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Originally proposed as Wasatch Review, [2] the periodical was established as Brigham Young University Studies and was first printed in January 1959, as an issue of Brigham Young University Bulletin printed by BYU Press. [3] In April 2012 the journal was renamed BYU Studies Quarterly.
Metcalf was the former director of the Harvard Library, and consulted with Tyler about the plans for BYU's new library. [9] BYU commissioned Lorenzo Snow Young to make the plans for addition. [10] The J. Reuben Clark Library was completed in 1961. [11] The library's collection reached 500,000 volumes in 1965, [12] and one million volumes by 1971.
The RSC also assumed and expanded upon the activities of the Institute of Mormon Studies, which was founded to study Mormon history and doctrine under Daniel H. Ludlow in 1961 and Madsen in 1966. Likewise, the RSC absorbed the Book of Mormon Institute , a center for research on the Book of Mormon , with Ludlow as its first director in 1965 ...
In 2006, the group became a formal part of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, formerly known as the Institute for the Study and Preservation of Ancient Religious Texts, BYU. FARMS has since been absorbed into the Maxwell Institute's Laura F. Willes Center for Book of Mormon Studies.
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).
1976 – A 20-year study by a BYU Sociology professor is published, showing that 10% of BYU men and 2% of BYU women indicated having had a "homosexual experience." [ 2 ] : 442–443 In 1950, 1961, and 1972 Wilford E. Smith conducted a survey of thousands of Mormon students at several universities including many from the BYU sociology department ...
The BYU Jerusalem Center is a study abroad center. Students enroll through the BYU campus in Utah, travel to the Holy Land, and live in the center for programs that extend for approximately four months. Students study a core curriculum that focuses on Old and New Testament, ancient and modern Near Eastern studies, and language (Hebrew and Arabic).