LaVarr G. Webb papers, 1788-1986

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Webb, LaVar
Title
LaVarr G. Webb papers
Dates
1788-1986 (inclusive)
Quantity
11 linear feet
Collection Number
MS 0525
Summary
The LaVarr G. Webb papers (1788-1986) contain pamphlets, articles, speeches, correspondence, political platforms, and other documents relavent to Utah and National politics. LaVarr G. Webb spent many years as a journalist and political activist.
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

LaVarr G. Webb spent twenty years as a journalist, first working for the Southern Utah Spectrum and later for the Deseret News. He assisted Mike Leavitt in his first campaign for governor. His thirty years of communication and political experience have moved him from journalism to political campaigns to lobbying.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The LaVarr G. Webb papers (1788-1986) contain pamphlets, articles, speeches, correspondence, political platforms, and other documents relavent to Utah and National politics. The first group of boxes deal with Utah issues, beginning with Utah Legislative actions and moving on to Utah political parties. After a brief focus on local government in Utah, state-wide issues and Utah elections are documented. After a section on regional issues, the national parties are documented. Of special note is the section on National Special Interest Groups following the political parties section. The collection ends with several articles on United States Presidents and an assortment of different documents. LaVarr Webb donated his collection to the Hinckley Institute of Politics at the University of Utah in 1984, prior to its transfer to the Marriott Library.

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

Acquisition Information

Gift of LaVar Webb to the Hinckley Institute of Politics, 1984; transferred to Marriott Library Special Collections in 1987.

Processing Note

Processed by Tracy Paul in 1989.

Separated Materials

Photographs transferred to the Multimedia Section of the Manuscripts Division (P0454).

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Utah State LegislatureReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
1 1
Special Session
1955
1 2
Utah Highway Financing Report
1958
1 3
Special Session
1959
1 4
Articles
1961
1 5
Budget
1961
1 6
Calendar
1961
1 7
Roster
1961
1 8
Speeches
1961
1 9
Articles
1963
1 10
Bills
1963
1 11
Budget
1963
1 12
Roster
1963
1 13
Special Session
1963
1 14
Articles
1965
2 1
Bills
1965
2 2
Budget
1965
2 3
Freeport Bill
1965
2 4
Roster
1965
2 5
Summaries
1965
2 6
Articles
1966
2 7
Bills
1966
2 8
Special Session
1966
2 9
Speeches
1966
2 10
Articles
1967
2 11-12
Bills
1967
2 13
Roster
1967
3 1
Special Session
1967
3 2
Speeches
1967
3 3
Summaries
1967
3 4
Budget Report
1965-1967
3 5
Articles
1969
3 6
Budget
1969
3 7
Committees
1969
3 8
Press
1969
3 9
Roster
1969
3 10
Speeches
1969
3 11
State Officials Salaries
1969
3 12
Summaries
1969
3 13
Utah State Budget Requests
1967-1969
3 14
Articles
1970
3 15
Bills
1970
3 16
Budget
1970
3 17
Speeches
1970
3 18
Articles
1971
3 19
Manual of Legislative Procedure
1972

Utah Democratic and Republican CommitteesReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
4 1
Cache County Democratic Convention
1958
4 2-5
Salt Lake County Democratic Party Platform
1962-1968
4 6
Salt Lake County Democratic Convention Resolutions
1971
4 7-8
Salt Lake County Democratic Party Platform
1962-1974
4 9
Salt Lake County Democratic Convention Resolutions
1975
4 10
Salt Lake County Democratic Party Platform
1976
4 11
Salt Lake County Democratic Convention Resolutions
1977
4 12-13
Salt Lake County Democratic Party Platform
1978-1983
4 14
List of Democratic County Conventions
4 15
Democratic State Convention, Utah Democrat
1956
4 16-17
Democratic Party State Platform
1960-1962
4 18
Democratic Party State Convention, Allocation of Time for Candidates
1964
4 19
Democratic Party State Nominating Convention
1964
4 20-21
Democratic Party State Platform
1964-1966
4 22
Democratic State Party Officials
1967
4 23
Democratic State Party Resolutions
1971
4 24
Democratic State Party Platform
1972
4 25-29
Democratic State Party Resolutions
1973-1977
4 30
Democratic State Party Platform and Resolutions
1978
4 31
Democratic State Party Resolutions
1979
4 32
Democratic State Party Bylaws and Charter
4 33-34
Salt Lake County Republican Platform
1958-1976
4 35
Republican County Officials
1977-1979
4 36
Salt Lake County Republican Platform
4 37-40
Republican State Party Platform
1952-1966
4 41
Republican State Party Officials
1967
4 42
Idaho State Republican and Independent Party Platforms
1968
4 43-44
Republican State Party Platform
1968-1972
4 45
Republican State Party Articles
1976
4 46
Republican State Party Platform and Articles
1978
4 47
Republican State Party General Information

