Harold W. Bentley papers, 1935-1965

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Bentley, Harold Woodmansee, 1899-
Title
Harold W. Bentley papers
Dates
1935-1965 (inclusive)
Quantity
6.5 linear feet
Collection Number
Acc0260
Summary
Harold W. Bentley served as professor of English (1948-1967) and dean of the Extension Division (1951-1962) at the University of Utah. He also served as Director of the Summer School and Director of the University of Utah Press. This collection consists primarily of correspondence, meeting minues, and subject files related to the University departments of which Harold W. Bentley was head.
Repository
University of Utah Libraries, University Archives and Records Management
University Archives and Records Management, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
666 Guardsman Way
Salt Lake City, UT
84112
Telephone: 8015818242
david.buhler@utah.edu
Access Restrictions

Materials must be used on-site; advance notice suggested. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Languages
English

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

This collection consists primarily of correspondence, meeting minutes, and subject files related to the University departments of which Harold W. Bentley was head. These are mainly the Extension Divison, the Summer School, and the University of Utah Press. The collection also includes Bentley's involvement in professional organizations, with the Model United Nations, and with Haile Selassie I University in Ethiopia. A large part of the records of the Extention Division relate to Assistant Dean Grant R. Holt.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Preferred Citation

Initial Citation: Harold W. Bentley papers, Acc. 260, Box [ ]. University Archives and Records Management. University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott. Salt Lake City, Utah.

Following Citations:Acc. 260.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

This collection is arranged alphabetically wthin each series.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

EthiopiaReturn to Top

Container(s): Series 1

Container(s) Description
Box
1
Dr. Bentley's Travel Narrative to Haile Selassie I University
Folder
1
Dr. Bentley's Travel Narrative
2-3
Correspondence - Grant Calder
4
Correspondence - J. Wayne Fredericks
5
Correspondence - Paul Hodson
6
Correspondence - Grant Holt
7-8
Correspondence - Donald Levine
9-11
Correspondence - Miscellaneous
12
Correspondence - A. Ray Olpin
13
Correspondence - University Development
14
Coup of 1960
15
Haile Selassie I University: Academic Council
16
Haile Selassie I University: Board of Governors - Meetings
17
Haile Selassie I University: Board of Governors - Memoranda
18
Haile Selassie I University: Board of Governors - Progress Report
19
Haile Selassie I University: Budget
20-24
Haile Selassie I University: Bulletins
2
Haile Selassie I University to Survey of English Teachers
Folder
1
Haile Selassie I University: Bulletins
2
Haile Selassie I University: Charter
3
Haile Selassie I University: Commencement Committee
4
Haile Selassie I University: Contracts
5
Haile Selassie I University: Faculty Council
6
Haile Selassie I University: History
7
Haile Selassie I University: Memoranda to His Imperial Majesty
8
Haile Selassie I University: Pamphlets
9
Haile Selassie I University: Periodicals
10
Haile Selassie I University: Project 1960
11
Haile Selassie I University: Proposed Regulations
12
Haile Selassie I University: Provisional Council
13
Haile Selassie I University: Work Program
14
History
15
Memoranda - Dr. Bentley
16
Miscellaneous
17
New York Times Supplement
18
News Clippings
19
Notebooks
20
Speeches - Dr. Bentley
21-22
Speeches - His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I
23-26
Survey Team Correspondence
27
Survey Team Reports
28
Survey of English Teachers

University PressReturn to Top

Container(s): Series 2

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
3
Behle and Chamberlin to Western Political Quarterly
Folder
1
Behle and Chamberlin
2
Catalogue
1949-1951
3
Dr. Chamberlin's Author Party
4
Copyright
5-6
Correspondence File
7
Finances
8
Mrs. Nelle Hatch
9
History - University of Utah
10
Letters and Memoranda
11
Joel Martineau
12-13
Miscellaneous
14
Mormon Literature
15-16
Lowry Nelson
17
Organization
18-19
Printing Institute
1950-1951
20
Publisher's Agreement
21
Rotary Club
1951-1953
22
Western Political Quarterly

