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Brigham Young University. College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1981-

Administrative History

The College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences (1981- ) is an academic college at Brigham Young University. The college is responsible for administering departments and institutes in the areas of social sciences and family life.

The College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences was established in 1981 in a merger of the College of Family Life with the College of Social Sciences. The college is responsible for administering associated academic departments and research institutes. College deans have included Martin B. Hickman (1981-1986), Stan L. Albrecht (1986-1989), Donovan E. Fleming (1989-1993), Clayne L. Pope (1993-2001), David B. Magleby (2001-2011), and Benjamin M. Ogles (2011-2021), and Laura Padilla-Walker (2021-).

Citation:
Jill Mulvay Derr papers, 1977-2007

Brigham Young University website, via WWW, Mar. 8, 2012 (College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences; FHSS)

BYU organizational history project, via WWW, Mar. 8, 2012: College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences (est. 1981 in merger of College of Family Life with College of Social Sciences; administers the following units: American Heritage, Anthropology, Child Development and Family Relationships, Clothing and Textiles, Economics, Geography, Government, History, Home and Family Development, Home Economics Education, Home Economics, Psychology, Social Work, Sociology, Family Sciences, Political Science, School of Family Life. The college has also been the administering body for the following centers, institutes, and programs: Charles Redd Center for Western Studies, Family and Community History Center, Center for Family and Community History, Comprehensive Clinic, Center for International and Area Studies, David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, Family Resource Management, the RELATE Institute, Family Living Center, Family Studies Program, Neuroscience Center, Family and Demographic Research Institute, and Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Church History; deans include Martin B. Hickman (1981-1986), Stan L. Albrecht (1986-1989), Donovan E. Fleming (1989-1993), Clayne L. Pope (1993-2001), David B. Magleby (2001-2011), and Benjamin M. Ogles (2011- ))

BYU organizational history project, via WWW, May 5, 2023: College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences (Benjamin M. Ogles (2011-2021), and Laura Padilla-Walker (2021-)).

Found in 38 Collections and/or Records:

Department of Clothing and Textiles slides

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 4080
Scope and Contents

Contains 90 color and black and white educational slides of textile and clothing from the Ancient Egyptian and Roman time periods through the 1930s. There are also 14 slides of the Textile and Clothing Regional Competition of 1966.

Dates: approximately 1960-1969

History of the Department of Clothing and Textiles

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232539301]
Identifier: UA 295

Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Latter-day Saint History administrative records, 1989-2007

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8009 Series 2 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents Contains administrative records for the Joseph Fielding Smith Institute, including financial records, governance records, and strategy records. Financial records include budget records, a 2004 audit, information on the Mormon History Trust Fund, and fundraising records. Governance records include records from the College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences conference, minutes from meetings with the college dean, correspondence with the dean and assistant deans, especially with Dean David...
Dates: 1989-2007

School of Social Work accreditation records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 1227
Scope and Contents

Contains the documents given to the accreditation reviewers of the Brigham Young University School of Social Work based on the Council of Social Work Education's Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS). The accreditation team was on campus from November 7-9, 2005.

Dates: 2005

Dennis L. Thomson research papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2139
Scope and Contents

Contains items relating to two of Dr. Thomson's research efforts: (1) his doctoral work on the watershed in the Lake Tahoe area, including adjudication of water rights between Nevada and California; (2) regulation of railroads (research for the Department of Transportation).

Dates: 1990

University Communications files on the College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences, 1965-1999

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 5395 Series 5 Sub-Series 7
Scope and Contents note Contains newspaper clippings, news releases, and photographs related to the department of Family, Home and Social Sciences at Brigham Young University from 1965 to 1998. Materials concern each department within the college and the School of Family Life, scholarships and achievements, services, clinics, and research centers, various projects and programs, conferences and studies, the Kennedy Center for International Studies, the Charles Redd Western Studies Center, the Museum of Peoples and...
Dates: 1965-1999