Universities and colleges -- Utah -- History
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Adam S. Bennion papers
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.
L.D.S. Church academies music departments, 1905-1921
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.
John Rockey Park diary
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.
Parley P. Pratt legal act
Handwritten act signed by Parley P. Pratt appropriating funds to the University of Deseret.
Royal Skousen papers
Alma B. Wright papers
Correspondence, diaries, lecture notes, speeches, drawings, and memorabilia. The materials relate to Wright's carrer as a painter, as a lecturer, and as an educator at institutions of highter learning in Provo and Salt Lake City, Utah.