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Bureau of Administrative Studies records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 180

Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence; questionnaires; self-evaluation reports; reports concerning deans, Auxiliary Services, and Registrar's records; descriptions of job positions; minutes of faculty, Dean's Council, and College of Education meetings; and individual college statistics.

Dates

  • 1955-1957

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Restricted. Closed for 35 years from the date of creation of the records, and thereafter open to the public in accordance with the University Archives Policy.

Conditions Governing Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to use material from this collection must be obtained from Reference Services at specialcollections@byu.edu.

Administrative History

The Bureau of Administrative Studies (1955-1957) was an administrative research office at Brigham Young University.

Biographical History

Arthur D. Browne (1917-2002) was an American professor of education and academic administrator. He was the director of the Bureau of Administrative Studies at Brigham Young University from 1955 to 1957.

Extent

3 boxes (1.5 linear ft.)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Other Finding Aids

File-level inventory available online. http://files.lib.byu.edu/ead/XML/UA180.xml

Appraisal

Office files (University Archives collecting policy, July 2003).

General

Register located in repository.

Processing Information

Processed; Hollis Scott; 2004.

Subjects

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Register of Bureau of Administrative Studies records
Status
Completed
Author
Hollis Scott
Date
2004
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English in Latin script.

Revision Statements

  • 2011 July 15: Entered into Archivists' Toolkit by Rose Frank in July 2011.

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives Repository

http://sc.lib.byu.edu/
Contact:
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo UT 84602 US

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