Archives West Finding Aid
Table of Contents
- Overview of the Collection
- Content Description
- Use of the Collection
- Administrative Information
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Detailed Description of the Collection
- Transcripts and Miscellaneous Files
- Organizational Records
- Trips and Activities
- Organizational Records
- Administration and General Materials
- Membership and Attendance
- Programs and Meeting Minutes
- Field Trips and Expeditions
- 2008 Dinners
- Financial Records
- Correspondence and Expeditions
- 2005 Dinners
- 2006 Dinners
- 2007 Dinners
- 2009 Dinners
- Meeting Minutes and Financial Records
- General Materials
- Field Trips
- Names and Subjects
Utah Westerners records, 1967-2009
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Westerners. Utah Westerners
- Title
- Utah Westerners records
- Dates
- 1967-2009 (inclusive)19672009
- Quantity
- 14 linear feet
- Collection Number
- ACCN 0370
- Summary
- The Utah Westerners records (1967-2009) includes the organization's bylaws and constitution, a calendar of events, lecture transcripts, correspondence, membership rosters, meeting minutes, field trip itineraries, completed questionnaires, membership applications, speech transcripts, and other documents. This collection also contains files kept by the Utah Westerners for two other organizations: the Fort Douglas Museum Association and Westerner's International. The Utah Westerners was organized in 1967. The major events of this all-male club are monthly lectures and annual field trips. These lectures and field trips allow club members to increase their knowledge of Western American history by addressing topics such as early Utah politics, Native Americans and westward expansion, Mormonism in the nineteenth century, and transportation, colonization, exploration, and communication in the West. The Utah Westerners holds its monthly lectures at the Alta Club in Salt Lake City.
- Repository
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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
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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
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Utah Westerners records (1967-2009) includes the organization's bylaws and constitution, a calendar of events, lecture transcripts, correspondence, membership rosters, meeting minutes, field trip itineraries, completed questionnaires, membership applications, speech transcripts, and other documents. This collection also contains files kept by the Utah Westerners for two other organizations: the Fort Douglas Museum Association and Westerner's International. The Utah Westerners was organized in 1967, holding its first meeting in December of that year. The major events of this all-male club are monthly lectures and annual field trips. These lectures and field trips allow club members to increase their knowledge of Western American history by addressing topics such as early Utah politics, Native Americans and westward expansion, Mormonism in the nineteenth century, and transportation, colonization, exploration, and communication in the West. The Utah Westerners holds its monthly lectures at the Alta Club in Salt Lake City.
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
Boxes 1-3 were donated by Greg Thompson, the Utah Westerners, and Peter DeLafosse in 1974-1997 (1.5 linear feet).
Boxes 4-6 were donated by Oscar Olsen in 2001 (1.5 linear feet).
Boxes 7-10 were donated by Greg Thompson, Vernon Gorzitze, and unrecorded donors in 2002-2004 (1.75 linear feet).
Boxes 11-24 were donated by Vernon Gorzitze, Walter Jones, Paul Mogren, and unrecorded donors in 2002-2004 (1.75 linear feet).
Separated Materials
Photographs and audio-visual materials were transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections (P0621 and A0142).
Processing Note
Processed by Julie Hunsaker, Liz Rogers, Lisa DeMille, and Halle Fiderlick in 1997-2015.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Transcripts and Miscellaneous FilesReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 1 | Calendar of Events for Utah Westerners
Draft and published calendar.
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1967-1990 |
| 1 | 2 | Fort Douglas Museum Association File
A newsletter, an issue of "Headquarters Heliogram," a membership application, a photocopy of the Certificate of Incorporation, a brochure, tour information, a tax notice, a financial report, Historic Park correspondence and budget, a biography of Patrick Edward Connor, and U.S. Army Pioneers: Black Soldiers in Nineteenth-Century Utah, by Michael J. Clark. Also included in this folder are a brochure, "Historic Forts of the Old West," and an issue of Periodical: Journal of the Council on America's Military Past (12:3).
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1974-1975; 1981-1985 |
| 1 | 3 | Westerners International File
Correspondence, issues of the "Buckskin Bulletin," awards entry forms, and the 1981 Tally Sheet.
