E. Dale LeBaron oral history project on Africa
Scope and Contents
Collection contains recordings and transcriptions of oral history interviews conducted by E. Dale LeBaron while he was visiting Africa. These interviews are with converts to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from various countries of Africa. The items were transcribed by the College of Religious Instruction at Brigham Young University. Back-up copies of the transcriptions are included on floppy disks. The collection dates from 1979 to 2000.
Dates
- Creation: 1979-2000
Creator
- LeBaron, E. Dale (creator, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for public research. Folders 49, 50, 51 kept in cold storage; requires 24 hours advance notice to access collection.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from E. Dale LeBaron oral history project on Africa must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical History
E. Dale LeBaron was born on October 8, 1934 in Barnwell, Alberta, Canada to Homer Neal LeBaron and Luella Pearl Wight. He went on to serve a mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in South Africa from 1955 to 1958. He returned home and married Laura May Brooks in the Cardston, Alberta Temple on August 19, 1959, and together they had six children. LeBaron attended Brigham Young University where he would earn his bachelor's, master's and doctorate degree. He then served as mission president of the South African Johannesburg mission from 1976 to 1979. He was a professor of religion at Brigham Young University from 1986 until 2001. LeBaron wrote and spoke widely on the Church and its history in Africa and returned to Africa to collect oral histories of the early African converts to the Church. E. Dale LeBaron passed away on December 3, 2009.
Extent
31 boxes (15.5 linear ft.)
17 cartons (17 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Other Finding Aids
File-level inventory available online. http://files.lib.byu.edu/ead/XML/MSS1937.xml
Custodial History
Donated by E. Dale LeBaron in 2007.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated; E. Dale LeBaron; 2007.
Appraisal
LDS scholarship and historiography (20th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts collection development policy 5.III 2016).
Processing Information
Processed; Mary Downs; 2009.
Processed; Nathanael Burroughs; January 2019
Subject
- LeBaron, E. Dale (Person)
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- Africa -- History (Organization)
- Title
- Register of E. Dale LeBaron oral history project on Africa
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Mary Downs, student processor, Nathanael Burroughs, Manuscript Processing Specialist, and John Murphy, curator
- Date
- 2009 July 23
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States