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Brigham Young Academy. Commercial School

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1902 - 1903

Administrative History

The Brigham Young Academy Commercial School (1902-1903) was a four-year business course with an emphasis on office skills such as typing and book keeping.

The Brigham Young Academy Commercial School was designed to train students with skills necessary for competitive business training. The school operated as a four year course and taught bookkeeping, arithmetic, shorthand, typewriting, and telegraphy. The school was directed by Joseph B. Keeler and operated under the direction of the president of the university. The school was established in 1902 in a renaming of the earlier Commercial College, and was retained when the academy itself became Brigham Young University in 1903.

Citation:
Brigham Young University Organizational History Project, website viewed November 8, 2012 (Information related to the Brigham Young University Commercial School)

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Photograph of Commercial School graduates

 Item — Oversize-folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233618674]
Identifier: UA 5623
Scope and Contents

Photograph is of 1903 graduates of the Brigham Young Academy Commercial School. The photograph shows the members of the class of 1903 in a formal studio setting. The photograph also has the names of the front row of graduates.

Dates: 1903
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Photograph of Commercial School graduates

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