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1975-1989 |
| 1 | 4 | Floyd O'Neil, "The Lynching of Robert Marshall" |
1969 |
| 1 | 5 | O. N. Malmquist, "The Life and Times of the Salt Lake Tribune" |
1969 |
| 1 | 6 | T. Edgar Lyon, "Nauvoo: History and Restoration" |
1970 |
| 1 | 7 | Samuel W. Taylor, "The Hanging of the Hodge Brothers" |
1970 |
| 1 | 8 | Mark Leone, "An Evolution in Mormon Culture" |
1970 |
| 1 | 9 | Brigham D. Madsen, "When Jehus Ruled the Road" |
1971 |
| 1 | 10 | William J. Petersen, "Ho! For the Mountains! Ho! For the Gold Mines!" |
1971 |
| 1 | 11 | Bishop Robert Joseph Dwyer, "A New Look at Father Pierre DeSmet" |
1971 |
| 1 | 12 | Sam Weller, "Booksellers in Salt Lake City, Their Trials and Tribulations" and "Books as Investments" |
1972 |
| 1 | 13 | Nelson Wadsworth, "Through Camera Eyes: A Photographic History of Utah and the Mormons" |
1972 |
| 1 | 14 | Dean Larson, "The Discovery and Exploration of Yellowstone" |
1972 |
| 1 | 15 | Sam Arnold, "Frying Pans West" |
1973 |
| 1 | 16 | Unknown, "If You Want to Have a Good Time, Don't Jine the Cavalry" |
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| 1 | 17 | Mary Lee Spence, "The Fremonts and Utah" |
1975 |
| 1 | 18 | W. Turrentine Jackson, "Salt Lake City: Transportation Depot During the Stagecoach Era" |
1984 |
Organizational RecordsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | |||
| 2 | Organizational Records |
1968-1984 | |
| Folder | |||
| 3 | 1-14 | Organizational Records |
1985-1996 |
| 3 | 15 | Miscellaneous
Correspondence, meeting minutes, an officers list, a membership attendance list, a ballot, programs and announcements, a dinner attendance list, a biographical sketch for H. Rush Spedden and an unknown person, a bibliography of works by William Rozelle Christensen, recipes, articles, photocopies of photographs, and other items.
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| 4 | Bank Records |
1991-1999 | |
Trips and ActivitiesReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 5 | 1 | Yellowstone Trip |
1991 |
| 5 | 2 | Donner Lake, Carson City Trip |
1992 |
| 5 | 3 | Montana Trip |
1993 |
| 5 | 4 | Wyoming Trip |
1994 |
| 5 | 5 | Arizona Trip |
1995 |
| 5 | 6 | Great Salt Lake Boat Trip |
1995 |
| 5 | 7 | Southern Utah and Arizona Trip |
1996 |
| 5 | 8-10 | Club Activities
Includes information on northern New Mexico trip; Pocatello, Idaho, trip; and Fort Benton, Montana, trip.
|
1997-1999 |
Organizational RecordsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 6 | 1-4 | Attendance |
1991-1996 |
| 6 | 5 | 30th Anniversary Brochures |
1996 |
| 6 | 6 | Alta Club Notices |
1997-1999 |
| 6 | 7-9 | Minutes and Newsletters |
1995-1997 |
| 6 | 10-12 | Receipts |
1992-1999 |
| 7 | 1 | Correspondence |
1986-2003 |
| 7 | 2-3 | Fur Trade Talks
Given by Fred A. Gowans and Warren A. Ferris.
