Department of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation general correspondence and subject files, 1922-1971
Scope and Contents note
Administrative files, including correspondence, reports, programs, minutes, memos, requirements, statistics, student evaluations, clippings, inventories, pamphlets, and course materials.
Dates
- Creation: 1922-1971
Creator
- Brigham Young University. Department of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation (creator, Organization)
- Brigham Young University. Department of Physical Education (creator, Organization)
- Hart, Charles J. (Charles James), 1896-1971 (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 Department of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation department chair records must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical History
The Physical Education Department was a part of the College of Arts and Sciences until 1932 when it was transferred to the College of Education. The first degree for work in physical education was awarded in 1942, before which students had to earn a degree in education. Soon after the department became the Department of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation under Charles J. Hart. Hart was the chairman of the department from 1937-1953, and later chairman of the Department of Physical Education, Men from 1953-1962.
Extent
2 folders
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement note
Arranged largely alphabetically by department or topic.
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/UA561.xml
Subject
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo UT 84602 US