BYU Library - Special Collections

Scope and Contents Contains minutes of meetings and proceedings concerning Academy problems in purchasing, hiring, and student discipline.

Scope and Contents Form letter created by George Q. Cannon and Benjamin Cluff announcing "Academy Fund Day," in order to solicit contributions for the Brigham Young Academy.

Scope and Contents Information written in a notebook by Inez Knight as a student at Brigham Young Academy. Each outline identifies for a lesson: topic, school-grade level for which it was suitable, aims, materials needed, and method.

Scope and Contents Includes constitution, by-laws, and procedures of the Association. Also includes lists of officers, members, and organizations; also records of fund drives, activities and projects. Also includes receipt books, minutes, correspondence, surveys, news clippings, press releases, and class and club histories.

Scope and Contents Contains information on deceased alumni gathered by the Alumni Association. It consists primarily of obituaries and student information sheets which contain vital information on the deceased. Birth dates, marriage dates, death dates, dates of attendance at Brigham Young University, and spousal and family information should be recognizable by viewing the obituary and included student information of each deceased alumni.

Scope and Contents Photocopies of handwritten diaries. Anderson writes about his early life in Lehi, Utah; his activities at Brigham Young Academy; his teaching experiences at Mayfield, Brigham City, and Hanksville, Utah and in Arizona; and his bee keeping business in Idaho and California.

Scope and Contents Report by Benjamin Cluff on the operations of Brigham Young Academy during the 1891-1892 school year. Includes information on the academy's administration, curriculum, and facilities.

Scope and Contents Brief statistical summary of enrollment, finances, ward officers; and includes instructions to ward superintendencies and secretaries.

Scope and Contents Contains lecture and lesson materials on philosophy of education, 1888-1890.

Scope and Contents Contains eight items related to Brigham Young University, including a poem "The Builder," a tribute to BYU, by Marie Clark Miller; a list of officers of Brigham Young University, 1923-1924; a news article examining the progress of BYU, 1918; a brief history and suggested outline for a history of BYU, with name of compilers, 1920; a copy of the Deseret Weekly containing article about Brigham Young Academy, 1891; a brief history of the Academy from the Contributor written by James Talmage, 1881;...