The L. Tom Perry Special Collections is currently hosting a small case exhibit in honor of Homecoming at Brigham Young University. The exhibit features two Banyans that illustrate the importance of Homecoming to students in the 1960s, a list of activities from the 1970s (come see what Colonial Days was all about), and two flyers …
The University Archives is proud to announce that a project to digitize the early student newspapers of Brigham Young University is underway. We will be digitizing the Academic Review, the BYA Student, the Normal, and the White and Blue. Several issues of the Normal and the White and Blue are already online at the BYU …
Eugene Lusk Roberts was born in Provo, Utah on May 13, 1880. He was the 10th child of William and Julia Maria Lusk Roberts. His family moved around several times during his youth. He entered Brigham Young Academy at the age of eighteen and engaged in the full spectrum of activities available at the young …
In 1907 Brigham Young University began its move from lower campus to upper campus when construction started on the Maeser Memorial Building. The building was intended to recognize the university’s past by memorializing Karl G. Maeser and his contributions to the university while at the same time looking to the university’s future growth. The building …
In October 1884 the Polysophical Society of the Brigham Young Academy began to publish the Academic Review. This literary journal contained information about the Academy, reports on events (including campus lectures), and advertisements. It also included the literary efforts of several students. It lasted through May 1885. In 1891 a new student paper was begun …