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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 35 Collections and/or Records:

Oral history interview with Frank W. Fox

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS OH 895
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 16, 1988. Fox 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 the writing of his books on the history of BYU and on J. Reuben Clark, Jr.

Dates: 1988

Oral history interview with Fred R. Gowans

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA OH 151
Scope and Contents 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 22, 1988. Gowans describes why he chose to teach history at BYU. He gives an account of his employment with the BYU History Department and discusses different aspects of his career including research on a biography on Andrew Henry and a small book on the contributions of the Warren A. Ferris outline of...
Dates: 1988 September 22

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 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 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 J. Morris Richards

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA OH 173
Scope and Contents

Interview conducted as part of the Brigham Young University Archives Joint Oral History Project of the Brigham Young University Alumni Association Emeritus Club. Richards, who was born in 1906, tells about being raised in Arizona and his teaching career at Brigham Young University. Includes transcripts and sound recording.

Dates: 1992

Oral history interview with James B. Allen

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA OH 157
Scope and Contents 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 26, 1988 and April 10, 1989. Allen describes why he chose to teach history at BYU. He gives an account of his employment with the BYU History Department, discusses different aspects of his career, and describes his contributions to the History Department and the University. Includes sound recording and...
Dates: 1988-1989

Oral history interview with John W. Van Cott

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2997
Scope and Contents

Typescript of an interview taken from the included audiocassettes. Van Cott was interviewed by Arthur Chapman on August 1, 1984 for the Joint Oral History Program of the Brigham Young University Archives and the BYU Alumni Association Emeritus Club. Van Cott talks about his youth and education. He also describes his experiences at Brigham Young University.

Dates: 1984

Oral history interview with Marian Ashby Johnson

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA OH 156
Scope and Contents

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 October 24, 1988. Johnson describes why she chose to teach history at BYU. She gives an account of her employment with the BYU History department and discusses different aspects of her career including her love affair with the Renaissance. Includes transcripts and sound recording.

Dates: 1988

Oral history interview with Mariel Budd

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS OH 893
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 April 8, 1989. Budd describes how and why she came to work in the BYU History Department. She gives an acount of her employment with the BYU History Department and describes different aspects of her career including her involvement in the American History Program, Phi Alpha Theta, and the Family History...
Dates: 1989

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