Brigham Young University. Center for Family and Community History

The Center for Family and Community History is administered in cooperation with the Department of History within the College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences. The center was formed in 1985 in a reorganization of the earlier Department of Family and Local History The Director was G. Wesley Johnson (1985-1990). It was abolished in 1990.

Variant Names

Brigham Young University. College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences. Center for Family and Community History

Brigham Young University. Family and Community History Center

Brigham Young University. Center for Family & Community History

Description

Established: 1985

Abolished: 1990

Location: Provo, Utah (1985-1990)

Functions

Charged with supervision of four major areas of history: genealogy, and family, community, and public history. It administers, in cooperation with the Department of History, academic programs for the A.A., B.A., and M.A. degrees. It also has responsibility for developing public service programs, organizing conferences and lecture series, sponsoring basic and applied research, and maintaining a scholarly publications program. The center seeks to stimulate research on genealogical and family and community history topics by the entire university community, and it has limited research funds to assist qualified researchers.

Assets and Administrative Structure

The Center for Family and Community History is administered in cooperation with the Department of History and has a Director.

Associated Units

Superior unit: Brigham Young University. College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences (1985-1990)

Associated unit: Brigham Young University. Dept. of History (1985-1990)

Associated unit: Brigham Young University. Research Division (1986-1988)

Earlier unit: Brigham Young University. Dept. of Family and Local History (1985)

Sources

Brigham Young University Annual Catalog, 1985-1986: p. 290 (Family and Community History Center; G. Wesley Johnson, Director)

Brigham Young University Annual Catalog, 1988-1989: p. 113 (Name changed to Center for Family and Community History; G. Wesley Johnson; Chair)

Maintenance Information

Record ID: EAC-2009-00268

Creator: LFW