R. Kent Fielding class instructor papers, 1954-1963
Scope and Contents
Includes course material gathered by history students from 1954 and Senior Seminar papers from 1963.
Dates
- 1954-1963
Creator
- Fielding, R. Kent (Robert Kent), 1920- (creator, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Restricted. Closed for 35 years from the date of creation of the records, and thereafter open to the public in accordance with the University Archives Policy.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from the Department of History records must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical History
R. Kent Fielding (born 1920) was a Mormon historian and history professor in Utah and Connecticut.
Robert Kent Fielding was born June 30, 1920 in Spanish Fork, Utah. During World War II he served in the Army, from 1943 to 1946. He then attended Brigham Young University, where he obtained both his bachelor's and master's degrees between 1950-1952. Fielding taught at Lincoln High School in Orem, Utah, before joining the Brigham Young University faculty in 1952. During this time, he was also working on attaing his Ph.D. from the University of Indiana. Fielding married Dorothy Stratton, and together they had four children. He left the university around 1960 over the administration's tithing policy, later working at Wesleyan University.
Extent
2 folders
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Arranged in two subseries: 1. History 181 course material. 2. Senior seminar papers.
Other Finding Aids
A more detailed finding aid is available in print in the repository.
Other Finding Aids
File-level inventory available online. http://files.lib.byu.edu/ead/XML/UA577.xml
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo UT 84602 US