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Chauncy D. Harris interview, Chicago, Illinois
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2945
Scope and Contents
Comments on his early life and on the influence of his father, Franklin S. Harris, president of Brigham Young University (BYU). Also comments on attendance at the following institutions of higher learning: BYU, 1930-1934; University of Chicago, 1933, 1934, and 1937-1939; Oxford University, 1934-1936; London School of Economics, 1936-1937; and Kent State University, 1937. Includes comments on his early interest in geography, some of his teachers at BYU and the University of Chicago, and his...
Dates:
1986
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Matthew and Elva T. Cowley papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1470
Scope and Contents
Holographs, typescripts (some duplicated), printed material and newspaper clippings (photocopies). Contains journals, correspondence, mission papers, speeches and notes, newspaper clippings, and memorabilia concerning Cowley's mission to New Zealand, time as a student in Washington, D.C., his life as a mission president and Apostle, and the development of missionary activity in the South Pacific and Orient. Also included are an autobiography by Elva T. Cowley and Cowley family histories.
Dates:
1914-1980
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Joseph Raymond Dewey memories
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2973
Scope and Contents
Contains histories of author's ancestors, together with poems, genealogy, funeral talks, speeches, and pictures. Includes autobiographical accounts by Nellie L. Dewey, Elijah K. Fuller, Edward M. Thurman, Horace S. Rawson, Violet M. Dewey and J. Raymond Dewey; biographical sketches of Lewis C. Rogerson, Fannie V. Smith, Matilda S. Farnes, George U. Smith, John Cook Dewey, John Cyrus Dewey, S. Annie C. Dewey, Sarah U. Child, Mary Ann G. Perkes, and Jane M. Dean; and a large number of family...
Dates:
1995
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
The Fort Hall Indian reservation : history and establishment of the reservation
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 858
Scope and Contents
Photoduplicated typescript of a history of the Fort Hall Indian reservation for the Shoshone and Bannock Indians in Idaho. Events of 1941 are the last mentioned in the document, so it is likely written on or shortly after that date. The author is unknown, but the history was written from an administrative standpoint and includes such data as the amount of acreage, productivity of the soil, the types of crops grown, the quality of roads, and the types and numbers of cattle on the reservation.
Dates:
1941
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
History of career education at Brigham Young University 1965 to 1993
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2961
Scope and Contents
History of changes in the Department of Provisional Registration, part of the College of General Studies, under following titles: Career Education, and Counseling and Development Center. Mentions classes taught by Provisional Registration such as practical decision making, career exploration, and career skills. Also includes mention of department employees.
Dates:
1998
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Oral history interview with Charles Leroy Norton
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1919
Scope and Contents
Photocopied typescript of an interview conducted by Charles Ursenbach from the James Moyle Oral History Program. Norton talks about his youth, his educational background, his missions to Great Britain, his experiences as a farmer and as a sugar factory worker in Idaho. He describes in some detail his life as a Mormon pioneer in Canada and offers his religious interpretations of the events of his life.
Dates:
1975
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Oral history interview with Elbert R. Simmons
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2996
Scope and Contents
Typescript of an interview taken from the included audiocassette. The interview was conducted by Arthur Chapman on August 8, 1984 as part of the Joint Oral History Program of the Brigham Young University Archives and the BYU Alumni Association Emeritus Club. Simmons talks about his education and his experiences teaching in the Brigham Young University Zoology Department.
Dates:
1984
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Pedagogical history, Class of '93
Item — Folder: 1
Identifier: UA 5341
Scope and Contents
Typescript of compiled letters, biographical sketches, and other material relating to the Brigham Young Academy Pedagogical Class of 1893. Includes information on George H. Brimhall, a member of the class. Materials compiled after 1941.
Dates:
after 1941
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Radmall family histories
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 2942
Scope and Contents
Includes recopied autobiography of Henry B. Radmall; a biographical sketch of his wife, Caroline Severn Radmall; and a biographical sketch of their son, Alma Radmall. Also includes a few Latter-day Saint patriarchal blessings. Some of the information relates to Pleasant Grove, Utah.
Dates:
approximately 1958
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
B. H. Stringham papers
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: UA 285
Scope and Contents
Contains a typewritten history of the graduation gift of the Class of 1912 and a memorandum concerning the written history (2 items).
Dates:
1912; 1957
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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