Brigham Young University. Department of Archaeology (1947-1965)
Dates
- Existence: 1947 - 1965
Administrative History
The Department of Archaeology (1947-1965) was an administrative unit at Brigham Young University.
The Department of Archaeology was organized in 1946 and in under the auspices of M. Wells Jakeman in the College of Arts and Sciences. It was transferred to the College of Humanities and Social Sciences in 1954. The Department of Archaeology served to prepare students with knowledge of Old World archaeology and ancient history, American archaeology and anthropology, and skills in research and writing in those areas. The department chairs were M. Wells Jakeman (1947-1960) and Ross T. Christensen (1960-1965).
Citation:
BYU Organizational History Project, via WWW, March 30, 2018 (Brigham Young University. Dept. of Archaeology; established in 1946 as part of the College of Arts and Sciences; transferred in 1954 to the College of Humanities and Social Sciences; department chairs: M. Wells Jakeman (1947-1960) and Ross T. Christensen (1960-1965); To provide courses which will help students prepare for postgraduate specialization in either 1) Old World archaeology and ancient history or 2) American archaeology and anthropology, leading or teaching and/or research and writing in these areas)Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Department of Anthropology and Archaeology administrative records, 1941-1978
Contains Brigham Young University wide administrative memos, records of financial acquisition and maintenance, department faculty, student records, administrative records pertaining to department courses and other administrative records for Brigham Young University's Department of Anthropology and Archaeology. Materials dated 1941-1978.
Department of Anthropology and Archaeology chair records, 1957-1976
Contains correspondence to and from the chairman of Brigham Young University's Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, published papers, and faculty information from the chairman's office. Records detail the administrative moves of the department's chairman. Materials dated from 1955-1976.
Department of Anthropology and Archaeology correspondence, 1947-1978
Contains on and off-campus correspondence of Brigham Young University’s Department of Anthropology and Archaeology with its faculty on the creation of the department, with government agencies on projects, pertaining to the programs of the department, between other BYU departments, and with job inquires and offers. Materials dated 1947-1978.
Department of Anthropology records
Contains administrative records from Brigham Young University’s Department of Anthropology including correspondence of the department, correspondence of the department chairman, faculty records, student records and various other administrative records pertaining to the department from 1941-1978. Also contains twenty-one reels of film of excavations from Ray T. Matheny, of the Department of Anthropology, from approximately 1980-1990, including work in Mexico.