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Elementary and Secondary Education

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 192 Collections and/or Records:

Photograph of North Sanpete High School

 Collection — Oversize-folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233235065]
Identifier: MSS 7739
Scope and Contents

Collection includes one photograph (40 cm x 51 cm) of students and faculty from North Sanpete High School, 1916.

Dates: 1916
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Sadie Staker Olsen diary

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230307032]
Identifier: MSS SC 930
Scope and Contents Photocopies of a holograph diary and brief autobiography. This document was produced before Sadie was married and is entitled "Autobiography of Sadie Staker." During the time she wrote her diary, Sadie's family was living in Annabella, Utah. She attended school, started teaching school in Blue Valley, Utah, travelled widely in the Richfield, Utah area, attended meetings of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and dated numerous men. She complained of headaches and...
Dates: 1893-1899
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

James Alvin Ott autobiography

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197230219740]
Identifier: MSS 1673
Scope and Contents

Typewritten and handwritten autobiography composed in collaboration with James' wife, Virginia Spencer Ott. James and Virginia write about their educations, their family, and their occupation as teachers.

Dates: approximately 1980
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Spencer J. Palmer collection on the Shizutani School

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8892
Scope and Contents Collection contains materials concerning the Shizutani School located in the Okayama Prefecture of Japan. Materials in the collection include photographs which capture teachers performing a Confucius Ceremony. Also included are the correspondences of Brigham Young University professor of religion, Spencer J. Palmer, and other individuals concerning the Shizutani School located in the Okayama Prefecture of Japan. Subjects of the letters concern attendance and details of the Ceremony. Other...
Dates: approximately 1971-1975
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Nita Park collection on Lincoln High School 1938 class reunion

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8772
Scope and Contents

Contains materials such as scrapbooks, letters, photographs, newsletters, funeral programs and obituaries from the planning and celebration of various class reunions for the Lincoln High School 1938 class of Orem, Utah, collected by Nita Park. There are also monthly letters from reunion committee members Kent and Dorothy Fielding to Nita Park. Dated 1977 to 2014.

Dates: 1977-2014
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Patricia Wiles books, 2002-2005

 Series — Carton 1: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 31197232592888], Folder: 1-12
Identifier: MSS 8709 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains drafts of three different novels by Wiles that are the first three novels in the Kevin Kirk Chronicles; My Mom's a Mortician, Funeral Home Evenings, and Early-Morning Cemetery. The Buzzard Bait Motel drafts of folders 1-4 become the book draft that is in folder 5; My Mom's a Mortician. Materials dated 2002-2005.

Dates: 2002-2005
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Patricia Wiles papers

Patricia Wiles ephemera, approximately 1998-2008

 Series — Carton 1: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 31197232592888], Folder: 13-16
Identifier: MSS 8709 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains notes in preparation for and in the process of writing novels, correspondence concerning drafts and publishing of novels and articles, magazines featuring novels, and personal correspondence. Dated approximately 1998-2008.

Dates: approximately 1998-2008
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Patricia Wiles papers

Personal papers, 1906-1966

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1993 Series 3
Scope and Contents This series contains correspondence and other papers of Richards' personal life, particularly correspondence with his family, spanning from 1906-1966. It includes correspondence with Paul Richards, circa 1936-1949; correspondence with various people, particularly with family, 1939-1942; and a few letters from J. Reuben Clark, Jr. It also contains a diploma, 1908; correspondence between Wesley G. Howell and Mrs. Preston D. Richards shortly after Preston D. Richard's death (mostly concerning...
Dates: 1906-1966
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Preston D. Richards papers

Fern Peterson papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1898
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, histories, Salina city council minutes, and photographs. The materials relate to E. Smith Peterson's family and teaching career.

Dates: 1938-1980
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Photographs of Brigham Young High School principals

 Collection
Identifier: UA 5800
Scope and Contents

Twenty black and white photographs of former principals and acting principals of Brigham Young High School, from 1876 to 1968. Each photograph included a label identifying the individual. The photographs and labels were originally displayed on boards in chronological order, presumably for display.

Dates: 1876-1968
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives

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