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Harold Bingham Lee (March 28, 1899 – December 26, 1973) was an American religious leader and educator who served as the 11th president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from July 1972 until his death in December 1973.
In 1969, church apostle Harold B. Lee and member of the First Presidency Alvin R. Dyer blocked the LDS Church from rescinding the racial restrictions. [115] [6]: 80 The idea that a unanimous decision through revelation was needed to change the policy was and is a widespread belief among LDS church leaders. Although many desired a change in the ...
Apostle Harold B. Lee protested an African student who was given a scholarship, believing it was dangerous to allow Black students on BYU's campus. [21]: 852 In 1960 the NAACP reported that the predominantly LDS landlords of Provo, Utah would not rent to a BYU Black student, and that no motel or hotel there would lodge hired Black performers.
Harold B. Lee, as the leader of the correlation committee, proposed that the local correlation representatives instead be regional representatives of the Quorum of the Twelve, thus giving them more authority and a better chance of overcoming local resistance to correlation.
Today, the BYU Family History Library is located on level 2 of the Harold B. Lee Library. It is staffed with librarians, student employees, and family history missionaries. [7] These volunteer missionaries help visitors to the BYU FHL conduct research using the FHL's online and print resources.
The L. Tom Perry Special Collections is the special collections department of Brigham Young University (BYU)'s Harold B. Lee Library in Provo, Utah. Founded in 1957 with 1,000 books and 50 manuscript collections, as of 2016 the Library's special collections contained over 300,000 books, 11,000 manuscript collections, and over 2.5 million ...
This category contains pages that Rachel Helps (BYU) and her student editors have worked on as part of their work for the Harold B. Lee Library. Subcategories This category has the following 14 subcategories, out of 14 total.
In 1954, the Western Writers of America presented the Silver Spur award for best juvenile story for Robertson's story, Sagebrush Sorrel. [6] He was also the 1959-1960 president of the Western Writers of America. [7] His library of letters, notes, and correspondence were donated to BYU's Harold B. Lee Library. [8]