|
1984-1993 |
| 7 | 4 | Field Expedition, Encampment at Chamber's Hole |
1974 |
| 7 | 5 | Field Expedition, Indian Wars 1866-1876 |
1975 |
| 7 | 6 | Field Expedition, Oregon Trail |
1977 |
| 7 | 7 | Field Expedition, Great Salt Lake and Great American Desert |
1978 |
| 7 | 8 | Field Expedition, Cody, Wyoming |
1979 |
| 7 | 9 | Field Expedition, The Anasazi |
1981 |
| 7 | 10 | Field Expedition, Great Salt Lake and Points North |
1982 |
| 8 | 1 | Field Expedition, We Are Called to Dixie! |
1983 |
| 8 | 2 | Field Expedition, Return to Chamber's Bay on Fremont Lake |
1984 |
| 8 | 3 | Field Expedition, South to the Spanish Settlements |
1987 |
| 8 | 4 | Field Expedition, Westward Ho! For the State of Nevada |
1988 |
| 8 | 5 | Field Expedition, Ho! Indian Fights, Ho! Cattle Wars, and Other Historic Landmarks |
1989 |
| 8 | 6 | Field Expedition, Ho! For the State of Colorado |
1990 |
| 8 | 7 | Field Expedition, Thar Be "Hos and Beaver" in Yellowstone Country |
1991 |
| 8 | 8 | Field Expedition, History A'Plenty in Northern Nevada |
1992 |
| 9 | 1 | Field Expedition, To the Greasy Grass |
1993 |
| 9 | 2 | Field Expedition, Yippee Ti Yi! |
1994 |
| 9 | 3 | Field Expedition, Southeast Arizona |
1995 |
| 9 | 4-5 | Field Expedition, Ho! for Southern Utah |
1996 |
| 9 | 6 | Field Expedition, Montana |
1999 |
| 9 | 7 | Field Expedition, North by Northwest |
2001 |
| 9 | 8 | Field Expedition, Black Hills of South Dakota |
2002 |
| 10 | 1 | By-law Revisions |
2002-2003 |
| 10 | 2 | Meeting Minutes and Agendas |
2000-2003 |
| 10 | 3 | Name Lists |
1996-2002 |
| 10 | 4 | Newsletters |
1993-2003 |
| 10 | 5 | 30th Anniversary Booklet |
1998 |
| 10 | 6 | Miscellaneous |
Administration and General MaterialsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 11 | 1 | Correspondence |
1995-2006 |
| 11 | 2 | General Materials, Awards, and Field Trip Information |
1979-1999 |
| 11 | 3-4 | General Materials |
1995-2007 |
| 11 | 5 | Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws |
1968-2004 |
| 11 | 6 | Bylaws |
1997-2008 |
| 11 | 7 | Tax Information |
1987-1991 |
| 11 | 8 | Pinhook Battle: Rusty Salmon |
2001 |
| 11 | 9 | Westerners Foundation |
2002-2003 |
| 11 | 10 | Sterling Sessions Resignation |
2007 |
| 11 | 11 | Annual Business Renewal |
2007 |
| 11 | 12 | Administration |
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| 11 | 13 | Women in the Utah Westerners |
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| 11 | 14 | Campbell, Eugene E: Brigham Young: Paradoxical Prophet |
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| 11 | 15 | Iron-On Decals |
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| 11 | 16 | Name Cards |
Membership and AttendanceReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 12 | 1 | Old Membership Records |
1968-1983 |
| 12 | 2 | Membership and General Documents |
1972 |
| 12 | 3 | Attendance and Dues Records |
1978-1985 |
| 12 | 4 | Membership Lists |
1995-1996 |
| 12 | 5 | Rosters, Membership Lists, Directories |
1985-2002 |
| 12 | 6 | Membership Committee Applications |
2005-2006 |
| 12 | 7 | Directory |
2009 |
| 12 | 8 | Membership |
2010 |
| 12 | 9 | Memorial Roll |
Programs and Meeting MinutesReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 13 | 1-2 | Monthly Programs |
1985-2012 |
| 13 | 3-4 | Board of Directors Minutes |
1995-2009 |
| 13 | 5 | Westerners Meetings |
1997-2004 |
| 13 | 6 | Off the Press: Books of Western and Regional Interest |
Field Trips and ExpeditionsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 14 | 1 | Trip Information and Materials |
1997 |
| 14 | 2 | Pocatello Trip |
1998 |
| 14 | 3 | Field Trip: Ho! For Fort Hall |
1998 |
| 14 | 4 | Idaho and Montana Information |
1983-2000 |
| 14 | 5 | Rendezvous in Brown's Hole, Colorado |
2000 |
| 14 | 6 | Field Trip: Guide and Photos |
2001 |
| 14 | 7 | Field Trip |
2001 |
| 15 | 1 | South Dakota "The Black Hills" Field Expedition |
2002 |
| 15 | 2 | Eastern Utah Field Expedition |
2003 |
