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Brigham Young University. Department of Conferences and Workshops

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1979-

Administrative History

The Department of Conferences and Workshops is an administrative and teaching unit at Brigham Young University.

The department was previously known as the Department of Special Courses and Conferences, and took its current name in 1979. It is charged with offering and supporting credit-bearing and non-credit courses and programs for on-campus and distance students, as well as the general public. Directors have included Bert Gividen (1981-1989), R. Dwight Laws (1989-1994), Steven W. Taggart (1994-2013), and Robert Holcombe (2013- )).

Citation:
Family history & genealogical research syllabus, 1979, c1980 (a.e.) t.p. (Brigham Young University, Department of Conferences and Workshops; Conferences and Workshops)

BYU organizational history project, via WWW, Feb. 3, 2014 (Department of Conferences and Workshops; previously known as Department of Special Courses and Conferences, renamed in 1979; part of Division of Continuing Education; offers and supports credit and non-credit programs for on-campus and non-student audiences; directors: Bert Gividen (1981-1989), R. Dwight Laws (1989-1994), Steven W. Taggart (1994-2013), Robert Holcombe (2013- ))

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Adult Education and Extension Services director additional papers and faculty terminations, 1952-1970

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 547 Series 3 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents

Materials contain administrative files, including correspondence and memos, meeting minutes, reports, financial information, and other records. Dated from 1952 to 1970.

Dates: 1952-1970

Adult Education and Extension Services director records, 1924-1970

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 547 Series 3
Scope and Contents Contain the papers of Dr. Harold Glen Clark, who served as director of the Extension Division and Adult Education and Extension Services, and as dean of the Division of Continuing Education, 1946-1971. There are 48 containers of material involving two series of records, each arranged alphabetically, and some additional material added after the register was completed, which is located in the last three containers. The papers of four predecessor directors or acting directors, Harrison R....
Dates: 1924-1970

Department of Conferences and Workshops correspondence and memoranda, 1970-1980

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 1237 Series 4
Scope and Contents

Collection of department, division and individual correspondence and memoranda.

Dates: Other: 1970-1980

Department of Conferences and Workshops department and division correspondence and memoranda, 1970-1980

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 1237 Series 4 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Collection of department and division correspondence and memoranda.

Dates: Other: 1970-1980

Department of Conferences and Workshops general department financial records, 1971-1980

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 1237 Series 5 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents note

Collection of daily deposits, CPO, telephone bills, travel advance/ reimbursements, registration aide records, automobile expenses, purchase order-off campus, invoice, releases of accountability, fee and honorarium schedules, seminary and institute tuition vouchers, Mexico caravan correspondence, CE-1 and CE-2, older department accounting system, grants and funding, old financial forms, dishonored checks, and computer sheet charges.

Dates: Other: 1971-1980

Department of Conferences and Workshops general organization, administrative, and university policy papers, 1968-1981

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 1237 Series 2 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents Newspaper clippings, meeting minutes, organizational charts, articles, forms, correspondence, agendas, outlines, guides, schedules, programs, manuals, reports, inventories, and other materials concerning joint planning management, university goals and calendars, policy, conflict of interest, university standards on dress and grooming, safety, honesty, and integrity, general services, university press and archives, tour guide instructions, conferences and workshops, division committees and...
Dates: Other: 1968-1981

Department of Conferences and Workshops individual correspondence, 1973-1979

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 1237 Series 4 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents note

Collection of correspondence relating to individuals within the Conferences and Workshops Department, including correspondence with Dallin H. Oaks.

Dates: Other: 1973-1979

Department of Conferences and Workshops records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 1237
Scope and Contents

Contains meeting minutes, administrative, participation, policy, employment, and financial records, correspondence, and memoranda, concerning the Native American Outreach and other conferences and workshops. Materials date from between 1968 and 1999.

Dates: 1968-1999

Division of Continuing Education correspondence, 1969-1988

 Sub-Series
Identifier: UA 547 Series 20 Sub-Series 5
Scope and Contents

Materials contain correspondences with individuals, Salt Lake Center, various unspecified chairman, and the Dean's Office. Dated from 1969 to 1988.

Dates: 1969-1988

Division of Continuing Education dean correspondence, 1973-1980

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 547 Series 20 Sub-Series 5 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents note

Materials contain Dean's Office correspondence. Dated from 1973 to 1980.

Dates: 1973-1980

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  • Subject: Letters X

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Archival Object 11
Collection 1
 
Subject
Colleges and Universities 7
Education 7
Education, Higher -- Utah -- Provo -- History 6
Workshops -- Utah -- Provo 6
Congresses and conventions -- Utah -- Provo 5