Harold B. Lee Library. Special Collections

January of 1957, Chad J. Flake was put in charge of the Special Collections, a new and separate department of the Library. This department was to focus on Mormon Americana(excluding Mormon authors unless their writings fit within the category), books printed in Europe before 1800, books printed in America before 1850, rare costly books, limited edition books, and some miscellaneous collections.

Variant names

L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Description

Established:

Location: Provo, Utah (-?"?" contains an extrinsic dash or other characters that are invalid for a date interpretation.)

Functions

In 1957, when Special Collections was organized, the policies and guidelines regarding the functions of this department were stated as follows: "1) Mormon Americana-books related to Mormonism or about the Church and Utah-Mormon concept kept abroad, but Mormon authors excluded unless the work fit the criteria. An Effort will be made to acquire all things written about the Church and all periodicals published by the Church. Close cooperation will be maintained with the Church Historians office. Mission presidents and other Church groups and individuals; 2) books printed in Europe before 1800 and in America before 1850 (later materials may be considered rare because of cost, limited edition or subject value); 3) B.Y.U. materials mostly left to Archives 4) some miscellaneous collections retained - Burns Collection, Hafen Collection, etc. - others to go to regular stacks - Reynolds Collection, Memorial Collection, etc. Brimhall Collection and Utah Collection were examples of those to be incorporated into the Mormon American Collection."

Assets and Administrative Structure

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Associated Units

Superior unit: Brigham Young University (?"?" contains an extrinsic dash or other characters that are invalid for a date interpretation.-?"?" contains an extrinsic dash or other characters that are invalid for a date interpretation.)

Subordinate unit: ? (?"?" contains an extrinsic dash or other characters that are invalid for a date interpretation.-?"?" contains an extrinsic dash or other characters that are invalid for a date interpretation.)

Associated Archival Materials

Mormon Americana; Books printed in Europe before 1800; Books printed in America before 1850; Rare books: because of cost, limited edition or subject value; Some miscellaneous collections: Burns, Hafen, Brimhall, and Utah.

Sources

"Brigham Young University Library Centennial History," 1879-1975, Hattie M. Knight, Information Gathered: SC begun Jan 1957 with Chad J. Flake in charge, policies and guidelines in original organization.

Maintenance Information

Record ID: EAC-2012-00001

Creator: UPB

LCCN: n 88681917