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New World Archaeological Foundation

 Organization

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Brigham Young University comptroller correspondence

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 878
Scope and Contents

Includes files concerning university budget, the Church School System, campus colleges and departments, faculty, staff, fund-raising, administrative meetings, students, Treasurer's Office, New World Archaeological Foundation, and athletics. Also includes files relative to Church schools in Mexico and in the Pacific, and some of Bentley's personal files. Includes significant amounts of correspondence with Ernest L. Wilkinson (president of BYU) and others.

Dates: 1952-1969

Brigham Young University vice-presidential outgoing correspondence, 1956-1968

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 886 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains carbon copies of outgoing letters in bound volumes. Materials date from between 1958 and 1968.

Dates: 1956-1968

Brigham Young University vice-presidential records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 886
Scope and Contents

Contains files from his service as Acting President of Brigham Young University and Academic Vice-President, 1957-68. Includes correspondence, memos, and reports made while acting president of BYU concerning such subjects as enrollment, financial aid, devotional and forum assemblies, university colleges and departments, recreational activities, and faculty concerns.

Dates: 1925-1975

Edwin Ferdon slides and negatives of Mesoamerica and Southern Mexico

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3250
Scope and Contents

249 slides and 287 nitrate negatives of Mesoamerican/Southern Mexico from 1906-1956.

Dates: 1906-1956

Thomas Stuart Ferguson papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1549
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, article and book drafts, minutes of the NWAF meetings, and financial records of Ferguson's trips to Central America. Most of these materials relate to his interests in Mesoamerican archaeology and how that discipline improves Mormon understanding of the Book of Mormon. The collection also has information relating to the views of Mormon archaeologists.

Dates: 1936-1970

Gareth W. Lowe papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 1114
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence received by Lowe from friends, family, and colleagues from 1952-1998.

Dates: 1952-1998

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Collection 5
Archival Object 1
 
Subject
Letters 5
Colleges and Universities 4
Education 4
Archaeologists -- Utah -- Correspondence 1
Archaeology -- Utah 1