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Smith, Oliver R.

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1913 - 1990

Biographical History

Oliver R. Smith (1913-1990) was a journalism professor in Utah.

Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:

Department of Communications student publications and correspondence, 1941-1965

 Sub-Series
Identifier: UA 560 Series 1 Sub-Series 11
Scope and Contents note

Contains administrative files, including error sheets, correspondence, reports, advertising, and circulation materials. Includes files on Y News, the Daily Universe, The Summer Universe, Wye magazine, the Salt Lake Tribune, and the Deseret News. Materials date from between 1941 and 1965.

Dates: 1941-1965

Department of Communications student publications correspondence, 1950-1960

 Sub-Series
Identifier: UA 560 Series 1 Sub-Series 10
Scope and Contents note

Contains administrative correspondence regarding the student publication, "The Banyan". Materials date from between 1950 and 1960.

Dates: 1950-1960

Jesse Nathaniel Smith autobiography and correspondence, 1834-1906

 File
Identifier: MSS 503 Series 1
Scope and Contents

The autobiography has been published under the title Six Decades in the Early West: The Journal of Jesse Nathaniel Smith by Oliver R. Smith, editor. Salt Lake City: Publishers Press, 1970. Bound typescript. Formerly MSS 1104. Holograph original in LDS Church Historical Department Archives. Includes copies of correspondence from Heber J. Grant, Joseph F. Smith and Matthias F. Cowley on pages 561-564.

Dates: 1834-1906

Oliver R. Smith correspondence, 1939-1977

 Series
Identifier: MSS 2087 Series 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The six series in the Oliver R. Smith papers are arranged according to genre type. The first series contains Smith's correspondence. The second includes various family newsletters as well as writings by and about Smith. The third series is comprised of university memoranda from the '50s, '60s, and '70s. Another small series contains various photographs, including several of BYU. The largest series is Smith's subject files which contain information on BYU student clubs such as Delta Phi,...
Dates: Other: 1939-1977

Oliver R. Smith papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2087
Abstract Includes correspondence, family newsletters and news clippings, university memoranda, photographs, artifacts, and a few Hill Cumorah Pageant files. Subject files contain information on BYU student clubs, including Delta Phi, Kappa Tau Alpha, Omega Nu, and Sigma Delta Chi, and information on organizations with which he was affiliated, such as the US Air Force Reserve, Association of Educators of Journalism, Rocky Mountain Collegiate Press Association, National Council of College Publications...
Dates: 1935-1979

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  • Subject: Letters X

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Colleges and Universities 14
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Reports 7
Minutes (Records) 5
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