Paul Hyer faculty papers, 1941-2008
Scope and Contents note
Contains correspondence, research, microfilm, and more collected by or created by Paul Hyer as a professor of history at Brigham Young University, primarily from the late 1950s to the 1990s.
Dates
- Creation: 1941-2008
Creator
- Hyer, Paul (Person)
Language of Materials
Materials in English, Mongolian, Tibetan, Chinese, and Japanese.
Conditions Governing Access
Open for public research.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from the Paul Hyer faculty and family papers must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical History
Paul Hyer was born in Utah to Ariel C. and Johanna Hyer in 1926. He served in the US Navy during World War II in the Pacific from 1944 to 1946. He then served another two years as a missionary in Japan from 1946 to 1948 in the Central Pacific Mission. He then married Harriet Johns 15 December 1948. He received a bachelor's in history from Brigham Young University in 1951, master's in Asian history and Asian social institutions from Berkeley in 1953, and PhD in Asian history also from Berkeley in 1961. Hyer became a professor of history at Brigham Young University. Among his accomplishments there, he founded the Asian studies program in 1960. He spent over fourteen years in Asia and lectured at five Chinese universities. He also served as mission president in Taiwan from 1982 to 1985 and as temple president in Taiwan from 1988 to 1990. He was appointed executive director of the International Society.
Extent
647 folders
Other Finding Aids
More detailed finding aid available in repository upon request.
Subject
- Brigham Young University (Organization)
- Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- (Person)
- Demcuġdongrub, 1902-1966 (Person)
- Brigham Young University. Department of History (Organization)
- Kanjurwa Khutughtu, 1914-1978 (Person)
- Thub-bstan-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIII, 1876-1933 (Person)
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Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States