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Brigham Young University. Department of Sociology

 Organization

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

John R. Christiansen family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 4116
Scope and Contents Contains materials regarding John R. Christiansen's professional career in sociology, including interviews, course materials, publications, research, and other materials. Materials cover various topics including emergency preparedness, nuclear war survival, and books John R. Christiansen donated to Brigham Young University, as well as information regarding John R. Christiansen's membership in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Collection also contains material documenting the...
Dates: 1804-2008

Wesley W. Craig autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230330125]
Identifier: MSS SC 3066
Scope and Contents

Comments on his ancestry; early life in Cabarton, Cascade, and elsewhere in Idaho; service in the U.S. Navy during the 1940s; conversion to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon), 1949; work in the Department of Sociology and School of Social Work at BYU; and professional and religious experiences, including in Guatemala, Peru, Spain, and Venezuela.

Dates: 1990-1998

Department of Sociology records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 1251
Scope and Contents

Contains department meeting minutes, faculty class schedules, and faculty load reports, along with other miscellaneous reports, self-studies, and correspondence. Also includes part-time faculty files.

Dates: 1955-1989

Department of Sociology records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 554
Scope and Contents

Includes records and correspondence of the department chair, department meeting minutes, general department information, and a brief history of the department, 1906-1954.

Dates: 1940-1970

History of the Brigham Young University Sociology Department

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233277117]
Identifier: UA 301
Scope and Contents

Contains a brief history of the Sociology Department, including names of those with masters' and bachelors degrees.

Dates: 1954

Local history term papers

 Item — Volume 1
Identifier: UA 30
Scope and Contents

Collection of term papers presenting community histories of the towns in which the students resided.

Dates: 1924

Wilford E. Smith personal narratives

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2112
Scope and Contents Includes four volumes of autobiographical writings and two volumes of poems, essays, addresses, messages to his children, and other information. Autobiographical writings reflect his early life in Holladay, Utah, 1916-1934; work for the Civilian Conservation Corps in Utah, 1935; Latter-day Saint mission to New Zealand, 1936-1938; experiences as a student athlete at Brigham Young University, 1939, and the University of Utah, 1940-1943; service as a chaplain in World War II; experiences as a...
Dates: approximately 1980-1998

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