BYU Library - Special Collections

Contains research materials, data from deeds, plot maps, and quotes from journals and oral history interviews, concerning the origin of the name "Temple Hill" in the 1870s, the area subsequently occupied by Brigham Young University (13 items). Includes song, "A Temple at Brigham Young University."

Collection contains files labeled "Dead Files" documenting department business and consists largely of correspondence.

Typed thesis on the development of the oral history collections in the Department of Archives and Manuscripts, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University. The study describes developmental influences and relationships of the Manuscripts Oral History Collection (MSS OH) and the University Oral History Collection (UA OH) and identifies research uses related to each.

Collection contains brochures designed for the Harold B. Lee Library University Archives in the 1980s. Included in the collection are brochures from the colleges at Brigham Young University and universities and institutes around the United States that were assembled as reference materials. These brochures show several different styles from the 1950s to the 1980s. Included among the material are the rough drafts and revisions of the Harold B. Lee Library University Archives brochures.

Typewritten list of the state and territorial governors of Utah compiled by the Department of Archives and Manuscripts at Brigham Young University. Also included are newspaper clippings relating to the governors of Utah. The newspaper articles are by Theron H. Luke and Kathryn D. Groesbeck.

Typescripts of an oral history conducted as part of the Brigham Young University Archives Joint Oral History Project of the Brigham Young University Alumni Association Emeritus Club. Jacobs tells about attending Brigham Young University from 1928 to 1930 and gives his impressions of the university presidents, Enest L. Wilkinson and Franklin S. Harris.

Transcripts of oral history conducted as part of the Brigham Young University Archives Joint Oral History Project of the Brigham Young University Alumni Association Emeritus Club. Emery tells about attending Brigham Young University, her marriages to Wayne L. Reeve and Wesley F. Emery, her Relief Society callings, her missions to Ireland and to the Liberty Jail Visitors Center, and about living in Kansas and Salt Lake City, Utah.

Contains audiocassettes and transcripts of interviews by Bennett with Ariel S. Ballif and Arta Romney Ballif. Materials date from between 1982 and 1986.

Contains materials focusing on the activities of the Brigham Young University Archives. Records concerning the acquisition and processing of materials are included, as well as materials regarding the history of Brigham Young University. Dates range from 1949 to 2013.