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L. Tom Perry Special Collections

 Organization

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:

Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Latter-day Saint History special project records, 1995-2005

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8009 Series 2 Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents Contains records for special projects carried out by the Joseph Fielding Smith Institute, including records on an Eliza R. Snow documentary, Mormon Studies leadership awards and symposia, a Yale Conference entitled God, Humanity and Revelation: Perspectives from Mormon Philosophy and History, international outreach efforts, agendas and proposals of the Council on Religious Endeavors (CORE), coordination with the Brigham Young University Special Collections and church archives, Mormon...
Dates: 1995-2005

L. Tom Perry Special Collections chair records, 1986-2011

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 5589 Series 2
Scope and Contents Contains materials produced by the chair of Special Collections, including employee lists, correspondence, Charles Redd Center for Western Studies information, newspaper clippings, and information about the American Association of University Professors, fieldwork information, policies, a master list of registers, inventory lists, missing documents from Special Collections, minutes from the Special Collections Security Committee, infomation on the Smoot Endowment project, and reports and...
Dates: 1986-2011

L. Tom Perry Special Collections endowment files

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233650958]
Identifier: UA 5664
Scope and Contents

Contains files documenting the endowments of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections. Materials date from 2003 to 2004.

Dates: 2003-2004

L. Tom Perry Special Collections exhibit prints

 Collection
Identifier: MSS P 17
Scope and Contents

Contains oversized prints from the collections of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections that were used in exhibits. All photographs in the collection were produced from negatives in the respective collections of each photographer. Materials dated approximately 1860-1930.

Dates: approximately 1860-1930

L. Tom Perry Special Collections exhibit props

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 4252
Scope and Contents

Contains old cases, boxes, and other materials that are to be used or have been used as props for exhibits in Special Collections.

Dates: before 2000

L. Tom Perry Special Collections exhibit records, 1998-2018

 Series
Identifier: UA 5589 Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains photographs of the Helen Foster Snow exhibit and presentation held in Special Collections, photographs and guest book used in the Helen Foster Snow exhibit, programs, fliers, posters, and other material for or related to the Helen Foster Snow exhibit. Dated 1998 to 2001. Also contains email printouts, notes, a compact disc, and fliers related to the BYU and the Great War exhibit, dated 2017 to 2018.

Dates: 1998-2018

L. Tom Perry Special Collections project records, 2002-2019

 Series
Identifier: UA 5589 Series 1
Scope and Contents Contains project records from the L. Tom Perry Special Collections at Brigham Young University. Included are materials documenting the department's use of archival content management systems and digital projects such as e-Workflows and the Integrated Digital Special Collections project, websites, video tutorials for the various projects, and audio-visual materials for the Motion Picture Archives Film Series of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections. Also includes conference planning files and...
Dates: 2002-2019

L. Tom Perry Special Collections project records on INDI, 2005-2008

 Sub-Series
Identifier: UA 5589 Series 1 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains development and design documents, correspondence, and presentations related to the INDI (Integrated Digital Special Collections) project to develop automated archival management software. Also includes the design documentation for the proposed INDI-lite project. Materials date from 2005 to 2008.

Dates: 2005-2008

L. Tom Perry Special Collections project records on Motion Picture Archives Film Series, 2002-2015

 Sub-Series — Box 6: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197232590072]
Identifier: UA 5589 Series 1 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Includes a collection of CDs and DVDs containing files pertaining to the L. Tom Perry Special Collections's Motion Picture Film Series. On these disks are movie poster backdrops, and recordings on discussions of important individuals pertaining to the series, including James Stewart, Cecil B. DeMille, and others. Materials dated 2002-2015.

Dates: 2002-2015

L. Tom Perry Special Collections publicity materials for A Mormon Bibliography

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 1109
Scope and Contents

Materials include publicity materials and press releases for the 2004 second edition publication of A Mormon Bibliography, 1830-1930. Dated 2004.

Dates: Publication: 2004

Additional filters:

Type
Collection 19
Archival Object 15
 
Subject
Colleges and Universities 20
Education 20
Letters 10
Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences 8
Library exhibits -- Utah -- Provo 7
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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
Sports and Recreation 1
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