Colleges and Universities
Found in 47 Collections and/or Records:
Emeritus Club records on oral history project
Contains correspondence and other materials relating to a joint oral history project between the Brigham Young University Archives and the Alumni Association's Emeritus Club. These records are not comprehensive.
Joint Oral History Project records
Audio-cassettes of oral histories and transcripts of several oral histories.
Oral history interview with Albert Ray Olpin
Interview by Hollis Scott with A. Ray Olpin concerning his student experiences at Brigham Young University. Also includes life experiences after BYU. Includes transcript and sound recording.
Oral history interview with Alma Heaton
Interview by David Whittaker with Alma Heaton, who recounts his childhood in Kanab, education, courtship, military service, and subsequent appointment at Brigham Young University. Also speaks on service and experiences in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Includes sound recordings and transcript.
Oral history interview with Arthur Rich Watkins
Transcript of interview conducted as part of the Brigham Young University Archives Joint Oral History Project of the Brigham Young University Alumni Association Emeritus Club in 1991. Watkins talks about his first years at Brigham Young University, U.S. Army Service, getting a Ph.D. at Stanford, teaching at Brigham Young University, and coping with a growing family.
Oral history interview with Blair Holmes
Interview conducted by Richard Poll as part of the Brigham Young University Archives Joint Oral History Project by the Brigham Young University Alumni Association Emeritus Club on September 15, 1988. Holmes describes why he chose to teach history at BYU. He gives an account of his employment with the History Department and describes different aspects of his career including his involvement in the Center for Family and Community History and the Semester Abroad Program.
Oral history interview with Caroline Eyring Miner
Interview by Donna Sorenson with Caroline Yring Miner concerning her childhood in the Mormon Colonies in Juarez, student experiences at Brigham Young University, family and marriage, public school teaching experiences, and Church work. Also includes examples of her poetry. Includes transcript and sound recording.
Oral history interview with Cornelius Rawlings Peterson
Interview with C. R. Peterson about his life and career at Brigham Young University. Discusses his mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to the North Central States, his student experience at BYU, his work as Alumni Board secretary, his service in the U.S. Navy during World War II, and his time as Purchasing Department director at BYU. Includes transcript and sound recording.
Oral history interview with Dale H. West
Interview conducted by Richard Poll as part of the Brigham Young University Archives Joint Oral History Project of the Brigham Young University Alumni Association Emeritus Club on April 29, 1988. West describes why he chose to teach English at BYU. He gives an account of his employment with the BYU English Department and describes different aspects of his career including the people who were influential in his professional life. Includes transcript and sound recording.
Oral history interview with David C. Montgomery
Interview conducted by Richard Poll as part of the Brigham Young University Archives Joint Oral History Project by the Brigham Young University Alumni Association Emeritus Club on September 20 and October 20, 1988. Montgomery describes why he chose to teach at BYU. He gives an account of his employment with the History Department and talks about different aspects of his career including his love affair with Near Eastern Studies. Includes transcript and sound recording.