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The College of Commerce reorganized the Department of Secretarial Practice and created the Department of Secretarial Training in 1951. The department was lead by the following chairmen: Evan M. Croft (1951-54), and Lars G. Crandall (1955-56).

Variant names

Brigham Young University. Dept. of Secretarial Training

Description

Established: 1951

Abolished: 1956

Location: Provo, Utah (1951-1956)

Functions

The Department of Secretarial Training was responsible for the teaching of courses on the classes of elementary shorthand, elementary shorthand dictation, shorthand theory review and speed building, shorthand speed building and transcription, elementary typewriting, typewriting speed building, mechanical business letters and forms, office machines, business English, principles of marketing, business correspondence and report writing, advanced shorthand transcription and speed building, advanced shorthand speed building and reporting, office techniques, secretarial procedures, office organization and management, personnel administration, fundamentals of business education, court reporting, and methods of teaching typewriting, shorthand, and book-keeping.

Assets and Administrative Structure

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Associated Units

Superior unit: Brigham Young University. College of Commerce (1951-1956)

Earlier unit: Brigham Young University. Dept. of Secretarial Practice (1951)

Later unit: Brigham Young University. Dept. of Business Education and Office Management (1956)

Sources

Brigham Young University Annual Catalog, 1951-1952: p. 200 (list of courses)

Brigham Young University, 1975: v. 4, p.506 (names of chairmen)

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