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Tyler, S. Lyman (Samuel Lyman), 1920-1998

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1920 - 1998

Biographical History

S. Lyman Tyler (1920-1998) was director of libraries at Brigham Young University, historian, author, and advisor to the University of Utah's Center for Studies of the American West and Brigham Young University's Charles Redd Western History Center.

Citation:
Indian affairs, 1964: title page (S. Lyman Tyler)

An approach to the historiography of the American West, 1978: title page (Samuel Lyman Tyler)

Information from 678 converted Dec. 17, 2014 (Ph.D.)

Deseret News, issue of Sept. 1, 1998, via WWW, viewed Jan. 13, 2015 (S. Lyman Tyler, born March 27, 1920, Attica, Arkansas; died Aug. 31, 1998, Salt Lake City; Ph.D. in History from University of Utah; Director of Libraries for Brigham Young University; history professor at BYU and University of Utah; Director of American West Center; scholar of American Indiah history) http://www.deseretnews.com/article/649730/Death--S-Lyman-Tyler.html?pg=all

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Harold B. Lee Library records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 549
Scope and Contents

Includes files of the various departments within the library. Contains correspondence, reports, newsclippings, publications, statistics and minutes. Also includes information concerning the J. Reuben Clark, Jr. Library and Brigham Young University Library.

Dates: 1954-1976
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Harold B. Lee Library records

Institute of American Indian Services and Research records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 623
Scope and Contents

Contains office information, financial files, correspondence, missionary files, project files, personal files, and other miscellaneous materials associated with the collection.

Dates: 1956-1978
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Institute of American Indian Services and Research records

S. Lyman Tyler correspondence

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 2316
Scope and Contents

Typewritten and handwritten correspondence, brochures, and galley proofs for publications. The correspondence is chiefly with Fred A. Rosenstock of Denver, Colorado and deal with matters relating to the purchasing of rare books. The brochures and galley proofs relate to rare books that were being offered for sale by various dealers.

Dates: 1956-1973
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / S. Lyman Tyler correspondence

S. Lyman Tyler papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA 614
Scope and Contents Contains correspondence (1952-1976), notes, research files and newsclippings, as well as drafts of books, articles and addresses by Tyler. Also found within this collection are assorted reports, budgets, minutes of meetings and correspondence of agencies and committees on which Tyler served. These agencies and committees include the Sons of the Utah Pioneers, the BYU Library, Utah Historical Society, the BYU Institute of American Indian Studies, the University of Utah Division of...
Dates: approximately 1949-1979
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / S. Lyman Tyler papers

S. Lyman Tyler photographs of libraries

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232560802]
Identifier: UA 5409
Scope and Contents

Contains photographs of the Brigham Young University library and university libraries. Materials date from 1982.

Dates: 1982
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / S. Lyman Tyler photographs of libraries

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