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University of Utah Board of Regents records, 1910-1969
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- University of Utah. Board of Regents
- Title
- University of Utah Board of Regents records
- Dates
- 1910-1969 (inclusive)19101969
- Quantity
- 11.75 linear feet + 1 oversized box
- Collection Number
- Acc0030
- Summary
- The Board of Regents was the governing body of the University of Utah. The name was changed to the Institutional Council in 1969 and to the present Board of Trustees in 1991. This collection contains correspondence, memoranda, and reports concerning general University administration. Included are contracts and specifications for the construction of various campus buildings (1910-1944). Also included are correspondence, memoranda, and lists related to the hiring of the President of the University of Utah in 1940 and 1963.
- 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
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
This collection contains correspondence, memoranda, and reports concerning general University administration. Included are contracts and specifications for the construction of various campus buildings (1910-1944). Also included are correspondence, memoranda, and lists related to the hiring of the President of the University of Utah in 1940 and 1963.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
Initial Citation: University of Utah Board of Regents records, Acc. 030, Box [ ]. University Archives and Records Management. University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott. Salt Lake City, Utah.
Following Citations:Acc. 030.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
The collection is organized in four series: 1. General; 2. Buildings; 3. Presidential Searches 4. Oversized Boxes. The material is arranged alphabetically within each series.
Related Materials
Acc0020: University of Utah Institutional Council meeting minutes (1958-1991)
Acc0089: University of Utah Institutional Council records (1960-1982)
Acc0139: University of Utah Board of Regents meeting minutes (1850-1969)
Acc0422: University of Utah Board of Trustees meeting minutes (1991-2011)
Acc0430: University of Utah Board of Trustees meeting minutes (1991-2012)
Acc0546: University of Utah Board of Trustees meeting minutes and trustee files (2005-2015)
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
General RecordsReturn to Top
Container(s): Series 1
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 1 | Alumni Association to Board of Regents Regulations, Procedures, and Authority |
|
| Folder | ||
| 1 | Alumni Association |
1921-1962 |
| 2 | Alumni Development Fund - Administration |
1945-1957 |
| 3-7 | Alumni Development Fund - Donations
(Folders 3-7 are restricted.)
|
1946-1954 |
| 8 | Animal Laboratory Building |
1944; 1955-1956 |
| 9 | Appointments to Board of Regents |
1921-1959 |
| 10 | Appointments to Board of Regents Committees |
1922-1965 |
| 11 | Art and Artist |
1924-1960 |
| 12 | Assembly Hall Building |
1919-1921; 1927 |
| 13 | Associated Students of the University of Utah (A.S.U.U.) |
1924-1960 |
| 14 | Athletics Program |
1944-1961 |
| 15 | Auditorium Building |
1927-1928 |
| 16 | Board of Regents Regulations, Procedures and Authority |
1922-1962 |
| 2 | Bookstore to College of Medicine |
|
| Folder | ||
| 1 | Bookstore - Petition to Place on Profit Sharing Basis |
1934 |
| 2-3 | "Bradford Process" - Correspondence, Patent Assignments |
1921-1923 |
| 4-13 | Budget |
1920-1963 |
| 14 | Buildings - Long-Term Planning |
1918-1963 |
| 15 | Buildings - Miscellaneous |
1929-1964 |
| 16 | Carlson Hall - Construction |
1927-1940 |
| 17 | Citizens' Advisory Board - SLC General Hospital |
1955-1961 |
| 18 | College of Eastern Utah - Carbon College |
1959-1966 |
| 19 | College of Medicine - Administration Controversy |
1944 |
| 20 | College of Medicine - Architects Fee Dispute |
1946 |
| 21 | College of Medicine - Construction of Medical Center |
1946; 1955-1962 |
| 22 | College of Medicine - Donations
(Folder 22 is restricted.)
