Administrative Council records
Scope and Contents
Contains correspondence concerning accreditation, Administrative Council, colleges and departments, committees, divisions and schools, faculty, foundations and scholarships, Mormon studies, university presidents, deans of colleges, and administrative directors. Also includes individual academic unit reports.
Dates
- 1966-1974
Creator
- Brigham Young University. Administrative Council (creator, Organization)
- Thomas, Robert K. (Robert Kedzie), 1918-1998 (contributor, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Restricted. Closed for 70 years from the end date of the administration, 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 use material from this collection must be obtained from Reference Services at specialcollections@byu.edu.
Biographical History
Robert K. Thomas (1918-1998) was a college professor and administrator in Utah. He started at Brigham Young University in 1951 as a faculty member of the English Department and Establishing Director of the Honors Program. In 1966 he was named Assistant Academic Vice-President to Earl C. Crocket, then Academic Vice President to Ernest L. Wilkinson a year later. He also served as a commissioner of the Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. In 1980, Dr. Thomas served as a special assistant to Jeffrey R. Holland until his retirement in 1983.
Extent
56 boxes (28 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Arranged in 37 series: 1. Robert K. Thomas accreditation files, 1968; 2. Robert K. Thomas Administrative Council files, 1968-1969; 3. Robert K. Thomas college and department files, 1966-1969; 4. Robert K. Thomas committee files, 1964-1969; 5. Robert K. Thomas Coordinating Council on Higher Education files, 1968-1969; 6. Robert K. Thomas correspondence, 1968; 7. Robert K. Thomas division and school files, 1966-1969; 8. Robert K. Thomas faculty files, 1962-1969; 9. Robert K. Thomas foundation and scholarship files, 1964-1969; 10. Robert K. Thomas miscellaneous files, 1958-1969; 11. Robert K. Thomas Mormon Studies files, 1968; 12. Robert K. Thomas Northwest Association of Secondary and Higher Schools files, 1968-1969; 13. Ernest Wilkinson correspondence and minutes, 1962-1969; 14. Robert K. Thomas Relief Society books, 1967-1968; 15. Robert K. Thomas seminary and institute files, 1968; 16. Robert K. Thomas student recruitment files, 1966; 17. Robert K. Thomas summer school files, 1962-1967; 18. Robert K. Thomas University resources files, 1966-1967; 19. Robert K. Thomas United Funds files, 1965-1967; 20. Robert K. Thomas Administrative Council files, 1960-1967; 21. Robert K. Thomas college and department files, 1966-1968; 22. Robert K. Thomas division and school files, 1966-1968; 23. Robert K. Thomas miscellaneous files, 1966; 24. Robert K. Thomas Administrative Council files, 1968-1970; 25. Robert K. Thomas deans of colleges files, 1968-1970; 26. Robert K. Thomas miscellaneous department and subject files, 1968-1970; 27. Robert K. Thomas meeting minutes, 1967-1969; 28. Robert K. Thomas general correspondence, 1968-1970; 29. Robert K. Thomas personal correspondence with President Wilkinson, 1967-1970; 30. Robert K. Thomas deans of colleges and administrative directors files, 1969-1971; 31. Robert K. Thomas personal correspondence with President Wilkinson, 1969-1971; 32. Robert K. Thomas deans of colleges and administrative directors files, 1970-1972; 33. Robert K. Thomas miscellaneous department and subject files, 1969-1971; 34. Robert K. Thomas correspondence files, 1969-1972; 35. Robert K. Thomas correspondence with Dallin H. Oaks, 1971-1972; 36. Robert K. Thomas correspondence files, 1971-1972; and 37. Robert K. Thomas deans of colleges and administrative directors files, 1970-1974.
Other Finding Aids
A more detailed finding aid is available in print in the repository.
Other Finding Aids
File-level inventory available online. http://files.lib.byu.edu/ead/XML/UA914.xml
Custodial History
Transferred to the University Archives.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred.
Appraisal
Office files (University Archives collecting policy, July 2003).
General
Former title: Robert K. Thomas Administrative Council records
Processing Information
Processed; University Archivist; 2006.
- Brigham Young University -- Faculty
- Brigham Young University -- Administration -- Administration
- Colleges and Universities
- Education
- Letters
- Reports
- Title
- Register of the Administrative Council records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- University Archivist
- Date
- 2006
- 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
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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