University of Utah American West Center records University of Utah American West Center records

University of Utah American West Center records University of Utah American West Center records, 1966-2003

Overview of the Collection

Creator: University of Utah. American West Center
Title: University of Utah American West Center recordsUniversity of Utah American West Center records
Dates: 1966-2003 (inclusive)
19662003

1966-1995 (bulk)
19661995
Quantity: 4.75 linear feet
Collection Number: Acc0575
Summary: The American West Center is a research arm of the University of Utah that is housed within the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. The Center's main research efforts are in the social, cultural, regional, and ethnic aspects of the American West. The material in this collection comes from the files of Floyd O'Niel who was the Director the American West Center from 1986 until 1995.
Repository: University of Utah Libraries, University Archives and Records Management
University Archives and Records Management, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
666 Guardsman Way
Salt Lake City, UT
84112
Telephone: 8015818242
david.buhler@utah.edu
Access Restrictions: Materials must be used on-site; advance notice suggested. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
Languages: English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

The Western History Center began at the University of Utah in 1964. After an administrative review in 1970, it was reorganized into the American West Center and placed within the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. The Center was also merged with the Bureau of Indian Services, American West Studies, and documentation and oral history projects which began in 1967 under a large grant from the Doris Duke Foundation. In the 1970's, the American West Center launched an Applied History program in conjunction with the History Department and incorporated the Intercultural and Regional Studies program which dealt with the various ethnic groups in the Intermountain West.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The material in this collection was generated through the activities of Floyd O'Neil who was the Assistant Director of the Center for the Studies of the American West from 1967 to 1971, Associate Director for the American West Center from 1972 to 1985, and Director of the American West Center from 1985 until his retirement in 1995. He was also an adjunct professor in the Department of History from 1976 from until he retired and was made Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and History. The bulk of the material covers the administrations of Directors David E. Miller (1965-1971), S. Tyler Lyman (1971-1985), and Floyd O'Neil (1986-1995). The majority of the Administrative Records were produced from consultation projects that the American West Center performed in collaboration with Native American tribes in the American West. This material also covers the program for graduate training in the history of Indians in the Americas which the Center implemented in 1976.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Preferred Citation

Initial Citation: American West Center records, Acc. 575, Box [ ]. University Archives and Records Management. University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott. Salt Lake City, Utah.

Following Citations:Acc. 575

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

This collection is divided into the following two series: Administrative Office Records and Correspondence. The Administrative Office Files are arranged alphabetically by subject while the correspondence files are arranged chronologically.

Related Materials

Acc. 70: American West Center Advisory Committee meeting minutes, 1969-1970

Acquisition Information

This collection came from seventeen cubic feet of material that was picked up from American West Center in 2007 and 2008.

Processing Note

Processed by David Buhler in 2019.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Administrative RecordsReturn to Top

Container(s): Series 1

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box
1	Central Utah Water Conservancy Project to Graduate and Professional Opportunities Program
Folder
1	Central Utah Water Conservancy Project (CUP)	1984-1994
2	Department of History	1979-1988
3	Department of History - Department Meeting Minutes	1982-1985
4	Department of History - Executive Committee Meeting Minutes	1982-1985
5	Fort Hall: Shoshone-Bannock Project	1994-2000
6-7	Graduate and Professional Opportunities Program (G-POP)	1978-1984
2	Grant to Develop Curriculum... to Miller, David E.
Folder
1	" Grant to Develop Curriculum for University and College Courses in the History of the Indians of the Americas"	1979-1981
2	" Historical Sketch of Hopi Land Use and Occupance"	circa 1980
3-6	Intertribal Council of Nevada	1972-1975; undated
7	Metlakatla Community Archives	1984-1991
8	Miller, David E. - Correspondence	1966-1969
3	Miller, David E. to "Records of the Mission..."
Folder
1	Miller, David E. - Correspondence	1970-1971
2	Program for Graduate Training in the History of the Indians of the Americas	1975-1979
3	Project to Extend the Use of American Indian History	1979-1982
4-6	Pueblo Archives	1981-1986
7	Pueblo of Tesque	1992-1994
8	Pueblo Water Inventory	1990; 1996
9	" Records of the Mission of Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe de Zuni"	circa 1980
4	Tohono O' Odham to Ute Mountain Ute Project
Folder
1	" Tohono O' Odham: History of the Desert Peoples"	1985-1989
2	Uintah and Ouray Reservation Water Rights	1987-1988
3	United States Bureau of Reclamation	1988
4	Ute Mountain Ute Project	1986-1990

Correspondence, 1967-2003Return to Top

Container(s): Series 2

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Research institutes--Utah--History--Souces.
Universitities and colleges--Utah--Salt Lake City--History--Sources.
University of Utah--Archives.

Personal Names

Miller, David E.
O'Neil, Floyd A.
Tyler, S. Lyman (Samuel Lyman), 1920-

Corporate Names

University of Utah. College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
University of Utah. Dept. of History

Form or Genre Terms

Correspondence
Memorandums
Minutes
Reports

Archives West Finding Aid

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