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Brigham Young High School (Provo, Utah)

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1903 - 1968

Biography

Brigham Young High School (1903-1968) was a private secondary school in Provo, Utah.

Brigham Young High School was formed in 1903 in a reorganization of the earlier Brigham Young Academy. The high school was closely associated with Brigham Young University's College of Education, and acted as a laboratory school for the university faculty and staff. The school was known for its speech team and sports program. Brigham Young High School was closed in 1968.

Citation:
Wildcat (Brigham Young High School yearbook), 1965: t.p. (published by the students of Brigham Young High School, Provo, Utah)

A report for Dr. Antone K. Romney, 1969: p. 182 ("Brigham Young University Laboratory School Faculty, 1967-68," lists faculty for elementary school and secondary school) p. 181 (Brigham Young High School was part of the Laboratory School, The Laboratory School, including BY High, was discontinued in 1968)

Wildcat, 1933: t.p. (Brigham Young University High School)

Wildcat, 1968: cover (B.Y.U. High School)

Brigham Young High School website, via WWW, Nov. 10, 2014 (est. 1903 in reorganization of Brigham Young Academy; closely associated with BYU College of Education; laboratory school for university faculty and staff; known for speech team and sports program; closed, 1968)

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Oral history interview with Alva John Clarke

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA OH 21
Scope and Contents

Interview by C. Garn Coombs with A. John Clarke, Brigham Young University professor, concerning his experiences as a student at BYU during the late 1930s, and as an instructor and principle of the Brigham Young High School in the mid 1940s. Includes transcript and sound recording.

Dates: 1977

Oral history interview with Anna Boss Hart

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA OH 28
Scope and Contents

Interview by C. Garn Coombs with Anna Boss Hart, educator, concerning her experiences as a member of the faculty of the Brigham Young High School. Includes transcript and sound recording.

Dates: 1977

Oral history interview with Loren C. Bryner

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA OH 62
Scope and Contents

Interview by Jay Beck with Loren Bryner concerning his schooling, employment at Brigham Young University and Kennecott, and his involvement in science organizations. Includes sound recordings and transcript.

Dates: 1980

Oral history interview with Maud Dixon Markham

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA OH 119
Scope and Contents

Interview by Lucille Thorne with Maud Dixon Markham concerning her childhood, education at Brigham Young High School and Brigham Young University, marriage to Fred Markham, and experiences at Brigham Young High as a teacher. Includes transcript and sound recording.

Dates: 1982

Pictures of my life

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230328673]
Identifier: MSS SC 2929
Scope and Contents Author shares family experiences in Springville, Provo, and Manti, Utah. She also recounts experiences at Brigham Young High School and Academy in Provo. In the 1920s she and her family lived in Long Beach and Berkeley, California and were active in the LDS Church there. Upon returning to Utah, Bullock worked as a sales clerk at Auerbach's in Salt Lake City and during World War II she worked at Fort Douglas. She gives insight into women in the work place during the war. She also gives...
Dates: 1997