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:
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 Composition Office correspondence
General memorandums to and from faculty associated with the Composition Office.
English Department memorandums, 1965-1970
Contains memos from the English Department from between 1965 and 1970.
English Department received memorandums, 1965-1970
Contains memos received by the English Department between 1965 and 1970.
English Department records
Includes correspondence, minutes, financial reports, grades, and curriculum for the English Department spanning 1951-1972.
English Department sent memorandums, 1965-1970
Contains memos sent by the English Department between 1965 and 1970.
Memorandums, 1953-1972
Contains the proposal for a Doctorate Program, memo from Robert K. Thomas citing opinion of President Wilkinson.
Don E. Norton papers
Collection of letters, reminiscent accounts, memos, clippings, and other materials on the history of the Brigham Young University English Department, including discussion of feminism. Materials dated 1990-2015.
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- Archival Object 7
- Collection 3
- Subject
- English language -- Study and teaching -- Utah -- Provo -- History 8
- Letters 5
- Files (Records) 3
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 1
- College teachers -- Utah -- Provo 1
- English language -- Study and teaching -- Utah -- Provo 1
- Examinations 1
- Feminism -- Utah 1
- Reports 1 + ∧ less