Clayton M. Christensen collection of Boston Mormon oral histories
Scope and Contents
Contains audiocassettes, transcripts and digital copies of interviews with members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in New England. Interviews are related to the history of the Church in Boston, Massachusetts. Dated 1997-2015.
Dates
- 1997-2015
Creator
- Christensen, Clayton M. (1952 April 6-2020) (collector, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for public research.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Clayton M. Christensen collection of Boston Mormon oral histories must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Coordinating Committee.
Biographical History
Clayton M. Christensen (1952-2020) was an American academic, businessman, and author.
Clayton M. Christensen was born April 6, 1952 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He began his academic career when he obtained a B.A. in economics from Brigham Young University in 1975. He continued this career when he obtained a masters in philosophy, applied econometrics from Oxford University in 1977, and an MBA and DBA from Harvard Business School in 1992. Starting in 1992, he was a member of the faculty at Harvard Business School.
As a businessman, Christensen has worked for Boston Consulting Group; was the chairman and President of Ceramics Process Systems Corporation; founder of Innosight LLC; co-founder of Rose Park Advisors LLC; on the Board of Directors of Tata Consultancy Services, Franklin Covey, and Vanu, Inc. Christensen is an author who is best known for "The Innovator's Dilemma." He was a resident of Belmont, Massachusetts, and is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Clayton passed away on January 23, 2020, in Boston, Massachusetts.
Extent
9 boxes (4.5 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
Donated by Karen Haglund, a representative of the Boston Stake, in 2011.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated; Karen Haglund; 2011.
Appraisal
LDS scholarship and historiography (20th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts collection development policy 5.V, August 2007.)
These tapes were compiled for the purpose of compiling a book, called For All the Saints, and concentrate on life in Boston for Latter-day Saints.
Processing Information
Processed; Kelsey Samuelsen, student manuscript processor, and John M. Murphy, curator; 2012.
Updated to be DACS compliant; Margaret Weddle, student manuscript processor, and John M. Murphy, curator; 2014.
Updated with series arrangement; Elizabeth Kane, student manuscript processor, and John M. Murphy, curator; 2017.
- Title
- Register of Clayton M. Christensen collection of Boston Mormon oral histories
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Kelsey Samuelsen, student manuscripts processor, and John M. Murphy, curator.
- Date
- 2012 October 22
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States