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Statistics -- Study and teaching -- Utah -- Provo

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Division of Instructional Research, Development, and Evaluation records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 5354
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence, policies, meeting minutes, and other materials related to curriculum development efforts at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. Includes files on statistics course planning. Also contains drafts and final version of statistics textbook. Materials date from 1966 to 1975.

Dates: 1966-1975

Graduate Studies records on Department of Statistics, 1987-2000

 Sub-Series — Carton 21: Series 6 [Barcode: 31197233639712], Folder: 5
Identifier: UA 1141 Series 6 Sub-Series 51
Scope and Contents

Materials are related to the graduate program of the Department of Statistics from 1987 to 2000. Materials include reports, department reviews, and proposals.

Dates: 1987-2000

Royal Skousen consulting papers, 1978-1986

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8255 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 5
Scope and Contents

Contains materials accumulated while Skousen was doing linguistic research as a consultant for Houghton Mifflin, Weidner Communications, Satellite Software International, and ITT, on topics such as English spelling and spelling reform, syllabification, verb types, and English phonemes. Materials dated 1978-1986.

Dates: 1978-1986

Royal Skousen correspondence on linguistics, 1968-1995

 Sub-Series — Carton 10: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197232578044], Folder: 32
Identifier: MSS 8255 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains materials pertaining to the linguistic work of Royal Skousen, a professor at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. In particular, contains correspondence between Skousen and several of his colleagues in the field of linguistics and textual criticism. Materials dated 1968-1995.

Dates: 1968-1995

Royal Skousen editorship papers, 1993-1999

 Sub-Series — Box 37: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197232561503], Folder: 2-3
Identifier: MSS 8255 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 6
Scope and Contents

Contains materials pertaining to the linguistic work of Royal Skousen, professor at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. Contains files accumulated while Skousen served on the editorial board of the "Journal of Quantitative Linguistics" and "Computers and the Humanities," including correspondence, article printouts, pamphlets, contributor notes, and some periodical copies. Materials dated 1993-1999.

Dates: 1993-1999

Royal Skousen general professional papers, 1951-2014

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 8255 Series 1 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents Contains of linguistic theory notebooks leading up to the publication of "Analogical Descriptions of Language" (early version)/"Analogical Modeling of Language" and "Analogy and Structure"; other publications and creative works (separated into presentations, articles, reviews and online publications, research proposals, and humor/poetry/miscellanea); general career correspondence; teaching and research files (separated into sponsoring/employing universities with corresponding...
Dates: 1951-2014

Royal Skousen oversize materials, 1962-2014

 Sub-Series — Box 38: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197232561511]
Identifier: MSS 8255 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 7
Scope and Contents

Contains primarily (by bulk) examples of spelling errors (including some original documents and some photocopies, sometimes both) demonstrated by Skousen's children and wife, himself, his students or colleagues, and his neighbors/friends/ward members. It also contains oversize proofs from the O and P manuscripts (Critical Text Project), including introductory material and photo plate drafts. Materials dated 1962-2014.

Dates: 1962-2014