J. Reuben Clark, Jr., Library. Manuscript Division
An active program for collecting non-University-related archives and manuscripts was established about 1960. The J. Reuben Clark Library was completed in 1961. The Manuscript Division of the library was known under the name of the J. Reuben Clark Library.
In 1973 the Clark Library was renamed the Harold B. Lee Library, and the Manuscript Division was known as the Harold B. Lee Library Manuscripts Department (Dept.)
Contents
Variant names
non-University-related archives and manuscripts
Description
Established: 1961
Abolished: 1974
Location: Provo, Utah (1961-1974)
Functions
In 1966-1967 the Manuscript Department saw "a virtual completion of a backlog of individual manuscript items that originated from Special Collections."
Separate and apart from the University records, was the Manuscript Division. This division held manuscripts of: Utah pioneers, Utah congressmen, and private individuals, diaries, journals, correspondence, scrapbooks, and manuscripts not formally printed or published containing the above primary materials. Records of businesses that had gone out of business, their minutes of meetings and their financial records. Old bank records from banks that had gone out of business, their ledgers, minutes of their meetings and other records. Also congressional papers of Utah congressmen.
Assets and Administrative Structure
Associated Units
Superior unit: J. Reuben Clark, Jr., Library (1961-1973)
Earlier unit: Brigham Young University Library. Manuscript Section (1961)
Later unit: Harold B. Lee Library. Manuscripts Dept. (1973)
Associated Archival Materials
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Sources
Archives and Manuscripts Policies and Procedures Manual, ca. 1980: p. Introduction, (program organized for non-University-related manuscripts and archives in about 1960)
Hollis Scott Oral History Interview, Nov. 12, 1968: p. 1-11, (Manuscript Division purposes)
J. Reuben Clark, Jr. Library, Brigham Young University, Annual Report, 1966-1967: pg. 19-20,(virtual completion of backlog of individual manuscript items originating from Special Collections)
Maintenance Information
Record ID: EAC-2012-00013
Creator: UPB