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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 117 Collections and/or Records:

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 financial records, 1968-1980

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 1237 Series 5
Scope and Contents

Collection of general department financial records, and annual budgets.

Dates: Other: 1968-1980

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 participation records, 1978-1979

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

Collection of participant lists, enrollment records, applications for Cougar Music Camp and Outdoor Adventures, photographs of Children's Chorus, information request forms, and contracts, programs and registration records for Alumni expeditions.

Dates: Other: 1978-1979

Department of Conferences and Workshops program planner records, 1994-1996

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 1237 Series 2 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Collection of trophy brochures, women runners tape, newspaper articles, sports programs, medals, camp lists, registration, schedules, food orders, state championship programs, Cougar sports, and sports publications.

Dates: Other: 1994-1996

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 academic records, 1964-1989

 Sub-Series — Box Addendum 29 : Series 20
Identifier: UA 547 Series 20 Sub-Series 10
Scope and Contents note

Materials contain academic files by department, in no particular order. Includes credit and transfer requirements, questionnaires, course material, program files, bulletins, and other records. Dated from 1964 to 1989.

Dates: 1964-1989

Division of Continuing Education annual reports, 1984-2002

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 547 Series 20 Sub-Series 14 Sub-Series 6

Additional filters:

Type
Archival Object 112
Collection 5
 
Subject
Colleges and Universities 107
Education 107
Education, Higher -- Utah -- Provo -- History 103
Reports 45
Minutes (Records) 37