| 15 | 3 | Field Trip: Southern Utah and Arizona |
2004 |
| 15 | 4 | Field Trip: Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska |
2006 |
| 15 | 5 | Field Trip: Camp Floyd |
2007 |
| 15 | 6 | Field Trip: the Loneliest Road in America |
2009 |
| 15 | 7 | Field Expedition: Northern Arizona |
2010 |
| 15 | 8 | Trips and Maps |
2008 DinnersReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 16 | 1 | January Dinner |
2008 |
| 16 | 2 | February Dinner |
2008 |
| 16 | 3 | March Dinner |
2008 |
| 16 | 4 | April Dinner |
2008 |
| 16 | 5 | May Dinner |
2008 |
| 16 | 5 | May Dinner |
2008 |
| 16 | 6 | July Dinner |
2008 |
| 16 | 7 | August Dinner |
2008 |
| 16 | 8 | September Dinner |
2008 |
| 16 | 9 | October Dinner |
2008 |
| 16 | 10 | November Dinner |
2008 |
| 16 | 11 | December Dinner |
2008 |
Financial RecordsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 17 | 1-4 | Financial Records |
2002-2005 |
Correspondence and ExpeditionsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 18 | 1 | General Correspondence and Westerner's International Newsletters |
2005-2008 |
| 18 | 2 | Dues: Records and Correspondence |
2006-2009 |
| 18 | 3 | Membership Rosters, Correspondence, and Misc. |
2005-2009 |
| 18 | 4 | Field Expedition |
2006 |
| 18 | 5 | Field Expedition: Utah War |
2007 |
| 18 | 6 | Field Expedition: In the Footsteps of the Anasazi |
2008 |
| 18 | 7 | Field Expedition: Ho for the Loneliest Road in America |
2009 |
2005 DinnersReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 19 | 1 | Membership Payments and Dinner Bills Jan-Oct |
2005 |
| 19 | 2 | Monthly Financial Report, Dinner, and Board Minutes for October |
2005 |
| 19 | 3 | Monthly Financial Report and Dinner for November |
2005 |
| 19 | 4 | December Monthly Dinner |
2005 |
| 19 | 5 | Monthly Financial Report and Dinner for December |
2005 |
2006 DinnersReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 20 | 1 | Monthly Financial Report and Dinner for January |
2006 |
| 20 | 2 | Monthly Financial Report and Dinner for February |
2006 |
| 20 | 3 | Monthly Dinner for March |
2006 |
| 20 | 4 | Monthly Financial Report and Dinner for April |
2006 |
| 20 | 5 | Monthly Dinner for May |
2006 |
| 20 | 6 | Monthly Dinner for July |
2006 |
| 20 | 7 | Monthly Dinner for August |
2006 |
| 20 | 8 | Monthly Financial Report and Dinner for September |
2006 |
| 20 | 9 | Monthly Financial Report and Dinner for October |
2006 |
| 20 | 10 | Monthly Financial Report and Dinner for November |
2006 |
| 20 | 11 | Monthly Dinner for December |
2006 |
2007 DinnersReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 21 | 1 | Monthly Financial Report and Dinner for January |
2007 |
| 21 | 2 | Monthly Dinner for February |
2007 |
| 21 | 3 | Monthly Financial Report and Dinner for March |
2007 |
| 21 | 4 | Annual Financial Report and Monthly Financial Report and Dinner for April |
2007 |
| 21 | 5 | Monthly Dinner for May |
2007 |
| 21 | 6 | Monthly Financial Report and Dinner for July |
2007 |
| 21 | 7 | Monthly Dinner for August |
2007 |
| 21 | 8 | Monthly Dinner for September |
2007 |
| 21 | 9 | Monthly Financial Report and Dinner for October |
2007 |
| 21 | 10 | Monthly Financial Report and Dinner for November |
2007 |
2009 DinnersReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 22 | 1 | Monthly Financial Report and Dinner for January |
2009 |
| 22 | 2 | Monthly Dinner for February |
2009 |
| 22 | 3 | Monthly Financial Report and Dinner for March |
2009 |
| 22 | 4 | Monthly Financial Report and Dinner for April |
2009 |
| 22 | 5 | Monthly Dinner for May |
2009 |
| 22 | 6 | Monthly Dinner for July |
2009 |
| 22 | 7 | Monthly Financial Report and Dinner for August |
2009 |
| 22 | 8 | Monthly Dinner for September |
2009 |
| 22 | 9 | Monthly Financial Report and Dinner for October |
2009 |
| 22 | 10 | Monthly Financial Report and Dinner for November |
2009 |
| 22 | 11 | Monthly Financial Report and Dinner for December |
2009 |
