Department of History records
Scope and Contents
Contains meeting minutes, correspondence, budgets, faculty files, oral histories, historical files, and proposals related to the department. Includes information on faculty-student relations, faculty tenure and advancement, the history of the department, and departmental goals. Also includes biographical research on the life of J. Reuben Clark. Materials date from between 1960 and 1991.
Dates
- 1960-1991
Creator
- Brigham Young University. Department of History (creator, Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Restricted. Closed for 35 years from the date of creation of the records, and thereafter open to the public in accordance with the University Archives Policy.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Department of History records must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Administrative History
The Department of History is an instructional unit at Brigham Young University.
The Department of History was established in 1921 as part of the College of Arts and Sciences, and was later transferred to College of Humanities and Social Sciences (1954), the College of Social Sciences (1965), and College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences (1981). It is responsible for providing instruction in history, including American and world history topics. Department chairs have included Christen Jensen (1921-1923, 1929-1948), William Snow (1924-1928), Russel B. Swensen (1949-1955), Richard D. Poll (1955-1958), Eugene E. Campbell (1958-1959, 1960-1968), De Lamar Jensen (1968-1973), Ted J. Warner (1973-1982), James B. Allen (1982-1987), Paul B. Pixton (1987-1994), Kendall W. Brown (1994-2000), Frank W. Fox (2000-2003), Neil L. York (2003-2006), Arnold H. Green (2006-2008), Shawn W. Miller (2008-2010), and Donald Harreld (2010- ).
Extent
28 boxes (14 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Other Finding Aids
File-level inventory available online. http://files.lib.byu.edu/ead/XML/UA1113.xml
Custodial History
Transfer from Records Management, July 2004.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred; Records Management; 2004.
Appraisal
Departmental records (University Archives collecting policy, July 2003).
- Brigham Young University -- Faculty -- Interviews
- Brigham Young University -- Alumni and alumnae -- History
- Brigham Young University. Department of History
- Colleges and Universities
- Education
- Letters
- Oral histories
- Photographs
- Provo (Utah)
- Reports
- Title
- Register of Department of History records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Garrett Schroath
- Date
- 2011 November 2
- 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.
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Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo UT 84602 US