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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 Max Hoover Russell

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2998
Scope and Contents

Typescript of an interview taken from the included audiocassette. Russell was interviewed by David Whittaker on February 9, 1988 for the Joint Oral History Program of the Brigham Young University Archives and the BYU Alumni Association Emeritus Club. Russell talks about his mission in California, the Book of Mormon and archaeology, and early visual aids used by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Dates: 1988

Oral history interview with Milton Farrell Hartvigsen

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA OH 136
Scope and Contents

Interview by Alma Heaton with Milton Hartvigsen concerning his childhood in Idaho, education, administrative duties at Brigham Young University, and Church service. Also includes talks, testimony, and professional resume. Includes transcript and sound recordings.

Dates: 1983

Oral history interview with N. La Verl Christensen

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233274361]
Identifier: UA OH 162
Scope and Contents

One bound and one unbound oral history. The interview was conducted by Hollis Scott from The Joint Oral History Project of Brigham Young University. Christensen talks about his educational background, his professional affiliation with various local newspapers in Provo, and his spiritual experiences.

Dates: 1984-1987

Oral history interview with N. La Verl Christensen

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197225524229]
Identifier: MSS 2970
Scope and Contents

Typescript of an interview with N. La Verl Christensen by Hollis Scott on November 22, 1984. The interview was taken under the authority of The Joint Oral History Project Brigham Young University Archives Brigham Young University Alumni Association Emeritus Club. Christensen talks about important persons he knew who worked at Brigham Young University.

Dates: 1984 November 22

Oral history interview with Neil Longley York

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA OH 150
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 October 19, 1988. York describes why he chose to teach history at BYU. He gives an account of his employment with the BYU History Department and discusses different aspects of hiscareer and his interests in American diplomatic history, the Early American period, and the history of science and technology.

Dates: 1988 October 19

Oral history interview with Nell C. Partridge

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA OH 108
Scope and Contents

Interview by Helen Stark with Nell Partridge, discussing her early life in Farmington, Utah; her education, career, travels, marriage and children. Includes transcript and sound recording.

Dates: 1981

Oral history interview with Norman Edgar Wright

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA OH 148
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 September 22, 1988. Wright describes why he chose to teach history at BYU. He gives an account of his employment with the BYU History Department and discusses different aspects of his career including his involvement with the Center for Family History and the publication of his ten books.

Dates: 1988

Oral history interview with Odessa Allred Cullimore

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA OH 116
Scope and Contents

Interview conducted by Virginia Poulson with Odessa Allred Cullimore concerning her childhood, marriage, and family. Cullimore speaks on her interest in politics, her election to the state legislature, her involvement with BYU, and service in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Dates: 1980 February 12

Oral history interview with Oliver R. Smith

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA OH 160
Scope and Contents

Three unbound typescripts and one bound typescript of the included two cassette sound tapes. The interview was conducted by Marden J. Clark of the Joint Oral History Project of Brigham Young University. Smith talks about his educational background, his professional affiliation with Brigham Young University, and his religious experiences.

Dates: 1991-1995

Oral history interview with Paul B. Pixton

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS OH 892
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 7, 1988. Pixton describes why he chose to teach history at BYU. He gives an acount of his employment with the History Department and describes different aspects of his career including his involvement in the BYU Study Abroad Program.

Dates: 1988

Additional filters:

Subject
Colleges and Universities 93
Education 93
Oral histories 87
Universities and colleges -- Utah -- Provo -- Faculty -- Interviews 21
Transcripts 14
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Interviews 13
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 -- 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
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