Brigham Young High School Graduation Program Collection
Brigham Young High School
Graduation Program Collection
1904 to 1968
BYH Class of 1921
Since BYH's first graduation in 1904 until the final one in 1968, 65 graduation programs were printed. We had 21 of them until 2016, when we obtained 18 more. In 2017 we received a gift of the program for the Class of 1948. We now have 61 percent of the 65 programs!
BYH graduation programs are rare documents. They were usually distributed to parents and others in the Commencement audience, but were not given to the graduates themselves.
The new graduates were understandably focused on receiving their diplomas, then scattering to the four corners of the earth after the Commencement.
These programs are not official documents. Sometimes they included people who did not graduate, and sometimes they inadvertently omitted some who did graduate. Nevertheless, we have found that they are often more accurate than senior class photos and yearbooks.
If you possess a BYH graduation program that does not appear below, we invite you to send it in -- we would like to include it! Please help us to reach 100 percent!
Contact:
yhigh@ymail.com
1904
Thanks to BYU Special Collections
The above 1904 BYH graduation program lists less than half of the known graduates of that class. The others may have participated in a separate commencement exercise. For example, the Commercial high school program often held separate graduation programs.
1905
Thanks to BYU Special Collections
The above 1905 BYH graduation program lists about half of the known graduates of that class. We are currently searching for the 1905 high school program for the Commercial students.
1906
Still needed
1907
Still needed
1908
Thanks to BYU Special Collections
The above page says "Brigham Young University" when in fact all of the names on the following two pages are Brigham Young University High School graduates.
It appears that a four-page portion of this program is missing. The traditional commencement program page listing speakers and musical numbers is missing. More than half of the BYH seniors known to have graduated that day are missing. The four known Brigham Young University graduates of the Class of 1908 are not listed. If you have a complete 1908 program, please share it with us.
1909
Still needed
1910
Still needed
1911
Still needed
1912
Still needed
1913
Still needed
1914
Still needed
1915
Thanks to BYU Special Collections
The above graduation program of the BYH Class of 1915 lists less than 75 percent of the students known to have graduated from BYH in 1915.
1916
Still needed
1917
Still needed
1918
Thanks to Kent Graham Jarvis, BYH Class of 1960
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1919
Thanks to BYU Special Collections
1920
Still needed
1921
Still needed
1922
Still needed
1923
Still needed
1924
Still needed
1925
Special thanks to Ray Eldon Crowther, Class of 1925
& Joan Crowther Hamilton, Class of 1957
The above 1925 BYH graduation program lists about half of the known graduates of that class. The others may have participated in a separate commencement exercise. For example, the Commercial high school program often held separate graduation programs.
1926
Still needed
1927
Still needed
1928
Still needed
1929
Thanks to BYU Special Collections
1930
Still needed
1931
Thanks to BYU Special Collections
1932
Still needed
1933
Thanks to BYU Special Collections
1934
Still needed
1935
Still needed
1936
Thanks to BYU Special Collections
Note: We were not there, but it is quite probable that the five student speeches listed above in this 1936 program turned out to be the most boring, insipid orations ever delivered at any Brigham Young High School Graduation Exercise in history. We extend our belated sympathies to everyone involved in any way.
1937
Thanks to BYU Special Collections
1938
Special thanks to Cindy Bigler Gladwell, daughter of Mark Huish Bigler, Class of 1938
1939
Thanks to BYU Special Collections
1940
Thanks to BYU Special Collections
1941
Thanks to BYU Special Collections
1942
Thanks to BYU Special Collections
1943
Still needed
1944
Thanks to BYU Special Collections
1945
Thanks to BYU Special Collections
1946
Thanks to Burl J. Bushman, BYH Class of 1946,
& Stirling S. Broadhead, BYH Class of 1946
1947
Thanks to BYU Special Collections
1948
Thanks to Joan Bullock Richan, BYH Class of 1952
& to F. P. "Pat" Richan, BYH Class of 1948
1949
Thanks to Robert Hague, BYH Class of 1949
1950
Thanks to BYU Special Collections
1951
Thanks to BYU Special Collections
1952
Thanks to Joan Bullock Richan, BYH Class of 1952
& Margaret Hayward Taylor, BYH Class of 1952
1953
Thanks to BYU Special Collections
1954
Still needed
1955
Thanks to Paul R. Hoopes, BYH Class of 1955
1956
Thanks to Irwin Wiser, BYH Class of 1956
1957
Thanks to Herbert R. Greer, BYH Class of 1957
1958
Thanks to BYU Special Collections
1959
Still needed
1960
Thanks to Lance S. Rich, BYH Class of 1960
1961
Thanks to BYU Special Collections
1962
Thanks to Stephen M. Clark, BYH Class of 1962
1963
Thanks to BYU Special Collections
We do not know the meaning of the cross outs on some of the names. It might indicate graduates unable to attend Commencement, or students who did not fulfill graduation requirements by Commencement but who may have qualified after summer school, or some other explanation.
1964
Thanks to Claudia Keeler Pickering,
Darrel K. Danielson, & Craig Christensen,
all of the BYH Class of 1964
1965
Thanks to Jeanie Gardiner Campbell, BYH Class of 1965
1966
Thanks to Velma Christensen for saving this program in her scrapbook.
1967
Thanks to Brent Ashworth, BYH Class of 1967
& Kay Jacobson Hill, BYH Class of 1967
1968
Thanks to Paul F. Hintze, BYH Class of 1968
& Patti Porter Hintze, BYH Class of 1970
You may be able to help us complete this collection
by providing photocopies/scans for missing years!
Contact
yhigh@ymail.com
Current count: 40 of 65 programs found = 61.5%
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