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Education, Higher

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Alonzo Smith Pond papers from conference on higher education, 1937-1959

 File — Box 1, Folder: P9
Identifier: UA 117
Scope and Contents

The scholar as heretic by Robert K. Thomas. Studies of the Higher Commission of the Northwest Association of Secondary and higher schools 1956. Resource materials for the next general faculty meeting February 16, 1955. Oldsters or mature adults.

Dates: 1937-1959

L. Howard Marcus school papers, 1931-1941

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 3775 Series 3 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Materials include L. Howard Marcus's school papers from junior high and his time spent at Stanford, including registration cards, report cards, final grades, receipts, and tickets. Also includes a couple of class photographs. Dated 1931-1941.

Dates: 1931-1941

Maureen Ursenbach Beecher correspondence, approximately 1972-1993

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1979 Series 6
Scope and Contents Contains Beecher's correspondence on topics including her publications, her role in various organizations, personal cards and notes, acceptance of her proposals, information about events including symposia and presentations, events and celebrations related to the Relief Society, and requests for her aid in projects. Contains a folder of correspondence between Beecher and Adele McCollum, a colleague and good friend. Also contains correspondence organized and filed from A-Z, circa...
Dates: approximately 1972-1993

Office of the President records on associations , 1959

 Sub-Series
Identifier: UA 1086 Series 5 Sub-Series 6
Scope and Contents

Contains letters and memos with members of various associations including the Associated Rocky Mountain Universities and the Utah Conference on Higher Education. Also contains minutes from the meetings of these associations. Dated 1959.

Dates: 1959

Office of the President records on White House conferences, 1952-1956

 Sub-Series
Identifier: UA 1086 Series 1 Sub-Series 67
Scope and Contents

Contains reports on the White House Conference on Education as well as legislative bills concerning federal aid to education. Also contains booklets of reports on education and statements on the philosophy of education. Most materials come from Washington D.C., although some concern Utah specifically. Dated 1952 to 1956.

Dates: 1952-1956

Victor Purdy index cards, between 1966-1993

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8107 Series 4
Scope and Contents

Within this series are index cards containing bibliographic information on a variety of subjects related to Purdy's teaching and doctoral dissertation. Topics include LIS 540, LIS 488, dissertation sources, Pueblo Native American Tribes. There are no discernable dates of composition although it appears he acquired the information over a number of years.

Dates: between 1966-1993

Victor Purdy papers on the Pueblo Indians, 1986

 Series — Carton 4: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233632857]
Identifier: MSS 8107 Series 2
Scope and Contents Contains articles, correspondence, and statistical data, about scholars whose work pertains to the Pueblo Native American tribe. Victor's dissertation for the history department of the University of Utah was a study of the career paths of doctoral students of the Pueblo Indians. The title is "Doctoral Students of the Pueblo Indians of the American Southwest, 1889-1979: The Dissertation Process as Influenced by Personal, Institutional, Thematic and Disciplinary Factors." Purdy was working...
Dates: 1986