Meeting Minutes and Financial RecordsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 23 | 1 | Membership Directories |
2005-2009 |
| 23 | 2 | Membership Certificates |
2008 |
| 23 | 3-6 | Board Minutes |
2005-2010 |
| 23 | 7 | Misc. Receipts |
2005-2009 |
| 23 | 8 | Monthly Financial Reports |
2005-2009 |
| 23 | 9 | Annual Financial Reports |
2005-2009 |
| 23 | 10 | David Westley Fund Donations |
2007 |
| 23 | 11 | Alta Club Bills |
2005-2009 |
General MaterialsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 24 | 1 | Poem |
2009 |
| 24 | 2 | Utah Westerner Notices |
1982-2005 |
| 24 | 3 | Publications |
1974-2002 |
| 24 | 4 | Historical Research Materials |
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| 24 | 5 | Electronic Files |
2004 |
| 25 | Membership Badges |
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| Folder | |||
| 26 | 1 | Membership Records |
1989-2011 |
| 26 | 2 | Utah Westerners Monthly Dinners |
1985-2010 |
| 26 | 3 | History of the Founding of Utah Westerners |
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| 26 | 4 | Utah Westerners By-Laws |
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| 26 | 5 | Utah Westerners Member Information and Photos |
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| 26 | 6 | Utah Westerners Board Meeting Minutes |
1978-2009 |
| 26 | 7 | Buckskin Bulletin |
1989-2004 |
Field TripsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 27 | 1 | Anasazi Field Trip |
1981 |
| 27 | 2 | Great Salt Lake and Points North Field Trip |
1982 |
| 27 | 3 | Dixie Field Trip |
1983 |
| 27 | 4 | Goldfields and Sacramento Field Trip |
1985 |
| 27 | 5 | Nevada Field Trip |
1988 |
| 27 | 6 | Wyoming Field Trip |
1989 |
| 27 | 7 | Colorad Field Trip |
1990 |
| 27 | 8 | Nevada Field Trip |
1992 |
| 27 | 9 | Oregon Trail Field Trip |
1993 |
| 28 | 1 | South Pass Wyoming Field Trip |
1994 |
| 28 | 2 | Arizona Field Trip |
1995 |
| 28 | 3 | Southern Utah Field Trip |
1996 |
| 28 | 4 | Salt Lake Cutoff Field Trip |
1998 |
| 28 | 5 | Fort Bennion Montana Field Trip |
1999 |
| 29 | 1 | Brown's Hole Colorado Field Trip |
2000 |
| 29 | 2 | North by Northwest Field Trip |
2001 |
| 29 | 3 | Black Hills South Dakota Field Trip |
2002 |
| 29 | 4 | Uintah Basin Field Trip |
2003 |
| 29 | 5 | Monument Valley Field Trip |
2004 |
| 29 | 6-7 | Nebraska Field Trip |
2006 |
| 30 | 1 | Colorado Field Trip |
2008 |
| 30 | 2 | Idaho Field Trip 2006 |
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| 30 | 3 | Benchmark Books with Will Bagley and David Bigler |
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| 30 | 4 | Correspondence |
1984-2002 |
| 30 | 5 | Expenses |
1989,1999 |
| 30 | 6 | Harold M. Schindler Obituary |
1998 |
| 30 | 7 | Martin's Cove Papers |
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| 30 | 8 | Maps |
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| 30 | 9 | Miscellaneous Articles |
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| 30 | 10 | Newspaper Articles on Catholicism |
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| 30 | 11 | Statue Photos |
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| 30 | 12 | Utah Westerners Stationary and Applications |
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| 30 | 13 | Virginia Dale Articles |
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| 30 | 14 | Women in the Utah Westerners |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Corporate Names
- Fort Douglas Military Museum
- Fort Douglas Museum Association
- Westerners. Utah Westerners--Archives
Geographical Names
- Utah--Description and travel
- Utah--History
- West (U.S.)--Description and travel
- West (U.S.)--History
Form or Genre Terms
- Announcements
- Bylaws
- Correspondence
- Financial records
- Membership lists
- Minutes
- Transcripts
Finding aid created by Julie Hunsaker, Elizabeth Rogers, Lisa DeMille and Kelsie Flack
2015 (last modified: 2018)
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