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Brigham Young University. Department of Family and Local History Studies

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1978 - 1985

Biography

The Department of Family and Local History Studies was a research and teaching institute at Brigham Young University. It was formed in 1978 from the Institute of Genealogical Research in the College of Social Sciences. The department taught classes on genealogical research and prepared students to conduct family history work. In 1985, it became the Center for Family and Community History.

Citation:
Family history & genealogical research syllabus, 1979, c1980 (a.e.) t.p. (Brigham Young University, Department of Family and Local History Studies)

Daily Universe, December 5, 1986, p. 5 (Dr. G. Wesley Johnson, director of the Center for Family and Community History)

Daily Universe, August 10, 1978 (Ben Bloxham, Director of Family and Local History Studies)

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Center for Family & Community History event records, 1974-1990

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 1191 Series 8
Scope and Contents

Contains materials on various events attended or run by G. Wesley Johnson, such as family history conferences, workshops, events on the BYU campus related to the Department of History or Center for Family & Community History, the Family History and Heritage Symposium, and BYU Education Week. Includes programs, speaker files, schedules, reports, correspondence, fliers, and other planning records. Dated 1974 to 1990.

Dates: 1974-1990
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / UA 1191, Center for Family & Community History records

Center for Family & Community History records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 1191
Scope and Contents Contains administrative records such as letters, agendas, minutes, reports, and financial, event, and publishing records, particularly dealing with the opening of the Center for Family & Community History and development of family history curriculum and related university events; and documenting the activities of G. Wesley Johnson, who was instrumental in building and then directing the Center. Also contains project records from the Center for Family & Community History and its...
Dates: 1866-1991; Majority of material found within 1960-1991
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Center for Family & Community History records

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