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Education, Higher

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:

Ted Lyon papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6293
Scope and Contents Consists mainly of educational materials. The first eight boxes house material relating to Lyon's undergraduate and doctorate work at the University of Utah and the University of California-Los Angeles. This material basically consists of class notes, with pages of Lyon's research mingled among them. As a whole, the collection consists mainly of teaching aids, lecture notes, and student work from the years Lyon spent as a professor. Most of these course files pertain to Lyon's time spent as...
Dates: 1962-2006

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

Ervin A. Ortman thesis

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230312347]
Identifier: MSS SC 1402
Scope and Contents

Thesis submitted by Ervin A. Ortman in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Colorado State College of Education at Greeley. The item concerns aptitude test scores, psychological examination scores, and the prediction of freshman grades.

Dates: 1952

Dean Stinson dissertation

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230312354]
Identifier: MSS SC 1403
Scope and Contents

Dissertation submitted by Dean Stinson in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Doctor of Education in Colorado State College of Education at Greeley. The item concerns the use of a faculty rating scale in the evaluation of college teaching.

Dates: 1952

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