Brigham Young University. College of Applied Science
Administrative History
The College of Applied Science (1922-1954) was an academic college at Brigham Young University.
The College of Applied Science was responsible for administering academic departments and institutes in the area of agriculture, home economics, and industrial arts. In 1954, it split to form the College of Biological and Agricultural Sciences and the College of Family Living.
College deans included Melvin C. Merrill (1922-1925), Christen Jensen (acting dean, 1925-1929), Lowry Nelson (1929-1936), Thomas L. Martin (1936-1950), and R. H. Daines (1950-1954).
Citation:
Department of Plant and Wildlife Sciences records, 1956-2010 (Brigham Young University, College of Applied Science)BYU Organizational History Project website, via WWW, Apr. 22, 2013 (College of Applied Science; est. 1922; split in 1954 to form College of Biological and Agricultural Sciences and the College of Family Living; administered the following units: Agronomy (1922-1954), Animal Husbandry (1922-1954), Horticulture (1922-1940) (1922-1940), Agricultural Engineering (1922-1923), Foods and Nutrition (1922-1930), Clothing and Textiles (1922-1930) (1922-1930), Household Administration (1922-1930), Drafting (1922-1932), Art (1920-1973) (1922-1925), Rural Engineering (1923-1925), Mechanic Arts (1922-1948), Rural Social Economics (1929-1931), Home Economics (1930-1955) (1930-1954), Landscape Architecture (1936-1941), Bacteriology (1937-1954), Horticulture and Landscape Architecture (1940-1954), Industrial Arts (1948-1953), Woodwork (1922-1933), Ironwork (1922-1924))
BYU Organizational History Project website, via WWW, April 21, 2023 (Melvin C. Merrill (1922-1925), Christen Jensen (acting dean, 1925-1929), Lowry Nelson (1929-1936), Thomas L. Martin (1936-1950), and R. H. Daines (1950-1954))
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Brigham Young University salaries records
Collection includes summary of regular annual salaries of professors, associate professors and instructors.
College of Biology and Agriculture photographs
Contains photographs of the deans, faculty, classes, facilities, and groups of the College of Biology and Agriculture as well as its predecessors, the College of Biological and Agricultural Sciences and the College of Applied Sciences. Dated approximately 1885-2005.
George H. Hansen papers
Contains correspondence, photographs, reports, a map, and news clippings concerning the College of Arts and Sciences, college policies, faculty, senior students and Utah's geology. Files belonged to George H. Hansen while serving as Acting Dean of College of Arts and Science from 1952 to 1954. Materials dated 1934 to 1959.