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 10 Collections and/or Records:
Continuing Education meeting minutes, 1968
Contains minutes of the Continuing Education Meeting held November 8, 1968.
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 curriculum, 1969-1970
Contains records of curriculum proposals and changes.
English Department grade point average summaries, 1956-1966
Contains grade point average summaries from 1956 to 1966.
English Department grading abstracts, 1967-1969
Contains grading abstracts, 1967-1969 (charts).
English Department printed materials, 1951-1968
Contains brochures, programs, forms, form letters, announcements, manuals and workbooks.
English Department records on non-credit classes, 1969
Contains records on non-credit classes taught by the department, Fall 1969.
Memorandums, 1953-1972
Contains the proposal for a Doctorate Program, memo from Robert K. Thomas citing opinion of President Wilkinson.
Ralph A. Britsch and Leonard W. Rice departmental records, 1953-1970
Contains English Department business, financial records and budgets, and faculty listing.
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- Memorandums 3
- Letters 2
- Budgets 1
- Examinations 1
- Financial records 1