|
1943-1956 |
| 3 | College of Medicine to Ethiopian Project |
|
| Folder | ||
| 1 | College of Medicine - Eleanor Roosevelt Cancer Research Foundation |
1961 |
| 2 | College of Medicine - Expansion to Four Year School |
1941-1942 |
| 3 | College of Medicine - Johnson Controversy
(Folder 3 is restricted.)
|
1944 |
| 4 | College of Medicine - Miscellaneous |
1942-1961 |
| 5 | College of Nursing |
1942; 1954-1955 |
| 6 | Committee on Buildings |
1918-1946 |
| 7 | Committee on Buildings and Grounds |
1947-1962 |
| 8 | Committee on Finance |
1922-1965 |
| 9 | Committee on Finance - Voucher Summaries |
1926-1935 |
| 10 | Committee on Grounds |
1921-1943 |
| 11 | Committee on Trust Funds |
1926 |
| 12 | Correspondence Between George Thomas and Board of Regents |
1934-1941 |
| 13 | Crimes on Campus |
1925-1933 |
| 14 |
" Declaration of the Federation of the World"
|
1945-1947 |
| 15 | Defense Department Security Clearances |
1960-1965 |
| 16 | Department of Physical Education |
1927-1948 |
| 17 | Depression Relief Programs |
1931-1941 |
| 18 | Enrollment and Degree Statistics |
1950-1959 |
| 19 | Ethiopian Project |
1959-1962 |
| 4 | Executive Committee Minutes to Faculty Retirement |
|
| Folder | ||
| 1 | Executive Committee Minutes |
1915-1962 |
| 2 | Extension Division |
1921-1959 |
| 3 | Faculty - Academic Freedom and Tenure |
1948-1966 |
| 4 | Faculty - Four Quarter Plan |
1947 |
| 5 | Faculty - Herbert Maw Case |
1940 |
| 6 | Faculty - Newsletter |
1960-1963 |
| 7 | Faculty - Pledge Campaigns |
1957-1959 |
| 8-11 | Faculty - Publications |
1949-1965 |
| 12 | Faculty - Regulations |
1929-1964 |
| 13 | Faculty - Retirement and Annuities |
1923-1957 |
| 5 | Faculty to General Education Requirements |
|
| Folder | ||
| 1 | Faculty - Salaries |
1919-1959 |
| 2 | Faculty - Perry Snow Case |
1923-1925 |
| 3 | Faculty - James Toman Case
(Folder
|
1949-1950 |
| 3a | Faculty - Marvin Hogan Case
(Folders 3 and 3a are restricted.)
|
1955 |
| 4 | Faculty - Miscellaneous |
1934-1957 |
| 5 | Fieldhouse - Bonds |
1944 |
| 6 | Fieldhouse - Construction |
1937-1939 |
| 7 | Financial Loan to the University |
1921-1922 |
| 8 | Financial Statements for Auxiliary Operations |
1948-1954 |
| 9 | Financial, Miscellaneous |
1921-1965 |
| 9a | Financial - Board of Regents Committee Minutes |
1959-1960 |
| 10 | Fire Hazards |
1943-1951 |
| 11 | Fort Douglas - Acquisition of Land and Buildings |
1948-1959 |
| 12 | Fort Douglas - Golf Course |
1947-1959 |
| 13 | Fort Douglas - Station Hospital |
1950 |
| 14 | Fraternities and Sororities |
1923-1961 |
| 15 | General Education Requirements |
1948 |
| 5a | Gifts and Grants |
|
| Folder | ||
| 1-3 |
(Box 5a is restricted)
|
1922-1959 |
| 6 | Gifts and Grants to Hospital |
|
| Folder | ||
| 1-3 | Gifts and Grants
(Folders 1-3 are restricted.)
|
1959-1966 |
| 4 | Gifts and Grants - Mary Carlson Bequest |
1931-1939 |
| 5 | Gifts and Grants - Miscellaneous Bequests |
1939-1958 |
| 6 | Gifts and Grants - James McGregor Trust Fund
(Folders 5 and 6 are restricted.)
