Item Detail
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Roberts, Bertha C.
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1888-1960
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MSS SC 2554
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History
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Bertha C. Roberts was born in 1888. Little can be found about her life, but it is known that she filled Ella L. Browns place in the authorship of History of Brigham Young University 1875-1942, following Ellas retirement in 1941. It is also known that Bertha received appointment for this and possibly other similar projects by Franklin S. Harris in 1937.
She died in 1960. -
This manuscript is a 329-page typescript book, hardbound in leather and written by Jens Marinus Jenkins, Newbern Isaac Butt, Elsie Chamberlain Carroll, and Bertha C. Roberts. The book is entitled, History of Brigham Young University 1875-1942, and it was commissioned by the university, with BYUs president at the time, Franklin S. Harris, appointing all four authors. There is also mention of a Mrs. Ella L. Brown having been a member of this committee until her retirement in 1941, at which point Bertha took her position. This edition is dated 1 June 1942, and it contains many handwritten corrections throughout the manuscript.
The book covers the history of Brigham Young University, from its humble beginnings as the Brigham Young Academy in 1875 through the time of publication (1942), highlighting the administrative eras of each of the presidents (Maeser, Cluff, Brimhall, Harris), the student associations and development of clubs as the University grew, and the policies and governance that developed about various BYU organizations, including the fine arts, sports, academics, and religion.