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Brigham Young University. Program Bureau

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1958 - 1978

Administrative History

The Program Bureau (1958-1978) organized nation and worldwide performances and tours for the performing groups at Brigham Young University.

The Program Bureau, formerly called the Student Program Bureau, was formed in 1958 to facilitate the organization of tours for performing groups at BYU including the Letterman, Fieldhouse Frolics, Startime BYU, and 15. Chairmen and coordinators included John D. Burnett (1958), James H. Lawrence (1959-1973), Janie Thompson (1973-1976), and K. Newell Dayley (1976-1978).

Citation:
Register to the records of the University Program Bureau, 1980: t.p.

BYU Organizational History, Sept. 19, 2012: Program Bureau (1958-1978, nation and worldwise performances and tours, formerly Student Program Bureau, formed 1958, Letterman, Fieldhouse Frolics, Startime BYU, 15; Chairmen and coordinators included John D. Burnett (1958), James H. Lawrence (1959-1973), Janie Thompson (1973-1976), and K. Newell Dayley (1976-1978))

Banyan, 1969: p. 99 (Program Bureau; under leadership of Janie Thompson)

Daily universe, March 5, 1970: p. 3 (Janie Thompson, show director; administration, James H. Lawrence)

Brigham Young University catalog of courses, 1970: p. 529 (Program Bureau; Jane Thompson, coordinator)

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

David Kent Jacobs materials on publications, 1965-1983

 Sub-Series — Carton 61: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197233633301]
Identifier: UA 5625 Series 1 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents Contains printed publications concerning projects that Jacobs was involved with or featured in. Included is Jacobs' master's thesis, The History of Motion Pictures produced by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which was written in 1967 in completion of his Master of Arts degree at Brigham Young University. Curtain Time, U.S.A.: Master of Inspiration was a book published in 1965 about the Curtain Time, U.S.A. tour that occured the same year. The book highlights the tour and...
Dates: 1965-1983
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / UA 5625, David Kent Jacobs collection on Mormon films / David Kent Jacobs film collection reference materials

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