P. Bradford Westwood collection of Brigham Young Academy Foundation correspondence, 1985-1994

Series — Box: 2, Folder: 2

Identifier: MSS 6796 Series 4

Staff Only

Scope and Contents note

Contains correspondence between the Brigham Young Academy Foundation and those with proposals for the building and notes and newsclippings with possible ideas for the building from 1985-1994. Much of the correspondence is with indiviudals and groups outside of Utah and focus on ways to protect the Brigham Young Academy buildings as well as discussing ideas for their future use. Correspondence inside of Utah focus on the relationship between the Brigham Young Academy Foundation, the Provo City mayor and City Council, and members of the community. Dated 1985-1994.

Dates

1985-1994

Creator

Westwood, P. Bradford, 1957- (collector, Person)

Conditions Governing Access note

Open for public research.

Conditions Governing Use note

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from the P. Bradford Westwood collection on the Brigham Young Academy Foundation must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.

Biographical History

From the Collection:

P. Bradford Westwood (born 1957) is an archivist and historic preservationist in Utah.

P. Bradford Westwood grew up in Provo, Utah, and spent his summers on the Oregon coast. He received his Bachelor's Degree from Brigham Young University in American Studies in 1985 and his master's degree from the University of Pennsylvania in Historic Preservation in 1994. He was on the Board of Directors of the Brigham Young Academy Foundation from 1985 to 1989, and was one of the co-founders of the Foundation. He worked for the Brigham Young University's L. Tom Perry Special Collections and served as the assistant chair from 1997 to 2002, and chair from 2002 to 2008. In 2009 Brad became the Manager of Collection Development (museum, archives, and library) for the Historical Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In 2013 he was appointed the director of the Utah Division of State History. He is the co-founder of the A. Dean Larsen Book Collectors Conference. His subject specialties include rare books and manuscripts, the administration of cultural repositories, architectural history (19th/20th Century American and European), and historic preservation.

Administrative History

From the Collection:

The Brigham Young Academy Foundation (1985-2001) was was a non-profit organization involved in the redevelopment of the Brigham Young Academy. With the successful plan to convert the Academy into the Provo City Municipal library the Foundation was disbanded in 2001.

The Brigham Young Academy Foundation (1985-2001) was a non-profit organization involved in the redevelopment of Academy Square in Provo, Utah. The Brigham Young Academy Foundation was organized in 1985 by Shirley Paxman, Meryl Astrop and P. Bradford Westwood. The mission of the organization was to protect the Brigham Young Academy buildings (also called 'Academy Square') from being demolished . The Foundation engaged the Provo community, Provo City Council members, the Provo mayor's office and heritage and preservation groups both in Utah and across the United States. When the land was sold to Provo City in 1997 for the development of the property and Academy as the Provo City Municipal library, much of the work of the Foundation was finished. With the dedication and opening of the Provo City Library at Academy Square in 2001 the Brigham Young Academy Foundation was officially disbanded.