History of the life science museum movement at Brigham Young University
Subtitle: 1900-2008
By: Wilmer W. Tanner.
Publisher: Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University
Published: 2008
Place of publication: [Provo, Utah]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 289
Subjects: M.L. Bean Museum; Brigham Young University -- Museums -- History; Life sciences -- Museums -- Utah -- Provo; Science museums -- Utah -- Provo
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 289).
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Introduction; title: 1900: the role of Benjamin Cluff, Jr.; title: The roles of Chester Van Buren and Walter Tolton; title: The "demise" of the museum after Chester Van Buren; title: The new beginning; title: The desert museum; title: The 1930s; title: The war years and the decade of the 1940s; title: The 1950s; title: The 1960s; title: The M.L. Bean years; title: Museum directors; title: Report of the curators; title: Purpose of a museum; title: Acknowledgments.