G. Gardner Snow papers
Scope and Contents
Includes Snow's work with Knapp, and the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT). Also includes notes and syllabi for the graduate classes he taught at BYU, and collected materials on media.
Dates
- 1965-1982
Creator
- Snow, G. Gardner, 1928-1983 (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 G. Gardner Snow paperse must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical History
G. Gardner Snow joined the Brigham Young University faculty in 1969. An associate professor in the Department of Secondary Education, Snow was noted for his exceptional work in the area of media services. He was instrumental in designing and creating public school libraries and media centers, such as the one at Farrer Junior High School in Provo, Utah. Snow completed his doctoral work at Michigan State University in 1969. He held elected positions in many professional organizations including the Utah Congress of the PTA, the Association for Educational Communications and Technology, and the Utah State Media Association. Snow died at the age of 55 in 1983.
Extent
8 boxes (4 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Arranged into nine series: 1. G. Gardner Snow correspondence, undated; 2. G. Gardner Snow AECT files, 1979-1981; 3. G. Gardner Snow Knapp files, 1965-1967; 4. G. Gardner Snow media materials, 1967; 5. G. Gardner Snow research and publications, 1968-1980; 6. G. Gardner Snow UEMA files, 1970-1981; 7. G. Gardner Snow University work, 1970-1982; 8. G. Gardner Snow miscellaneous files, undated; and 9. G. Gardner Snow audio materials, undated.
Other Finding Aids
File-level inventory available online. http://files.lib.byu.edu/ead/XML/UA712.xml
Custodial History
Transferred to the University Archives in the 1980s.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred; 1980s.
Appraisal
University history (University Archives collecting policy, February 2010).
Processing Information
Processed; University Archives; ca. 1983.
- Title
- Register of G. Gardner Snow papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- University Archives
- Date
- approximately 1983
- 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.
- Sponsor
- Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo UT 84602 US