Salt Lake City and County GovernmentReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
5 1
Capital Improvements, Salt Lake City
1958-1961
5 2
Council-Manager Government
5 3
Modernizing Local Government Plans
1968
5 4
Provo Plan
1956
5 5
Salt Lake County General Information
5 6-7
Salt Lake City/County Unification
1978-1979
5 8
Structuring Salt Lake City/County
1951
5 9
Summary of Conference of Local Government
1977
5 10
Survey of Salt Lake City and County Government
5 11
Utah County Officials
5 12
Utah Municipal Officials
1959-1968
5 13
Utah State and County Officials
1976

Utah Politics and Political IssuesReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
6 1
Mass Meetings, Articles and General Information
6 2-7
Municipal Results
1945-1951
6 8
Municipal Election Articles
1979
6 9
Wallace F. Bennett Article
1984
6 10
Jake Garn Articles, KSL Opinion Poll
1979
6 11
Orrin Hatch Article, Newsletters
1977-1982
6 12
Allan T. Howe Article
1976
6 13
David R. Irvine Article
1979
6 14
David O. McKay Statement on Communism
1966
6 15
Dan Marriott Article
1979
6 16
Scott Matheson Articles
1982-1985
6 17
Frank E. Moss Article
1984
6 18
Wayne Owens Articles, Newsletter, and Complaint
1972-1983
6 19
Calvin L. Rampton Articles and Speech
1972-1976
6 20
Paul Van Dam Articles
1978
6 21
Ted Wilson Articles, Correspondence, Newsletters, Speech
1982
6 22
American Party of Utah General Information and Platform
1976
6 23
College Republicans General Information
6 24
Concerned Citizens Party Platform
6 25
Hinckley Institute of Politics General Information
6 26
United Nations Association of Utah Correspondence and Speech
1980-1984
6 27
University of Utah Student Political Groups
1977
6 28
Utah Citiznes For the Republic Newsletter
6 29
Utah Politics General Information, Articles
6 30
Utah State Officials Salaries
1962

Utah Political IssuesReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
7 1
Construction in Utah Articles
1981
7 2
Governor's Committee on Sex Offedners Report
1958
7 3
International Visitors Program
1984
7 4
Project 2000
7 5
Proposed Utah Constitutional Revisions List and Publicity
1966
7 6-7
Proposed Utah Constitutional Revisions
1966-1981
7 8
The Rampton Task Force Final Report
1983
7 9
Repeal of Prevailing State Wage Act
1979
7 10
Report of the Constitutional Revisions Committee
1982-1983
7 11
Small Business Organizations
1981
7 12
Statistical Review of Government in Utah
1974
7 13
Tooele Army Depot Articles
7 14
Utah Road Commission
7 15
Utah State Liquor Laws
1969

General Voting Information Utah ElectionsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
8 1
Approval Voting Booklets and Correspondence
1979
8 2
General Voting and Candidate Information
1983-1984
8 3-17
Vote Abstracts
1940-1968
8 18
Vote Percentages
1948-1964
8 19-20
Voter Guide
1978-1982
8 21
Voter Turnout, Utah Vote
1920-1982
8 22
Voter Turnout Crusade Correspondence
1976
8 23
Voter Turnout Crusade Lists, Utah Vote Manual
1976
8 24
Voting and Election Features Articles
1956-1962
8 25
Voting General Information and Trends
8 26
Voting Procedures Articles
8 27
Voting Sample Ballots
8 28
Youth Vote Articles and Booklets
1970-1972

Population, Utah and National ReapportionmentReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
9 1
Census Analysis, Congressional Districts of the United States
9 2
Population General Characteristics
1960
9 3
Population Trends in Utah
1970-1980
9 4-11
Reapportionment
1950-1981
9 12
Reapportionment Lawsuits
9 13
Reapportionment Miscellaneous
9 14
Reapportionment Report of Bipartisan Committee
9 15
Reapportionment in Utah History
9 16
Report of the Constitutional Revisions Committee
1979
9 17
Utah Government Census
1962
9 18
Utah Population Census
1960

