Brigham Young University. English Department
Dates
- Existence: 1920-
Administrative History
The English Department (est. 1920) is an academic unit at Brigham Young University.
The Department of English includes classes of rhetoric and composition, advanced composition, short story writing, news writing, advanced narration, teacher's course in grammar, Anglo-Saxon, philology, Chaucer, Shakespeare's tragedies, Shakespeare's comedies, Milton, love and the light, the history and development of the English novel, the Romantic poets, modern continental European drama, modern British drama, the English modern novel, the American modern novel, Tennyson's minor poems, Tennyson's major poems, and Browning.
The Department of English was a part of the Church Teachers College until the college was split in 1920. The department was placed under the direction of the School of Arts and Sciences. The department was transferred in 1921 when the School of Arts and Sciences to the renamed the College of Arts and Sciences. In 1954 the department was transferred to the newly established College of Humanities and Social Sciences, and later in 1965 to the College of Humanities. Department chairs included Alfred Osmond (1920-1923), Parley A. Christensen (1923-1954), Leonard W. Rice (1955-1958), Ralph A. Britsch (1958-1960), Bruce B. Clark (1960-1966), Dale H. West (1966-1973), Marshall R. Craig (1973-1975), Richard H. Cracroft (1975-1981), John B. Harris (1981-1986), William A. Wilson (1986-1992), Neal E. Lambert (1992-1996), C. Jay Fox (1996-1999), John S. Tanner (1999-2004), Edward A. Geary (2004-2006), Gregory D. Clark (2006-2007), and Edward S. Cutler (2007-).
Citation:
Organizational History Project, Januarty 14, 2013 (Dept. of English; est. 1965; rhetoric and composition, advanced composition, short story writing, news writing, advanced narration, teacher's course in grammar, Anglo-Saxon, philology, Chaucer, Shakespeare's tragedies, Shakespeare's comedies, Milton, love and the light, the history and development of the English novel, the Romantic poets, modern continental European drama, modern British drama, the English modern novel, the American modern novel, Tennyson's minor poems, Tennyson's major poems, and Browning; Church Teachers College, 1920; School of Arts and Sciences, 1921; College of Humanities and Social Sciences, 1954; Department chairs.Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:
Dale West correspondence, 1965-1968
Contains letters to and from Dale West, dating from between 1965 and 1968.
Dale West correspondence, 1969-1970
Contains letters to and from Dale West.
Harrison Davis papers
English Department chair records, 1953-1972
Contains English Department office records from the administrations of Ralph Britsch and Dale West, including letters and memos.
English Department chair records, 1963-1972
Contains meeting minutes, curriculum revision requests, and correspondence and memos to and from Farnsworth, Dean, the graduate English Department chairman, Ralph Britsch, and Dale West.
English Department chair records, 1962-1972
Contains Dale West's daily correspondence, memos, reports, curriculum approval memos and correspondence, a sampling of tests, and reading list.
English Department departmental records, 1984-1998
Contains department records of the English Department from 1984-1998. These records include university schedules, correspondence, surveys, self-study reports, and minutes.
English Department faculty files, 1984-1999
Contains materials pertaining to the faculty of the English Department from 1984-1997. These materials include activity reports, correspondence, and annual reviews.
English Department records
Contains information and materials concerning various faculty members of the Brigham Young University English Department. Records included in this collection regard the appointment of faculty. Included are resumes, writing samples, letters, correspondence, memos and newspaper clippings.
English Department records
Contains materials from the English Department dating 1984-2004. These materials include correspondence, course outlines, reports, minutes, and theses.
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