Department of Communications records
Scope and Contents
Includes the correspondence and department records of chairs Oliver Smith and J. Morris Richards. Materials date from between 1933 and 1974.
Dates
- Creation: 1933-1974
Creator
- Brigham Young University. Department of Communications (creator, Organization)
- Smith, Oliver R. (contributor, Person)
- Richards, J. Morris (Joseph Morris), 1906- (contributor, 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 Communications records must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the Special Collections Board of Curators.
Extent
21 boxes (10.5 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Arranged in two series: 1. Department of Communications chair records, 1933-1971. 2. Department of Communications chair records, 1960-1974.
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/UA560.xml
Custodial History
Materials were transferred from the private collection of the donor.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated; Dept. of Communications.
Appraisal
Departmental records (University Archives collecting policy, July 2003).
Processing Information
Processed; James Cloward.
Subject
- Brigham Young University -- Buildings (Organization)
- Herald R. Clark Building (Provo, Utah) (Organization)
Genre / Form
Topical
- Title
- Register of the Department of Communications records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- James Cloward
- Date
- 2004
- 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.
- Sponsor
- Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo UT 84602 US