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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:

Home Study Department general correspondence, 1954-1965

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 547 Series 12 Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents note

Materials contain administrative files, including correspondence, memos, and other records. Dated from 1954 to 1965.

Dates: 1954-1965

Home Study Department general material, 1954-1970

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 547 Series 12 Sub-Series 5
Scope and Contents note

Materials contain administrative files, including catalogs, faculty information, exams, lessons, contracts, handbooks, policy and procedures, and other records. Dated from 1954 to 1970.

Dates: 1954-1970

Home Study Department meeting minutes, 1955-1969

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 547 Series 12 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents note

Materials contain administrative files, including meeting minutes, workshop notes and minutes, conference materials, and other records. Dated from 1955 to 1969.

Dates: 1955-1969

Home Study Department records, 1936-1973

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 547 Series 12
Scope and Contents

Materials contain progress reports, statistics, meeting minutes, correspondences, administrative files such as catalogs, exams, lessons, handbooks, policies, prison inmate applications and samples and requests from the Home Study Department. Dated from 1936 to 1973.

Dates: 1936-1973

Home Study Department reports, 1936-1973

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 547 Series 12 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents note

Materials contain progress reports, annual, statistical, and quarterly reports, annual reports to the President, inventories, and other records. Dated from 1936 to 1973.

Dates: 1936-1973

Home Study Department samples and requests, 1957-1965

 Sub-Series — Box M 1: Series 12 [Barcode: 31197231218675], Folder: 1-7
Identifier: UA 547 Series 12 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents note

Materials contain a sampling of Home Study student's problems and requests reflecting policy and procedure, correspondence, prison inmate applications, and other records. Dated from 1957 to 1965.

Dates: 1957-1965

Latin American program records on Bolivia, 1970-1980

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 547 Series 20 Sub-Series 7 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents note

Materials contain administrative files on Bolivian literacy projects (progress reports, tutorial manuals, financial records, correspondence), Bolivian health studies and other records. Dated from 1970 to 1980.

Dates: 1970-1980

Latin American program records on Guatemala, 1973-1982

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 547 Series 20 Sub-Series 7 Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents note

Materials contain administrative files on literacy projects, correspondence, reports, and Project Guatemala legal papers, final reports, insurance, and general records. Dated from 1973 to 1982.

Dates: 1973-1982

Latin American program records on Mexico, 1971-1979

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 547 Series 20 Sub-Series 7 Sub-Series 5
Scope and Contents note

Materials contain project Mexico files, including news clippings, proposals, participant lists and photos, correspondence, meeting files, ESL files, Mexican Education Week files, and other records. Dated from 1971 to 1979.

Dates: 1971-1979

Latin American Women lesson enrichment records, 1971-1978

 Sub-Series — Box Addendum 20: Series 20 [Barcode: 31197233264131], Folder: 3-5
Identifier: UA 547 Series 20 Sub-Series 7 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents note

Materials contain women lesson enrichment general records. Dated from 1971 to 1978.

Dates: 1971-1978

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