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Joint Oral History Project (Brigham Young University)

 Organization

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 95 Collections and/or Records:

Oral history interview with Gary James Bergera

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230332618]
Identifier: MSS SC 3259
Scope and Contents

Typescripts of an interview conducted by Barbara Pannoni for the Joint Oral History Program of the Brigham Young University Archives and the BYU Alumni Association Emeritus Club. Includes three drafts of the interview. Bergera talks about his association with the "Seventh East Press" which was an off-campus student newspaper at Brigham Young University in the early 1980s.

Dates: 1986

Oral history interview with George H. Hansen

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA OH 44
Scope and Contents

Interview by Alonzo Morley with George H. Hansen, geologist, concerning his experiences in Richfield, Utah; as a student at Utah State University, 1915-1918, as a missionary in England, as a faculty member and administrator at Brigham Young University from 1927, and on later work at a university in Java. Includes transcript and sound recording.

Dates: 1980

Oral history interview with Glen B. Miner

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2988
Scope and Contents

Typescript of an interview taken from the included cassette sound tape. The interview was conducted by Caroline E. Miner on March 19, 1984 for the Joint Oral History Program of the Brigham Young University Archives and the BYU Alumni Association Emeritus Club. Miner talks about growing up in Fairview, Utah, attending Brigham Young University, and his various teaching assignments.

Dates: 1984 March 19

Oral history interview with Gloria D. Jenson

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231023893]
Identifier: MSS 6816
Scope and Contents

Oral history interview with Gloria Dawn Jensen for the Brigham Young University Alumni Emeritus Club, interviewed by David F. Boone on April 10, 1978. Gloria Jensen talks briefly about herself, her college experience in Library Science and career. Includes a rough draft, original transcript, and bound copy of the interview.

Dates: 1978

Oral history interview with H. Alvah Fitzgerald

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA OH 124
Scope and Contents

Interview by Oliver Smith with H. Alvah Fitzgerald recounting his education and experiences teaching seminary and religion at Brigham Young University. Includes transcript and sound recording.

Dates: 1984

Oral history interview with H. Carleton Marlow

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS OH 904
Scope and Contents

Interview conducted by Richard Poll as part of the Brigham Young University Archives Joint Oral History Project by the Brigham Young University Alumni Association Emeritus Club on September 14, 1988. Marlow describes why he chose to teach history at BYU. He gives an account of his employment with the History Department and describes different aspects of his career including his involvement in the Study Abroad Program.

Dates: 1988

Oral history interview with Harold Anderson

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA OH 120
Scope and Contents

Interview by John Quist with Harold Anderson concerning his early life, education at Brigham Young University, employment, and subsequent recruitment by President Wilkinson. Largely deals with his role as Director of Planning and Physical Facilities at BYU. Includes transcript and sound recording.

Dates: 1984

Oral history interview with Harold J. Bissell

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA OH 131
Scope and Contents

Interview by Arthur Chapman with Harold J. Bissell, who recounts his education at BYU and Iowa, and his teaching experiences and thoughts about BYU.

Dates: 1984

Oral history interview with Henry J. Nicholes

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA OH 161
Scope and Contents

Four typescripts of the included cassette sound tapes. The interview was conducted by Arthur R. Watkins from the Joint Oral History Project of Brigham Young University. Nicholes talks about his childhood in St. George, his educational background, his career as a teacher at Brigham Young University, his two marriages, and his spiritual feelings.

Dates: 1991

Oral history interview with Herbert H. Frost

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA OH 137
Scope and Contents

Inteview by Arthur Chapman concerning his student experiences, war experiences, and graduate education and subsequent appointment as professor of Zoology at Brigham Young University.

Dates: 1983

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Danish Americans -- Utah -- History 1
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Railroads -- Utah -- Orem 1
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Spanish language -- Study and teaching 1
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 1
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