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Hafen, LeRoy R. (LeRoy Reuben), 1893-1985

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1893 - 1985

Biographical History

LeRoy R. Hafen (1893-1985) was the director of the Colorado State Historical Society and professor of history at Brigham Young University.

Citation:
His The overland mail, 1926.

His Fort Laramie and the pageant of the West, 1834-1890, 1984, c1938: CIP t.p. (LeRoy R. Hafen)

His Old Spanish trail, 1993: CIP t.p. (LeRoy R. Hafen) data sheet (1893-1985)

OCLC, July 27, 2004 (hdgs: Hafen, Le Roy Reuben, 1893- ; Hafen, LeRoy Reuben, 1893- ; Hafen, LeRoy R. (LeRoy Reuben), 1893- )

FamilySearch, via WWW, Aug. 2, 2006 (LeRoy Reuben Hafen; b. 8 Dec 1893, Bunkerville, Lincoln, Nevada; d. 8 Mar 1985, Palm Springs,California)

Desert (Palm Desert, Calif.), April 1964: page 13 (Dr. LeRoy R. Hafen, Brigham Young University)

Wikipedia, website viewed 25 June 2013 (LeRoy R. Hafen; LeRoy Reuben Hafen; b. December 8, 1893, Bunkerville, Nevada; d. March 8, 1985, Palm Desert, Calif.; BA, Brigham Young University; MA, University of Utah; PhD, University of California, Berkeley; school teacher in Bunkerville, Nev; principal of Virgin Valley High School; Colorado State Historian; BYU professor for 17 years; director of the Colorado State Museum; editor of Colorado Magazine; professor at University of Denver; historian; Latter-day Saint; author)

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

American Pioneer Trails Association papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230338672]
Identifier: MSS 42
Scope and Contents The collection contains brochures, photographs, newspaper clippings,programs, and correspondence relating to the formation, projects, and meetings of the American Pioneer Trails Association, 1938-1943. Included are historical sketches and photographs of monuments erected at historical sites along various pioneer trails in the American West. Also included are charters and bylaws of various trail memorial associations and correspondence with Le Roy Hafen, an history professor at Brigham Young...
Dates: 1938-1943
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / American Pioneer Trails Association papers

John L. Gaspar letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230340066]
Identifier: MSS 80
Abstract

This folder contains a handwritten letter dated 24 March 1925 and addressed to the Utah historian, Le Roy Hafen. John L. Gaspar discusses his relationship and his knowledge of the American frontiersman and scout, Kit Carson (1809-1868).

Dates: 1925 March 24
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / John L. Gaspar letter

LeRoy R. and Ann W. Hafen papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1768
Scope and Contents

Contains notes, articles, correspondence, speeches, histories, essays, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and programs. Also included are drafts of Ann Hafen's articles. The materials relate to LeRoy Hafen's career as a historian in Colorado and his publications and research on various aspects of Colorado history.

Dates: 1804-1984
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / LeRoy R. and Ann W. Hafen papers

Mormon pioneers : music collection

 Collection — Oversize-folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233240511]
Identifier: MSS 2406
Scope and Contents "The Mormon Pioneers" is the seventh album in the Columbia Records Legacy Collection and was produced by Goddard Lieberson with the aid of the Special Projects Staff: Charles Burr. Joan Meyers, Ira Teichberg, David Rubinson, John Simon, and Arlene Steibel. The songs contained in this album are songs that the Mormon pioneers sang as they migrated West and settled in Utah. The collection contains one 33 1/3 record of "The Mormon Pioneers"; a cassette tape copy of the record; and a printed...
Dates: 1965
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Mormon pioneers : music collection

Planning Committee records

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231028322]
Identifier: UA 92
Scope and Contents

Collection includes a 44 p. report of the Planning Committee for a comprehensive Campus plan, 1957, covering construction of Brigham Young University Campus from 1884-1957; an 8 p. Brigham Young University Physical Plant Facilities Self Evaluation Survey, Spring 1956; and a 9 p. photocopy of Joys of Discovery-Historical Research and Writing by LeRoy R. Hafen, 1966. 67 items.

Dates: 1956-1966
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Planning Committee records

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