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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 Ruth Louise Partridge

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA OH 40
Scope and Contents

Interview by Leonard R. Grover with Ruth Partridge, nurse, writer and housewife, concerning her life, schooling, residence and labors in Provo, Utah. Also discusses her father, Ernest D. Partridge, and his teaching experiences at Brigham Young Academy and University. Includes transcript and sound recording.

Dates: 1980

Oral history interview with Sam F. Brewster

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA OH 118
Scope and Contents

Interview by John Quist with Sam Brewster who speaks about his recruitment by Ernest Wilkinson, and his experiences and administration as director of the BYU Physical Plant. Includes sound recordings and transcript.

Dates: 1983

Oral history interview with Stephen L. Alley

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2990
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1984

Oral history interview with Ted J. Warner

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS OH 902
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 1, 1988. Warner 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 years as Department Chairman, his involvement in the Study Abroad Program, and his involvement in the Home Study...
Dates: 1988

Oral history interview with Thomas E. Cheney

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA OH 46
Scope and Contents

Interview by J. Roman Andrus with Tom Cheney, Brigham Young University English professor, concerning his teaching experience, his relationship with the faculty and administration, and his paper concerning African Americans and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and subsequent controversy. Includes sound recording and transcript.

Dates: 1979

Oral history interview with V. Robert Westover

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA OH 165
Scope and Contents

Transcripts of 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 October 19, 1988. Westover 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 especially teaching and counselling in the high schools on the Navajo reservation.

Dates: 1988

Oral history interview with Vasco M. Tanner

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA OH 135
Scope and Contents

Interview by Mark K. Allen with Vasco M. Tanner, who recounts his childhood in Idaho, his interest in Zoology, his education at Stanford, and teaching experiences while at Brigham Young University. Also speaks about several BYU presidents, academic freedom issues, and family accomplishments.

Dates: 1981

Oral history interview with Vasco M. Tanner

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231028876]
Identifier: MSS 6743
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1975 August 12

Oral history interview with Violet J. Brown

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA OH 74
Scope and Contents

Interview by Helen Stark with Violet Brown, educator, discussing her early life in Alpine, Santaquin, and Provo, Utah. Also discusses her education, travels, and marriage.

Dates: 1981

Oral history interview with W. Derby Laws

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2967
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1985 July 14

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