Verla Leone Birrell papers
Scope and Contents
Collection contains Birrell's personal and professional papers, scrapbooks, pictures, art supplies, publications, and art pieces collected during her teaching careers at BYU and the University of Utah of Utah.
Dates
- Creation: approximately 1929-2001
Creator
- Birrell, Verla Leone, 1903-2001 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for public research.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Verla Leone Birrell papers must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical History
Verla Leone Birrell (1903-2001) was a professor of art, textiles, home economics, interior design, and Latin American anthropology at Brigham Young University and the University of Utah.
Extent
3 oversize box (0.05 linear ft.)
30 boxes (49.25 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
Transferred to L. Tom Perry Special Collections from the BYU Museum of Art after Verla Birrell bequeathed her estate to the Museum in 2001.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transfer; BYU Museum of Art; 2001.
Appraisal
Utah and the American West and LDS cultural, social, and religious history (20th century Western & Mormon Manuscripts collection development policy, 5.VII, 2007).
Subject
Genre / Form
Topical
- Title
- Register of Verla Leone Birrell papers
- Author
- Garrett Schroath
- Date
- 2011 May 16
- 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.
- Carton: 10 (Mixed Materials)
- Carton: 9 (Mixed Materials)
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- Carton: 11 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 27 (Mixed Materials)
- oversize: 30 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 28 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 26 (Mixed Materials)
- oversize-folder: 1 (Mixed Materials)
- oversize-folder: 2 (Mixed Materials)
- oversize-folder: 3 (Mixed Materials)
- Carton: 22 (Mixed Materials)
- Carton: 23 (Mixed Materials)
- Carton: 24 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 25 (Mixed Materials)
- Carton: 18 (Mixed Materials)
- Carton: 19 (Mixed Materials)
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- Carton: 21 (Mixed Materials)
- Carton: 1 (Mixed Materials)
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- Carton: 8 (Mixed Materials)
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- Carton: 16 (Mixed Materials)
- Carton: 17 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 29 (Mixed Materials)
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States