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Brigham Young University. English Department

 Organization

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

 Sub-Series — Box 7: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197235223689], Folder: 13
Identifier: UA 573 Series 1 Sub-Series 10
Scope and Contents note

Contains minutes of the Continuing Education Meeting held November 8, 1968.

Dates: 1968
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / UA 573, English Department records / English Department chair records

English Department chair records, 1963-1972

 Series — Box 8: Series 2; Series 3 [Barcode: 31197235223739], Folder: 6-8
Identifier: UA 573 Series 3
Scope and Contents note

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.

Dates: 1963-1972
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / UA 573, English Department records

English Department chair records, 1962-1972

 Series — Box 9: Series 4 [Barcode: 31197235223622]
Identifier: UA 573 Series 4
Scope and Contents note

Contains Dale West's daily correspondence, memos, reports, curriculum approval memos and correspondence, a sampling of tests, and reading list.

Dates: 1962-1972
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / UA 573, English Department records

English Department curriculum, 1969-1970

 Sub-Series — Box 7: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197235223689], Folder: 9-12
Identifier: UA 573 Series 1 Sub-Series 9
Scope and Contents note

Contains records of curriculum proposals and changes.

Dates: 1969-1970
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / UA 573, English Department records / English Department chair records

English Department grade point average summaries, 1956-1966

 Sub-Series — Box 2: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197235223713], Folder: 5-6
Identifier: UA 573 Series 1 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents note

Contains grade point average summaries from 1956 to 1966.

Dates: 1956-1966
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / UA 573, English Department records / English Department chair records

English Department grading abstracts, 1967-1969

 Sub-Series — Box 7: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197235223689], Folder: 15
Identifier: UA 573 Series 1 Sub-Series 12
Scope and Contents note

Contains grading abstracts, 1967-1969 (charts).

Dates: 1967-1969
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / UA 573, English Department records / English Department chair records

English Department printed materials, 1951-1968

 Series — Box 8: Series 2; Series 3 [Barcode: 31197235223739], Folder: 1-4
Identifier: UA 573 Series 2
Scope and Contents note

Contains brochures, programs, forms, form letters, announcements, manuals and workbooks.

Dates: 1951-1968
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / UA 573, English Department records

English Department records on non-credit classes, 1969

 Sub-Series — Box 7: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197235223689], Folder: 14
Identifier: UA 573 Series 1 Sub-Series 11
Scope and Contents note

Contains records on non-credit classes taught by the department, Fall 1969.

Dates: 1969
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / UA 573, English Department records / English Department chair records

Memorandums, 1953-1972

 Sub-Series — Box 6: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197235223671], Folder: 6
Identifier: UA 573 Series 1 Sub-Series 7
Scope and Contents note

Contains the proposal for a Doctorate Program, memo from Robert K. Thomas citing opinion of President Wilkinson.

Dates: 1953-1972
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / UA 573, English Department records / English Department chair records

Ralph A. Britsch and Leonard W. Rice departmental records, 1953-1970

 Sub-Series — Box 7: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197235223689], Folder: 1-8
Identifier: UA 573 Series 1 Sub-Series 8
Scope and Contents

Contains English Department business, financial records and budgets, and faculty listing.

Dates: 1953-1970
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / UA 573, English Department records / English Department chair records

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