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 29 Collections and/or Records:
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 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 graduate department files, 1989-2003
Contains materials from the graduate department from 1989-2003. These materials include minutes, awards, reports, and bound honors theses.
English Department memorandums, 1965-1970
Contains memos from the English Department from between 1965 and 1970.
English Department printed materials, 1951-1968
Contains brochures, programs, forms, form letters, announcements, manuals and workbooks.
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 records
Contains materials from the English Department dating 1984-2004. These materials include correspondence, course outlines, reports, minutes, and theses.
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- Colleges and Universities 28
- Education 28
- English language -- Study and teaching -- Utah -- Provo -- History 17
- Letters 11
- Files (Records) 10
- Memorandums 9
- English 5
- Reports 5
- Examinations 3
- Minutes (Records) 3
- Outlines 3
- Dissertations, Academic 2
- English language -- Composition and exercises 2
- English language -- Study and teaching -- Utah -- Provo 2
- Essays 2
- Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences 1
- Awards 1
- Budgets 1
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 1
- College teachers -- Utah -- Provo 1
- College teachers -- Utah -- Provo -- History 1
- Courses and lectures 1
- Curriculum 1
- Education -- Utah -- Provo 1
- English language 1
- English language -- 20th century 1
- English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers 1
- English teachers 1
- Feminism -- Utah 1
- Financial records 1
- Handbooks and manuals 1
- Histories (Literary works) 1
- Language and Languages 1
- Lecture notes 1
- Linguistics -- Utah -- Provo 1
- Poetry 1
- Printed ephemera 1
- Programs 1
- Schedules (Time plans) 1
- Scrapbooks 1
- Universities and colleges -- Utah -- Provo 1
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