Raye Carleson Ringholz papers

Raye Carleson Ringholz papers, 1964-1995

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Ringholz, Raye Carleson, author
Title: Raye Carleson Ringholz papers
Dates: 1964-1995 (inclusive)
19641995
Quantity: 30 linear feet
Collection Number: ACCN 1812
Summary: The Raye Carleson Ringholz papers (1964-1995) contain Ringholz's office papers. Included in the files are correspondence, research projects, manuscripts, newspaper clippings and miscellaneous materials. Ringholz is a noted woman writer from Utah.
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

Ringholz is a noted woman writer from Utah. She published several books, which include Barrier of Salt, Guidebook to Canyonlands Country, The Wilderness Handbook, Uranium Frenzy, Little Town Blues, Paradise Paved, and On belay!

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Raye Carleson Ringholz papers (1964-1995) contain Ringholz's office papers. Included in the files are correspondence, research projects, manuscripts, newspaper clippings and miscellaneous materials. The collection is arranged by subject corresponding to the books and articles that Ringholz wrote throughout her life. The original file names were retained.

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

Separated Materials

Two boxes of photographs, a binder of slides, and four boxes of audio cassette tapes were transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections (P0841 and A0611).

Processing Note

Processed by Heather Harkness in 2000.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Subject Files, A-SReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description
Carton	Folder
1	1	Anne Bassett Notes
1	2-3	Colorado Magazine
1	4	Historical Preservation
1	5	Silver Queen
	Volume
1	1-8	Research Notes

Barrier of Salt, Guidebook to Canyon Land Country, and Wilderness Handbook Subject FilesReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Carton	Folder
2	1-2	Barrier of Salt
2	3-5	Great Salt Lake
2	6	Utah's Inland Sea
2	7	Guidebook to Canyonlands Country
2	8	"From A to Z: Discovering Utah's Five National Parks"
2	9	Arches National Monument
2	10	Bryce
2	11-12	Canyonlands
2	13	Capital Reef
2	14	Colorado River
2	15	Fisher Towers, Castle Valley, La Sal Loop
2	16	Lake Powell
2	17	Moab Area
2	18	Monument Valley, Natural Bridges
2	19	Zion
2	20	The Wilderness Handbook
2	21	Wilderness Handbook Correspondence	1971
2	22	Wilderness Handbook Chapter 9 Basic Climbing

The Wilderness Handbook and Uranium Frenzy Subject FilesReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Carton	Folder
3	1	Wilderness Handbook Manuscript
3	2-3	Manuscript Notes
3	4	Correspondence	1971-1972
3	5	Miscellaneous papers
3	6	Eureka! Uranium Manuscript
3	7-9	Quest for Uranium Manuscript
3	10-12	Uranium Frenzy Manuscript

Uranium Frenzy and Uranium Subject Files, A-CReturn to Top

Cartons 4-6 of the collection were returned to the author in May of 2001 for her use. At that time she found material which was out of order. Folder notes have been added to reflect where the material belongs when the collection is fully processed.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Carton	Folder
4	1-9	Uranium Frenzy Manuscript
4	10-11	Uranium Frenzy Correspondence	1986-1991
4	12-14	AEC Grand Junction	1950-1966
4	15	Dr. Archer-Epidemiological	1956-1958
4	16	Atlas Uranium
4	17	Atomic Energy Commission
4	18	Ralph Batie
4	19	Compromise Belongs in carton 8, Paradise Paved.
4	20	Congressional Hearings	1967
4	21	Jack Coombs

Uranium Subject Files, D-PhReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Carton	Folder
5	1-2	Debate Belongs in carton 8, Paradise Paved.
5	3	Fallout
5	4-5	Federal Uranium	1956
5	6-9	Garner Case	1963-1970
5	10	Holiday Mine Study	1949-1950
5	11	Holiday Radiation Study
5	12-13	Holiday Uranium Study	1953-1954
5	14	Lisbon Uranium
5	15	Manhattan Project
5	16	Navajo Mines-Marysville
5	17	New Boom
5	18-19	Penny Stock Market	1953-1957
5	20-21	Photographs

Uranium Subject Files, Ph-UrReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Carton	Folder
6	1	Photographs
6	2	Pick-Dolum
6	3	Planning Belongs in carton 7 or 8, Paradise Paved.
6	4	Private Property Rights Belongs in carton 7 or 8, Paradise Paved.
6	5	Public Health Service
6	6	Radiation
6	7	Standard Uranium
6	8-9	Charles Steen	1953-1954
6	10-11	Steen Bankruptcy
6	12	Steen-Dolum	1954-1956
6	13	Steen Injury-Gold Mine
6	14	Steen-Reno
6	15	Steen Uranium Reduction, etc.	1959-1961
6	16	Tailings
6	17	Talks
6	18	Transportation Belongs in carton 7 or 8, Paradise Paved.
6	19	Tourism Belongs in carton 7 or 8, Paradise Paved.
6	20	Udall Cases
6	21	Uranium Information
6	22	Uranium Mining
6	23-28	Uranium Prospecting	1947-1964

