Nelson, Donald K., 1915-
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 1970sBrigham 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 1 Collection or Record:
Harold B. Lee Library records
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.