Joint Oral History Project (Brigham Young University)
Dates
- Existence: active 1958 - 1986
Biography
The Joint Oral History Project was established to conduct oral history interviews about Brigham Young University.
The Joint Oral History Project conducted interviews with selected, retired Brigham Young University faculty, alumni, and other individuals who had extensive contact with the University. The interviews focused on the Brigham Young University community at the time of the interviewee's association with the University, but also covering the interviewee's life before coming and after leaving the university. The Joint Oral History Project was established to conduct oral history interviews about Brigham Young University.
Citation:
UPB files, December 19, 2014 (Joint Oral History Project; interviews retired Brigham Young University faculty, alumi, and other individuals with contact with the University; topics of interviews)Found in 94 Collections and/or Records:
Morris M. Clinger interview with J. J. Keeler
Emeritus Club records on oral history project
Contains correspondence and other materials relating to a joint oral history project between the Brigham Young University Archives and the Alumni Association's Emeritus Club. These records are not comprehensive.
Joint Oral History Project records
Audio-cassettes of oral histories and transcripts of several oral histories.
Joint Oral History Project records
Contains correspondence, minutes, and other materials relating to the Joint Oral History Project. Dated 1958-1986.
Oral history interview with Albert Ray Olpin
Interview by Hollis Scott with A. Ray Olpin concerning his student experiences at Brigham Young University. Also includes life experiences after BYU. Includes transcript and sound recording.
Oral history interview with Alma Heaton
Interview by David Whittaker with Alma Heaton, who recounts his childhood in Kanab, education, courtship, military service, and subsequent appointment at Brigham Young University. Also speaks on service and experiences in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Includes sound recordings and transcript.
Oral history interview with Anna Elizabeth Stark
Oral history interview with Anna Elizabeth Stark, conducted by Helen Candland Stark on January 11, 1982. Anna discusses her early childhood in Leland, Utah and parents, her Danish ancestry, her teaching career at Weber State, Duchesne, Beaver and her retirement. The collection includes a rough draft, original transcript, a newspaper clipping about Anna and a bound copy of the interview.
Oral history interview with Armin J. Hill
Interview by Mardin Clark with Armin Hill discussing his responsibilities and administrative activities relating to Brigham Young University.
Oral history interview with Arthur Rich Watkins
Transcript of interview conducted as part of the Brigham Young University Archives Joint Oral History Project of the Brigham Young University Alumni Association Emeritus Club in 1991. Watkins talks about his first years at Brigham Young University, U.S. Army Service, getting a Ph.D. at Stanford, teaching at Brigham Young University, and coping with a growing family.
Oral history interview with Bertrand Fereday Harrison
Interview by David Whittaker with Bertrand F. Harrison concerning his student years at Brigham Young University, marriage, graduate school, and the development of the Botany program at BYU. Includes sound recording and transcript.
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- Colleges and Universities 92
- Education 92
- Oral histories 86
- Universities and colleges -- Utah -- Provo -- Faculty -- Interviews 21
- Transcripts 14
- Interviews 12
- Audiocassettes 11
- Historians -- Utah -- Provo -- Interviews 10
- Universities and colleges -- Utah -- Provo -- History 4
- Audiotapes 3
- Latter Day Saints -- Utah -- Provo -- History 3
- Academic freedom 2
- China -- Foreign relations -- 1976- 2
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 2
- Letters 2
- Missions and Missionaries 2
- Provo (Utah) -- History 2
- Typescripts 2
- Zoologists -- Biography 2
- Agronomy -- Study and teaching -- Utah -- Provo 1
- Artists -- Canada -- History 1
- Artists -- United States -- History 1
- Audio-visual equipment 1
- Authors, American 1
- Beaver (Utah) 1
- Blacks 1
- Book of Mormon -- Antiquities 1
- Broadcasting -- Utah -- Provo 1
- Broadcasting -- Utah -- Salt Lake City 1
- Business, Industry, Labor, and Commerce 1
- Civic improvement -- Utah -- Provo 1
- Danish Americans -- Utah -- History 1
- Deer Creek Reservoir (Utah) 1
- Duchesne County (Utah) 1
- Education, Higher -- Utah -- Provo 1
- English teachers 1
- Fairview (Utah) 1
- Geology -- Study and teaching -- Utah -- Provo 1
- Historians -- Utah -- Interviews 1
- Journalism, School 1
- Journalists -- Interviews 1
- Journalists -- Utah -- Provo -- History 1
- Juárez (Chihuahua, Mexico) 1
- Latter Day Saint churches -- Missions 1
- Latter Day Saint churches -- Missions -- California -- History 1
- Latter Day Saint missionaries -- California 1
- Latter Day Saint missionaries -- Ireland -- History 1
- Latter Day Saint missionaries -- Missouri -- Liberty -- History 1
- Latter Day Saint women -- Kansas -- History 1
- Latter Day Saint women -- Utah -- Leland -- Interviews 1
- Latter Day Saint women -- Utah -- Salt Lake City -- History 1
- Latter Day Saints -- Arizona -- Interviews 1
- Latter Day Saints -- Attitudes 1
- Latter Day Saints -- Colonization -- Mexico 1
- Latter Day Saints -- Utah -- Interviews 1
- Library science -- Education 1
- Milan (Italy) 1
- Minutes (Records) 1
- Music in churches 1
- Music in universities and colleges -- Utah -- Provo 1
- Music teachers -- Utah -- Provo -- Biography 1
- Physical education and training -- Utah -- Provo 1
- Physicians -- Utah -- Provo -- Biography 1
- Provo (Utah) 1
- Provo (Utah) -- Commerce 1
- Railroads -- Utah -- Orem 1
- Railroads -- Utah -- Provo 1
- Scientists -- Utah -- Provo -- History 1
- Sculptors -- Canada -- History -- Sources 1
- Sculptors -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Secretaries -- Utah -- Provo -- Interviews 1
- Seventh East Press 1
- Social Life and Customs 1
- Spanish language -- Study and teaching 1
- Sports and Recreation 1
- Steel industry and trade -- Utah 1
- Timpanogos Hike 1
- Transcriptions (Documents) 1
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 1
- Women teachers -- Utah -- History 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Personal narratives 1 + ∧ less