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Church Educational System (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints). Department of Seminaries and Institutes of Religion

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1970?-

Administrative History

The Department of Seminaries and Institutes is an administrative unit within the Church Educational System. It is responsible for the seminary and institute religious education programs in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Citation:
nuc86-90489: Presidentes de la Iglesia, 1981 (hdg. on UU rept.: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Church Educational System. Dept. of Seminaries and Institutes of Religion; usage: Departamento de Seminarios e Institutos de Religión)

notfound: The quest [SR] p1977: label (Department of Seminaries and Institutes of Religion/The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Administrative history of the Church Educational System (CES), 1888-1994

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230333111]
Identifier: MSS 2373
Scope and Contents Describes the origins, organization, and history of both religious and secular education within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The purpose of the work was to help archivists place in historical context, corporate papers entering the Church Historical Department (Salt Lake City, Utah). The paper discusses administrative changes and developments in centralized education including: a board of education, a board of examiners, the office of superintendent and later commissioner...
Dates: 1995
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Administrative history of the Church Educational System (CES), 1888-1994

Autobiography and biography of Thomas Jarvis Yates

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231023646]
Identifier: MSS 6831
Abstract

A photocopy of a family history and autograph book of Thomas Jarvis Yates and his descendants, 1987.

Dates: 1989
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Autobiography and biography of Thomas Jarvis Yates

J. Wyley Sessions papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA 156
Scope and Contents Collection includes handwritten and typewritten correspondence, newsclippings (photocopies), financial reports and budgets, certificates, documents, poems, articles and speeches concerning his education, career, Church assignments, business pursuits, genealogy and personal and family history. Also includes three reel-to-reel audio tapes with memoirs and advice to posterity. Considering the extent, variety and significance of J. Wyley Sessions' activities and vocations the collection is very...
Dates: 1885-1977
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / J. Wyley Sessions papers

J. Wyley Sessions photographs

 Collection — Folder 3: [Barcode: 31197239236802]
Identifier: UA 5410
Scope and Contents

Contains photographs of Sessions' family, his mission to South Africa, and his activities with institutes of religions. Materials date from between about 1919 and 1970.

Dates: approximately 1919-1970
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / J. Wyley Sessions photographs

Unified Church School System records

 Collection — Box 10: [Barcode: 31197231023182]
Identifier: UA 535
Scope and Contents

Includes reports, charts, correspondence and publications of the various schools and units under the Unified Church School System. Only a few of the records apply to Brigham Young University.

Dates: 1939-1965
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Unified Church School System records

Bryan Winward mission journal

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197227616783]
Identifier: MSS 3196
Scope and Contents

Collection includes photocopies of the journal written by Bryan Winward during his mission to Tonga between 1916 and 1919. Also includes photocopies of photographs from the period.

Dates: 1916-1919
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Bryan Winward mission journal

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