Joint Oral History Project (Brigham Young University)
Dates
- Existence: active 1958 - 1986
Biography
The Joint Oral History Project was established to conduct oral history interviews about Brigham Young University.
The Joint Oral History Project conducted interviews with selected, retired Brigham Young University faculty, alumni, and other individuals who had extensive contact with the University. The interviews focused on the Brigham Young University community at the time of the interviewee's association with the University, but also covering the interviewee's life before coming and after leaving the university. The Joint Oral History Project was established to conduct oral history interviews about Brigham Young University.
Citation:
UPB files, December 19, 2014 (Joint Oral History Project; interviews retired Brigham Young University faculty, alumi, and other individuals with contact with the University; topics of interviews)Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
Oral history interview with Anna Elizabeth Stark
Oral history interview with Anna Elizabeth Stark, conducted by Helen Candland Stark on January 11, 1982. Anna discusses her early childhood in Leland, Utah and parents, her Danish ancestry, her teaching career at Weber State, Duchesne, Beaver and her retirement. The collection includes a rough draft, original transcript, a newspaper clipping about Anna and a bound copy of the interview.
Oral history interview with Boyd Jarman
Tapes and transcript of an oral history done with Boyd O. Jarman as part of the Joint Oral History Project between the Alumni Association and the University Archives in 2003.
Oral history interview with David H. Pratt
Bound interview, two typescripts, and a cassette tape of an interview conducted by Richard Poll as part of the Brigham Young University Archives Joint Oral History Project of the Brigham Young University Alumni Association Emeritus Club on September 20, 1988.
Oral history interview with John Homer Wakefield
Typescript of an interview taken from the eight included audiocassettes. The interview was conducted by Alonzo J. Morley on July 24 and 29, 1984 for the Joint Oral History Program of Brigham Young University Archives, BYU Alumni Association Emeritus Club, and Charles Redd Center for Western Studies. Wakefield talks about his life, friends, and his many experiences in the Brigham Young University Music Department.
Oral history interview with N. La Verl Christensen
Typescript of an interview with N. La Verl Christensen by Hollis Scott on November 22, 1984. The interview was taken under the authority of The Joint Oral History Project Brigham Young University Archives Brigham Young University Alumni Association Emeritus Club. Christensen talks about important persons he knew who worked at Brigham Young University.
Oral history interview with Stephen L. Alley
Typescript of an interview taken from the included audiocassettes. Alley was interviewed by David J. Whittaker in 1984 as part of the Joint Oral History Program of the Brigham Young University Archives and the BYU Alumni Association Emeritus Club. Alley talks about his life, education, and teaching career at Brigham Young University.
Oral history interview with Vasco M. Tanner
Oral history interview with Vasco M. Tanner, conducted by Millard L. Meanea on August 12, 1975 for the Joint Oral History Program of the Brigham Young University Alumni Association Emeritus Club. Tanner discusses his education, research, and career as a professor of zoology at Brigham Young University.
Oral history interview with W. Derby Laws
Typescript taken from the included sound tape on an interview of Laws taken by Alonzo J. Morley on July 14, 1985. The interview was conducted for the Joint Oral History Program of the Brigham Young University Archives and the BYU Alumni Association Emeritus Club. Laws talks about his teaching career at Brigham Young University.