English Composition records
Scope and Contents
Contains information pertaining to the English Composition program. Includes research proposals, syllabi from English 115 and Advanced Writing classes, evaluations, and student records. Materials date from between 1976 and 2003.
Dates
- Creation: 1976-2003
Creator
- Brigham Young University. English Department (creator, 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 publish material from English Composition records must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Administrative History
English Composition is a program within the English Department at Brigham Young University. Their mission is to help individuals achieve the mission and aims of Brigham Young University through the study of the English language and of literature written in English, and through the development of the attributes associated with a liberal arts education: skill with language, sound thinking, critical judgment, effective and persuasive writing, moral discrimination, creative imagination, independent thought, and wisdom.
Extent
16 boxes (8 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Arranged into five series: 1. English research files, 1998-2003. 2. Syllabi, 2001-2003. 3. General files, 1991-1999. 4. Grade rolls, 1992-2002. 5. Student essays, 1976-1978.
Other Finding Aids
File-level inventory available online. http://files.lib.byu.edu/ead/XML/UA1338.xml
Custodial History
Found in the stacks, Mar. 2007.
Appraisal
Departmental records (University Archives collecting policy, July 2003).
Subject
- Brigham Young University -- Students (Organization)
- Brigham Young University -- Faculty (Organization)
Genre / Form
Topical
- Title
- Register of English Composition records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Rose Frank
- Date
- 2011 July 8
- 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.
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Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo UT 84602 US