Third Saturday Night Dance Club records

Third Saturday Night Dance Club records, 1938-1999

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Third Saturday Night Dance Club (Salt Lake City, Utah)
Title: Third Saturday Night Dance Club records
Dates: 1938-1999 (inclusive)
19381999
Quantity: 1 linear feet
Collection Number: ACCN 1609
Summary: The Third Saturday Night Dance Club records (1938-1999) contain membership lists and applications, by-laws, meeting minutes, correspondence, announcements of upcoming events, reports from the treasurer, and a history of the club prepared by Hope Shepherd. The Third Saturday Night Dance Club was organized about the year 1900.
Repository: University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860

Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu
Access Restrictions: Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
Languages: English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

The Third Saturday Night Dance Club was organized about the year 1900. Although the club held its meetings and dances in several locations throughout the years, it currently meets at the Fort Douglas Hidden Valley Country Club on the third Saturday of every month from October through April. In addition, they hold periodic board meetings to discuss upcoming events.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Third Saturday Night Dance Club records (1938-1999) contain membership lists and applications, by-laws, meeting minutes, correspondence, announcements of upcoming events, reports from the treasurer, and a history of the club prepared by Hope Shepherd. The club has retained additional written records from the 1918-1919 season to the present, while the records for the previous seasons have been lost.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Preferred Citation

Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Processing Note

Processed by Nancy Young in 1999.

Separated Materials

Photographs were transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections (P0724).

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

RecordsReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
1	1	List of Officers	1938-1998
1	2	Club Policies
1	3	Decorating Committee Chairman Lists	1970-1988
1	4	Resignations	1971-1988
1	5	Finances and Minutes	1973-1974
1	6	Minutes and Roster	1974-1975
1	7-14	Records These folders contain minutes, correspondence, policies, committee lists, finances, and rosters.	1975-1983
1	15	Hotel Utah Menu
1	16-20	Records These folders contain correspondence, minutes, Hotel Utah Empire Room floor plan, finances, rosters, liability laws, and committee lists.	1983-1988
1	22	Minutes and Annual Report The main topic discussed was the effect on the Dance Club by the Dram Shop liability law.	1987-1988
1	23	Correspondence This folder includes proposals, policies, and a roster.	1988-1989
1	24	Finances This folder contains four years of attendance records.	1985-1989
1	25	Minutes and Annual Report	1988-1989
1	26	Correspondence and Roster This folder contains communications with the membership, a letter from the Marriott Hotel, proposals, and a Decorating Committee list.	1989-1990
1	27	Finances This folder includes a contract with Dnace Combo, balance sheets, treasurer's reports, and a banquet event order form.	1989-1990
1	28	Minutes and Annual Report This folder contains record attendance notes as well as parking problems.	1989-1990
1	29	Correspondence This folder contains correspondence about policies on liquor, dues, and William Olwell, a club member for forty years. Committee list and a roster are also in this folder.	1990-1991
1	30	Finances	1987-1991
1	31-32	Minutes and Annual Reports	1990-1992
1	33	Correspondence This folder also contains by-laws, a roster, and hostess schedule.	1991-1992
1	34	Finances	1987-1992
1	35	Records This folder contains minutes, an annual report, by-laws, correspondence, host and hostess schedule, a roster, and suggestions for the secretary.	1992-1993
1	36	Records This folder contains minutes, a host and hostess schedule, financial reports, and a roster.	1993-1994
2	1	Announcements	1994-1995
2	2	Correspondence This folder contains by-laws and a roster.	1994-1995
2	3	Finances This folder contains expenses information for liquor and display boards, itemized account balances, a report, and attendance records.	1994-1995
2	4	Liquor and Wine Purchase Lists	1994-1995
2	5	Membership Directory This folder contains a list of the year's officers and chairpersons, a history of the club, a list of former and current presidents, an address and telephone directory of current members with photographs of each couple, and a copy of the club's by-laws.	1994-1995
2	6	Minutes This folder contains information about continued parking problems at the Marriott Hotel, the upgrading of wine and liquor, the summer party, suggested changes for by-laws, permanent nameplates, and the history of the club by Hope Shepherd. Also, the board met with the management of the Fort Douglas-Hidden Valley Country Club to discuss meeting there the following year. The decision was to do so.	1994-1995
2	7	Dance Announcements	1995-1996
2	8	Dance Attendance Lists and Menus	1995-1996
2	9	Correspondence This folder contains applications and proposals, letters and contracts from bands, a list of officers, and information regarding death of club member, Jan Dowse.	1995-1996
2	10	Finances	1995-1996
2	11	Liquor This folder contains a detailed listing of liquor purchased and consumed.	1995-1996
2	12	Membership This folder contains a directory, new members list, applications, and a roster.	1995-1996
2	13	Minutes This folder contains an agenda, proposal forms, minutes, secretary's report, liquor discussion, dates of dances, and by-laws proposal.	1995-1996
2	14	Announcements	1996-1997
2	15	Attendance Lists This folder contains seating arrangements and club banquet set-up forms.	1996-1997
2	16	Proposed Changes by By-laws	1996-1997
2	17	Correspondence This folder contains proposals, menus, hosts and hostess lists, and an officers list.	1996-1997
2	18	Finances	1996-1997
2	19	Historian This folder contains correspondence, memo from historian to membership, and a letter from the Manuscripts Division regarding the processing of the club records with an enclosed inventory.	1996-1997
2	20	Membership Directory and Roster	1996-1997
2	21	Minutes and Agenda	1996-1997
2	22	Dance Attendance Lists	1997-1998
2	23	Correspondence This folder contains band schedules and proposal forms.	1997-1998
2	24	Finances	1997-1998
2	25	Liquor and Wine List	1997-1998
2	26	Membership Directory and Roster	1997-1998
2	27	Minutes This folder contains discussions on a suggestion that members' business and professional affiliation be listed in the directory, a motion that prospective members no longer need to attend a dance prior to joining, and changes to the by-laws.	1997-1998
2	28	Questionnaire	1997-1998
2	29	Finances	1998-1999
2	30	History This folder contains an updating of the history written by Hope Shepherd which appears in the directory. This new history is by Nancy Young.	1973-1998
2	31	Membership Directory	1998-1999

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Clubs--Utah--Salt Lake City--History--Sources

Corporate Names

Third Saturday Night Dance Club (Salt Lake City, Utah)

Form or Genre Terms

Announcements
Bylaws
Correspondence
Directories
Membership lists
Minutes
Reports

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