Oral history interview with Mary Stovall Richards
Scope and Contents
Interview conducted by Richard Poll as part of the Brigham Young University Archives Joint Oral History Project of the Brigham Young University Alumni Association Emeritus Club on September 22, 1988. Stovall describes why she chose to teach history at BYU. She gives an account of her employment with the BYU History Department and discusses different aspectsof her career including her special interest in examining the impact of the Civil War on white southern families.
Dates
- 1988
Creator
- Richards, Mary Stovall, 1951- (interviewee, Person)
- Poll, Richard D. (Richard Douglas), 1918-1994 (interviewer, Person)
- Brigham Young University. Alumni Association (contributor, Organization)
- Joint Oral History Project (Brigham Young University) (contributor, Organization)
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 Oral history interview with Mary Stovall Richards must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical History
Mary Stovall Richards (born 1951) was a professor of history in Utah.
Mary Stovall Richards received her bachelor's and teaching certificate in history from Brigham Young University in 1973. She completed her master's and Ph.D. degrees at the University of Chicago. She joined the faculty at Brigham Young University in 1983 and was appointed the director of the Women's Research Institute that same year. She taught courses on Southern history and literature, family history, and the Progressive Era. Richards retired from the university in 2013.
Extent
2 folders (0.1 linear ft.)
1 volume (22 leaves)
Language of Materials
English
Appraisal
Part of University Archives; department records (University Archives collecting policy July 2003).
- Brigham Young University -- Faculty -- Interviews
- Brigham Young University -- Alumni and alumnae -- History
- Brigham Young University. Department of History
- Colleges and Universities
- Education
- Historians -- Utah -- Provo -- Interviews
- Oral histories
- Richards, Mary Stovall, 1951- -- Interviews
- Universities and colleges -- Utah -- Provo -- Faculty -- Interviews
- Title
- Register of Oral history interview with Mary Stovall Richards
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Jennifer Kim
- Date
- 2011 August 18
- 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. University Archives Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo UT 84602 US