Records, 1973-1976.

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Records, 1973-1976.

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The collection contains a wide variety of documentation produced and collected by the Centennial Celebration Committee. This includes memorandums, meeting minutes, correspondence, publications, photographs, and other materials. These files contain information on most of the events that happened during the Centennial year. However, a significant portion of the collection relates directly to the production of "Brigham!", a musical dramatizing the founding and growth of Brigham Young University.

29 boxes, 1 half box, 2 cartons, and 1 oversize folder (17.75 linear ft.)

Harold B. Lee Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7758755

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Wilkinson, Ernest L., 1899-1978

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Dayley, K. Newell.

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Cundick, Robert, 1926-

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Robert Cundick (born 1926) is a Latter-day Saint composer and musician, and a well-known organist for the Mormon Tabernacle. Robert Cundick was born in 1926 in Salt Lake City, Utah. His talent for the organ manifested itself at an early age; at twelve years old, he was ward organist. After serving in World War II, Cundick attended the University of Utah where he studied composition with Leroy Robertson and organ with Alexander Schreiner. He acquired his B.F.A and M.F.A t...

Brigham Young University.

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Wheelwright, Lorin Farrar, 1909-1987

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Lorin F. Wheelwright was born in Ogden, Utah on December 20, 1909. He earned a doctorate in music from Columbia, and worked at the Oswego State Teachers College in New York, in the Salt Lake City schools, and as head of the Coordinating Council of Higher Education for the state of Utah. Between 1967 and 1974 he served as Dean of the College of Fine Arts at Brigham Young University. At the conclusion of his tenure he was appointed to lead the Centennial Celebration Committee. Lorin Wheelwright di...

Sundgarrd, Arnold, 1911-

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Brigham Young University. Centennial Committee.

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A Centennial Committee of twelve was organized in 1970 with Heber G. Wolsey as chairman. Upon Wolsey's resignation in 1973, President Dallin Oaks appointed Lorin F. Wheelwright chairman and executive leader of the Centennial. Dr. Wheelwright served as chair until 1976, when the Centennial Committee was disbanded. The Centennial was to be theme centered, and would encompass the creation of major monuments and artistic productions. The Centennial began in April 1975 and ended with commencement one...