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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 87 Collections and/or Records:

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

Oral history interview with Irene Osmond Spears

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA OH 36
Scope and Contents

Interview by Alonzo Morley with Irene Osmond Spears concerning her experiences as a student at Brigham Young University, as a graduate student at Stanford and in Europe, her marriage and family, and her experience as a professor at BYU. Includes transcript and sound recording.

Dates: 1979 December 18

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 J. Roman Andrus

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA OH 37
Scope and Contents

Interview by Leonard Arrington with J. Roman Andrus concerning his childhood, art education, teaching experiences at BYU, and thoughts on the art world and the destiny of BYU. Includes transcript and sound recording.

Dates: 1980

Oral history interview with J. Smith Jacobs

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA OH 168
Scope and Contents

Typescripts of an oral history conducted as part of the Brigham Young University Archives Joint Oral History Project of the Brigham Young University Alumni Association Emeritus Club. Jacobs tells about attending Brigham Young University from 1928 to 1930 and gives his impressions of the university presidents, Enest L. Wilkinson and Franklin S. Harris.

Dates: 1993

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

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