the Logan City School District regarding the issue of the separation of church and state. This case was heard during the year 1978. The case brought into question the legality of giving school credit for Latter-day Saint seminary courses that were taught at the Logan High School and the Logan Junior High School. The collection has two parts. First, are newspaper articles from the Logan Herald Journal and the Salt Lake Tribune that chronicle the trial. Second are documents, press releases, and correspondence concerning the trial. Included in this second part is the final opinion of the district judge.

American Civil Liberties Union, Logan Chapter records COLL MSS 261

 Church and state--Mormon Church. Constitutional law--Utah--Logan--Religious aspects--Mormon Church. Constitutional law--Utah--Logan--Religious aspects. Civil rights--Utah--Logan. Civil Rights News releases from the Herald Journal 1978 May 4 - August 31 1 l News releases from the Salt Lake Tribune 1978 May 4 - July 14 1 2 Legal documents 1977-1978 1 3 Reports, correspondence, memoranda 1975-1979 1 4