Brigham Young University. Indian Education Program

As early as 1953, the need to provide assistance to Indian Students was recognized. Dean of Students Wesley P. Lloyd wrote to Pres. Wilkinson saying it would be advisable "to assign a faculty member to special responsibility with Indian students.”

The Indian Education Program was established in 1955 under the direction of the Indian Students Committee. The original committee consisted of S. Lyman Tyler as chairman, Shelby Clark as a member, and Robert F. Gwilliam as Advisor to Indian Students. In 1964 the Indian Education Program became the American Indian Education Program in the General College under the direction Paul E. Felt, BYU Director of Indian Affairs.

Description

Established: 1955

Abolished: 1964

Location: Provo, Utah

Functions

The Program functioned to assist Indian students in their university experience. Under the program, tuition was waived, books were furnished on a loan basis, assistance was given in obtaining employment and living accommodations in homes in Provo, and college preparatory courses were offered by special faculty.

The Indian Affairs Committee (or Indian Students Committee) was set up within the Indian Education Program to aid Indian students in obtaining a college education. S. Lyman Tyler was the Chairman.

Assets and Administrative Structure

The Indian Education Program functioned under the direction of the Indian Students Committee, which reported to the Dean of Students.

Associated Units

Superior unit: Brigham Young University (1955-1958)

Superior unit: Brigham Young University. General College (1958-1964)

Later unit: Brigham Young University. American Indian Education Program (1964)

Associated Archival Materials

Wesley P. Lloyd Collection, UA 183, Box 7

Ernest L. Wilkinson Presidential Papers, 1949-1975. (UA 1086, Box 8, Folder 3)

Register of the S. Lyman Tyler Collection (UA 614)

Faculty Biographical Files, 1900-2000 (UA 909)

Ernest Wilkinson Papers (UA 1086 Bx 63 Fol. 2)

Ernest L. Wilkinson Papers (UA 1086 Box 28 Fol. 3)

Sources

Wesley P. Lloyd Collection, UA 183, Box 7 (Recommendation for a foreign students advisor)

Ernest L. Wilkinson Presidential Papers, 1949-1975 (Est. 1955; The original committee consisted of S. Lyman Tyler as chairman, Shelby Clark as a member, and Robert Gwilliam as Advisor to Indian Students. In 1964 the Indian Education Program became the American Indian Education Program in the General College under the direction Paul E. Felt, BYU Director of Indian Affairs. The Program functioned to assist Indian students in their university experience. Under the program the students tuition was waived, books were furnished to them on a loan basis, assistance was given in obtaining employment and living accommodations in homes in Provo, and college preparatory courses were offered by special faculty;functioned under the direction of an Indian Education Committee.)

Register of the S. Lyman Tyler Collection (chairman: S. Lyman Tyler 1955-1960)

Faculty Biographical Files, 1900-2000 (Paul E. Felt appointed BYU Director of Indian Affairs)

Brigham Young University Annual Catalog 1958-1959: p. 12 (Under the direction of Dean of Students)

Brigham Young University President's Records, Ernest L. Wilkinson, 1949-1975: (Indian Affairs Committee was set up within the Indian Education Program to aid Indian students in obtaining a college education)

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