Utah Tax InformationReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
10 1
Income Tax Information
1957-1959
10 2
Property Tax Articles, Newsletters, and Pamphlets
1954-1967
10 3
Reappraisal Tax Reports
1968-1976
10 4
Taxes General Information
10 5
Tax Surveys

Utah Environmental Issues, Water and LandReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
11 1
The Central Utah Project Articles
1985
11 2
The Central Utah Project Booklets and Pamphlets
11 3
Colorado River Storage Project Maps and Publications
11 4
Colorado River Storage Project Presentation Transcript
11 5
Intermountain Water Alliance Bill and Papers
11 6
The Public Land Law Review Commission Report
1964
11 7
Sagebrush Rebellion General Information
11 8
Sagebrush Rebellion Newsletter
11 9
Sagebrush Rebellion, Orrin Hatch
11 10
United States Water Resources Booklets
1960
11 11
Utah Drought Articles
1977
11 12
Utah Drought Notes and Publications
1977
11 13
Utah Parks Articles and Pamphlets
11 14
Utah Water Resources Booklet, Navigability of the Green River
11 15
Utah Water Rights Law
11 16-17
Utah Division of Water Resources Water Report
1972-1975

Utah Education IssuesReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
12 1-7
Education Financing
Folder 7 contains the publication Looking Ahead.
1953-1969
12 8
National Assessment of Educational Progress
12 9
Presidential Classroom Program
12 10
Utah Education Budget Summary
1962-1963
12 11
Utah Intercollegiate Assembly
1982
12 12
Utah Law Related Education Materials
12 13
Applied Politics Degree by Weber State College

Western States Conferences, Governors, Democratic, RepublicanReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
13 1
Western Conference of the Council of State Governments
1962-1964
13 2-5
Western Governors' Conference
1958-1963
13 6
Western Governors's Conference, Conference on State Government
1964
13 7-11
Western Governors' Conference
1965-1979
13 12-14
Western States Democratic Conference
1960-1967
13 15-18
Western States Republican Conference
1961-1967

Governors' Conferences National and RepublicanReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
14 1-9
National Governors' Conference
1962-1974
14 10-13
Republican Governor's Conference
1963-1968

Democratic National CommitteeReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
15 1
Articles
1952
15 2
Delegates
1952
15 3
Notes
1952
15 4
Platform
1952
15 5
Articles
1956
15 6
Convention Handbook
1956
15 7
Delegates
1956
15 8
Platform
1956
15 9
Articles
1960
15 10
Convention Directory
1960
15 11
Platform
1960
15 12
Articles
1964
15 13
Convention Program
1964
15 14
Delegates
1964
15 15
Platform
1964
15 16
Articles
1968
15 17
Chicago Convention Riots
1968
15 18
Convention Press Release
1968
15 19
Delegates
1968
15 20
Platform
1968
16 1
Articles
1972
16 2
Convention Congressional Quarterly Report
1972
16 3
Convention Keynote Speaker Reubin O'D. Askew
1972
16 4
Convention Press Releases
1972
16 5
Delegates
1972
16 6
Platform
1972
16 7
Articles
1976
16 8
Platform
1976
16 9
Miscellaneous Material
1980

Republican National CommitteeReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
17 1
Articles
1952
17 2
Delegates
1952
17 3
Press Directory and Handbook
1952
17 4
Articles
1956
17 5
Convention Handbook
1956
17 6
Delegates
1956
17 7
Platform
1956
17 8
Articles
1956
17 9
Convention Expense Record
1960
17 10
Delegates
1960
17 11
Platform
1960
17 12
Platform Analysis
1960
17 13
Articles
1964
17 14
Convention Congressional Quarterly Report
1964
17 15
Delegates
1964
17 16
Platform
1964
17 17
Articles
1968
17 18
Convention Congressional Quarterly Report
1968
17 19
Convention Keynote Speaker Daniel J. Evans
1968
17 20
Delegates
1968
17 21
Eisenhower Address
1968
17 22
Goldwater Address
1968
17 23
Platform
1968
17 24
Press Release
1968
17 25
Articles
1972
17 26
Convention Congressional Quarterly Report
1972
17 27
Nixon's Nomination Acceptance Speech
1972
17 28
Platform
1972

National Party ConventionsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
18 1
Party Platforms
1952-1958
18 2
Convention Information
1956
18 3
General Information Election and Convention
1960
18 4
Party Platforms Analysis
1960-1964
18 5
General Information Election and Convention
1964
18 6
Convention Guide
1968
18 7
General Information Election and Convention
1968

