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Nelson, Donald K., 1915-

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1915 - 2009

Biography

Donald K. Nelson was a library director at Brigham Young University.

Donald K. Nelson was born June 27, 1915, in Cedarville, Idaho, to Guy H. and Thora Kofoed Nelson. His family eventually moved to Logan, Utah where he attended Utah State University. He married Vaudys Christensen on June 27, 1939, and after her death, married Marion Larsen Clark on May 1, 2000.

Nelson worked as the Head Librarian at the Branch Agricultural College in Cedar City, Utah, the Head Librarian later at Eastern Oregon College in LaGrande, Oregon, and then became the Assistant Director of Libraries at Brigham Young University in 1960. He served as the director of libraries from 1967 to 1980. Nelson died November 3, 2009, in Provo, Utah.

Citation:
Photograph of Margaret Cannon Clayton and Donald K. Nelson, circa 1970s

Brigham Young University, L. Tom Perry Special Collections worksheet, May 7, 2008(Donald K. Nelson; Don Nelson; former library director at Brigham Young University)

UPB files, May 7, 2008(b. 1915)

findagrave, via www, May 7, 2024 (Donald K. Nelson was born June 27, 1915, in Cedarville, Idaho, to Guy H. and Thora Kofoed Nelson. Family eventually moved to Logan, Utah where he attended Utah State University. Married Vaudys Christensen on June 27, 1939, and after her death, married Marion Larsen Clark on May 1, 2000. Worked as the Head Librarian at the Branch Agricultural College in Cedar City, Utah, the Head Librarian later at Eastern Oregon College in LaGrande, Oregon, and then became the Assistant Director of Libraries at Brigham Young University in 1960. Served as the director of libraries from 1967 to 1980. Died November 3, 2009, in Provo, Utah)

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Harold B. Lee Library administrative records, 1968-2015

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 1242 Series 1
Scope and Contents Contains files from the Harold B. Lee Library director's office, later renamed the Library Administrative Offices. Documents include correspondence regarding the 1974 addition of the library, a planning document for library expansion from 1991, the 1975 centennial celebration, and library director's correspondence. Also contains committee and director meeting minutes, as well as records on rank advancement and strategic planning, library assessments, instruments of gift, and other project...
Dates: 1968-2015
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / UA 1242, Harold B. Lee Library records

Harold B. Lee Library records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 549
Scope and Contents

Includes files of the various departments within the library. Contains correspondence, reports, newsclippings, publications, statistics and minutes. Also includes information concerning the J. Reuben Clark, Jr. Library and Brigham Young University Library.

Dates: 1954-1976
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Harold B. Lee Library records

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