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Peterson, Stanley A.

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1938-

Biographical History

Stanley A. Peterson (born 1938) was an educational administrator in Utah.

Stanley Arthur Peterson was born on April 20, 1938 in Sacramento, California to Oscar Henry Peterson and Bessie Viola Steinagel. He earned his bachelor's degree from Brigham Young University in 1960, and then returned to California to earn a master's degree at California State University, Los Angeles in 1964. After graduation he worked for the Church Educational System at the University of Southern California before being recruited by Ernest L. Wilkinson to run the BYU-California Center. Two years later he moved to Utah to become the associate dean, and then dean of the university's Continuing Education Division.

In 1976, Peterson was appointed by Church Commission of Education Jeffrey R. Holland to serve as the associate commissioner for religious education, and elementary and secondary education. He served in this position until his retirement from the Church Educational System in 2001.

Citation:
Brigham Young University Division of Continuing Education records, 1921-1988 (Stanley A. Peterson)

Religious Studies Center website, via WWW, Apr. 1, 2014 (Stanley A. Peterson; administrator of religious education and elementary and secondary education, Church Educational System; had been at the University of Southern California; recruited to BYU by Ernest Wilkinson; served as dean of continuing education for six years; moved to CES when Jeffrey Holland became commissioner of church education; released 2001)

Ancestry.com, via WWW, Apr. 1, 2014 (Stanley A. Peterson; b. Apr. 20, 1938)

Brigham Young High School website, via WWW, Apr. 1, 2014 (Stanley A. Peterson; graduated from BY High in 1955)

UPB files, Apr. 1, 2014 (Stanley A. Peterson; Stanley Arthur Peterson; b. in Sacramento, Calif.; parents: Oscar Henry Peterson and Bessie Viola Steinagel; m. Anna Marie Josephson Peterson, four children; bachelor's degree, Brigham Young University, 1960; master's degree, California State University, Los Angeles, 1964; worked two years as chairman of the BYU-California Center; served as a bishop in Calif. and at BYU)

Found in 104 Collections and/or Records:

Home Study Department meeting minutes, 1955-1969

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 547 Series 12 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents note

Materials contain administrative files, including meeting minutes, workshop notes and minutes, conference materials, and other records. Dated from 1955 to 1969.

Dates: 1955-1969

Home Study Department records, 1936-1973

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 547 Series 12
Scope and Contents

Materials contain progress reports, statistics, meeting minutes, correspondences, administrative files such as catalogs, exams, lessons, handbooks, policies, prison inmate applications and samples and requests from the Home Study Department. Dated from 1936 to 1973.

Dates: 1936-1973

Home Study Department reports, 1936-1973

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 547 Series 12 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents note

Materials contain progress reports, annual, statistical, and quarterly reports, annual reports to the President, inventories, and other records. Dated from 1936 to 1973.

Dates: 1936-1973

Home Study Department samples and requests, 1957-1965

 Sub-Series — Box M 1: Series 12 [Barcode: 31197231218675], Folder: 1-7
Identifier: UA 547 Series 12 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents note

Materials contain a sampling of Home Study student's problems and requests reflecting policy and procedure, correspondence, prison inmate applications, and other records. Dated from 1957 to 1965.

Dates: 1957-1965

Latin American program records on Bolivia, 1970-1980

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 547 Series 20 Sub-Series 7 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents note

Materials contain administrative files on Bolivian literacy projects (progress reports, tutorial manuals, financial records, correspondence), Bolivian health studies and other records. Dated from 1970 to 1980.

Dates: 1970-1980

Latin American program records on Guatemala, 1973-1982

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 547 Series 20 Sub-Series 7 Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents note

Materials contain administrative files on literacy projects, correspondence, reports, and Project Guatemala legal papers, final reports, insurance, and general records. Dated from 1973 to 1982.

Dates: 1973-1982

Latin American program records on Mexico, 1971-1979

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 547 Series 20 Sub-Series 7 Sub-Series 5
Scope and Contents note

Materials contain project Mexico files, including news clippings, proposals, participant lists and photos, correspondence, meeting files, ESL files, Mexican Education Week files, and other records. Dated from 1971 to 1979.

Dates: 1971-1979

Latin American Women lesson enrichment records, 1971-1978

 Sub-Series — Box Addendum 20: Series 20 [Barcode: 31197233264131], Folder: 3-5
Identifier: UA 547 Series 20 Sub-Series 7 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents note

Materials contain women lesson enrichment general records. Dated from 1971 to 1978.

Dates: 1971-1978

Los Angeles Center classes and offerings records, 1960-1966

 Sub-Series — Box Q 3: Series 16 [Barcode: 31197231219459], Folder: 10-34
Identifier: UA 547 Series 16 Sub-Series 5
Scope and Contents note

Materials contain administrative files, including correspondence and memos, enrollment, outlines, notes and handouts, and other records. Dated from 1960 to 1966.

Dates: 1960-1966

Los Angeles Center financial reports and statistics, 1959-1965

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 547 Series 16 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents note

Materials contain administrative files, including correspondence and memos, meeting minutes, reports, financial information, and other records. Dated from 1959 to 1965.

Dates: 1959-1965