National Special Interest GroupsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
19 1
American Civil Liberties Union Articles
19 2
American Civil Liberties Union General Information and Newsletters
19 3
American Society for Public Administration
19 4
Committee for the Canal Treaties Inc.
19 5
Common Cause Article
19 6
Conservative Political Organizations Articles, Newsletters, Pamphlets
19 7
The Council of State Government List of Publications
1984
19 8
The Federal Election Commission
19 9
The John Birch Society General Articles, Newsletters, Pamphlets
19 10-11
The John Birch Society Publications
19 12
Public Affairs Council Memos and Pamphlets

United States Presidents and the PresidencyReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
20 1
Center for the Study of the Presidency
20 2
Presidents and Presidential Candidates
1788-1960
20 3
Presidential Races
1979-1986
20 4
United States Presidency, General
20 5
Jimmy Carter Article
1978
20 6
Dwight Eisenhower Article
1981
20 7
Millard Fillmore Article
1981
20 8
Warren G. Harding Article
1977
20 9
Lyndon B. Johnson Articles
1969-1982
20 10
John F. Kennedy Eulogy and Statement on Agriculture
1960-1963
20 11
Richard M. Nixon Articles, Vietnam Statement, Inagural Address
1969
20 12
George Romney Articles, Letters, and Statement of Withdrawl
1968
20 13
Harry S. Truman Article
1984

Miscellaneous Subjects, B-WReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
21 1
Brookings Institute List of Publications
21 2
Center for National Policy Newsletter
21 3
The Close-up Program Booklet
21 4
Congressional Internships Article, Correspondence, Newslettes
21 5
Democratic Women Booklet
21 6
Department of Housing and Urban Development Booklet
1967
21 7
Deseret News and Salt Lake Tribune General Information
1976
21 8
Election Materials
21 9
Federal Budget
1947-1965
21 10
Partial Federal Job Listing
1961
21 11
Federal Welfare System Articles and Newsletters
21 12
The New Gold Rush
This folder contains a report on financing California's legislative campaigns.
1985
21 13
Part of Article "Foreign Policy in the Nuclear Crisis"
21 14
Foreign Service Careers Booklet
21 15
Hatch Act Articles
21 16
Hoover Commission Articles
21 17
Insanity Plea Articles
1982
21 18
Labor Reform General Information
1955-1961
21 19
Maricopa County, Arizona, Article
1968
21 20
Maricopa County, Arizona, Charter Form of Government
1960-1969
21 21
Maricopa County, Arizona, Outlook Issues
1963-1965
21 22
Maricopa County, Arizona, Correspondence and Notes
21 23
Maricopa County, Arizona, Officials
21 24
McGeorga School of Law Magazine
21 25
Assorted Memoranda
21 26
Francios Mitterand Article
21 27
National Cities and Counties General Information
21 28
National Economic Reports
1960-1961
21 29
National Politics Articles, Newsletters, Pamphlets
21 30
New Federalism Articles
21 31
Newspaper Editor's Questionnaire on Journalism
1980
22 1
Panama Canal Treaties White House Briefing
22 2
Political Participation Article
22 3
Political Participation Poem
22 4
Political Parties General Information
22 5
Political Positions Democratic and Republican
22 6
James L. Clayton Booklet, Farewell to the Welfare State
1976
22 7
Edwin Brown Firmage, Tribute to Hubert Humphrey
1978
22 8
Aamad R. Haffar Report, Prospects for Peace in the Middle East
1981
22 9
Joseph F. Peery Pamphlet, Three Cheers for Capitalism
22 10
Republican Coordinating Committee Pamphlets
1966-1967
22 11
Various Resumes
22 12
Role of the Press Articles and Pamphlets
1983
22 13
Smear Campaigns
1962-1964
22 14
United States Constitution Exerpts and Explanations
22 15
United States Government General Information
22 16
United States Government Surplus Collection
22 17
Utah Law Review
1966
22 18
Barbara Walters Articles
1976
22 19
Washington Press Articles
1982
22 20
Washington Publicity Calendar
1980
22 21
Women in Politics Articles

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Electioneering--United States
  • Political conventions--United States
  • Political parties--United States

Corporate Names

  • American Civil Liberties Union
  • Common Cause
  • John Birch Society

Geographical Names

  • United States--Politics and government
  • Utah--Politics and government

Form or Genre Terms

  • Articles
  • Newsletters
  • Pamphlets
  • Press releases
  • Reports
  • Speeches