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 Director was G. Wesley Johnson (1988-1990). The Center was previously known as the Family and Community History Center. It was abolished in 1990.
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Variant Names
Brigham Young University. College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences. Center for Family and Community History
Description
Established: 1988
Abolished: 1990
Location: Provo, Utah (1988-1990)
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
Associative unit: Brigham Young University. Dept. of History (1988-1990)
Earlier unit: Brigham Young University. Family and Community History Center (1988)
Associated Archival Materials
Sources
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