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

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 33 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

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

 Series
Identifier: UA P 2 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains the negatives for the photographs used by Edwin Butterworth Jr. for the publication of Brigham Young University: 1000 Views of 100 Years.

Dates: approximately 1860-1975

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

 Series
Identifier: UA P 2 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains the photographs used by Edwin Butterworth Jr. for the publication of Brigham Young University: 1000 Views of 100 Years.

Dates: approximately 1860-1975

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

Herald R. Clark assembly speaker index, approximately 1960

 Series — Box 13: Series 6; Series 7 [Barcode: 31197231040475], Folder: 10-11
Identifier: MSS 145 Series 7
Scope and Contents

Contains an assembly speaker index collected by the Chairman of the Brigham Young University Community Concert and Forum Assemblies in Provo, Utah. Index contains both Monday assembly speakers and assembly candidates as recommended by Brigham Young University faculty and staff. Materials dated approximately 1960.

Dates: approximately 1960

Herald R. Clark collection of dated, printed posters and placards, 1936-1971

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 145 Series 5
Scope and Contents

Contains dated printed programs and placards of visiting concert artists, lectures and entertainers performing at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah and in the Provo Tabernacle sponsored by Brigham Young University and Brigham Young University Community Concert Association. Materials dated 1963-1971.

Dates: 1936-1971