Westwood, P. Bradford, 1957-

Archivist, historian, and preservationist living in Utah County.

Utah archivist, historian and preservationist living in Utah County.

J. Bruce Clark was born on September 13, 1931. He served in the Korean War. He married Dorothy around 1960. He worked as an accountant for Naylor Automotive for 47 years. Then he worked as a crossing guard at Grandview Elementary in Provo, Utah.

Archivist-Historian.

P. Bradford Westwood was a Provo native who contributed much to BYA and the library at Brigham Young University.

P. Bradford Westwood grew up in Provo, Utah, and spent his summers on the Oregon coast. He received his Bachelor's Degree from BYU in American Studies in 1985 and his Master's Degree from the University of Pennsylvania in Historic Preservation in 1994. He was on the Board of Directors of the BYA Foundation from 1985-1989 and was one of the co-founders of the Foundation. He worked for the BYU L. Tom Perry Special Collections and served as the assistant chair from 1997-2002 and chair from 2002-2008. In 2009 Brad became the Manager of Collection Development (museum, archives, and library) for the LDS Church's Historical Department. He is the co-founder of the A. Dean Larsen Book Collectors Conference. His subject specialties include rare books and manuscripts, the administration of cultural repositories, architectural history (19th/20th Century American and European) and historic preservation.

The Brigham Young Academy Foundation (1990-2005) was a non-profit organization involved in the redevelopment of Academy Square in Provo, Utah.

P. Bradford Westwood is the Manager of Collection Development for the LDS Church's Historical Department. He is also the co-founder of the A. Dean Larsen Book Collectors Conference.

P. Bradford Westwood grew up in Provo, Utah and spent his summers on the Oregon coast. He received his Bachelor's Degree from BYU in American Studies in 1985 and his Master's Degree from the University of Pennsylvania in Historic Preservation in 1994. He worked for the BYU L. Tom Perry Special Collections and served as the assistant chair from 1997-2002 and chair from 2002-2008. In 2009 Brad became the Manager of Collection Development (museum, archives, and library) for the LDS Church's Historical Department. He is the co-founder of the A. Dean Larsen Book Collecters Conference. His subject specialties include rare books and manuscripts, the administration of cultural repositories, architectural history (19th/20th Century American and European) and historic preservation.

P. Bradford Westwood (b. 1957) is an archivist and historic preservationist in Utah.

P. Bradford Westwood grew up in Provo, Utah, and spent his summers on the Oregon coast. He received his Bachelor's Degree from Brigham Young University in American Studies in 1985 and his master's degree from the University of Pennsylvania in Historic Preservation in 1994. He was on the Board of Directors of the Brigham Young Academy Foundation from 1985 to 1989, and was one of the co-founders of the Foundation. He worked for the Brigham Young University's L. Tom Perry Special Collections and served as the assistant chair from 1997 to 2002, and chair from 2002 to 2008. In 2009 Brad became the Manager of Collection Development (museum, archives, and library) for the Historical Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He is the co-founder of the A. Dean Larsen Book Collectors Conference. His subject specialties include rare books and manuscripts, the administration of cultural repositories, architectural history (19th/20th Century American and European), and historic preservation.

J. Gordon Daines (1972-) is an active member of the archival profession, serving as a member of several archival groups and committees and currently works for the L. Tom Perry Special Collections of the Harold B. Lee Library of Brigham Young University as University Archivist and Assistant Department Chair, Manuscripts.

J. Gordon Daines holds an undergraduate degree in history from Brigham Young University, a master's degree in history from the University of Chicago, and a certificate in archives and records management from Western Washington University. He has worked for the Oregon Historical Society and the Utah State Archives and Records Service. In 2001 he joined the library faculty at the L. Tom Perry Special Collections of the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University, working as an archivist and Assistant Department Chair and Manuscripts.

Gordon has been a member of the Society of American Archivists since 2001, he served on the Committee on Education from 2002-2005 and as a member of the steering committee for the College & University Archives section from 2005-2008. He was a member of the A*CENSUS working group from 2003-2005 and served as a member of the committee in charge of revising Guidelines for College & University Archivists for the College and University Archives section from 2004-2005. He served the Conference of Inter-Mountain Archivists as a council member from 2001-2003 and then as president 2003-2006. He also served as on-site coordinator in 2001 for the Western Archives Institute when it was held in Utah.

P. Bradford Westwood (1957-) is an archivist that has been involved with archives, special libraries, museums, and historical agencies for over twenty-five years, working at the L. Tom Perry Special Collections at Brigham Young University and for the Church History Department for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

P. 'Brad' Bradford Westwood graduated from Brigham Young University with a B.A. of American Studies in 1985 and went on to the University of Pennsylvania for a M.S. of Historic Preservation and graduated in 1994.

From 1990 to 1995, he conducted business as Westwood Research & Consulting, working with academic archives and libraries, historical agencies, and local government. He started working as an assitant at the L. Tom Perry Special Collections of the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University in 1996. He was appointed Department Chair of Special Collections in 2002. Along with Scott Duvall, Brad co-founded the A. Dean Larsen Book Collecting Conference at the L. Tom Perry Special Collections.

He worked for Utah State University Special Collections, the University of Utah Special Collections, the Louis Kahn Architectural Archive (University of Pennsylvania), the Athenaeum of Philadephia (as the Pew Charitable Trusts Project Archivist) and the LDS Church Historical Department. His assignments included photo-archivist, architectural records archivist, corporate archivist and historic preservation office. His research has focused on the history of the book, and American and European social, cultural and architectural history. He currently serves as Manager of Acquisitions at Church History Department for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Ralph Hansen was an established librarian.

