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Universities and colleges -- Utah -- Provo -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:

Seward Lincoln Breckenridge account book and a notebook

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230325828]
Identifier: MSS SC 2716
Scope and Contents

Handwritten financial records of Breckenridge. Also included is a handwritten notebook in which biographical sketches of important historical persons of the United States and Europe was written.

Dates: 1921-1923

Brigham Young Academy normal diagrams

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197233245973]
Identifier: UA 421
Scope and Contents

Holograph diagrams showing which academic skills supported which courses at Brigham Young Academy. The item is dated June 20, 1879 and was "drawn by James E. Talmage."

Dates: 1879 June 20

Edwin Butterworth Jr. collection for the Brigham Young University centennial celebration

 Collection
Identifier: UA P 2
Scope and Contents

Contains photographs and negatives related to the history of Brigham Young University's first one-hundred years, which were collected by Edwin Butterworth Jr. for the 1975 publication of Brigham Young University: 1000 Views of 100 Years, a commemorative photographic history of the university for the university's centennial celebration.

Dates: approximately 1860-1975

Herald R. Clark papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 145
Scope and Contents

Collection contains correspondence and printed programs and periodicals collected by Herald R. Clark. The materials concern lecturers and concert artists appearing in the community concert series at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. Materials date from between 1929 and 1971.

Dates: 1921-1971

Dr. Maeser

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230325901]
Identifier: MSS SC 2724
Scope and Contents

Handwritten biography of Karl G. Maeser, first president of the Brigham Young Acadmey in Provo, Utah. The author of the item is unknown, and the date of its compositon is uncertain.

Dates: Approximately 1900

Robby Sven-Axel Fair-Schulz letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230325232]
Identifier: MSS SC 2620
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typewritten letter in German with handwritten corrections. Fair-Schulz writes to friends telling them of the background to the firing of Brigham Young University professors, David Knowlton and Cecelia Konchar Farr. He also writes about the student unrest and protests that came as a result of the university's actions.

Dates: 1993

Edwin Smith Hinckley papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230348820]
Identifier: MSS 352
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, speeches, reports, and biographies. These materials relate to Hinckley's work at Brigham Young University as a faculty member and on the Alumni Association Board of Directors, as superintendent of the Utah State Industrial School, and as secretary of the Provo Chamber of Commerce. The biographies are eulogies given by Hinckley's friends and associates.

Dates: 1892-1962

History of Brigham Young University, 1875-1942

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230324888]
Identifier: MSS SC 2554
Scope and Contents

Typewritten history with handwritten corrections. The item documents the history of Brigham Young University from its founding in 1875 through 1942. The history is co-authored by N. I. Butt, Elsie C. Carroll, and Bertha Roberts.

Dates: 1942

History of James Glover

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230342732]
Identifier: MSS 821
Scope and Contents

Typewritten biography of James Glover by his great granddaughter. James Glover was a native of England who joined the Mormons and migrated to Utah. He worked as a blacksmith in West Jordan and in Midvale, Utah. The date of the composition of the item is uncertain.

Dates: 1950

Mary Anna Ward Hunt papers

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 639
Scope and Contents

Autograph album, class notes, greeting cards, post cards, photographs and mementos. The autograph album was kept while Hunt was a student at Brigham Young Academy. The class notes were taken in association with a chemistry course and the photographs and cards are probably of and from friends and relatives.

Dates: approximately 1894-1930