Brigham Young University. Center for Family & Community History
Dates
- Existence: 1985 - 1990
Biography
The Center for Family & Community History (1985-1990) was a research institute at Brigham Young University. It was responsible for coordinating genealogical academic programs, as well as conducting research and promoting family history work.
Citation:
Community history series ; no. 86-A. Walden, D.M. Protestant and Catholic churches of Provo, 1986: CIP t.p. (Center for Family & Community History, Brigham Young University) t.p. verso (copyr. Center for Family and Community History, Brigham Young University)Brigham Young University Organizational History Project, via WWW, August 11, 2023 (Center for Family and Community History, Family and Community History Center; est. 1985; previously named Center for Family and Local History; part of the College of Family, Home, and Social Science, and associated with the Department of History; coordinating genealogical instruction, conducted research on community history, organized conferences to promote family history work; abolished 1990)
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Center for Family & Community History administrative records, 1973-1990
Contains administrative records, mostly created by G. Wesley Johnson, including notes, lists, clippings, reports, and other records, particularly dealing with the opening of the Center for Family & Community History and the development of the family history curriculum. Dated 1973 to 1990.
Center for Family & Community History oral history project records, 1981-1988
Contains materials on conducting oral histories, such as interviewing forms, interview lists, tape index forms, release forms, guidelines, tips, sample questions, oral history bibliographies, and some class records and notes by G. Wesley Johnson. Dated 1981 to 1988.