Model United NationsReturn to Top

Container(s): Series 3

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
4
Institute of World Affairs to Utah Association
Folder
1
Institute of World Affairs
2-8
Model United Nations Assembly
1955-1959
9-16
Model United Nations Assembly
1959-1964
17
Utah Association for the United Nations

Radio and TelevisionReturn to Top

Container(s): Series 4

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
5
Annual Reports to Utah Educational Television Foundation
Folder
1
Annual Reports
2-3
Budget Information
1951-1958
4
Clippings
5
Community Development Series
6-7
Educational Television
8
Educational Television Committee
9
Educational Television Factsheet
10
Keith Engar - Correspondence
11
" Let's Talk it Over"
12
President's Advisory Committee
13
Radio and Television Committee
14
Radio Grant-In-Aid
15
Radio Program Format
16
Ratings
17
Reports - Activities of Radio and Television
18
Television - Planning Stages
19
Television Correspondence
20
Television Planning Luncheon - Minutes
21
Television Programming Policy
22
Television Steering Committee
23
Television Survey
24
Utah Educational Television Foundation
25
Utah Educational Television Foundation - Minutes

Professional OrganizationsReturn to Top

Container(s): Series 5

Container(s) Description
Box
6
Adult Education Association to Utah Education Association
Folder
1
Adult Education Association
2
American Council of Learned Societies
3-4
Fund for Adult Education
5
Fund for Adult Education - Community Leadership Conference
6-7
Fund for Adult Education - Staff Meetings
8-9
Human Relations Area Files, Inc.
10-21
Index Society
22
National University Extension Association
23
National University Extension Association Convention
24
Utah Education Association

Summer SchoolReturn to Top

Container(s): Series 6

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
7
Budgets to General
Folder
1
Budgets
1935-1937
2-3
General
1946-1948
4
Enrollments
1948-1957
5
Family Life Institute
1948-1949
6
Catalogue
1949
7
General
1949
8
Institute for Educational Secretaries
1949
9
Summer Festival
1949
10
General
1950
11
Activities
1951
12
Family Life Institute
1951
13-15
General
1951-1952
16
Family Life Institute
1953
17
General
1953
18
Summer Festival
1953
19
Youth Programs
1953-1954
20-22
General
1954-1956
23
Picnic
1956
24
Theatre Workshop
1956
25
General
1957
8
Entertainment to Music Programs
Folder
1
Entertainment, Arts, and Summer Festival
2-3
General
1958-1962
4
Recreation
1958
5
General
1959
6
Junior Engineers and Scientists
1957
7
Vocal Workshop
1959
8
General
1960-1961
9
Moab Summer Program
1960-1961
10
Miscellaneous Programs
1962-1963
11
Music Programs
1962-1963

Community DevelopmentReturn to Top

Container(s): Series 7

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
9
Council on Community Development to Williams, J.D.
Folder
1
Council on Community Development
1961-1962
2
Extension Association
3
History
4-6
Intergovernment Training Program
1964
7-8
Kearns
9
Meeting
1958
10
Milford, Nephi, Provo, Springdale, Springville
11-12
Miscellaneous
1952-1962
13
Moffitt, Dr. Weldon
14-15
Newspaper Articles
1956; 1958-1959
16
Williams, Dr. J. D.

Adult Education Council of Salt Lake CityReturn to Top

Container(s): Series 8

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
10
General Records
Folder
1
Minutes and Reports
1961
2-4
Minutes
1958-1960
5
Financial Statements
6
Correspondence

External DegreeReturn to Top

Container(s): Series 9

Container(s) Description
Box
11
General Records
Folder
1-3
Degree Program
4
MBA and MA Program
5
Reports and Recommendations

