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Hyer, Paul

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1926 - 2018

Biographical History

Paul Hyer (1926-2018) was a history professor in Utah.

Paul Hyer was a professor of Asian history at Brigham Young University and the first coordinator of Asian Studies. He has traveled extensively through China and has devoted his academic life to the study of China and Mongolia.

Citation:
Jagchid, S. Mongolia's culture and society, 1979 (a.e.) t.p. (Paul Hyer)

His A Mongolian living Buddha, 1983: CIP t.p. (Paul Hyer, Brigham Young Univ.) CIP data (b. 6/2/26)

Paul Hyer faculty and family papers : (Paul Hyer, born in 1926, professor of Asian history at Brigham Young University Provo, Utah)

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Paul Hyer papers on Mongolia

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 612
Scope and Contents

Contains manuscripts used in preparation of "Mongolia's Culture and Society" (1979) and "A Mongolian Living Buddha" (1983). Also includes miscellaneous writings by Paul Hyer on Mongolia-China relationships.

Dates: approximately 1979-1982

Paul Hyer faculty and family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6650
Scope and Contents Contains correspondence, research, microfilm, and more collected by or created by Paul Hyer as a professor of history at Brigham Young University, primarily from the late 1950s to the 1990s. This research was primarily centered on Mongolia and Tibet, and includes particular interest in Demcugdongrub, Kanjurwa Khutughtu, and the Dalai Lama. Hyer was one of the first researchers of Tibet and Mongolia from a Japanese perspective; therefore sources are in Japanese as well as Chinese, Mongolian,...
Dates: 1941-2008

Mongolian living Buddha

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197230230085]
Identifier: MSS 1927
Scope and Contents

Typewritten book draft with handwritten corrections and a final draft of the item. The manuscripts were co-authored by Sechin Jagchid and are a biography of Kanjura Khutughtu.

Dates: 1982

Paul Hyer faculty papers, 1941-2008

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6650 Series 1
Scope and Contents note

Contains correspondence, research, microfilm, and more collected by or created by Paul Hyer as a professor of history at Brigham Young University, primarily from the late 1950s to the 1990s.

Dates: 1941-2008

Paul Hyer family papers, 1980-2002

 Series — Carton 19: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233653515]
Identifier: MSS 6650 Series 2
Scope and Contents note

Contains family and personal correspondence addressed to and from Paul Hyer.

Dates: 1980-2002

Paul Hyer manuscripts of A Mongolian Living Buddha, approximately 1979-1982

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 612 Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains a general outline, table of contents, preface, chronology, and origin; contents; birth and selection, life in monastery; outline and partial draft, miscellaneous draft pages, cut-up pages, material on visits to China, Mongolia, Japan, and Taiwan, historical background of Buddhism, assorted biographical information and sketches, notes to publisher, draft tapes (dictation), and supplements.

Dates: approximately 1979-1982

Paul Hyer manuscripts of Mongolia's Culture and Society, approximately 1979

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 612 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains manuscripts (including first, second, and final drafts) of the table of contents, chapters, postscripts and endnotes, preface, foreword, table of illustrations, works on major references, and index.

Dates: approximately 1979

Paul Hyer writings, approximately 1979-1982

 Series — Box 2: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 31197231244879]
Identifier: UA 612 Series 2
Scope and Contents note

Contains miscellaneous writings of Paul Hyer.

Dates: approximately 1979-1982

Western Conference records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA SC 18
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence and records of several conferences of the Western Conference of the Association for Asian Studies. Materials were gathered by Paul Hyer, who was the Executive Secretary of the Association during the period.

Dates: 1968-1981; Majority of material found within 1974-1981