College of Family Living records
Scope and Contents
Contains administrative, departmental, and historical records for the College of Family Living. The collection includes publicity materials, self-evaluation reports, meeting minutes, faculty and department information, correspondence, materials outlining the history of the college, and records from the Department of Child and Family Relations, 1954-1990.
Dates
- 1954-1990
Creator
- Brigham Young University. College of Family Living (creator, Organization)
- Cutler, Virginia F., 1905-1993 (contributor, Person)
- Porter, Blaine R. (contributor, Person)
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 the College of Family Living records must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Administrative History
The College of Family Living was organized to prepare students for homemaking, professions relating to homemaking, and to strengthen and enrich family life within their communities. The College changed its name from the College of Applied Science in 1954 and then became the College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences in 1981. The College of Family Living was the administering body for the following departments: Clothing and Textiles, Economics and Management of the Home, Food and Nutrition, Homemaking Education, Housing Design, Human Development and Family Relationships, Housing and Home Management, Family Life Education, Child Development and Family Relationships, Home Economics Education, Environmental Design, Family Economics and Home Management, Food Science and Nutrition, Interior Design, Family Studies, Interior Environment, and Family Resource Management. The college was administered by a director during its first year of operation and the a dean under the direction of the university president in the following years.
Extent
18 boxes (9 linear ft.)
5 cartons (5 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Maintained in original order, but intellectually arranged into six series: 1. Administrative records, 1954-1990. 2. Publicity records, 1952-1956. 3. Meeting minutes, 1961-1966, 1970-1978. 4. Correspondence, 1954-1966. 5. College history records, 1955-1977. 6. Department of Child Development and Family Relations records, 1960-1972.
Other Finding Aids
File-level inventory available online. http://files.lib.byu.edu/ead/XML/UA309.xml
Custodial History
Transferred from Records Management in October 2010.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred; Records Management; October 2010.
Appraisal
Departmental records (University Archives collecting policy, July 2003).
Processing Information
Processed; Elizabeth West; October 2010.
- Title
- Register of the College of Family Living records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Elizabeth West
- Date
- 2010 October 28
- 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. University Archives Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo UT 84602 US