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Brigham Young University. College of Humanities and Social Sciences

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1954 - 1965

Administrative History

The College of Humanities and Social Sciences is an academic unit at Brigham Young University. Formed in 1954 in the division of the earlier College of Arts and Sciences, the college was responsible for administering the academic departments related to languages, literature, history, political science, archaeology, psychology, and sociology. In 1965 it was again divided to create the College of Humanities and the College of Social Sciences.

Citation:
BYU organizational history, via WWW, Oct. 4, 2012 (College of Humanities and Social Sciences; est. 1954 in division of earlier College of Arts and Sciences; responsible for administering academic departments related to languages, literature, history, political science, archaeology, psychology, and sociology; divided in 1965 to form College of Humanities and College of Social Sciences)

Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:

College of Humanities and Social Sciences correspondence, 1960-1962

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 464 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains general correspondence, memos to department chairmen, correspondence with specific University officers, admissions and records correspondence, and communication with the Dean of students, the College of Education, general colleges and graduate schools, and staff policies and procedures. Dates range from 1960 to 1962.

Dates: 1960-1962

College of Humanities and Social Sciences correspondence, 1954-1963

 Series — Box 5: Series 3 [Barcode: 31197231022366]
Identifier: UA 464 Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains unlisted items, and correspondence with Dean Bradford, and Presidents Berrett, Edwards, Taylor, and Wilkinson.

Dates: 1954-1963

College of Humanities and Social Sciences data processing reports, 1955-1965

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 464 Series 6
Scope and Contents

Contains GPA surveys (university as a whole, by college), enrollment summaries and records, data processing sheets, and GPA semester summaries.

Dates: 1955-1965

College of Humanities and Social Sciences faculty files, approximately 1918-1962

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 464 Series 7
Scope and Contents

Contains personnel files on each individual qualifying faculty member. Includes information on new members, rehires, and part-time faculty.

Dates: approximately 1918-1962

College of Humanities and Social Sciences subject files, 1928-1962

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 464 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains class rolls, faculty load reports, budgets, staff of various departments, faculty evaluations, meeting minutes, inventories, payroll and treasury, and other materials.

Dates: 1928-1962

College of Humanities and Social Sciences subject files, 1954-1962

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 464 Series 4
Scope and Contents

Contains department files, faculty files (part-time, prospective, etc.) and evaluations, catalogs, curriculum files, personnel lists, education requirements, budgets, accreditation, department reports, individual faculty files, graduate assistants, faculty teaching loads by quarter, summary of class rolls, and other material.

Dates: 1954-1962

College of Humanities records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 464
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, memoranda, faculty load reports, budget reports, curriculum, catalog material, registration, scholarship and fellowship information. Also includes information concerning various departments, data processing reports, college enrollment and grades, and faculty personnel files.

Dates: 1918-1965

College of Humanities records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 1217
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence, reports, notes and schedules which detail the activities of the College of Humanities and the departments composing it.

Dates: 1960-1997

College of Humanities subject and correspondence files, 1955-1965

 Series — Box 15: Series 5 [Barcode: 31197231022226]
Identifier: UA 464 Series 5
Scope and Contents

Contains summaries of class rolls, superior student reports, teacher loads, Lambda Iota Tau files, correspondence, and enrollment projections.

Dates: 1955-1965

College of Social Sciences dean faculty records, 1955-1972

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 568 Series 1 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains faculty files identified by surname. Materials date from between 1955 and 1972.

Dates: 1955-1972