Office of the President records
Scope and Contents
Contains alphabetical correspondence, files on colleges and departments, files on prospective faculty, and some budget records. Materials were produced by Christen Jensen during his service as acting president of the university between 1949 and 1951.
Dates
- 1949-1951
Creator
- Brigham Young University. Office of the President (creator, Organization)
- Jensen, Christen, 1881-1961 (contributor, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Restricted. Closed for 70 years from the end date of the administration, 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 Office of the President records must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical History
Christen Jensen served as acting president of Brigham Young University from the time that Howard S. McDonald left the University (1949) and the time that Ernest L. Wilkinson began his presidential tenure (1951).
Extent
10 boxes (5 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Other Finding Aids
Finding aid available in the L. Tom Perry Special Collections.
Other Finding Aids
File-level inventory available online. http://files.lib.byu.edu/ead/XML/UA1091.xml
Appraisal
Office files (University Archives collecting policy, July 2003).
- Brigham Young University -- Administration
- Brigham Young University -- History
- Brigham Young University -- Presidents
- Colleges and Universities
- Education
- Letters
- Title
- Register of Office of the President records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Jennifer Kim
- Date
- 2011 September 13
- 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