Victor Purdy teaching materials, 2003, 1966-1993
Scope and Contents
Contains syllabi, course packs, notes and student papers. Three classes are prominently represented; they are LIS 513 selection and acquisition of materials, LIS 540 communication and information use among scholars and scientists, and LIS 696 library operations research. Prior to 1986, LIS 696 was a research seminar without a specific focus. After 1986, the course focused on collection assessment and became library operations research. Other courses present are LIS 549/614 literature of Mormonism, LIS 594 introduction to archival science, LIS 694 independent research, and Religion 231. Dates range from the late 1960's to the school's closing in 1993. The series also contains a report about the Salt Lake City Library prior to the new building opened in 2003.
Dates
- 2003
- 1966-1993
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
Open for public research.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsiblilty of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to pbulish material from the Victor Purdy papers must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical history
Victor Purdy (1926-2012) was a librarian and teacher at Brigham Young University.
Victor Purdy was born on March 4, 1926 to Victor William Purdy and Rhina Anna Steins Purdy. After growing up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Purdy served in the United States Navy during World War II. Following the war, Purdy served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to the North Central States Mission from 1948 to 1950. He attended University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, St. John's College at Annapolis, Md., and finally received his undergraduate degree at Brigham Young University in 1952. Purdy later received a master's degree in library science from Columbia University in 1957 and worked on his PhD at both the University of Wisconsin at Madison and the University of Utah.
Purdy worked at the Fresno State College Library from 1953 to 1954, when he started working at the Brigham Young University library. In 1966 he began to teach at BYU's School of Library and Information Sciences, where he worked until that department closed in 1993. He also taught various classes for the Department of History and Department of Church History and Doctrine.
Purdy married Alice Mary Thalman in 1951. Together they had three daughters and one son. Alice died in in 1996 and in 2002 Purdy married Deanne Moore Craig. Purdy died on April 9, 2002.
Extent
5 cartons
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Parts of the collection as received were boxes of loose leaf papers, many of which appeared to be LIS 513 class syllabi. One box of hanging folders completley empty but the labels indicate they held LIS 513 syllabi in the 1970's. No effort was made to reconstitute their order only to collect like materials.
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States