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Education Week

 Organization

Administrative History

Brigham Young University Education Week (1922-) is a continuing education program held on Brigham Young University campus.

Education Week began in 1922, and it is now thought to be the largest continuing education program of its type. Each year, more than 200 presenters teach over 1,000 classes. It covers a variety of topics including education, religion, marriage and family, the arts, history, genealogy, communication, youth classes, and others. The program is designed primarily for adults, however anyone over 14 years old can join.

Citation:
BYU Continuing Education, via WWW, Oct. 16, 2014 (About Campus Education Week; began in 1922; thought to be largest continuing education program; 200 presenters; 1000 classes; topics such as edu., religion, marriage and family, arts, history, geneology, communication, youth classes; for adults, anyone over 14 can join)

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Ross T. Christensen papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1716
Scope and Contents Reflects Ross T. Christensen's service as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Brazil, service in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II, career as a professor of archaeology at Brigham Young University, activities as a founding member of the Society for Early Historic Archaeology (SEHA), interest in Book of Mormon archaeology, participation in Leadership Week and Education Week on the BYU campus and elsewhere, and family activities. Includes...
Dates: 1939-1990

Education Week photographs, approximately 1950s-1979

 Series
Identifier: UA 788 Series 6
Scope and Contents note

Photographs, negatives and slides from Campus Education Week.

Dates: approximately 1950s-1979

Education Week records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 788
Abstract

Files include histories and research notes, subject files relating primarily to Education week programs , printed programs, scrapbooks, newspaper articles, ephemera and photographs.

Dates: 1923-1992

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

Photographs of Leadership Week, 1920-1959

 Series — Carton 1: Series 1; Series 2; Series 3; Series 4; Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 8; Series 9; Series 10; Series 11; Series 12; Series 13; Series 14; Series 15; Series 16 [Barcode: 31197233282521], Folder: 15-20
Identifier: UA 1070 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains photographs of Brigham Young University Leadership Week (an older derivative of Education Week), including the participants, the administration, and various events, 1920-1959.

Dates: 1920-1959