Dallin H. Oaks personal papers
Scope and Contents
Contains the personal papers of Oaks from prior to his call as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It includes personal correspondence, research files, legal files, material on various associations that Oaks was active in, material related to his service as a Regional Representative for the Church, and materials from Oaks' academic career as a law student and a law professor.
Dates
- 1956-1981
Creator
- Oaks, Dallin H. (creator, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Donor restricted. Permission to use materials must be obtained in writing from the donor, his surviving spouse, or his executor, administrator, or trustee if the donor is deceased, or to scholars at the Ph.D. level with the written permission of the current president of the university.
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
Dallin H. Oaks (1932- ) a native of Provo, Utah, served as president of Brigham Young University, a Utah Supreme Court justice, and apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Dallin H. Oaks was born on August 12, 1932 in Provo, Utah. Dallin H. Oaks was married on June 24, 1952 to June Dixon. They had six children. June passed away in July 1998 of cancer. Oaks remarried on August 25, 2000 to Kristen Meredith McMain. Oaks graduated from Brigham Young University in 1954 with a degree in accounting. He went on to graduate from the University of Chicago Law School in 1957. He practiced law and taught law in Chicago, including working on the University of Chicago Law faculty in 1961.
He was nominated president of Brigham Young University and served from 1971 to 1980. Following his presidency he served as a justice of the Utah Supreme Court from 1980 until 1984. Upon his resignation from the Utah Supreme Court Oaks began service as an apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Extent
39 boxes (19.5 linear ft.)
33 cartons (49.5 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Deposited; Dallin H. Oaks; 1980.
Appraisal
Administration (University Archives Collection Development Policy, V.b.v.2.a, October 2015).
- Brigham Young University -- Presidents -- History
- College presidents -- Utah -- Provo -- History
- College students' writings, American -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Colleges and Universities
- Education
- Law students -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- Sources
- Law teachers -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- Sources
- Letters
- Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.) -- History
- Research (Documents)
- University of Chicago -- Students -- History
- University of Chicago -- Faculty -- History
- University of Chicago
- Title
- Register of Dallin H. Oaks personal papers
- Author
- Rose Frank
- Date
- 2011 September 9
- 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.
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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