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The current Department of Evening Classes began as a part of the Extension Division organized in 1921. It was called the Bureau of Lectures and Entertainments and its main purpose was to provide learning experiences, such as evening lectures, for the community around Brigham Young University, especially for groups from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. In 1949 an official policy concerning registration of evening classes, most of which involved learning about recreational pastimes. The first classes for academic credit were offered in 1953. In 1956 an independent Department of Evening School was formed in the Extension Division, which was renamed as the Division of Continuing Education in 1964. The Department of Evening School was renamed the Department of Evening Classes in 1960. The department has grown from offering just 3 classes for academic credit in 1953 to presently offering hundreds of classes.
The Department of Evening Classes is divided into four series: I. Publications and Reports, 1953-1980; II. Subject Files, 1970-1980; III. Class Schedules, 1957-1990; IV. Scrapbook, 1956-1973.
The Department of Evening Classes is divided into four series: I. Publications and Reports, 1953-1980; II. Subject Files, 1970-1980; III. Class Schedules, 1957-1990; IV. Scrapbook, 1956-1973. The Publications and Reports series includes advertisements, instructions to instructors of evening classes, departmental histories and self-study reports made for accreditation purposes, and a monthly newsletter written about the Department of Evening Classes.
The Department of Evening Classes is divided into four series: I. Publications and Reports, 1953-1980; II. Subject Files, 1970-1980; III. Class Schedules, 1957-1990; IV. Scrapbook, 1956-1973. The Publications and Reports series includes advertisements, instructions to instructors of evening classes, departmental histories and self-study reports made for accreditation purposes, and a monthly newsletter written about the Department of Evening Classes. The Subject Files series contains files on faculty and class credit.
The Department of Evening Classes is divided into four series: I. Publications and Reports, 1953-1980; II. Subject Files, 1970-1980; III. Class Schedules, 1957-1990; IV. Scrapbook, 1956-1973. The Publications and Reports series includes advertisements, instructions to instructors of evening classes, departmental histories and self-study reports made for accreditation purposes, and a monthly newsletter written about the Department of Evening Classes. The Subject Files series contains files on faculty and class credit. The Class Schedules series contains class listings, class schedules, and class catalogues of evening classes offered.
The Scrapbook series contains a bound scrapbook that contains newspaper clippings, class announcements, correspondence, and little notes from the Department of Evening Classes staff.
The Department of Evening Classes was arranged by the Brigham Young University Archives into four series: I. Publications and Reports, 1953-1980; II. Subject Files, 1970-1980; III. Class Schedules, 1957-1990; IV. Scrapbook, 1956-1973. This arrangement was done in order to facilitate research. All of the files in each of these series are arranged chronologically.