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Histories (Literary works)

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Chronological records of significant events, as of the life or development of a people, country, or institution, often with an explanation of the causes.

Found in 1183 Collections and/or Records:

A survey of the establishment and administration of the Audio-Visual Department at Brigham Young University / Paul Stephenson Smith, 1959 July

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197221920918], Folder: 5
Identifier: UA 930 File 5
Dates: 1959 July
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / UA 930, Centennial History Project collection of histories

Account of the Poet Caedmon

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230313071]
Identifier: MSS SC 1564
Scope and Contents Photographs of an original manuscript by Beda Venerabilis. The item is an extract from Bede's "Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum" (The Ecclesiastical History of the English People) which gives an account of the poet Caedmon. The account gives a list of the subjects treated by Caedmon, relates the story of his miraculous rise to fame, praises the poet's virtue and the power of his verse to promote virtue in others, and concludes with a description of his saintly death. The original...
Dates: 731
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Account of the Poet Caedmon

Elda Lyman Adams history

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230318492]
Identifier: MSS SC 1966
Scope and Contents

Typewritten histories. Adams provides information concerning her relatives and Glen Baker. She describes and documents his youth, his educational background, and his missionary experiences in Germany.

Dates: 1975
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Elda Lyman Adams history

Addendum to Theo A. Phillips biography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230315977]
Identifier: MSS SC 1839
Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous items relating to a biography of Theo A. Phillips. The articles include letters (one is in Welsh), patriarchal blessings in the Mormon Church, and Phillips family histories. The Phillips family is a Mormon family which originated in Great Britain.

Dates: 1871-1976
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Addendum to Theo A. Phillips biography

Adelbert R. Warner history, before 2002

 File — Box 42: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 10 [Barcode: 31197231005320], Folder: 24
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 7 Sub-Series 2 File 948
Scope and Contents note

Material contains the history of Adelbert Warner regarding his service as a gunner in the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II. Describes the experience when the plane was shot down during a bomb run over Romania and Warner was taken as a prisoner-of-war and spent over a year in a Romanian prisoner-of-war camp. Dated before 2002.

Dates: before 2002
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2350, Saints at War Project records / Saints at War Project records for World War II (Europe) / Saints at War Project records for the United States Army Air Corps

Administrative history of the Church Educational System (CES), 1888-1994

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230333111]
Identifier: MSS 2373
Scope and Contents Describes the origins, organization, and history of both religious and secular education within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The purpose of the work was to help archivists place in historical context, corporate papers entering the Church Historical Department (Salt Lake City, Utah). The paper discusses administrative changes and developments in centralized education including: a board of education, a board of examiners, the office of superintendent and later commissioner...
Dates: 1995
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Administrative history of the Church Educational System (CES), 1888-1994

Advertising flyers

 File — Box 1, Folder: 11
Identifier: UA 781
Dates: 1964-1998
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / UA 781, Department of Clothing and Textiles records on Cougar Custom Sewing

Air Force ROTC, approximately 1975

 File — Box 41: Series 3 [Barcode: 31197231240596], Folder: 5
Identifier: UA 566 Series 3 Sub-Series 2 File 2
Dates: approximately 1975
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / UA 566, Centennial History Project records / Centennial History Project source material files / Centennial History Project topical source files

Air Force ROTC history and citation, approximately 1974

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197221920918], Folder: 3
Identifier: UA 930 File 3
Scope and Contents

Contains the History of AFROTC Detachment 855 from 1951-1965 as well as lists of faculty and members from 1951-1974. Also includes a citation to accompany the award of the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award to the Decatchment 855, circa 1974.

Dates: approximately 1974
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / UA 930, Centennial History Project collection of histories

Airlift Command histories, 1989

 File — Box 61: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197232560703], Folder: 14
Identifier: MSS 2220 Series 2 Sub-Series 3 Sub-Series 5
Dates: 1989
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2220, Gail S. Halvorsen papers / Gail S. Halvorsen papers, audio-visual recordings, and artifacts / Gail S. Halvorsen papers on post-military retirement / Gail S. Halvorsen collection of essays, books, and other materials related to the Berlin Airlift

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