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Department of Art records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 1243

Scope and Contents

Contains negatives and photographs of art work from various artists. It also contains correspondence to and from B.F. Larsen.

Dates

  • 1924-1966

Creator

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.

Administrative History

The Art Department, a department in the College of Fine Arts, featured Bent L. Larsen, Elbert Eastmond, Verla L. Birrell, Lynn Taylor, and J. Roman Andrus as instructors. The Department of Art was its own department until the Departments of Art and Design merged in 1995 to become the Department of Visual Arts.

Extent

4 boxes (2 linear ft.)

Language of Materials

English

Other Finding Aids

File-level inventory available online. http://files.lib.byu.edu/ead/XML/UA1243.xml

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Found in the stacks, February 2006.

Appraisal

Department records (University Archives collecting policy, July 2003).

Title
Register of Department of Art records
Status
Completed
Author
Jennifer Kim
Date
2011 September 9
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.

Revision Statements

  • 2023 March 8: Updated file-level inventory from XML finding aid; Cory Nimer.

Repository Details

Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives Repository

Contact:
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo UT 84602 US