L. Lee Bartlett collection of Office of the President records
Scope and Contents
Contains the e-mails written to and the responses from the Brigham Young University President's Page. Started in 2000, the President's Page was an opportunity for students, community members, and alumni to have more direct contact with the President of Brigham Young University. The materials include e-mails from Presidents Merrill J. Bateman (President from 1996-2003) and Cecil O. Samuelson (President from 2003-).
The e-mails include a wide range of subjects including thank you notes, complaints or compliments of Brigham Young University sports teams, particularly football, professors, campus policies and soliciting information about the University. Of notable interest are e-mails concerning public commentary about : discontinuing of wrestling and men's gymanstics programs in 2000, Salt Lake City 2002 Olympic games preparation 2001-2002, football program Honor Code violations 2004, professor Steven E. Jones 9/11 conspiracy theory and reaction 2005-2006, and professor Jeffery Nielsen's comments about gay marriage by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints First Presidency and subsequent dismissal in 2006.
Dates
- Creation: 2000-2006
Creator
- Bartlett, L. Lee (creator, Person)
- Brigham Young University. Office of the President (contributor, Organization)
Language of Materials
The majority of the materials are in English. Select pieces of correspondence are in Spanish or Portuguese and the majority of these have a translation available.
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 use material from this collection must be obtained from Reference Services at specialcollections@byu.edu.
Biographical History
L. Lee Bartlett (1930-2016) was an American advertising professional and communications professor.
Extent
4 cartons (4 linear ft.)
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically according to month.
Custodial History
Collected by L. Lee Bartlett while serving as Assistant to the President to both President Merrill J. Bateman and President Cecil O. Samuelson. He donated the materials on March 20, 2012 to the University Archives of the L. Tom Perry Special Collection, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, Provo Utah.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated; Leonard Lee Bartlett; March 2012.
Appraisal
University history (University Archves collecting policy, February 2010).
Processing Information
Processed; Joshua Barton; April 2012.
Subject
- Bateman, Merrill J. (Person)
- Samuelson, Cecil O. (Cecil Osborn), 1941- (Person)
- Brigham Young University. Admissions and Records (Organization)
Genre / Form
Occupation
Topical
- Title
- Register of L. Lee Bartlett collection of Office of the President records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Joshua Barton
- Date
- 2012 April 27
- 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