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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:

Francis W. Kirkham letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230322932]
Identifier: MSS SC 2376
Scope and Contents

Handwritten letter, on "Provo City, Utah" stationary, which is dated 10 Oct. 1900 and addressed to "Dearest Zina." The item was signed by "Francis" who is believed to have been Francis W. Kirkham. Francis writes to his "sweetheart" telling her of his activities at Brigham Young Academyin Provo, Utah.

Dates: 1900 October 10

Joseph K. Nicholes papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 351
Scope and Contents

Lecture notes, studies, student papers, articles on Mormon Americana and folklore by Nicholes's students and noted writers, and Dixie College records.

Dates: 1926-1964

Office of the President records on Brigham Young University, 1950-1962

 Sub-Series
Identifier: UA 1086 Series 4 Sub-Series 12
Scope and Contents

Contains letters and memos to and from President Wilkinson on various issues such as standards, women, high school, and the history of BYU. Dated 1950 to 1962.

Dates: 1950-1962

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 Kiefer B. Sauls

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA OH 144
Scope and Contents

Typescript and cassette tape of an oral interview with Keifer Sauls by Richard Bennett on February 3, 1975. Sauls tells about coming to Brigham Young University as a student in 1911 and his employment by that institution from 1920-1972. He presents many personal observations on the growth of BYU, and how it was administered during the terms of various presidents.

Dates: 1975

Oral history interview with Marjorie M. Emery

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA OH 169
Scope and Contents

Transcripts of oral history conducted as part of the Brigham Young University Archives Joint Oral History Project of the Brigham Young University Alumni Association Emeritus Club. Emery tells about attending Brigham Young University, her marriages to Wayne L. Reeve and Wesley F. Emery, her Relief Society callings, her missions to Ireland and to the Liberty Jail Visitors Center, and about living in Kansas and Salt Lake City, Utah.

Dates: 1992

Oral history interview with Robert Edwon Riggs

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA OH 170
Scope and Contents

Oral history conducted by Arthur R. Watkins as part of the Brigham Young University Archives Joint Oral History Project of the Brigham Young University Alumni Association Emeritus Club on September 8, 1992. Riggs talks about his education, his law career, his employment at Brigham Young University, and his disagreements with the president of Brigham Young University, Ernest L. Wilkinson. Includes transcript and sound recording.

Dates: 1992

Oral history interview with W. Floyd Millet

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA OH 172
Scope and Contents

Typescripts of oral history conducted as part of the Brigham Young University Archives Joint Oral History Project of the Brigham Young University Alumni Association Emeritus Club. Millet tells about attending Brigham Young University and about his career teaching there.

Dates: 1992

Frank Warren Smith papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 302
Scope and Contents Diary; correspondence to and from presidents of Brigham Young Academy; other correspondence; family genealogy; newspaper clippings; mementos; programs; articles by Smith on evolution, politics, and religion; financial records; chemistry papers and notes; and miscellaneous items. The materials relate primarily to Smith's work as a chemist and his association with the Brigham Young Academy in Provo, Utah. The collection also includes several photographs of family and friends as well as of...
Dates: 1889-1908

A. O. Smoot papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 896
Scope and Contents The A. O. Smoot papers comprise the accumulation of records over the period of fifty-seven years and include journals, diaries, financial records and correspondence dealing with business, personal, church, and Brigham Young Academy matters. The letters are holograph and typewritten, the journals are in both the original handwritten form and xerox copies.The missionary journals were written by A.O. Smoot for the years of 1837 to 1838 and 1844 to 1845 while he was serving in the...
Dates: 1837-1894