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• UA 827 Brigham Young University photographs of campus buildings
  Posted February 8, 2012 by Gordon Daines

  The Brigham Young University Archives is pleased to announce the availability of a new digital collection: Brigham Young University photographs of campus buildings (UA 827). This collection contains photographs of the numerous buildings that have served students and faculty over the years at Brigham Young Academy and Brigham Young University. The photographs cover the years [...]

• Class Schedules and Commencement Programs available online
  Posted January 4, 2012 by Gordon Daines

  The Brigham Young University Archives recently added two new titles to its digital collections: class schedules and commencement programs. Both titles may be accessed through the BYU History Collections website. Both the class schedules and the commencement programs are accessed using dropdown menus. Select the year that you are interested in and the title will [...]

• Guide to Manuscript Collections concerning the history of Brigham Young University located away from campus
  Posted December 21, 2011 by Gordon Daines

  Brigham Young University has a rich and varied history. While the bulk of historical manuscripts relating to the history of Brigham Young University are housed in the University Archives, there are numerous other repositories that hold materials that shed light on the university’s history. In 2006 the University Archivist prepared a guide to archival and [...]

• Alumni, Come Home–An exhibit celebrating Homecoming at BYU
  Posted September 21, 2011 by Gordon Daines

  The L. Tom Perry Special Collections is currently hosting a small case exhibit in honor of Homecoming at Brigham Young University. The exhibit features two Banyans that illustrate the importance of Homecoming to students in the 1960s, a list of activities from the 1970s (come see what Colonial Days was all about), and two flyers [...]

• Brigham Young University’s Centennial History available online
  Posted June 15, 2011 by Gordon Daines

  As part of the university’s centennial celebrations in 1975 Brigham Young University published a four volume history entitled Brigham Young University: The First One Hundred Years. This history chronicles the remarkable growth of the university from a small church academy into a first-class university. The centennial history was edited by emeritus president Ernest L. Wilkinson [...]

• History of Y Mountain
  Posted May 18, 2011 by Gordon Daines

  University Communications recently released a video documenting the history of Y Mountain. The video relies heavily on information from the University Archives as well as oral history interviews with individuals knowledgeable about Y Mountain. You can learn more about the history of the block Y and the activities associated with the block Y. If you [...]

• Popular Search Topics
  Posted April 6, 2011 by Gordon Daines

  The University Archives has made a concerted effort this year to increase the number of Popular Search Topics pages available to guide students in their study of the history of Brigham Young University. Over 40 new pages have been added over the course of the last semester and each page promises an opportunity to discover [...]

• Course Catalogs available digitally
  Posted January 5, 2011 by Gordon Daines

  Brigham Young University publishes a course catalog every year that describes graduation requirements, department majors, individual courses, instructors, and all other aspects of university operations. The most heavily used portion of this catalog is the brief descriptions of individual courses which include a short summary of the content of the course, number of credit hours [...]

• The Banyan
  Posted May 11, 2010 by Gordon Daines

  In 1911 Brigham Young University began to publish a yearbook. The name of the yearbook, the Banyan, was taken from a statement made by Karl G. Maeser comparing the influence of the university on Church education to a banyan tree. The Banyan was supervised by the Student Publications Board. It had its own faculty adviser [...]

• New Digital Collection
  Posted January 20, 2010 by Gordon Daines

  The University Archives is proud to announce that a project to digitize the early student newspapers of Brigham Young University is underway. We will be digitizing the Academic Review, the BYA Student, the Normal, and the White and Blue. Several issues of the Normal and the White and Blue are already online at the BYU [...]