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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 26 Collections and/or Records:

LeRoy R. Hafen publisher correspondence

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1768 Sub-Series 5
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence between Hafen and publishing companies he worked with to publish his writings.

Dates: 1880-1984
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / LeRoy R. and Ann W. Hafen papers / LeRoy R. Hafen papers

LeRoy R. Hafen society papers and periodicals

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1768 Sub-Series 11
Scope and Contents

Contains files and publications related to professional society and organizations in which Hafen was a member. Includes state historical societies, other historical societies, historical and general academic associations, civic, environmental, political, social, cultural, and leisure organizations.

Dates: 1880-1984
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / LeRoy R. and Ann W. Hafen papers / LeRoy R. Hafen papers

LeRoy R. Hafen teaching files

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1768 Sub-Series 7
Scope and Contents

Contains files from Hafen's time teaching at the following institutions: University of Denver; University of Glasgow, where he was a visiting fellow; and, Brigham Young University.

Dates: 1880-1984
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / LeRoy R. and Ann W. Hafen papers / LeRoy R. Hafen papers

LeRoy R. Hafen Ute-Arapahoe files

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1768 Sub-Series 10
Scope and Contents From the Series: Contains LeRoy's personal papers: journals and desk calendars; early life memorabilia and school papers (mostly university); personal and professional correspondence, including greeting cards; professional files, including research and manuscript files for Hafen's books and other writings (master's and doctoral theses in published form, Western America, 4 different Colorado histories, the Far West and the Rockies series, the Mountain Men and the Fur Trade series, Joyous Journey, and various...
Dates: 1880-1984
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / LeRoy R. and Ann W. Hafen papers / LeRoy R. 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

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

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