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L. Tom Perry Special Collections endowment files

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: UA 5664

Scope and Contents

Contains files documenting the endowments of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections. Materials date from 2003 to 2004.

Dates

  • 2003-2004

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 publish material from L. Tom Perry Special Collections endowment files must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.

Biographical / Historical

The L. Tom Perry Special Collections (1957-) is a subset of the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University.

Founded in 1957, Special Collections at BYU began with 1,000 books, 50 manuscript collections, and one curator. Today the department has 14 full-time curators and manuscript processors assisted by 30 students working with 300,000 books, 9,000 manuscript collections, and nearly 3/4 million photographs. In 1999, the Department of Special Collections & Manuscripts took the name L. Tom Perry Special Collections and moved into newly designed facilities on the first floor (second lower level) of the Harold B. Lee Library. Aline and L. Sam Skaggs, through their ALSAM Foundation, made a generous financial donation to the new library and requested that the Special Collections be named after L. Tom Perry, an apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The department is responsible for collecting, preserving, and making available rare books, historical manuscripts, and university records. Department chairs have included Scott Duvall (1999-2002), P. Bradford Westwood (2002-2009), and Russ Taylor (2009- ).

Extent

1 folder (0.25 linear ft.)

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Custodial History

Transferred by the endowment creators to the L. Tom Perry Special Collections. Transferred to the University Archives by the L. Tom Perry Special Collections in February 2014.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Transferred; L. Tom Perry Special Collections; February 2014.

Appraisal

Department records (University Archives collecting policy, February 2010).

Processing Information

Processed; J. Gordon Daines III; February 2014.

Title
Register of L. Tom Perry Special Collections endowment files
Status
Completed
Author
J. Gordon Daines III
Date
2014 February 26
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

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