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Young, Margaret Blair, 1955-

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1955-
  • Usage: 1955

Biography

Margaret Blair Young (1955-) is an author, film maker, and writer who has taught at Brigham Young University for thirty years.

Margaret Blair Young was born in 1955 to Robert Blair and Julia Groberg Blair and has lived most of her life in Utah. She is married to Bruce Wilson Young, who is an English professor, and is the mother of four children. Young earned her B.A. at Brigham Young University (BYU) in theatre and cinematic arts in 1979. She later earned her M.A. at BYU in 1988 in creative writing. Young taught writing classes at Brigham Young University for over thirty years, retiring in 2018. She has written several articles and books, including "House Without Walls" (1991), "Salvador" (1992), and "Heresies of Nature" (2002). She has also helped write and produce films and documentaries including "Jane Manning James: Your Sister in the Gospel" (2005), which was shown at several film festivals and on PBS, and "Nobody Knows: The Untold Story of Black Mormons" (2008). She specializes in African-American history in Utah and the American West and worked with Darius Gray on several projects about the stories of African-American Latter-day Saints. Her writing has received several awards. She was also a member of the Association for Mormon Letters. She retired from teaching at BYU in 2018. Currently, her work focuses on reviving the film industry in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Citation:
Wikipedia.org, May 10, 2019 (Margaret Blair Young was born in 1955 and has lived most of her life in Utah. She is married to Bruce Wilson Young, English professor, and is the mother of four children. Young is the author of several novels including house without walls (1991), salvador (1992), and heresies of nature (2002). She also helped to write and direct the documentary Jane Manning James: Your Sister in the Gospel (2005) which was shown at several film festivals and on PBS. Currently her work focuses on reviving the film industry in the Democratic Republic of the Congo)

Margaret Blair Young papers, approximately 1962-2018 (Margaret Blair Young; Member of the Association for Mormon Letters)

Her Land of my fathers, c1991:CIP t.p. (Margaret Blair Young) data sheet (Margaret Jean Blair Young, b. 1955)

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Carol Kastakos Petranek comment book, 2002 February

 Sub-Series — Box 1: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197231023810], Folder: 2
Identifier: MSS 6832 Series 1 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents note

A photocopy of the comment book kept for the Mark. E. Mitchell collection exhibit at the Washington D.C. Temple Visitor's Center in February of 2002.

Dates: Other: 2002 February

Carol Kastakos Petranek compact discs on the Mark E. Mitchell exhibit, 2002

 Sub-Series — Box 1: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197231023810], Folder: 3
Identifier: MSS 6832 Series 1 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents note

Contains six CDs documenting the Mark E. Mitchell African American History Exhibit Ribbon Cutting Ceremony, the exhibit itself, a CD entitled Serenity, and two audio CDs of narrations related to the exhibit.

Dates: Other: 2002

Carol Kastakos Petranek photograph negatives of the Mark E. Mitchell exhibit, 2002

 Sub-Series — Box 1: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197231023810], Folder: 5
Identifier: MSS 6832 Series 1 Sub-Series 5
Scope and Contents note

Contains photo negatives of the 2002 Black History Month Mark E. Mitchell Exhibit at the Washington D.C. Temple Visitor's Center.

Dates: Other: 2002

Carol Kastakos Petranek photographs of the Mark E. Mitchell exhibit , 2002

 Sub-Series — Box 2: Series 1; Series 2; Series 3 [Barcode: 31197231023802], Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 6832 Series 1 Sub-Series 6
Scope and Contents note

Contains photographs of the 2002 Black History Month Mark E. Mitchell Exhibit at the Washington D.C. Temple Visitor's Center.

Dates: Other: 2002

Carol Kastakos Petranek scrapbook and papers on Black History Month, 2002

 Series
Identifier: MSS 6832 Series 1
Scope and Contents note

Contains a scrapbook, photographs, correspondence, newspaper articles, invitations, CDs, and other papers documenting the Washington D.C. Temple Visitor's Center first Black History Month Mark E. Mitchell Exhibit in 2002.

Dates: Other: 2002

Carol Kastakos Petranek scrapbook on Black History Month, 2002 February

 Sub-Series — Box 1: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197231023810], Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 6832 Series 1 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents note

One scrapbook containing photographs, fliers, and articles of the first Black History Month exhibit at the Washington D.C. Temple Visitor's Center in February of 2002. Photographs include photos of Darius Gray, Margaret Young, Mark E. Mitchell, James Johnson and Frederick Douglass IV. Discussion of the Genesis Group is included.

Dates: Other: 2002 February