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Universities and colleges -- Utah -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:

Adam S. Bennion papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1
Scope and Contents

Speeches, meeting minutes, reports, correspondence, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, and miscellaneous items. The materials relate to Bennion's personal, educational, business, and religious activities. The largest amount of the materials relate to his speeches. The bulk of correspondence is between other apostles and general authorities of the Mormon Church.

Dates: 1909-1958

L.D.S. Church academies music departments, 1905-1921

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232490315]
Identifier: MSS 650
Scope and Contents

Handwritten reminiscences. The date of its composition is uncertain. Driggs writes about his teaching activities in the music departments of several academies owned and operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah, Idaho, Colorado, and Arizona. He also relates his experiences as a student at Brigham Young University.

Dates: approximately 1950

Office of the President records on Brigham Young University, 1950-1962

 Sub-Series
Identifier: UA 1086 Series 4 Sub-Series 12
Scope and Contents

Contains letters and memos to and from President Wilkinson on various issues such as standards, women, high school, and the history of BYU. Dated 1950 to 1962.

Dates: 1950-1962

John Rockey Park diary

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 638
Scope and Contents

Typescript of a diary with handwritten corrections. Also included are photocopies of the handwritten original diary. Park writes about visits to the University of Deseret by leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints including Brigham Young and Orson Pratt, tells about hiring Karl G. Maeser, and describes educational financing and the nature of education in Utah.

Dates: 1869-1886

Parley P. Pratt legal act

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233292751]
Identifier: Vault MSS 708
Scope and Contents

Handwritten act signed by Parley P. Pratt appropriating funds to the University of Deseret.

Dates: 1853

Royal Skousen collation of Book of Mormon text, 1981-2020

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8255 Series 2 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents Contains materials pertaining to the linguistic work of Royal Skousen, professor at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. In particular are Skousen's complete collation files on the Book of Mormon text, title page through Moroni 10, in main bulk and original drafts. This includes symbol keys and stemma, progressive editions of each passage's collation, overhead sheets, articles, cue sheets, library research notes, and directory and file printouts. Also includes research, writing, and...
Dates: 1981-2020

Royal Skousen correspondence and publicity on Book of Mormon, 1996-2008

 Sub-Series — Carton 86: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197232561446], Folder: 15-27
Identifier: MSS 8255 Series 2 Sub-Series 6
Scope and Contents

Contains materials pertaining to the linguistic work of Royal Skousen, a professor at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. Particularly correspondence with Skousen's linguistic and other professional colleagues (including sharing of articles), as well as symposium publications and distribution, press releases, travel files, and newspaper excerpts. Materials dated 1996-2008.

Dates: 1996-2008

Royal Skousen materials for Analysis of textual variants, 2004-2018

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8255 Series 2 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 5
Scope and Contents

Contains draft files and other materials related to the publication of Volume 4 of Skousen's Book of Mormon Critical Text Project series, comprising 6 parts in 2 editions. Includes publication information, changes incorporated into the second edition, printed copies (1st edition) and uncut signatures (2nd edition) of the six parts, etc. Material dated 2004-2018.

Dates: 2004-2018

Royal Skousen materials for History of the text of the Book of Mormon : grammatical variation, 1981-2018

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8255 Series 2 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents Contains topical drafts and publication/presentation files for Volume 3/Parts 1-2 of his Book of Mormon Critical Text Project series, printed in 2019. This includes drafts and proofs of introduction and background/setup material, article and presentation drafts (his own and those of his collaborator, Stanford Carmack), loose printed signatures (trimmed and untrimmed), PDFs, drafts of the alphabetical topical sections oof the book (specific words and phrases as well as grammatical...
Dates: 1981-2018

Royal Skousen materials for History of the Text of the Book of Mormon: King James quotations in the Book of Mormon, 2005-2019

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8255 Series 2 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains materials related to the publication of Part 5 of Volume 3 of Skousen's Book of Mormon Critical Text Project series; includes printed signatures, proofs and corrections, PDFs, introduction material, topical sections, collation and sorting files, etc. Materials dated 2005-2019.

Dates: 2005-2019