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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 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

Oral history interview with Marjorie M. Emery

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA OH 169
Scope and Contents

Transcripts of oral history conducted as part of the Brigham Young University Archives Joint Oral History Project of the Brigham Young University Alumni Association Emeritus Club. Emery tells about attending Brigham Young University, her marriages to Wayne L. Reeve and Wesley F. Emery, her Relief Society callings, her missions to Ireland and to the Liberty Jail Visitors Center, and about living in Kansas and Salt Lake City, Utah.

Dates: 1992

Oral history interview with Mark K. Allen

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA OH 128
Scope and Contents

Interview by Karl Young with Mark K. Allen concerning his early life, family, grandfather, time as a student at Brigham Young University, education, and experiences at BYU as a professor and counselor. Includes transcript and sound recording.

Dates: 1984

Oral history interview with Mary Stovall Richards

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA OH 154
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. Stovall describes why she chose to teach history at BYU. She gives an account of her employment with the BYU History Department and discusses different aspectsof her career including her special interest in examining the impact of the Civil War on white southern families.

Dates: 1988

Oral history interview with Milton Farrell Hartvigsen

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA OH 136
Scope and Contents

Interview by Alma Heaton with Milton Hartvigsen concerning his childhood in Idaho, education, administrative duties at Brigham Young University, and Church service. Also includes talks, testimony, and professional resume. Includes transcript and sound recordings.

Dates: 1983

Oral history interview with N. La Verl Christensen

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233274361]
Identifier: UA OH 162
Scope and Contents

One bound and one unbound oral history. The interview was conducted by Hollis Scott from The Joint Oral History Project of Brigham Young University. Christensen talks about his educational background, his professional affiliation with various local newspapers in Provo, and his spiritual experiences.

Dates: 1984-1987

Oral history interview with N. La Verl Christensen

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197225524229]
Identifier: MSS 2970
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1984 November 22

Oral history interview with Neil Longley York

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA OH 150
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 19, 1988. York 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 hiscareer and his interests in American diplomatic history, the Early American period, and the history of science and technology.

Dates: 1988 October 19

Oral history interview with Nell C. Partridge

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA OH 108
Scope and Contents

Interview by Helen Stark with Nell Partridge, discussing her early life in Farmington, Utah; her education, career, travels, marriage and children. Includes transcript and sound recording.

Dates: 1981

Oral history interview with Norman Edgar Wright

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA OH 148
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. Wright 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 his involvement with the Center for Family History and the publication of his ten books.

Dates: 1988

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