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Heber J. Grant Building (Provo, Utah)

 Organization

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Brigham Young University postcards

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 1047
Scope and Contents

Contains nine postcards of buildings on Brigham Young Universities campus. Dated in the 1950s.

Dates: 1950

Campus slides

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233620860]
Identifier: UA 1046
Scope and Contents

Nineteen 35 mm Kodachrome transparency slides of buildings on the campus of Brigham Young University. The buildings include the old Joseph Smith Building, the Education Building at Brigham Young Academy, the Heber J. Grant Building, the President's House, the Carl F. Eyring Science Center, the Karl G. Maeser Building, the George H. Brimhall Building, some campus stairs, and the football stadium. The slides are from around 1965.

Dates: approximately 1965

Collected articles about the Heber J. Grant Library

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231035699]
Identifier: UA 231
Scope and Contents

Includes a series of articles from the Alumni Announcer concerning the Heber J. Grant Library. 16 items.

Dates: date of production not identified

Contributors to the Heber J. Grant Library

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231012474]
Identifier: UA 405
Scope and Contents

Includes a list of individuals and institutions who contributed to the Heber J. Grant building (1925). Also includes a list of contributors to the 1924 campus beautification drive.

Dates: date of production not identified

Library survey report

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233275517]
Identifier: UA SC 101
Scope and Contents

Committee report describing the current state of the library at Brigham Young University, and proposing plans for future expansion of the collections and physical facilities.

Dates: 1953

Joseph C. Nelson photographs of Brigham Young University

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 1007
Scope and Contents

Materials include forty-seven photographs that document campus life in the 1920s. Subjects include Cleo and Tarbo (early Brigham Young University cougar cub mascots), the construction of the Heber J. Grant Library, lower campus, and student activities. Also included are photographs of Mount Timpanogos. Dated approximately 1920-1929.

Dates: approximately 1920-1929

Joseph Nelson papers on the Heber J. Grant Building

 Collection — Box G1-G9: [Barcode: 31197231035145]
Identifier: UA 172
Scope and Contents

Contains blueprints, drawings, correspondence, and a report concerning bids, building plans and specifications for the Heber J. Grant Library.

Dates: 1925

Photographs of the "Mormon Meteor" on the Salt Flats near Salt Lake City

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233620654]
Identifier: MSS 2075
Scope and Contents

Contains views of David A. Jenkins driving his race car, the "Mormon Meteor," on the Salt Flats west of the Great Salt Lake. Inscription indicates that Jenkins gave the photos to Heber J. Grant, the seventh president of the Mormon Church. The album was then given by president Grant to the Heber J. Grant Library at Brigham Young University.

Dates: 1937 September 3

Semi-centennial celebration of the Brigham Young University

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233275095]
Identifier: UA SC 41
Scope and Contents

Includes addresses, prayers, dedication of the Heber J. Grant Library, brief histories of the University and Academy.



Dates: date of production not identified

Views of Heber J. Grant building on Brigham Young University campus

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 798
Scope and Contents

Twelve images documenting the building's groundbreaking, construction, dedication, extension, original library, and door arch. Each item is mounted on light brown card stock, 40 x 50 cm.

Dates: approximately 1920-1959