John Goddard papers
Scope and Contents
Contains manuscripts, typescripts, transcripts, correspondence, photocopies, magazines, diary, and papers. Handwritten diaries, magazine articles, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and pamphlets. The diaries include accounts of Goddard's Congo expedition in 1956, his Nile expedition in 1951, and his South American expedition in 1962. The correspondence are between Goddard and his family relating his various activities.
Dates
- 1950-1986
Creator
- Goddard, John, 1926- (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 John Goddard papers must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical History
Goddard is an LDS anthropologist, explorer, and public speaker from the 1950s - 1990s.
Extent
1 oversize box (2 linear ft.)
3 boxes (1.5 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Other Finding Aids
Inventory available in repository.
Other Finding Aids
File-level inventory available online. http://files.lib.byu.edu/ead/XML/MSS1956.xml
Custodial History
Created by Goddard, donated to BYU between 1975-1990. Revised and reprocessed September 14, 2001 by Cory Clement and Brad Westwood.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated; Jon Goddard; 1975.
Appraisal
Utah and the American West and LDS cultural, social, and religious history (20th century Western & Mormon Manuscripts collection development policy, 5.VII, 2007).
- Anthropologists
- Anthropology
- Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
- Congo River -- Description and travel
- Correspondence
- Diaries
- Explorers -- United States -- History
- Goddard, John, 1926- -- Diaries
- Letters
- Material Types
- Newspapers
- Nile River -- Description and travel
- South America -- Description and travel
- Title
- Register of John Goddard papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Garrett Schroath
- Date
- 2011 April 29
- 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 Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States