L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Dates
- Existence: 2000-
Administrative History
The L. Tom Perry Special Collections (2000- ) is a special collections library and manuscripts/archival repository.
The L. Tom Perry Special Collections was named in May 2000, and was previously known as the Department of Special Collections; Manuscripts. It is located in the Harold B. Lee Library on the campus of Brigham Young University. Aline and L. Sam Skaggs, through their ALSAM Foundation, made a generous financial donation to the new library and requested that the Special Collections be named after L. Tom Perry, an apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The department is responsible for collecting, preserving, and making available rare books, historical manuscripts, and university records. Department chairs have included Scott Duvall (1999-2002), P. Bradford Westwood (2002-2009), Russ Taylor (2009-2014), J. Gordon Daines III (2014-2020), Thomas R. Wells, (2020-2021), and Dainan Skeem (2021- ).
Citation:
Women's manuscript collections in the L. Tom Perry Special Collections, 2000.L. Tom Perry Special Collections Web site, viewed June 26, 2007 (William A. Wilson Folklore Archives, University Archives, part of L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Brigham Young University; named in May 2000, previously known as Special Collections Dept.; special collections library, and manuscripts and archival repository; responsible for collecting, preserving, and making accessible unique and rare materials)
UPB files, Mar. 2, 2015 (department chairs: Scott Duvall (1999-2002), P. Bradford Westwood (2002-2009), Russ Taylor (2009-2014), and J. Gordon Daines III (2014-2020), Thomas R. Wells, (2021- ))
Found in 34 Collections and/or Records:
A. Dean Larsen Book Collecting Conference records
Contains materials from the Gentle Madness of Book Collecting Conference held in the L. Tom Perry Special Collections, later renamed the A. Dean Larsen Book Collecting Conference. Materials include name badges, conference programs, and various handouts and materials related to the sessions. Dated 2003-2019.
Archives and Manuscripts policies and procedures manual
Manual of the policies and procedures of the Department of Archives and Manuscripts of the Harold B. Lee Library. It discusses the purpose of the department and the fundamental archival principles used in the work of the department. It also contains photocopies of pictures of the department staff, approximately 1980.
Collection of locally produced films, 1939-2001
Consists of locally produced films depicting people, towns, and places in Utah. Dated 1939-2001.
Collection of manuscript processing manuals
Policy and procedure manuals describing the processing of manuscript materials in the L. Tom Perry Special Collections department. Includes checklists, donation contract forms, collection development plans, travel guidelines, and other materials. Materials date from 1997 to 2013.
Collection of newspaper clippings about Brigham Young University's NIT championship basketball teams
Contains material related to Brigham Young University's NIT Championship basketball teams. The clippings relate primarily to the 1951 NIT Championship team and their coach. The clippings follow the team's 1951 regular season and their performance in the 1950s Skyline Conference. A few of the clippings relate to BYU's NIT Championship win in 1966. Dates range from 1951 to 1966.
Collection of unpublished films
Approximately ten titles of home movies, event proceedings, and other professional or semi-professional yet still unpublished films. VHS and DVD. Original films creation dates range from approximately 1915 to 2005.
Collection on the King James Bible exhibit
Contains materials related to the King James Bible exhibit including a recording of a House of Learning Lecture by Richard Duerden, a brochure advertisting the BYUtv production Fires of Faith, and a gallery guide to the exhibit.
Event proceedings, 2003 October 12
Approximately ten titles of home movies, event proceedings, and other professional or semi-professional yet still unpublished films. VHS and DVD. Original films creation dates range from approximately 1915 to 2005.
Chad J. Flake papers
Home videos and private footage
Approximately ten titles of home movies, event proceedings, and other professional or semi-professional yet still unpublished films. VHS and DVD. Original films creation dates range from approximately 1915 to 2005.
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- Collection 19
- Archival Object 15
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- Colleges and Universities 20
- Education 20
- Letters 10
- Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences 8
- Library exhibits -- Utah -- Provo 7
- Archival materials -- Digitization -- Utah -- Provo 6
- Conference materials 6
- Videocassettes 6
- Workflow management systems -- Utah -- Provo 6
- DVDs 5
- Motion pictures 5
- Performing Arts 5
- Agendas 4
- Memorandums 4
- Notes 4
- Proposals 4
- Typescripts 4
- Photographs 3
- Artifacts 2
- Brochures 2
- Financial records 2
- Handbooks and manuals 2
- Minutes (Records) 2
- Pamphlets 2
- Posters 2
- Provo (Utah) 2
- Publications 2
- Social Life and Customs 2
- Speeches, addresses, etc. 2
- Archives 1
- Archives -- Utah -- Provo 1
- Archives -- Utah -- Provo -- History 1
- Awards 1
- Basketball -- Utah -- Provo 1
- Bible 1
- Bible -- Versions 1
- Book collecting -- Utah -- Provo -- Congresses 1
- Cataloging of archival materials -- Utah -- Provo -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. 1
- Catholicism 1
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 1
- Collection development (Libraries) -- Utah -- Provo 1
- Collections management 1
- Computer software -- Development -- Utah -- Provo 1
- Digitizing 1
- Exhibitions 1
- Fine Arts 1
- Fliers (Ephemera) 1
- Fund raising 1
- Historians -- Utah 1
- Home and Family 1
- Latter Day Saint churches 1
- Latter Day Saint churches -- Missions -- England -- History 1
- Latter Day Saint women -- Exhibitions 1
- Lists 1
- Literature 1
- Manuscripts, Japanese -- Exhibitions 1
- Oral histories 1
- Photographic prints 1
- Photography -- West (U.S.) -- History 1
- Planning 1
- Press releases 1
- Printouts 1
- Prints, Japanese -- Exhibitions 1
- Programs 1
- Protestantism 1
- Quotations, American 1
- Rare books -- Utah -- Provo -- Bibliography 1
- Religion 1
- Reports 1
- Research institutes -- Utah -- Provo 1
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