G. Byron Done papers
Scope and Contents
Contains correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, and printed ephemera related to the collegiate organization “Panel of Americans” that G. Byron Done directed across the country. Collection dates from 1944 to 1947.
Dates
- Creation: approximately 1944-1947
Creator
- Done, G. Byron, 1900-1985 (creator, 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 the G. Byron Done papers must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Coordinating Committee.
Biographical History
G. Byron Done (1900-1985) was a popular CES educator and Sunday school teacher.
G. Byron Done was born on September 11, 1900 to Jennie Daily and George Alma Done in Payson, Utah. He served a mission in the Central States mission. He later worked as a forest ranger, piano tuner, and singer. In 1939, he began teaching a class on the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints at the University of Southern California, where he had just received his Ph.D. During his time at USC, he established Institutes of Religion at various universities throughout Southern California. In 1956, Done moved to Utah to teach religion at BYU.
Per request of the University of Religious Conference at UCLA, Done directed the Panel of Americans, a group of eight young women representing various ethnicities and religions, across the United States to promote understanding and acceptance of all people. He married Edna Harris Nielsen in 1947. Done was a popular and successful gospel doctrine teacher in his home wards, and he served as a CES educator for 44 years. He died on September 17, 1985 in Provo, Utah.
Biographical / Historical
The Panel of Americans was an organization founded by the University Religious Conference in the University of California, Los Angeles community. Comprised of six to eight young women that represented various ethnicities and religions, the Panel travelled across the United States speaking to high school assemblies, women's clubs, civic and educational organizations, church groups, and Army camps to promote understanding and acceptance of all people. G. Byron Done directed the Panel of Americans between 1944 and 1947.
Extent
2 oversize boxes (2.10 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
Donated by Heidi Michaelis, granddaughter of G. Byron Done, on October 19, 2018.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated; Heidi Michaelis; October 19, 2018.
Appraisal
Latter-Day Saint family history (21st Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts collection development policy 5.VII, August 2007).
Processing Information
Processed; Deven Hunsaker, Student Manuscript Processor; 2018.
Subject
- Panel of Americans (Los Angeles, Calif.) (Organization)
Genre / Form
Topical
- Title
- Register of G. Byron Done papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Deven Hunsaker
- Date
- 2018 November 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.
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States