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Brigham Young University. News Bureau

 Organization

Biography

The Brigham Young University News Bureau was established around 1952, and was responsible for overseeing university news publications. In 1978 Press Relations was renamed Public Communications. Directors for the News Bureau included Edwin J. Butterworth (1952-1978).

Press Relations’ main function was to serve the university in dispersing school news to the outside world. It also prepares news releases and dissemination of the same to press, radio, television, magazine, and wire services. Within it there were four main divisions: news operations, information service, publications, and advertising. The news bureau was responsible for publishing president ‘s letter to the parents, special editions of the Daily Universe, and BYU Today, the alumni magazine.

The director of News Bureau reported to the director of the Division of Public Relations until 1964, after which they reported to the director of University Relations.

Later units include Brigham Young University Public Communications Department(1978-1997) and University Communications (1997-).

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

BYU Photo photographs

 Collection
Identifier: UA 5754
Scope and Contents

Contains negatives, contact sheets, photograph prints, and transparencies of images produced by BYU Photo and its predecessors between 1875 and 2010, with the bulk produced between 1968 and 2002. Includes images of Brigham Young University events, campus scenes and buildings, administrators, faculty and staff, awards, visiting leadership from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and theater, dance, and other performing groups.

Dates: 1875-2010; Majority of material found within 1968-2002
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / BYU Photo photographs

BYU Photo photographs of International Folk Dance Ensemble, approximately 1975-2000

 Sub-Series
Identifier: UA 5754 Series 1 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents Contains negatives, contact sheets, and photograph prints featuring the Brigham Young University International Folk Dance Ensemble, and occasionally the Folk Music Ensemble, during domestic performances (e.g., parades, festivals, Christmas Around the World, Wheeler Farm, and Lagoon's Pioneer Village); international tours (Europe, Puerto Rico, China/Japan/Taiwan, Hawaii, Canada, Switzerland, Israel, Armenia, France, Poland, Czech Republic); as well as publicity photos, headshots of dancers in...
Dates: approximately 1975-2000
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / UA 5754, BYU Photo photographs / BYU Photo photographs of performing groups

BYU Photo photographs of Living Legends, 1977-2000

 Sub-Series
Identifier: UA 5754 Series 1 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents Contains negatives and contact sheets for the Brigham Young University Lamanite Generation dance group, later known as Living Legends. Images include public relations and publicity shots, passport mugshots, tour photographs (Scandinavia, Poland and Romania, Hawaii, Taiwan, Philippines, China, Eastern Europe, Spain), recording an album at the Motion Picture Studio in Provo, Utah, performances in the DeJong concert hall, Promised Valley Playhouse, Homecoming Spectacular, and Canyon View...
Dates: 1977-2000
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / UA 5754, BYU Photo photographs / BYU Photo photographs of performing groups

BYU Photo photographs of performing groups, 1975-2010

 Series
Identifier: UA 5754 Series 1
Scope and Contents Contains negatives, corresponding contact sheets, and some corresponding photograph prints of various performing groups at Brigham Young University, including Lamanite Generation dance group, later known as Living Legends, the International Folk Dance Ensemble, the Young Ambassadors, and various other smaller performing groups on campus. Includes images for publicity, headshots and passport photographs, group shots, and images of campus and local performances and tours. Materials dated...
Dates: 1975-2010
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / UA 5754, BYU Photo photographs

BYU Photo photographs of Young Ambassadors, 1976-2010

 Sub-Series
Identifier: UA 5754 Series 1 Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents Contains negatives, contact sheets, and photographs of the Young Ambassadors performing group of Brigham Young University. Includes images for public relations and publicity, images of BYU and local performances (e.g., Varsity Theatre, Motion Picture Studio, deJong Concert Hall, Homecoming Spectacular, Pardoe Theatre, Promised Valley Playhouse), and on tour (e.g., Poland, Russia, World's Fair in New Orleans, Romania and Bulgaria, China, Scandinavia, the Holiday Bowl in San Diego, India,...
Dates: 1976-2010
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / UA 5754, BYU Photo photographs / BYU Photo photographs of performing groups

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