Church historian Snow comments on writing of race/priesthood essay.
Steven E. Snow, Interview with Gospel Tangents (Rick Bennett), August 5, 2019, accessed April 12, 2021
GT: Now, why did you pick somebody outside church employment? That’s interesting. Elder Snow: Well, we just felt it would [be best to] go to an expert, like Paul Reeve, for example, for Race and the Priesthood. You can’t find anyone better than Dr. Reeve to do it. So, he was very helpful in getting us the first draft and the information we needed to go ahead. That’s just an example. So, that was the pattern for most of them and then they were reviewed by our department, the historians and scholars, as well as the general authority Seventies on the committee. And then they were gone through many, many times. Then, eventually were given to the Twelve and First Presidency for approval.