Uranium Subject Files, W; Little Town Blues and Paradise Paved Subject Files, A-EcReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Carton	Folder
7	1	Wirtz Belongs in carton 6, Uranium Subject Files.	1967-1968
7	2	Miscellaneous Documents
7	3-5	Little Town Blues Manuscript
7	6	Paradise Pave
7	7	Grappling with Growth
7	8	The Growth Stampede Manuscript
7	9	Activists
7	10	Aspen
7	11	Aspen Area
7	12	Boulder
7	13	Bullhead City
7	14	Chronicle of Community
7	15	Consultants
7	16	Economic Development

Paradise Paved Subject Files, Ep-KReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description
Carton	Folder
8	1-3	Epilogue
8	4	Escalante
8	5	Gambling
8	6	Gateway Towns
8	7	General Growth
8	8	Housing
8	9-10	Jackson
8	11	Jackson History
8	12	Kalispell/White Fish
8	13	Kanab
8	14	Kremmling

Paradise Paved Subject Files, L-PReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description
Carton	Folder
9	1	Los Vegas, N.M.
9	2	Missoula
9	3-4	Moab
9	5	Moab Changes
9	6	Moab Interviews
9	7	Moab Issues
9	8	Ocean Side
9	9-12	Open Space (Land Trusts)
9	13-14	Park City
9	15	Park City Issues
9	16-17	Photographs

Paradise Paved Subject Files, S-WReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description
Carton	Folder
10	1	Sand Point
10	2-3	Santa Fe
10	4	St George
10	5-7	Sedona
10	8	Sun Valley
10	9-10	Taos
10	11	Teton Village
10	12	Telluride
10	13	Victor/Driggs
10	14-15	Water
10	16	Wilderness/Endangered Species
10	17	Wise Use

On Belay! Subject Files, A-MReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Carton	Folder
11	1-3	On Belay!
11	4-5	Manuscript
11	6-7	Final Draft
11	8	Youth-Iowa	1915-1918
11	9	Twin Falls	1918-1924
11	10	Interment Years	1924-1930
11	11	Fam Pat, WWII Devil's Tower	1940s
11	12	Later Years
11	13	Anniversary Climb
11	14-15	Baja-NOLS
11	16	Grand Teton Articles
11	17	India	1939
11	18	K2	1938
11	19	Mt. Moran Rescue	1940

On Belay! Subject Files, N-WReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description
Carton	Folder
12	1-2	National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS)
12	3	Outdoor Leadership School
12	4	Private Railroad Cars
12	5	Teton Controversy
12	6	Tutor of Tetons
12	7	21930-36, Windsor, Europe, Matterhorn, LSU Pat
12	8-9	Wilderness Education Association (WEA)

Article Subject Files, A-GoReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Carton	Folder
13	1	Africa
13	2-4	Art in Public Places
13	5	Autumn Aloft
13	6	Balabans
13	7	Rich Bass
13	8	Be Sure to stop the Clock at Vernal
13	9	Blind Miner
13	10	Bussing the Trail to the Canyonlands
13	11	Capital Hill
13	12	Capital Cities
13	13	Christmas Parties
13	14-15	Correspondences	1967-1973
13	16	Deadly Daughters Belongs in carton 6, Uranium Subject Files.
13	17-19	Duckville
13	20	Dirty Shirts
13	21	Earthquake
13	22	Flying Powder Puff
13	23	Four-Wheeling Family
13	24	Freddie and Lulu
13	25	The Fun of Canyonlands Close Up
13	26	Golden Plates
13	27-28	Golden Spike

Article Subject Files, Go-SiReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description
Carton	Folder
14	1	Go West (in Winter) Young Man
14	2	How We Became Part Desert Rat
14	3	Hunting
14	4	The Little Utah Bank That Changed the Postal Rate of a Nation
14	5	Keeping Up with Flaming Gorge
14	6-7	Mary Leakey
14	8	The Many Treasures of Treasure Mount
14	9	Mining Towns Turn from Pick to Palette
14	10	My Father is a Park Ranger
14	11-12	No Place for a Lady
14	13	Old Bossies Found the Fountain of Youth
14	14	Olympics
14	15-16	Park City
14	17	Pine Board Towns
14	18	Pinedale
14	19	R Lazy S Ranch
14	20	Heidi Redd-Utah's Mythic Cowgirl Manuscript
14	21	Redford
14	22	RFD-Africa, Alaska, and Hurricane, Utah
14	23	Shannon's Search for a Tail
14	24-27	John Singer

Article Subject Files, Si-WoReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Carton	Folder
15	1	John Singer
15	2	Singer and Lippitt Cases
15	3	Singer Family vs. System
15	4	Snowmobiling
15	5	Talk for Lowell School	1972
15	6	Touring Southeast Utah.......with Tots
15	7	Tracking the Cougar
15	8	Travel Writers' Tour of Canyonlands
15	9	Treat Yourself to Utah's Newest Treat
15	10	A Trumpet and a Piece of Chalk
15	11	Utah's Leading Ladies in Art
15	12	Whatever Happened to the Great Salt Lake?
15	13	Kitty Williams Information
15	14	Wonderful Winters in Utah
15	15	Miscellaneous

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