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L. Tom Perry Special Collections

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 2000-

Administrative History

The L. Tom Perry Special Collections (2000- ) is a special collections library and manuscripts/archival repository.

The L. Tom Perry Special Collections was named in May 2000, and was previously known as the Department of Special Collections; Manuscripts. It is located in the Harold B. Lee Library on the campus of Brigham Young University. Aline and L. Sam Skaggs, through their ALSAM Foundation, made a generous financial donation to the new library and requested that the Special Collections be named after L. Tom Perry, an apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The department is responsible for collecting, preserving, and making available rare books, historical manuscripts, and university records. Department chairs have included Scott Duvall (1999-2002), P. Bradford Westwood (2002-2009), Russ Taylor (2009-2014), J. Gordon Daines III (2014-2020), Thomas R. Wells, (2020-2021), and Dainan Skeem (2021- ).

Citation:
Women's manuscript collections in the L. Tom Perry Special Collections, 2000.

L. Tom Perry Special Collections Web site, viewed June 26, 2007 (William A. Wilson Folklore Archives, University Archives, part of L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Brigham Young University; named in May 2000, previously known as Special Collections Dept.; special collections library, and manuscripts and archival repository; responsible for collecting, preserving, and making accessible unique and rare materials)

UPB files, Mar. 2, 2015 (department chairs: Scott Duvall (1999-2002), P. Bradford Westwood (2002-2009), Russ Taylor (2009-2014), and J. Gordon Daines III (2014-2020), Thomas R. Wells, (2021- ))

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

L. Tom Perry Special Collections records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 5589
Scope and Contents

Contains project, chair and exhibit records from the L. Tom Perry Special Collections. Included are materials documenting the department's use of archival content management systems, digital projects, websites, video tutorials, and conferences. Also includes the Helen Foster exhibit records from 2000 to 2001, and the BYU and the Great War exhibit from 2017 to 2018. Materials date from 1986 to 2019.

Dates: 1986-2019
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / L. Tom Perry Special Collections records

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