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Brigham Young University. College of Fine Arts and Communications

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1963-

Administrative History

The College of Fine Arts and Communications (1963-) provides coursework and degrees in the fine arts at Brigham Young University.

The College of Fine Arts and Communications was founded in 1963 following a reorganization of the College of Fine Arts. As of 2020 it consists of the School of Communications, School of Music, and the Departments of Design, Art, Dance, and Theatre and Media Arts, and has responsibility over the Museum of Art and NewsNet. The college has been administered over by the following deans: Conan E. Mathews (1963-1966), Clawson Cannon (1967), Lorin F. Wheelwright (1967-1973), Lael J. Woodbury (1973-1982), James A. Mason (1982-1993), Bruce L. Christensen (1993-2000), K. Newell Dayley (2000-2003), Stephen M. Jones (2003-2015), and Ed Adams (2015-).

Citation:
BYU Organizational History Project, via WWW 2012 May 21: College of Fine Arts and Communications (1963, reorganization College of Fine Arts, departments of Communications, Theatre and Media Arts, and Visual Arts, School of Music, deans Conan E. Mathews (1963-1966), Clawson Cannon (1967), Lorin F. Wheelwright (1967-1973), Lael J. Woodbury (1973-1982), James A. Mason (1982-1993), Bruce L. Christensen (1993-2000), K. Newell Dayley (2000-2003), and Stephen M. Jones (2003- ))

BYU news, via WWW, October 28, 2015 (Ed Adams appointed dean on June 15, 2015 and replaced Stephen Jones)

BYU College of Fine Arts and Communications, via WWW, January 19, 2020 (As of 2020 it consists of the School of Communications, School of Music, and the Departments of Design, Art, Dance, and Theatre and Media Arts, and has responsibility over the Museum of Art and NewsNet).

Found in 73 Collections and/or Records:

College of Fine Arts records on General College, 1963-1983

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 666 Series 11
Scope and Contents

Contains administrative files, including correspondence and memos, meeting minutes, reports, financial information, and news clippings.

Dates: 1963-1983

College of Fine Arts records on Harris Fine Arts Center, 1965-1980

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 666 Series 12
Scope and Contents

Contains administrative files on the DeJong Concert Hall, Experimental Theatre, and Pardoe Drama Theatre; also an equipment inventory, and files on facilities, keys, and space utilization.

Dates: 1965-1980

College of Fine Arts records on Mormon Festival of the Arts, 1970-1983

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 666 Series 14
Scope and Contents

Contains administrative records, press releases, and programs for the Mormon Festival of the Arts.

Dates: 1970-1983

College of Fine Arts records on publications, 1971-1975

 Series — Box 49: Series 16; Series 17; Series 18 [Barcode: 31197232516168], Folder: 1-5
Identifier: UA 666 Series 16
Scope and Contents

Contains administrative records, Banyan files, budgets, and Mormon Arts files.

Dates: 1971-1975

Gerrit de Jong papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1837
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence, musical scores, essays, and speeches, mainly on religious topics, dated 1949 to 1980. Correspondence pertains to the publication of de Jong's book, Eternal Progress. Also includes a ledger de Jong kept from 1915 to 1918 to track payments received from students for music lessons.

Dates: 1915-1980; Majority of material found within 1949-1980

Gerrit de Jong professional papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 722
Scope and Contents

Includes professional correspondence, publications, teaching materials, speeches, and musical drafts and publications.

Dates: 1950-1970

Department of Communications minutes, 1967-1999

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 1215 Series 3
Scope and Contents note

Contains minutes from organizations relating to the Department of Communications, including most notably the College of Fine Arts and Communications, National Communications Advisory Board, Communications Development Advisory Board, and various other entitities within the college. Minutes cover topics including funding and resource management, convention schedules and events, alumni networks, faculty retreats, and admission requirements, 1967-1999.

Dates: 1967-1999

Elbert H. Eastmond funeral notice

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231036788]
Identifier: UA 245
Scope and Contents

Record of Eastmond's funeral services. 1 item.

Dates: 1936 August 20

Graduate Studies records on College of Fine Arts and Communications, 1984-1997

 Sub-Series — Carton 18: Series 6 [Barcode: 31197233639688], Folder: 1-2
Identifier: UA 1141 Series 6 Sub-Series 21
Scope and Contents

Materials are related to the graduate program of the College of Fine Arts and Communications from 1984 to 1997. Materials include reports, department reviews, and proposals.

Dates: 1984-1997

Lorin Farrar Wheelwright administrative papers, circa 1957-1976

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3164 Series 7
Scope and Contents Contains primarily papers related to Wheelwright's career as Brigham Young University (BYU) dean of fine arts in Provo, Utah, circa 1957-1976. This includes correspondences, Board of Student publications, professional activities, and the BYU Centennial. The correspondences contained general letters and letters to other Deans of the BYU faculty. The Board of Student Publications mainly consisted of the publications of the Daily Universe, a BYU publication. The professional activities papers...
Dates: circa 1957-1976