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Joint Oral History Project (Brigham Young University)

 Organization

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 95 Collections and/or Records:

Oral history interview with Blair Holmes

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS OH 903
Scope and Contents

Interview conducted by Richard Poll as part of the Brigham Young University Archives Joint Oral History Project by the Brigham Young University Alumni Association Emeritus Club on September 15, 1988. Holmes describes why he chose to teach history at BYU. He gives an account of his employment with the History Department and describes different aspects of his career including his involvement in the Center for Family and Community History and the Semester Abroad Program.

Dates: 1988

Oral history interview with Boyd Jarman

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230338383]
Identifier: MSS 2793
Scope and Contents

Tapes and transcript of an oral history done with Boyd O. Jarman as part of the Joint Oral History Project between the Alumni Association and the University Archives in 2003.

Dates: 2003 August 18

Oral history interview with Briant Jacobs

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA OH 180
Scope and Contents

Comments on his choice of English as a field of study; great American authors; academic freedom at BYU, including controversies in the late 1960s; and participation with his wife in the China Teachers Program sponsored by BYU's David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, 1983-1984 and 1991-1992. Interviewed by Carol Clark Ottesen. Sound is distorted on part of the audio recording.

Dates: 2000

Oral history interview with Caroline Eyring Miner

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA OH 138
Scope and Contents

Interview by Donna Sorenson with Caroline Yring Miner concerning her childhood in the Mormon Colonies in Juarez, student experiences at Brigham Young University, family and marriage, public school teaching experiences, and Church work. Also includes examples of her poetry. Includes transcript and sound recording.

Dates: 1984

Oral history interview with Charles Lynn Hayward

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA OH 112
Scope and Contents Contains interview of Hayward by Herbert Frost on November 8-15, 1983 as part of the Joint Oral History Project for the Brigham Young University Archives and Brigham Young University Alumni Association Emeritus Club. The interview was transcribed in 1984. The material covers the time that Dr. Hayward was growing up in Paris, Idaho, observations on student life at Brigham Young University in the 1920s, and working on his doctorate at the University of Illinois. Much of the interview covers...
Dates: 1983-1984

Oral history interview with Clayton Jenkins

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA OH 49
Scope and Contents

Interview by Hollis Scott with Clayton Jenkins discussing Jenkins' involvement with various Chamber of Commerce concerns, and his professional career in the knit goods business. Touches upon some historical aspects of Brigham Young University and its contributions to the area economy. Includes transcript and sound recording.

Dates: 1981

Oral history interview with Cornelius Rawlings Peterson

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA OH 176
Scope and Contents

Interview with C. R. Peterson about his life and career at Brigham Young University. Discusses his mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to the North Central States, his student experience at BYU, his work as Alumni Board secretary, his service in the U.S. Navy during World War II, and his time as Purchasing Department director at BYU. Includes transcript and sound recording.

Dates: 1995

Oral history interview with Dale H. West

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA OH 146
Scope and Contents

Interview conducted by Richard Poll as part of the Brigham Young University Archives Joint Oral History Project of the Brigham Young University Alumni Association Emeritus Club on April 29, 1988. West describes why he chose to teach English at BYU. He gives an account of his employment with the BYU English Department and describes different aspects of his career including the people who were influential in his professional life. Includes transcript and sound recording.

Dates: 1988

Oral history interview with David C. Montgomery

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA OH 164
Scope and Contents

Interview conducted by Richard Poll as part of the Brigham Young University Archives Joint Oral History Project by the Brigham Young University Alumni Association Emeritus Club on September 20 and October 20, 1988. Montgomery describes why he chose to teach at BYU. He gives an account of his employment with the History Department and talks about different aspects of his career including his love affair with Near Eastern Studies. Includes transcript and sound recording.

Dates: 1988

Oral history interview with David H. Pratt

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS OH 900
Scope and Contents

Bound interview, two typescripts, and a cassette tape of an interview conducted by Richard Poll as part of the Brigham Young University Archives Joint Oral History Project of the Brigham Young University Alumni Association Emeritus Club on September 20, 1988.

Dates: 1988

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Universities and colleges -- Utah -- Provo -- Faculty -- Interviews 21
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China -- Foreign relations -- 1976- 2
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Provo (Utah) -- History 2
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Zoologists -- Biography 2
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Blacks 1
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Deer Creek Reservoir (Utah) 1
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Spanish language -- Study and teaching 1
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