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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 30 Collections and/or Records:

Brigham Young High School class photograph

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197225542205]
Identifier: UA 1139
Scope and Contents

Photograph of the graduating class of 1909 from Brigham Young High School.

Dates: 1909

Brigham Young High School ephemera

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197231034304]
Identifier: UA 758
Scope and Contents

Includes pin and two patches. Pin bears photographic image of several students, plus text: "Brigham Young Wildcats, 1964-65." Patches, identical to each other, bear artistic images: beehive; block Y; mountains and partial wagon wheel; wildcat; and hand bearing a torch. Patches also contain text: "Uniti Stetimus" and "Brigham Young High School."

Dates: 1965

Hi-Steppers scrapbook

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197233625513]
Identifier: UA 752
Scope and Contents

Volume includes photographs, newspaper clippings, and papers pertaining to the members of the Brigham Young High School Hi-Steppers. Several newsclippings are located in an envelope at the front of the volume.

Dates: 1958-1960

Laboratory School annuals, 1933-1968

 Series
Identifier: UA 564 Series 17
Scope and Contents note

Contains issues of the Wildcat (Y'ld Cat), the school yearbook of Brigham Young High School. Dates range from 1933-1968.

Dates: 1933-1968

Laboratory School associations and organizations records, 1953-1968

 Series — Box 3: Series 4; Series 5; Series 6 [Barcode: 31197235223895], Folder: 2-5
Identifier: UA 564 Series 5
Scope and Contents note

Contains minutes and files on the National Association of Student Councils, National Honor Society for Junior and Senior High Schools, and Parent-Teacher Association: correspondence, program outlines, conference information, meeting minutes, constitutions, handbooks, annual reports, membership lists, certificates, and cards, emblems, clippings, policy and procedure information, GPA summaries, and other materials. Dates range from 1953-1968.

Dates: 1953-1968

Laboratory School Brigham Young High scrapbooks, 1934-1964

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 564 Series 21
Scope and Content note

BY High scrapbooks containing clippings, histories, and other material. Dates range from 1934-1964.

Dates: 1934-1964

Laboratory School certificates, 1941-1968

 Series — Box 11a: Series 15; Series 16 [Barcode: 31197233246013]
Identifier: UA 564 Series 15
Scope and Contents note

Contains certificates of accreditation, Honor societies for junior organizations, thespian organizations, and resolution of praise for the Operation Follow-up program to the Utah Teenage Traffic program. Dates range from 1941-1968.

Dates: 1941-1968

Laboratory School counseling and guidance records, 1945-1968

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 564 Series 2
Scope and Contents note

Contains budgets, correspondence, reports, policy and procedure information, enrollment reports and statistics, Summer School reports, ads, and memos, Immigration and Naturalization Service correspondence and forms, pre-registration information, and assorted statistical records, and other materials. Dates range from 1945-1968.

Dates: 1945-1968

Laboratory School curriculum development materials, 1963-1964

 Series — Box 9: Series 11; Series 12 [Barcode: 31197235223861], Folder: 1-2
Identifier: UA 564 Series 11
Scope and Contents note

Contains the Bassett Curriculum Project Committee report, basic science and math course materials. Dates range from 1963-1964.

Dates: 1963-1964

Laboratory School education experimental programs and laboratory reports, 1963-1968

 Series — Box 9: Series 11; Series 12 [Barcode: 31197235223861], Folder: 3-4
Identifier: UA 564 Series 12
Scope and Contents note

Contains reports associated with study on the "Need for Individualizing Instruction and Learning." Includes laboratory reports #3-5, other published reports and guides, correspondence clippings, progress plans, and computer programs. Dates range from 1963-1968.

Dates: 1963-1968