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Ricks College (Rexburg, Idaho)

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1923 - 2001

Administrative History

Ricks College (1923-2001) was a religious two-year college in Rexburg, Idaho. Previously known as Ricks Normal College, the institution was later renamed as Brigham Young University-Idaho.

Citation:
Reeser, G.D. Idaho authors, 1990: t.p. (Ricks College; Rexburg, Idaho)

LC data base, 5-29-91 (hdg.: Ricks College, Rexburg, Idaho)

BYU-Idaho website, via WWW, May 9, 2003 (summer of 1917 the school became Ricks Normal College; in 1923, the school became known as Ricks College; in 2001 became Brigham Young University-Idaho)

Not found: Brigham Young University-Idaho Catalog, 2001-2002: cover, p. 6, etc. (BYU-IDAHO); Students rays, 1918: t.p. (Ricks Normal College)

Found in 65 Collections and/or Records:

Ricks College faculty newsletters

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230329408]
Identifier: MSS SC 2968
Scope and Contents

Incomplete run of newsletters, 20 August 1968-14 April 1971. Referred to as "Faculty Association Newsletter" until 1970-71 school year, when it was renamed "Ricks College Faculty Newsletter."

Dates: 1968-1971

Life story of Anna Evert Terry

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230331487]
Identifier: MSS SC 3023
Scope and Contents

Life story interviewed by daughter Anna Marie Andrew. Contains memories of her childhood; attendance at BYU; teaching sewing at Ricks Academy and at BYU; marriage; life in Idaho; and information on her husband and other family members. Also includes plat maps of early Antelope (Idaho) area.

Dates: 1977

Unified Church School System reports

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231022960]
Identifier: UA 502
Scope and Contents

Contains reports concerning Brigham Young University, Institutes of Religion, Seminaries, Ricks College, LDS Business School, Juarez School, McCune School, and schools in Mexico in the Unified Church School System.

Dates: 1951-1961

Unified Church School System records on college guidance centers for Mormon students, approximately 1960

 Series — Box 2: Series 3; Series 2; Series 4 [Barcode: 31197231023349], Folder: 7
Identifier: UA 535 Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains information on counseling services for Mormon youth.

Dates: approximately 1960

Unified Church School System records on Mexico schools, 1958-1963

 Series — Box 7: Series 7; Series 4; Series 5; Series 6 [Barcode: 31197231023158], Folder: 7-8
Identifier: UA 535 Series 6
Scope and Contents

Contains scrapbooks and other materials on church schools in Mexico operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Materials date from between 1958 and 1963.

Dates: 1958-1963