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 Max Hoover Russell
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.
Oral history interview with Milton Farrell Hartvigsen
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.
Oral history interview with N. La Verl Christensen
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.
Oral history interview with N. La Verl Christensen
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.
Oral history interview with Neil Longley York
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.
Oral history interview with Nell C. Partridge
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.
Oral history interview with Norman Edgar Wright
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.
Oral history interview with Odessa Allred Cullimore
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.
Oral history interview with Oliver R. Smith
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.
Oral history interview with Paul B. Pixton
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.
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