|
1918-1942 |
| 7 | Girls' Loan Fund |
1925-1926 |
| 8 | Graduate Research Fellowship Recipients |
1922-1960 |
| 9 | Graduate School of Social Work |
1939-1954 |
| 10 | Grounds - Miscellaneous |
1956-1962 |
| 11 | Health Science Center Construction |
1944-1945 |
| 12 | Heating - Electrical Plant Building |
1923-1934 |
| 13 | Honorary Degrees |
1918-1962 |
| 14 | Hospital for Crippling Children's Diseases |
1946-1959 |
| 7 | Insurance and Bonding to Minutes |
|
| Folder | ||
| 1 | Insurance and Bonding |
1919-1962 |
| 2 | Kennecott Copper Research Laboratory Building |
1951-1952 |
| 3 | Kingsbury Hall Construction |
1923-1941 |
| 4 | Library Services |
1950-1960 |
| 5 | Mastermind Art and Artist Lecture Series |
1926-1955 |
| 6 | Memorial Tributes |
1922-1961 |
| 7 | Men's Dormitory - Construction and Financing |
1944-1956 |
| 8 | Metallurgy Building |
1918-1939 |
| 9-13 | Minutes |
1923-1941 |
| 8 | Minutes |
|
| Folder | ||
| 1-7 | 1942-1949 | |
| 9 | Minutes |
|
| Folder | ||
| 1-6 | 1950-1956 | |
| 10 | Minutes |
|
| Folder | ||
| 1-5 | 1957-1961 | |
| 11 | Minutes to Placement Bureau |
|
| Folder | ||
| 1-4 | Minutes |
1963-1966 |
| 5 | Naval Science Building |
1946-1947 |
| 6 | Non-Academic Staff |
1942-1949 |
| 7 | Northwest Association Accreditation Report |
1956 |
| 8 | Oakdale Irrigation Bonds |
1932-1935 |
| 9 | Ore Dressing Laboratory Building |
1946 |
| 10 | Frederick Pack Dinosaur Collection Donation |
1929-1939 |
| 11 | Park Scholarship - Administration |
1920-1950 |
| 12 | Park Scholarship - Recipients |
1922-1960 |
| 13 | Parking, Streets, and Traffic |
1919-1957 |
| 14 | Piano Sale |
1922-1928 |
| 15 | Placement Bureau |
1936-1942 |
| 12 | Presidency of the University to Student Tuition |
|
| Folder | ||
| 1 | Inauguration of George Thomas |
1921-1922 |
| 2 | Search for George Thomas' Replacement
(Folder 2 is restricted.)
|
1941 |
| 3 | Inauguration of Leroy Cowles |
1941-1942 |
| 4 | Search for LeRoy Cowle's Replacement |
1945 |
| 5 | A. Ray Olpin Personal File |
1945 |
| 6 | Other Candidates - Unsuccessful
(Folders 4-6 are restricted.)
