Media Services records
Scope and Contents
Contains records from Media Services including correspondence, financial records, meeting minutes, and other departmental records. Materials dated 1963-1992.
Dates
- 1963-1992
Creator
- Brigham Young University. Media Services (creator, Organization)
- Brigham Young University. Electronic Media Department (contributor, Organization)
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 use material from this collection must be obtained from Reference Services at specialcollections@byu.edu.
Biographical / Historical
The Electronic Media Department was established in 1968 to manage audio and sound services on the university campus. In 1977, it was integrated into the newly established Media Services division. In 1993, it was dissolved as an independent unit.
Directors included Dean M. Austin (1968-1977) and Ralph O. Hickenlooper (1977-1993).
Biographical / Historical
Media Services was established in 1976 as part of a reorganization of the Division of Learning Resources. The new unit managed Broadcast Services, the Department of Motion Picture Production, Electronic Media Department, Marketing Department, and Sound Services Department. Between 1978 and 1981, Media Services also worked with Learning Services and the David O. McKay Institute to administer campus Learning Resource Centers. In 1999 Media Services was dissolved and its departments became a part of Information Technology Services.
Directors included William Dewey Farnsworth (1976-1983) and D. Dean VanUitert (1983-1999).
Extent
20 boxes (10 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Arranged in 12 series: 1. Media Services correspondence, 1976-1988. 2. Media Services meeting minutes, 1970-1992. 3. Media Services committee records, 1963-1988. 4. Media Services records on faculty development program, 1976-1989. 5. Media Services files, 1969-1986. 6. Media Services special project files, 1971-1991. 7. Media Services policies and procedures, 1972-1991. 8. Media Services reports, 1965-1991. 9. Media Services financial records, 1974-1985. 10. Media Services contracts, agreements, and requests, 1975-1990. 11. Media Services publications, 1972-1989. 12. Media Services general files, 1976-1983.
Custodial History
Transferred from Records Management in July 2002 and 2021.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred; Records Management; 2002.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred; Records Management; 2021.
Appraisal
Office files (University Archives collecting policy, July 2003).
Processing Information
Processed; J. Gordon Daines III and Natalie Clark; 2002.
Processing Information
Processed; Anne Ashton, 2022. Addendum processed.
- Issues of "Viewfinder" include: March-December 1974, January-April 1975, March-April 1975, July-August 1975, December 1975, January 1986, April-December 1986, February 1987, April-May 1987, July-September 1989, December 1989, January 1990, May-July 1990, June 1992, and August-September 1992. Issues of "Prelude" include: April-May 1983, September-December 1983, January-June 1984, August-December 1984, January 1985, March-June 1985, August 1985, October-December 1985, January-February 1986, April-June 1986, August-September 1986, November-December 1986, March 1987, May 1987, July 1989, November-December 1989, January 1990, May-September 1990, and July-August 1992.
- Title
- Register of the Media Services records
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- J. Gordon Daines III and Natalie Clark
- Date
- 2002
- 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
Revision Statements
- 2022 April 14: Addendum processed; Anne Ashton.
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo UT 84602 US