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Royal Skousen editorship papers, 1993-1999
Sub-Series — Box: 37, Folder: 2-3
Identifier: MSS 8255 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 6
Scope and Contents
Contains materials pertaining to the linguistic work of Royal Skousen, professor at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. Contains files accumulated while Skousen served on the editorial board of the "Journal of Quantitative Linguistics" and "Computers and the Humanities," including correspondence, article printouts, pamphlets, contributor notes, and some periodical copies. Materials dated 1993-1999.
Dates:
1993-1999
Royal Skousen general research, 1963-2012
Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8255 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 4 Sub-Series 8
Scope and Contents
Contains research files (with correspondence, articles and presentations, and course materials) on Finnish morphology and general language research, English spelling and spelling research, spelling bees and reform, statistics and probability, Skousen's theory of Analogical Modeling (courses and research group, colleagues' research, talks and conferences, and general/miscellaneous material), computer programming, quantum computing and Quantum Analogical Modeling, and syntax. Materials dated...
Dates:
1963-2012
Royal Skousen media, 1976-2005
Series
Identifier: MSS 8255 Series 3
Scope and Contents
Contains materials pertaining to the linguistic work as well as personal papers of Royal Skousen, a professor at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. Contains film reels of early word list and spelling research; ADL/AML and A and S manuscript files (mainly on floppy disks and VHS tapes); other career work of Royal Skousen involving languages, spelling, research, as well as personal and family files (including games), blank disks, and miscellaneous material (all on floppy disks); Book of...
Dates:
1976-2005
Royal Skousen papers on Brigham Young University career, 1967-2014
Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8255 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 4 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents
Contains career advancement and academic department files, course material files, and student mentoring files accumulated before and while Skousen was employed as an associate/assistant/full professor of English and linguistics at Brigham Young University (1979-present). This includes employment contracts and promotions, memos, committee materials, awards, departmental changes and correspondence, leave arrangements, scholar visits, copyright issues, new technology, annotated periodicals,...
Dates:
1967-2014
Royal Skousen papers on University of California, San Diego career, 1981 March-July
Sub-Series — Carton: 13, Folder: 37-38
Identifier: MSS 8255 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 4 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents
Contains two course files created while Skousen was a visiting professor of linguistics at the University of California-San Diego. This includes enrollment data, lecture notes, handouts, quizzes and exams, class schedules, and student assignments. Materials dated March-July 1981.
Dates:
1981 March-July
Royal Skousen papers on University of Tampere career, 1982 January-April
Sub-Series — Carton: 13, Folder: 39
Identifier: MSS 8255 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 4 Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents
Contains materials accumulated while Skousen was teaching a Fulbright course in statistical and linguistic probability at the University of Tampere in Finland. This includes lecture notes, class outlines, and similar course materials. Materials dated January-April 1982.
Dates:
1982 January-April
Royal Skousen papers on University of Texas at Austin career, 1973-2005
Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8255 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 4 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents
Contains career work done and course files accumulated during and after Skousen's stint as an assistant professor at the University of Texas-Austin. This includes research on phonology and writings on a colleague's theory, as well as files for courses taught on language acquisition, probabilistic linguistics, and general linguistics, and those from an LDS Institute class on the Apostasy (includes course rolls, outlines, syllabi, lecture notes, exams and assignments, etc.). Some of the...
Dates:
1973-2005
Royal Skousen personal papers, 1977-2001
Series — Carton: 138, Folder: 2-12
Identifier: MSS 8255 Series 4
Scope and Contents
Contains research notes and lesson outlines for Gospel Doctrine and other religious study classes Skousen taught on all of the standard works of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, as well as an Austin Institute of Religion class on "Mormonism and Modern Scientific Thought," and a Sunday School course on "The Prophets." Includes outlines for the occasional fireside, a leaflet on scientific evidence for creation (issued by the U.S. Department of the Interior), Gospel Doctrine...
Dates:
1977-2001
Royal Skousen research on Bible versions, 1993-1994
Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8255 Series 2 Sub-Series 7
Scope and Contents
Contains research on version of the Bible (mostly in the form of photocopied excerpts from versions published between 1611 and 1979), including printouts of Isaiah quotations in the Book of Mormon, card catalog notes and printouts of Bible call numbers, and research schedules. Materials dated 1993-1994.
Dates:
1993-1994
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