Colleges and Universities
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
John H. Brailsford film of Brigham Young University graduation footage
Collection contains a DVD of footage of a Brigham Young University graduation ceremony and graduate march, taken from the Joseph Smith Memorial Building on the BYU campus by John H. Brailsford. Includes shots of David O. McKay and Heber J. Grant. Focus of footage appears to be an unnamed female graduate and her family. Dated approximately 1941.
Founder's Day report
Report prepared by Brown, a student and secretary to Franklin S. Harris, concerning Founder's Day, October 16, 1941. Also concerns dedication of Joseph Smith Building with statements by Harris, Joseph Fielding Smith, and David O. McKay.
Graduation photographs
Photographs of students receiving diplomas and shaking hands with President David O. McKay at a Brigham Young University graduation sometime in the early 1950s.
Joseph Smith Jarvis letter
Letter from Joseph Jarvis to Commissioner David O. McKay asking for a meeting with McKay to discuss some Brigham Young University student problems.
David O. McKay letter
Typewritten and signed letter dated 22 Oct. 1947 and addressed to T. Earl Pardoe, professor of public speaking and dramatic arts at Brigham Young University. McKay thanks Pardoe for his support of the "Centennial year" and writes about raising funds.
The mission of Brigham Young University : an address / given by David O. McKay
An address given by President David O. McKay on the mission of Brigham Young University. The address was given at Brigham Young University on April 27, 1948.
Photographs of David O. McKay Building dedication
Contains photographs of the dedication of the David O. McKay Building, of David O. McKay himself, and of McKay with Ernest L. Wilkinson, and the First Presidency. Images date from between 1954 and 1979.
Photographs of university trustees
Contains thirty-nine black-and-white photographs of presidents of the Board of Trustees of Brigham Young Academy and University; also views of chairmen of the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees of BYU. Also includes view of Karl G. Maeser's wife, Anna.
Publications Office records
Collection compiled in honor of David O. McKay on his 90th birthday which contains a pictorial summary showing growth of the Unified Church School System; a dedicatory letter from Ernest L. Wilkinson; cumulative enrollment charts of BYU, institutes, and seminaries; photographs of campuses, buildings, students, and leaders of schools in the Unified Church School System; and photographs of McKay, 1951-1963.
Scrapbook on Brigham Young University buildings
Scrapbook of Brigham Young University buildings given to David O. McKay by Ernest L. Wilkinson in 1966.