Some aspects of the contribution of local history studies in England to the establishment and development of a family and local history program at Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, U.S.A
Some aspects of the contribution of local history studies in England to the establishment and development of a family and local history program at Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, U.S.A
The thesis is an account of the enlargement of professional and personal experience in one country and its application to institutional and curricular change in another. The writer is an American, a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and a professor at Brigham Young University (BYU), the Mormon Church's University at Provo, Utah. He became interested in local history studies in England soon after his first visit in 1969 and quickly saw their potential value at BYU, both in broadening the approach to genealogy and as a separate study. The thesis examines various aspects of the influence of local history studies in England on developments at BYU and on the writer himself. The relationship between Mormon doctrine and genealogy, the Church's promotion of genealogical studies among its members, and the history of the teaching of genealogy in its University are all investigated in detail as essential background to the description of the successful establishment in 1977 of the Family and Local History Studies program (FLHS) within the History Department at BYU; with the writer as Director. Examples of three different kinds of publication available in England are then taken as models for the production of aids to the study and teaching of local history in Utah: a handbook for students, a collection of documents and notes for essay writers. The extensive FLHS program of teaching and research developed between 1977 and 1980 is described. Finally, the Conclusion considers past achievements and future plans for FLHS, the English influence, and the possible extension of some of the experience gained to other parts of the United States.
University of Southampton
Bloxham, Vestal Ben
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1980
Bloxham, Vestal Ben
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Bloxham, Vestal Ben
(1980)
Some aspects of the contribution of local history studies in England to the establishment and development of a family and local history program at Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, U.S.A.
University of Southampton, Doctoral Thesis.
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The thesis is an account of the enlargement of professional and personal experience in one country and its application to institutional and curricular change in another. The writer is an American, a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and a professor at Brigham Young University (BYU), the Mormon Church's University at Provo, Utah. He became interested in local history studies in England soon after his first visit in 1969 and quickly saw their potential value at BYU, both in broadening the approach to genealogy and as a separate study. The thesis examines various aspects of the influence of local history studies in England on developments at BYU and on the writer himself. The relationship between Mormon doctrine and genealogy, the Church's promotion of genealogical studies among its members, and the history of the teaching of genealogy in its University are all investigated in detail as essential background to the description of the successful establishment in 1977 of the Family and Local History Studies program (FLHS) within the History Department at BYU; with the writer as Director. Examples of three different kinds of publication available in England are then taken as models for the production of aids to the study and teaching of local history in Utah: a handbook for students, a collection of documents and notes for essay writers. The extensive FLHS program of teaching and research developed between 1977 and 1980 is described. Finally, the Conclusion considers past achievements and future plans for FLHS, the English influence, and the possible extension of some of the experience gained to other parts of the United States.
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