James Barton papers
Scope and Contents
The collection consists exclusively of files documenting Barton's career in civil engineering. It includes university course materials and student reports (including theses and dissertations), Barton's research proposals, notes, reports, articles written by Barton, and papers presented at various conferences, as well as slides and photos of Barton's research subjects and professional circulars.
Dates
- Creation: 1936-1983
Creator
- Barton, James R. (Person)
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 Papers of James Barton must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical / Historical
James Richards Barton was born on 21 July 1917 to James Byron and Annie Doremus Richards Barton of Salt Lake City, Utah. He married Eva Nadine Bushman of Mesa, Arizona, on 6 Jan 1943. They were the parents of 6 children. He received his education in civil engineering and became a BYU professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, specializing in Hydrology and Water Resources.
Extent
21 boxes (10.5 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
These items were donated to Special Collections in 1987.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donation; Nadine Barton; 1987.
Appraisal
Utah and the American West and LDS cultural, social, and religious history (20th century Western & Mormon Manuscripts collection development policy, 5.VII, 2007).
Subject
- Title
- Register of James Barton papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Jennifer Kim
- Date
- 2011 September 14
- 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 Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States