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 3 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
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
Extension Division director records, 1921-1954
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 547 Series 2
Scope and Contents
Contain the papers of Lowry Nelson, first director of the Extension Division, who served from 1921-1936. The papers encompass the period of 1921-1931 only. Some routine letters of requests and acknowledgments were weeded from the collection. Annual reports issued by Nelson, 1921-1936, appear in the first section of the register under the heading Division Reports and Comprehensive Histories. Also correspondence and reports relative to Leadership Week, 1922-1936, appear in the Education Week...
Dates:
1921-1954
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