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West (U.S.) -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 105 Collections and/or Records:

Brigham Young University programs and faculty directories, approximately 1964-1992

 Series — Carton 32: Series 8 [Barcode: 31197227622732]
Identifier: MSS 2183 Series 8
Scope and Contents note

Series contains Brigham Young University programs and faculty directories collected by James B. Allen, circa 1964-1992.

Dates: approximately 1964-1992
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / James B. Allen papers

E. A. Brininstool papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1412
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, research notes, drafts of publications, and various source materials. The items are handwritten often with typescripts. Also included are microfiche and printed drafts. The collection deals with Brininstool's research and publications on the numerous battles and incidents relating to the Indian Wars in the American West.

Dates: 1876-1975
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Charles Redd Center for Western history lectures, approximately 1970-1990

 Series
Identifier: MSS 7752 Series 49
Scope and Contents

Contains project records and transcripts and audio recordings of lectures/speeches from the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies lecture series. Contents include both typed transcripts and case files. Dates range approximately 1970-1990.

Dates: approximately 1970-1990
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Charles Redd Center for Western Studies oral history project records

Charles Redd Center for Western Studies oral history project records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 7752
Scope and Contents Contains oral history project case files, audio interviews, and bound transcripts of oral history interviews completed by the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies between 1959 and 2013. In general, case files may contain an analog recording of the interview made by the interviewer, a typed transcript, a corrected transcript, and documents regarding permission to make the documents public signed by the person interviewed. Some case files do not have an accompanying transcription and vice...
Dates: 1959-2013
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Charles Redd Oral History Project case files, 1973-1992

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 7752 Series 9 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Includes contracts, contact information, and biographical information for the participants, as well as the original audio recordings of the oral history interviews conducted by the Charles Redd Oral History Project, 1973 to 1992.

Dates: 1973-1992
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Charles Redd Center for Western Studies oral history project records / Charles Redd Oral History Project transcripts and case files

Charles Redd Oral History Project transcripts, 1973-1992

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 7752 Series 9 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains transcripts of recorded interviews done with participants in the Charles Redd Oral History Project, as well as background information about those participants, 1973-1992.

Dates: 1973-1992
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Charles Redd Center for Western Studies oral history project records / Charles Redd Oral History Project transcripts and case files

Charles Redd Oral History Project transcripts and case files, 1973-1992

 Series
Identifier: MSS 7752 Series 9
Scope and Contents

Includes contracts from and contact information for participants in the Charles Redd Oral History Project, as well as the original audio recordings of the oral history interviews, and transcripts for those interviews, 1973-1992.

Dates: 1973-1992
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Charles Redd Center for Western Studies oral history project records

Crossing the plains with ox teams in 1862

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230320464]
Identifier: MSS SC 2203
Scope and Contents Typescript with handwritten corrections and photocopies of the item. Boquist writes of her journey from Mt. Sterling, Van Buren Co., Iowa to California in 1862. She travelled on the Oregon and California trails staying three days in Salt Lake City, Utah, "a beautiful little city." The local inhabitants came to buy what they had to sell at higher cost than the items were worth, and they were warned by a Mormon widow against the tyrannical rule of Brigham Young saying many "were kept there...
Dates: approximately 1900
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Custer Battlefield lectures, approximately 1982-1985

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7752 Series 49 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains transcript of a talk given by Christopher Summer about the Custer Battlefield and floppy disks and audio cassettes of oral histories given about Custer Battle. Dated from approximately 1982 to 1985.

Dates: approximately 1982-1985
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Charles Redd Center for Western Studies oral history project records / Charles Redd Center for Western history lectures

Department of History records, approximately 1964-1992

 Series — Carton 27-31: Series 7
Identifier: MSS 2183 Series 7
Scope and Contents note

Series contains documents such as homework, academic papers, newsletters, announcements, and other materials from the Brigham Young University Department of History, circa 1964-1992.

Dates: approximately 1964-1992
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / James B. Allen papers

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