Ralph Hansen was born in 1927. He holds bachelor and master degrees in history from Brigham Young University and a master in library science from UC Berkeley, was first appointed Curator of the Stanford Collection in 1962. He donated World War II memorabilia to a new museum in Italy, where Hansen was stationed in 1946. Ralph Hansen came to Boise State in 1979 to be the associate university librarian. During his time at the library at Boise State, Hansen oversaw both technical and public services - jointly and separately at given times. In addition to serving in these roles, he also directed the momentous processing project of the Senator Frank Church Papers. Hansen’s fondness and enthusiasm for his work extended beyond collaboration with colleagues and patrons to a family effort including his wife, Lillian, who graciously volunteered her time in support of library projects. Following Hansen’s retirement in 1989, he continued working for the library as a volunteer, combing through publishers’ catalogs and academic journals to recommend books to purchase for the McCain Collection for Western Life. He also has supported the library with his gifts. Through his generous and loyal contributions of library resources and his genuine passion for learning and sharing knowledge, Hansen’s support of the library benefits students and staff alike.

Ephraim Hatch (1920-1982) helped plan several buildings on campus during the building frenzy of the Wilkinson years.

Ephraim Hatch was born in 1920 in Woods Cross, Utah. In 1928 his family moved to Spanish Fork and opened up a grocery store. They lived there until The Depression prevented them from continuing their business and they moved to Provo to farm. As a young boy he enjoyed building models and in 1935 he won a model building contest and received $75 which he used to buy a Model T. He was also into HAM radios. He got a HAM radio license in 1937 and in 1939 he and his brother Noal hiked Mount Timpanogos with it and they were able to talk to their friend Jack Halliday from the top. He feels they were the first to ever broadcast from the top of Mount Timpanogos but they forgot to take a picture of the event. During World War II Ephraim worked for Boeing for two years before being enlisted into the Navy. He became a radio repair and maintenence man for ships. During this time he met his wife, Verena Ursenbach, while visiting Provo. They were married on August 4, 1944 while Ephraim was training for to maintain radios. Following the war Ephriam built wooden toys for a while, then went into the cabinet business. Soon he started designing and building a few homes in Provo. One of his homes was selected by Better Homes and Gardens to represent contemporary homes in the mountain states area. He also did remodeling work during this time. After doing some remodeling for a BYU employee he was hired by BYU to work in the building and planning office. He helped plan several buildings on campus during the building frenzy of the Wilkinson years. He helped create buildings that could be used not only for school but also for church services on Sunday. He also helped to maximize usage of space. He also did work on Ricks College. He worked planning for BYU until he retired in 1982.

Peter Crawley is the author of A Descriptive Bibliography of the Mormon Church.

Peter Crawley was born on January 29, 1936 in Los Angeles County, California. He received a BS and PhD in mathematics from Caltech and taught at the University of Washington, University of Minnesota, University of California, Berkeley, and Caltech, before coming to BYU in 1971. He has been a serious collector of Mormon Americana for forty-five years and is the author of A Descriptive Bibliography of the Mormon Church.

Don L. Young (1919- ) was a resident of Springvile, World War II veteran, and worked for U.S. Steel as a millwright.

Don L. Young was born in Payson, Utah on September 11, 1919. He lived in Payson until he was 17. Then he moved around bit and finally settled in Salt Lake City until he was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1944 during World War II. He came back from the army in early 1946 and settled in Springville, Utah and he has lived there ever since. He built his home during the late 1940s. He was married sometime during the early 1940s and had a son in 1942 before he went to war. His first wife passed away around the time of the birth of their second child in 1953. He remarried three years later in 1956 to Louise Kinsey. They had two children together. He worked for U.S. Steel as a millwright until he retired in 1982. Since then he has developed various hobbies and done many projects, especially in the area of welding. He became very good at creating things with metal. He also did a lot of work on the American Legion pavilion at Kelly's Grove up Hobble Creek Canyon.

Donald K. Nelson (1915-), PhD, was the Director of Libraries at Brigham Young University from 1966-1980.

Donald K. Nelson was born June 27, 1915 in Idaho. He grew up on a farm in Cedarville, Idaho until around 1923 when his family moved to Weston, Idaho. They lived in Weston for six years and then moved to Preston, Idaho and lived there for four years after which they moved to Logan, Utah in 1933. In 1933 he enrolled in the largest freshman class, up to that time, at Utah State University. He was able to get a job on campus at the library, which was his first experience working at a library, and he worked at a library from then on until he retired. He graduated from Utah State in 1938 with a double major in Accounting and English and a minor in music. He then moved down to Southern Utah University in Cedar City, Utah to work in their library. During the summers he would live in Denver so he could attend the University of Denver where he got his Master of Library Science and Masters of Business Administration. He got married while attending Utah State, they were married in Logan. In 1949 he accepted a position at the new library on the Eastern Oregon College campus. While working at Eastern Oregon he took two years sabbatical in order to get his doctorate in Library Administration at the University of California-Berkeley. He graduated in 1959. He worked at Eastern Oregon College from 1949 to 1961. In 1961 he was hired by Brigham Young University as the Assistant University Librarian until 1966 when he became the Director of Libraries at BYU, a position he held until he retired in 1980.