Personal and professional papers, 1907-1985.

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Personal and professional papers, 1907-1985.

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Contains correspondence, personal and professional papers, printed materials, photographs, and newspaper clippings of Brigham Young University professor of psychology, Mark K. Allen, his mother, Inez Knight Allen, and his grandfather who was a Utah businessman and financier, Jesse Knight. Allen's papers include professional records dealing with the tenure and chairmanship of the Psychology Department at BYU (1946-1975). Papers also deal with Allen as a student and his faculty years at BYU, and his involvement with the Utah State Training School in American Fork, Utah. He was the first Assistant Superintendent and psychologist for that school (1932-1945). For thirty-six years, he served as clinical consultant. Allen was the second psychologist to be licensed in the state of Utah. Also includes 35mm slides; motion picture film; photographic prints and negatives dealing with friends, travel, and vacations; Allen's mission for the Mormon Church in New York City (1927-1928); and the Utah State Training School among other subjects.

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Harold B. Lee Library

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Utah State Training School

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Brigham Young University.

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Plans for the David O. McKay building began in 1952 after an evaluation by the Brigham Young University College of Education concluded that the existing building for the College of Education were no longer meeting the growing needs of the program. Plans were officially announced in February of 1954 with the completion deadline being set for December of the same year. The building was officially dedicated on December 14, 1954 by President and Sister McKay along with members of the First Presidenc...

Allen, Mark K. (Mark Knight), 1905-

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Professor of psychology at Brigham Young University. From the description of Personal and professional papers, 1907-1985. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367437267 From the guide to the Mark K. Allen papers, 1907-1985, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Grandson of Jesse Knight, student and professor of Psychology at BYU. From the description of Mark K. Allen oral history interview, March 22, 1984. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367527053 ...

Knight, Jesse, 1845-1921

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Professor of psychology at Brigham Young University. From the guide to the Mark K. Allen papers, 1907-1985, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Utah businessman and philanthropist. From the description of Jesse Knight papers, 1856-1945. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122629822 From the guide to the Jesse Knight papers, 1856-1945, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Knight was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and was a pr...

Allen, Inez Knight, 1876-1937

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Professor of psychology at Brigham Young University. From the guide to the Mark K. Allen papers, 1907-1985, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Missionary of the Mormon Church in England, wife of Robert Eugene Allen, and the mother of five children. From the description of Diary, 1898-1899. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367261574 From the guide to the Inez Knight Allen diary, 1898-1899, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) ...

Brigham Young University. Dept. of Psychology.

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