CorrespondenceReturn to Top

Container(s): Series 10

Container(s) Description
Box
12
Adamson to Wilson
Folder
1
Jack Adamson
2
Aziz Atiya
3
Knute O. Brady
4
William F. Christiansen
5
George D. Clyde
6
James B. Conant
7
Charles Dibble
8
G. Homer Durham
9
Chauncy D. Harris
10
Paul Hodson
11
I. O. Horsfall
12
L. H. Kirkpatrick
13
John A. Krout
14
Esther Landa
15
Neal A. Maxwell
16
Elmo Morgan
17
Frank E. Moss
18
William Mulder
19
Henry Pettit
20
Virginia Tanner
21-22
Norinne Tempest
23-24
O. Meredith Wilson

Continuing EducationReturn to Top

Container(s): Series 11

Container(s) Description
Box
13
Audio Visual to Institute
Folder
1
Audio Visual Bureau
2
Bureau of Economic Research
3-7
Bureau of Indian Services
8-9
Institute for Technological Training

Conferences and InstitutesReturn to Top

Container(s): Series 12

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
14
Conferences to Writers' Conference
Folder
1
Conferences and Institutes
2
Aging Programs and Conferences
3
Comparative Religion
4
Consumers' Conference
5
Contemporary Music Festival
6
Discussion Group Activities Reports
7
Executive Development Program
8
Guitar
9-11
Intermountain Training Laboratory in Group Development
12
Institute on Crime
13-20
Liberal Arts Discussion Series
21
National High School Institute for Superior Students
22
National Secretaries Association Workshop
23
Opera Workshop
24
Speakers' Bureau
25-26
Writers' Conference
1953-1954

MiscellaneousReturn to Top

Container(s): Series 13

Container(s) Description
Box
15
Brigham Young to VISTA
Folder
1
Brigham Young Statue Committee
2
Columbia University
(Includes Utah Residents)
3
Conference on Higher Education
4
Coordinating Council on Higher Education
5
Democratic Party Platform
6
Ensign Investors
7
Mailing Lists
8
Peace Corps
9
Mountain States Committee on Discrimination in Higher Education
10
State Adult Education Committee
11
Utah Humanities Research Foundation
12-15
VISTA

Staff MeetingsReturn to Top

Container(s): Series 14

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
16
Minutes and Agendas
Folder
1-6
1955-1961

ReportsReturn to Top

Container(s): Series 15

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
17
Academic Standards to Scholastic Standards
Folder
1
Academic Standards Report
2
Annual Report
3
Annual Reports
1963-1965
4
Enrollment Reports
5-6
Financial Reports
7
Office of the Registrar
8
Probation Report
9
Report of Non-Class Activities
10
Reports from Adamson, Gordon, Glenn, Mulder, and Noall
11-14
Reports
1949-1950; 1953-1955; 1958-1959
15
Scholastic Standards Committee Annual Report

Extension DivisionReturn to Top

Container(s): Series 16

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
18
Budget to Staff
Folder
1
Budget
2
Commencement
1948-1951
3
Computer Center
4-6
Correspondence
1957-1962
7
Course Fees
8
Financial Correspondence
1959-1962
9
History
10-11
Inter-Departmental Correspondence
12-14
Miscellaneous
1948-1952; 1960-1962
15
Organizational Charter
16
Registration
17
Staff
1960-1961
19
Extension Division
Folder
1
Ad Hoc Committee on Disciplinary System
2
Committee for Planning Learning Center
3-4
Curriculum Study Committee
5
Evening Classes
6
Holy Cross Hospital
7
Home Study
8
Independent Study
9
Publicity
10
Reading Clinic
11
Remedial Program - Correspondence
12
Remedial Program - Statistical Information
13
Statewide Services
14
Summer School Advisory Council

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Universities and colleges--Utah--Salt Lake City--History--Sources
  • University extension--Utah--History--Sources
  • University presses--Utah--History--Sources

Personal Names

  • Bentley, Harold Woodmansee, 1899--Archives
  • Holt, Grant R.

Corporate Names

  • University of Utah Press
  • University of Utah Press (contributor)
  • University of Utah--Archives
  • University of Utah--Faculty
  • University of Utah. Extension Division
  • University of Utah. Extension Division (contributor)
  • University of Utah. Summer School
  • University of Utah. Summer School (contributor)

Form or Genre Terms

  • Correspondence
  • Memorandums
  • Minutes