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Brigham Young University. Department of Journalism

 Organization

administrative history

Citation:
BYU Organizational History, May 4, 2012: Department of Journalism (1941-1964, under College of Arts and Sciences 1941, 1954 transferred to College Humanities and Social Sciences, integrated in Department of Communications in College of Fine Arts and Communications 1964, teaching introduction to journalism, ethics of journalism, problems of citizenship, campus reporting, commercial art, news and news writing, editing and makeup, photography, news photography, editorials and editorial writing, special features articles, book reviewing, short story writing, radio broadcasting, advertising, problems of the Weekly Paper, publicity, and city reporting, 1954 teaching typography, mass communications, magazine writing, motion picture photography, and polls and surveys, chairs Harrison R. Merrill (1936-1938), Carlton Culmsee (1939-1944), T. Earl Pardoe (1945-1946), and Oliver R. Smith (1950-1961), and Jean R. Paulson (1961-1964))

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Department of Communications records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 1215
Scope and Contents

Contains records relating to the Department of Communications, including records on the American Society of Newspaper Editors (ASNE) as well as building project records and meeting minutes. Also contains course materials, correspondence, and records on faculty members, 1920-1999.

Dates: 1920-1999
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Department of Communications records

Department of Communications records on American Society of Newspaper Editors, 1920-1995

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 1215 Series 1
Scope and Contents note

Contains revision drafts of "Gods Within the Machine: A History of the American Society of Newspaper Editors, 1923-1993," a study written by Brigham Young University communications professor Paul A. Pratte. Also contains related research records, including minutes, correspondence, the organization's bulletin, journal articles, and presidents' speeches and records, 1920-1995.

Dates: 1920-1995
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / UA 1215, Department of Communications records

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