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Royden C. Braithwaite Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR-111

Scope and Contents

The Royden C. Braithwaite Collection spans forty-two years from 1936 to 1978. The collections is comprised of materials created or relating to his Presidency. Most of the collection relates to correspondence, administrative files, meeting moments, speeches, reports, awards, event programs, photographs and media. Due to his role as President, some files relate to State and Nation wide conferences, meetings, reports and legislative iddues.

Dates

  • Creation: 1897-1979

Conditions Governing Access

The Royden C. Braithwaite Collection is open and freely available to researchers during Special Collections hours.

Conditions Governing Use

The Royden C. Braithwaite Collection is the physical property of the Gerald R. Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University. Literary rights, including copyright, may belong to the authors or their heirs and assigns. Please contact Special Collections for information regarding specific use of this collection.

Biographical / Historical

Royden C. Braithwaite was born in Manti, Utah on November 10 1912. He graduated from Manti High in 1931. He then spent a year at Snow College in Ephraim Utah where he was Student body President and received special scholarship honors. From 1933-1935 he served as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Texas.

Upon his return he again went back to college this time at Brigham Young University where he finished his bachelors work in 1937. Royden began to teach Seminary at Wasatch Seminary from 1937-1941. During this time he married Alice Todd in 1938. He briefly served as Director of Institute of Religion at Dixie College in St. George, Utah in 1942. He quickly moved to Ogden, Utah where he was the Director of Weber College Institute of Religion from 1942- 45. He then taught as an instructor at Utah State University in the Institute of Religion. He did this in 1946. During this time Royden served in the U.S. Military as a chaplain. His division was called "Hell on Wheels". He served two years in Italy.

On his return Braithwaite moved on in his education getting his Ph.D. in Human Development. His graduate work was done at Brigham Young University, Stanford University, and Cornell University. On completion of his Ph.D. in 1950, he worked at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York for two years: 1950-1952, as Professor of Child Development and Family Relationships. He moved his family back to Utah to work at BYU as the Co-Dean of the new College of Family Living and as Professor of Psychology. He was at BYU from 1952-1955.

In 1955 Royden took the position of Director of the College of Southern Utah in Cedar City, Utah. He served as Director and President from 1955-1978, longer then any other man. He saw tremendous growth and was the force behind the college becoming an independent four year liberal arts college. He also made the name change from the College of Southern Utah to Southern Utah State College. After he retired in 1978 he continued to be recognized for his contributions to Cedar City and to the academic community. He received several honorary degrees from SUSC and from BYU.

Full Extent

6.6 Linear Feet : 8 boxes

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

This collection is organized into twelve series. Each subseries is arranged by type of material, then chronologically. The organization is as follows. Series I. Braithwaite Personal Correspondences, Writings and Awards Sub-Series A. Awards B. Writings C. Personal Correspondence

Series II. University Correspondence Sub-Series A. CSU/ SUSC Development B. Faculty and Staff Correspondence C. External Institution Correspondences D. General Correspondence and Papers

Series III.University Departments Documents Sub-Series A. Educational B. Athletics C. Clubs and Activities D. Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps. and Reserve Officers' Training Corps. E. Library F. National Training Laboratory

Series IV.Ceremonies and Special Events Sub-Series A. General B. Commencement

Series V. Building Projects and Maintanence Sub-Series A. Campus Buildings B. General Buildings

Series VI. Utah Higher Education

Series VII. Four Year Status and National Higher Education Sub-Series A. Four-year status B. National Higher Education

Series. VIII. Boards, Committees and Councils Sub-Series A. General B. Bicentennial C. Faculty Senate

Series IX. Campus Policies and Procedures

Series X. Administrative Reports Sub-Series A. Enrollment B. Financial and Facilities

Series XI. Photographs

Series XII. Oversized items

Title
Royden C. Braithwaite Collection
Date
2024
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections and University Archives Repository

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