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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 34 Collections and/or Records:

Unpublished versions of professional or semi-professional works, 1917-1971

 Series
Identifier: MSS 8918 Series 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Approximately ten titles of home movies, event proceedings, and other professional or semi-professional yet still unpublished films. VHS and DVD. Original films creation dates range from approximately 1915 to 2005.

Dates: 1917-1971

Additional filters:

Type
Collection 19
Archival Object 15
 
Subject
Colleges and Universities 20
Education 20
Letters 10
Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences 8
Library exhibits -- Utah -- Provo 7
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Archival materials -- Digitization -- Utah -- Provo 6
Conference materials 6
Videocassettes 6
Workflow management systems -- Utah -- Provo 6
DVDs 5
Motion pictures 5
Performing Arts 5
Agendas 4
Memorandums 4
Notes 4
Proposals 4
Typescripts 4
Photographs 3
Artifacts 2
Brochures 2
Financial records 2
Handbooks and manuals 2
Minutes (Records) 2
Pamphlets 2
Posters 2
Provo (Utah) 2
Publications 2
Social Life and Customs 2
Speeches, addresses, etc. 2
Archives 1
Archives -- Utah -- Provo 1
Archives -- Utah -- Provo -- History 1
Awards 1
Basketball -- Utah -- Provo 1
Bible 1
Bible -- Versions 1
Book collecting -- Utah -- Provo -- Congresses 1
Cataloging of archival materials -- Utah -- Provo -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. 1
Catholicism 1
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 1
Collection development (Libraries) -- Utah -- Provo 1
Collections management 1
Computer software -- Development -- Utah -- Provo 1
Digitizing 1
Exhibitions 1
Fine Arts 1
Fliers (Ephemera) 1
Fund raising 1
Historians -- Utah 1
Home and Family 1
Latter Day Saint churches 1
Latter Day Saint churches -- Missions -- England -- History 1
Latter Day Saint women -- Exhibitions 1
Lists 1
Literature 1
Manuscripts, Japanese -- Exhibitions 1
Oral histories 1
Photographic prints 1
Photography -- West (U.S.) -- History 1
Planning 1
Press releases 1
Printouts 1
Prints, Japanese -- Exhibitions 1
Programs 1
Protestantism 1
Quotations, American 1
Rare books -- Utah -- Provo -- Bibliography 1
Religion 1
Reports 1
Research institutes -- Utah -- Provo 1
Sports and Recreation 1
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