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 95 Collections and/or Records:
Oral history interview with Irene Osmond Spears
Interview by Alonzo Morley with Irene Osmond Spears concerning her experiences as a student at Brigham Young University, as a graduate student at Stanford and in Europe, her marriage and family, and her experience as a professor at BYU. Includes transcript and sound recording.
Oral history interview with J. Morris Richards
Interview conducted as part of the Brigham Young University Archives Joint Oral History Project of the Brigham Young University Alumni Association Emeritus Club. Richards, who was born in 1906, tells about being raised in Arizona and his teaching career at Brigham Young University. Includes transcripts and sound recording.
Oral history interview with J. Roman Andrus
Interview by Leonard Arrington with J. Roman Andrus concerning his childhood, art education, teaching experiences at BYU, and thoughts on the art world and the destiny of BYU. Includes transcript and sound recording.
Oral history interview with J. Smith Jacobs
Typescripts of an oral history conducted as part of the Brigham Young University Archives Joint Oral History Project of the Brigham Young University Alumni Association Emeritus Club. Jacobs tells about attending Brigham Young University from 1928 to 1930 and gives his impressions of the university presidents, Enest L. Wilkinson and Franklin S. Harris.
Oral history interview with James B. Allen
Oral history interview with John Homer Wakefield
Typescript of an interview taken from the eight included audiocassettes. The interview was conducted by Alonzo J. Morley on July 24 and 29, 1984 for the Joint Oral History Program of Brigham Young University Archives, BYU Alumni Association Emeritus Club, and Charles Redd Center for Western Studies. Wakefield talks about his life, friends, and his many experiences in the Brigham Young University Music Department.
Oral history interview with John R. Halliday
Oral history interview with John W. Van Cott
Typescript of an interview taken from the included audiocassettes. Van Cott was interviewed by Arthur Chapman on August 1, 1984 for the Joint Oral History Program of the Brigham Young University Archives and the BYU Alumni Association Emeritus Club. Van Cott talks about his youth and education. He also describes his experiences at Brigham Young University.
Oral history interview with Joseph Smith Jarvis
Oral history interview with Joseph T. Bentley
Contains transcripts, audio recordings, and contracts for an oral history by Bentley in 1983. The interview includes information on the Bentley family, on his experience as a student and administrator at Brigham Young University, and on his missionary service.
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