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 2 Collections and/or 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
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