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Research institutes connected with BYU in the present or past include: BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy: The Center for Family History and Genealogy is a research center dedicated to pioneering innovative family history research and tools through faculty-student mentoring. The center employs approximately 40 students who work on ...
In 1982, the History Division of the church's Historical Department was dissolved and its staff transferred to BYU, to become part of the Smith Institute. Leonard J. Arrington, who headed the History Division from 1972–1982, also led the Smith Institute from 1980–1986. [1] Arrington was succeeded as head of the institute by Ron Esplin.
The history of Brigham Young University (BYU) begins in 1875, when the school was called Brigham Young Academy (BYA). The school did not reach university status until 1903, in a decision made by the school's board of trustees at the request of BYU president Benjamin Cluff .
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The Longhorns are 1-4 alltime against BYU. The two resume their brief rivalry on Oct. 28 in Austin.
BYU Press has also produced electronic resources from the LDS Church's historical records including Selected Collections from the Archives of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and BYU Family History Digital Archive. For publication information, contact the BYU Press or Brigham Young University Religious Studies Center (RSC).
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He graduated in 1956 from BYU with a BA in history. [6] Afterward, he studied at Princeton University; there he received a M.A. in 1958 and earned his Ph.D. in French History in 1961. [4] [7] Bitton was a professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin until 1961 when he started teaching at the University of California, Santa Barbara. [3]