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Harris Fine Arts Center

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1965-

Administrative History

The Harris Fine Arts Center (dedicated 1965) is a multipurpose building at Brigham Young University. The building includes performance halls, gallery space, classrooms, and practice rooms.

Citation:
nuc88-126319: Fairbanks, A.T. Avard T. Fairbanks, 1987? (usage on UPB rept.: Harris Fine Arts Center, Brigham Young University)

Paintings by Julian Alden Weir, 1972: t.p. verso (Brigham Young University Art Gallery, Provo, Utah)

LC database, 11/28/1994 (hdg.: Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah. Art Gallery; usage: Brigham Young University Art Gallery)

Amer. art directory, 1967 (under Utah, Provo: Brigham Young University, Harris Fine Arts Center, B.F. Larsen Gallery; estab. 1963)

Amer. art directory, 1993/94 (under Utah, Provo: Brigham Young University, B.F. Larsen Gallery, Harris Fine Arts Center; estab. 1965; Gallery 303 is large room within atrium-shaped space)

Intern. dir. of arts, 1993/94: v. 1, p. 825 (Harris Fine Arts Center Galleries, Brigham Young University; F-303 Harris Fine Arts Center)

Official mus. dir., 1992 (under Utah, Provo: Museum of Fine Arts at Brigham Young University, Harris Fine Arts Center; founded 1965; formerly Brigham Young University Museum of Fine Arts; temporarily closed for construction of new facility)

The American image, 1830-1940, 1985: cover (selections from the Brigham Young University art museum collection) pref. (Gallery 303; in Harris Fine Arts Center) added jacket (BYU Museum of Fine Arts)

Found in 44 Collections and/or Records:

Florence Jepperson Madsen music collection, approximately 1900-1976

 Sub-Series — Box 6: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197231242097], Folder: 10
Identifier: UA 571 Series 2 Sub-Series 11
Scope and Contents

Contains copies of music composed by others, including Drift and Dream, Woodland Calls, and The Master Guides.

Dates: approximately 1900-1976
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Franklin and Florence Jepperson Madsen papers / Florence Jepperson Madsen papers

Florence Jepperson Madsen music composition notebooks, approximately 1900-1976

 Sub-Series — Box 6: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197231242097], Folder: 8-9
Identifier: UA 571 Series 2 Sub-Series 10
Scope and Contents

Contains manuscript books one and two, and Romanza manuscripts and work papers.

Dates: approximately 1900-1976
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Franklin and Florence Jepperson Madsen papers / Florence Jepperson Madsen papers

Florence Jepperson Madsen music compositions, approximately 1900-1976

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 571 Series 2 Sub-Series 5
Scope and Contents

Contains published words and music, just published music, published arrangements, manuscripts of words and music, and vocal and instrumental compositions.

Dates: approximately 1900-1976
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Franklin and Florence Jepperson Madsen papers / Florence Jepperson Madsen papers

Florence Jepperson Madsen music compositions and arrangements, approximately 1900-1976

 Sub-Series — Box 6: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197231242097], Folder: 5
Identifier: UA 571 Series 2 Sub-Series 7
Scope and Contents

Contains photocopies of music composed and arranged by Florence J. Madsen.

Dates: approximately 1900-1976
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Franklin and Florence Jepperson Madsen papers / Florence Jepperson Madsen papers

Florence Jepperson Madsen music compositions and arrangements, approximately 1900-1976

 Sub-Series — Box 6: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197231242097], Folder: 6
Identifier: UA 571 Series 2 Sub-Series 8
Scope and Contents

Contains photocopies of music by Florence Madsen.

Dates: approximately 1900-1976
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Franklin and Florence Jepperson Madsen papers / Florence Jepperson Madsen papers

Florence Jepperson Madsen music manuscripts, approximately 1900-1976

 Sub-Series — Box 6: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197231242097], Folder: 7
Identifier: UA 571 Series 2 Sub-Series 9
Scope and Contents

Contains working copies of All Service Ranks the Same With God; Come Unto Me; Home Sweet Home; Still, Still With Thee; and an untitled manuscript. Materials date from between approximately 1880 and 1976.

Dates: approximately 1900-1976
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Franklin and Florence Jepperson Madsen papers / Florence Jepperson Madsen papers

Florence Jepperson Madsen oversized photographs, 1914-1967

 Sub-Series — Oversize 10: Series 1; Series 2; Series 3
Identifier: UA 571 Series 2 Sub-Series 12
Dates: 1914-1967
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Franklin and Florence Jepperson Madsen papers / Florence Jepperson Madsen papers

Florence Jepperson Madsen papers, approximately 1900-1976

 Series
Identifier: UA 571 Series 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Contains personal correspondence, articles, programs, news clippings, yearbooks, scrapbooks, poetry, resumes, tributes, journals, photographs, patriarchal blessings, and biographical materials. Also includes published, unpublished, and workcopy music manuscripts by the Madsens. Materials date from 1870 to 1976.

Dates: approximately 1900-1976
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Franklin and Florence Jepperson Madsen papers

Florence Jepperson Madsen personal correspondence, 1906-1976

 Sub-Series — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2; Series 3 [Barcode: 31197231242055], Folder: 3-8, 10-12
Identifier: UA 571 Series 2 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Incoming, outgoing, and undated correspondence, poetic tributes and an autographed statement (by David O. McKay) about Florence Madson.

Dates: 1906-1976
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Franklin and Florence Jepperson Madsen papers / Florence Jepperson Madsen papers

Florence Jepperson Madsen scrapbooks, 1912-1956

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 571 Series 2 Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents

Scrapbooks of "Bouquet of Memories," landscape photos, clippings, cards and letters regarding presentation of a piano to the Alumni Association, and the Singing Mothers' Great Britain Tour.

Dates: 1912-1956
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Franklin and Florence Jepperson Madsen papers / Florence Jepperson Madsen papers

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