Brigham Young University. Department of Modern and Classical Languages
Organization
Dates
- Existence: 1926 - 1957
Administrative History
The Department of Modern and Classical Languages (1926-1957) was an instructional unit at Brigham Young Unviersity.
The Department of Modern and Classical Languages was established within the College of Arts and Sciences when the Department of Modern Languages and Latin was renamed. It was moved to the College of Humanities and Social Sciences in 1954, and in 1957 was renamed the Department of Languages. The department provided instruction in French, German, Spanish, Latin, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Greek, Semitics, Linguistics, and Phonetics.
Department chairs included Gerrit de Jong (1927-1929), Benjamin F. Cummings (1930-1951) Harold W. Lee (1952-1953), and Arthur R. Watkins (1954-1957).
Citation:
BYU Organizational History Project website, via WWW, July 21, 2014 (Department of Modern and Classical Languages; est. 1926 in reorganization of earlier Department of Modern Languages and Latin; provided instruction in French, German, Spanish, Latin, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Greek, Semitics, Linguistics, and Phonetics; part of College of Arts and Sciences (1926-1954), and College of Humanities and Social Sciences (1954-1957); reorganized as Department of Languages, 1957; chairs: Gerrit de Jong (1927-1929), Benjamin F. Cummings (1930-1951) Harold W. Lee (1952-1953), and Arthur R. Watkins (1954-1957))Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Benjamin F. Cummings minutes, notes, and other material, 1925-1955
Series — Box 1-2: Series 2, Folder: 2-14
Identifier: UA 171 Series 2
Scope and Contents
Contains syllabi, minutes, correspondence, notes, and other academic records related to and taken from the teaching career of Cummings. The papers range in date from 1925 to 1955. Includes notes and outlines from classes that Cummings taught, classes that include French, theology, linguistics, Italian, and French Civilization; records of students' grades; class rolls, tests and miscellaneous forms; minutes from conferences in which Cummings participated; full papers he had written; and a...
Dates:
1925-1955