Brigham Young University Harold B. Lee Library

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Contact Information
E-mail: Ask a Librarian

Address:


 * Harold B. Lee Library
 * P.O. Box 26800
 * Brigham Young University
 * Provo, UT 84602-6800

Telephone:


 * Information Commons 801–422–2927
 * Family History/Genealogy 801–422-7661

Regular Hours:


 * Monday–Friday: 7:00 am–12 midnight
 * Saturday: 8:00 am–12 midnight
 * Sunday: CLOSED


 * Holiday Hours

Directions, map, and parking

Internet sites and databases:


 * Library Internet site at http://www.lib.byu.edu/
 * Library Catalog Online at http://catalog.lib.byu.edu/uhtbin/cgisirsi/wedbTwC8hf/LEE/140330071/60/548/X
 * Family History and Genealogy Resources at http://www.lib.byu.edu/sites/familyhistory/
 * General databases at http://www.lib.byu.edu/cgi-bin/SubsUtility/dbresources.pl

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Alternate Repositories
If you cannot visit or find a record at the , a similar record may be available at one of the following.

Repositories with significant Latter-day Saint collections


 * Family History Library, Salt Lake City, 450 computers, 3,400 databases, 3.1 million microforms, 4,500 periodicals, 310,000 books of worldwide family and local histories, civil, church, immigration, ethnic, military, Mormon records.
 * Church History Library documents LDS history 1830-now: diaries, manuscripts, Church records, photographs, oral history, architectural drawings, pamphlets, newspapers, periodicals, maps, microforms, audiovisual material
 * Daughters of Utah Pioneers - the Museum displays artifacts, and the History Department collects and preserves about 100,000 histories of pioneers who set out for, settled, or were born in Utah Territory before 10 May 1869.
 * Utah State Historical Society family histories, photographs, books, manuscript collections, telephone directories, maps, newspapers, yearbooks, and periodicals are available in the Research Center and online.

Similar Collections


 * Huntington Library Western Americana including California LDS history for "qualified" scholars
 * Southern Illinois University collects LDS history sources
 * Yale University Divinity School Library has an excellent collection of LDS theology and history books.

Neighboring repositories


 * Utah State Archives newspapers, deaths, land, court, local history, naturalizations, military, directories, criminals
 * Utah State University Special Collections and Archives local historical and biographical sources
 * University of Utah, historical-biographical sources, newspapers, government documents, and Western Americana
 * United States District Court of Utah federal court records.
 * Salt Lake County Court local court records.
 * Salt Lake City Public Library Utah newspapers on microfilm, and genealogical databases