BYU Library - Special Collections

Subseries contains Litterell's files on individual pieces as well as miscellaneous papers he kept with them. He collected photocopies, articles, information on composers and performance practice, correspondences, flyers, progams on specific works. He also had a miscellaneous collection of newspaper clippings, photocopies of Lyon and Healy harp books, and similar items disconnected from specific works. Materials dated approximately 1900-2013.

This series contains Bob D. Litterell's notes with his scores, contracts with Lyon and Healy, and programs of Litterell's performances. It includes handwritten notes, correspondences, newspaper clippings, magazine clippings, photocopied music, photocopied excerpts from books, printed programs and performance flyers. The material covers Litterell's education and professional career, as he performed and studied in Kansas, California and Colorado. Materials dated approximately 1900-2013.

File includes a very detailed travel log kept by R. F. Thurman on his tour of Australia and New Zealand. The detailed record reports on general as well as specifically scout-related observations. Dated 1949-1950.

Contains tributary correspondence across many nations concerning Sir Baden-Powell upon his death in 1941. Includes letters in various languages, telegrams, and news articles. Dated 1938-1941.

Contains notebooks, notes, articles, research papers, drafts, and other materials written and collected by Hugh Nibley. Materials are from the primary, secondary, undergraduate, and graduate schooling of Hugh Nibley. Materials date from approximately 1922-1973.

Contains notes, dissertation drafts, photocopies of books, and articles written and collected by Hugh Nibley during his studies at the University of California, Berkeley. The content's topics include language studies of Arabic, Coptic, Ancient and Modern Greek, Latin, Hebrew, and many more languages. Also included is the study of hieroglyphic scripts. Materials date from 1936 to 1973.

Contains correspondence, research notes, drafts, articles, photocopies, and papers collected and written by Hugh Nibley for lectures and publications. Includes material on scriptural studies conducted by Nibley. Materials date from approximately 1911 to 2008, bulk from approximately 1950 to 2008.

Contains research notes, newspaper clippings, photocopies of books, articles, and other material, papers, drafts, and letters written and collected by Hugh Nibley. Research topics include the Book of Mormon, Bible-related subjects, Mormon history, the apocryphal, Brigham Young, and many other topics. Materials date from approximately 1940 to 2003, bulk from 1950 to 2003.

Contains two bibles owned by Hyrum Smith. Includes an 1834 family bible that has a family record in the middle of the book, dated up to 1872; and, an Old Testament in Hebrew with Latin notations, said to be used by Hyrum while attending the School of the Prophets. Includes photocopy of part of family record from family bible.

Contains correspondence regarding John Welch's research on chiasmus. Includes letters, faxes, and emails from scholars, readers, class members, and publishers to and from Welch. Dated 1967-2011.