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Oral histories

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Chauncy D. Harris interview, Chicago, Illinois

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230328723]
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; 1986

Oral history interview with Carlton Culmsee

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA OH 71
Scope and Contents

Interview by Oliver Smith with Carlton Culmsee regarding his family background, his schooling, his work at Brigham Young University with the development of the journalism department, publicity, and the BYU Extension division; and his work at Utah State University as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. Includes transcript and sound recording.

Dates: 1981

Oral history interview with Clayton Jenkins

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA OH 49
Scope and Contents

Interview by Hollis Scott with Clayton Jenkins discussing Jenkins' involvement with various Chamber of Commerce concerns, and his professional career in the knit goods business. Touches upon some historical aspects of Brigham Young University and its contributions to the area economy. Includes transcript and sound recording.

Dates: 1981

Oral history interview with Hugh W. Peterson

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA OH 45
Scope and Contents

Interview by Leonard R. Grover with Hugh W. Peterson concerning his experiences at Brigham Young University, with the faculty, the chemistry department, and the administration. Also talks about his family, and his association with Geneva Steel, and his work with the Church Welfare Committee of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Includes transcript and sound recordings.

Dates: 1980

Oral history interview with J. Reuben Clark III

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA OH 129
Scope and Contents

Interview by Thomas Cheney with J. Reuben Clark III, on his experiences as a student at Brigham Young University, and as a professor of French and Latin at BYU. Includes thoughts on several BYU presidents, and his father. Contains sound recordings and transcript.

Dates: 1982

Oral history interview with J. Smith Jacobs

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA OH 168
Scope and Contents

Typescripts of an oral history conducted as part of the Brigham Young University Archives Joint Oral History Project of the Brigham Young University Alumni Association Emeritus Club. Jacobs tells about attending Brigham Young University from 1928 to 1930 and gives his impressions of the university presidents, Enest L. Wilkinson and Franklin S. Harris.

Dates: 1993

Oral history interview with J. Wyley Sessions

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA OH 65
Scope and Contents

Interview by Don David Sessions with J. Wyley Sessions concerning his work experiences at Brigham Young University, and in starting the Institute Program for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the University of Idaho, Idaho State, and the University of Wyoming. Includes sound recording and transcript.

Dates: 1972

Oral history interview with Kiefer B. Sauls

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA OH 41
Scope and Contents

Interview by Mark K. Allen with Kiefer Sauls, Brigham Young University treasurer, purchasing agent and secretary to three presidents. Topics cover his association with BYU in those capacities over a 51 year period, childhood reminiscences and family data. Includes sound recording and transcript. Also includes related transcription materials and 16 page transcript of an incomplete interview with Sauls by Celestia Taylor, October 10, 1978.

Dates: 1979

Oral history interview with Lowry Nelson

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233265344]
Identifier: UA OH 1
Scope and Contents

Interview by Hollis Scott with Lowry Nelson, first director of the Brigham Young University Extension Services, concerning the development of the Extension Center, and Social Unit systems at BYU, 1921-1935. Also includes activities since leaving BYU. Includes sound recording and transcript.

Dates: 1963

Oral history interview with Mildred H. Bradley

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA OH 101
Scope and Contents

Interview by Martha Bradley with Mildred Bradley, housewife and daughter of Brigham Young University President Franklin S. Harris. She discusses her family background, education, marriage and children. Includes transcript and sound recording.

Dates: 1977