|
1945 |
| 7 | Inauguration of A. Ray Olpin |
1945-1946 |
| 8 | Retirement of President Olpin |
1945-1946 |
| 9-13 | President's Report |
1943; 1950; 1952; 1954; 1959 |
| 14 | President's Report - Monthly |
1961-1966 |
| 15 | Radio Broadcasting |
1939-1962 |
| 16 | Reserve Officers' Training Corps |
1919-1957 |
| 17 | Salt Lake Theater - Pioneer Memorial Theater |
1946-1962 |
| 18 | School of Engineering - Proposals for Magazine |
1938 |
| 19 | School of Pharmacy |
1941-1948 |
| 20 | Social Hall Theater |
1918-1922 |
| 21 | Southern Pacific Education Program |
1956-1957 |
| 22 | Stadium - Construction |
1924-1946 |
| 23 | State School of Mines - College of Mines and Mineral Industries |
1926-1949 |
| 24 | Stewart Training School |
1943-1947 |
| 25 | Student Health Services |
1930-1955 |
| 26 | Student Loan Programs |
1947-1959 |
| 27 | Student Organizations |
1922-1954 |
| 28 | Student Scholarships |
1947-1959 |
| 29 | Student Tuition and Fees |
1946-1953 |
| 13 | Summer Festival to Utilities |
|
| Folder | ||
| 1 | Summer Festival |
1948-1961 |
| 2 | Summer School |
1920-1960 |
| 3 | Summer School Appointments |
1927-1966 |
| 4 | Television Broadcasting |
1948-1962 |
| 5 | Theater Discount Ticket Program |
1940-1959 |
| 6 | Thomas Library Construction |
1933-1935 |
| 7 | Uniform School Fund |
1954-1958 |
| 8 | Union Building - Olpin Union |
1947-1956 |
| 9 | Union Building - Construction |
1924-1936 |
| 10 | Union Building - Financing |
1923-1943 |
| 11 | Union Building - Operations |
1932-1964 |
| 12 | United States Bureau of Mines Building |
1938-1940 |
| 13 | University Housing System - University Village |
1956-1962 |
| 14 | University of Michigan - U of U Social Research Survey |
1956 |
| 15 | University of Rangoon - U of U Business Administration Program |
1958-1959 |
| 16 | University of Utah Credit Union |
1956 |
| 17 | University of Utah Patent Procedure |
1944-1957 |
| 18 | University Press |
1944; 1949-1952 |
| 19 | University Research Committee |
1948 |
| 20 | University Research Foundation |
1931-1937 |
| 21 | University Speech Clinic |
1949-1952 |
| 22 | Utah Engineering Experiment Station |
1940-1947 |
| 23 | Utah State Agricultural College - U of U Comparison of Operations |
1920-1954 |
| 24 | Utah State Agricultural College - U of U Survey of Service Duplication |
1926-1927 |
| 25 | Utah State Fair |
1930-1941 |
| 26 | Utah Symphony Recordings |
1961-1962 |
| 27 | Utilities - Right of Ways and Power Purchases |
1929-1955 |
| 14 | Veterans' Post War Temporary Housing to Miscellaneous |
|
| Folder | ||
| 1 | Veterans' Post War Temporary Housing |
1945-1947 |
| 2 | Visit of Association of Governing Boards of State Institutions |
1947 |
| 3 |
Western Political Quarterly
|
1951-1956 |
| 4 | Works Progress Administration Equipment Inventory Project |
1942 |
| 5 | World War II - Miscellaneous |
1942-1947 |
| 6 | Miscellaneous University Departments |
1940-1957 |
| 7 | Miscellaneous |
1920-1965 |
| 8 | Miscellaneous Agendas |
1948-1954 |
BuildingsReturn to Top
Container(s): Series 2
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 15 | Administration Building to Carlson Hall |
|
| Folder | ||
| 1 | Administration Building - General |
1913-1915 |
| 2 | Administration Building - Contracts with J. P. Moran |
1914 |
| 3 | Administration Building - Contract with August Dittmar |
1914 |
| 4 | Administration Building - Other Contracts |
1912-1914 |
| 5 | Administration Building - Furnishings |
1914 |
| 6 | Administration Building - Miscellaneous Articles Placed in the Cornerstone |
1912 |
| 7 | Anatomical Laboratory |
1918 |
| 8 | Auditorium Building |
1928 |
| 9 | Animal Laboratory |
1918 |
| 10 | Carlson Hall |
1938 |
| 16 | Curbs and Sidewalks to Heating Plant |
|
| Folder | ||
| 1 | Curbs and Sidewalks - University Street and 1st South |
1935 |
| 2 | Dinning Hall |
1918 |
| 2a | Engineering Building |
1942 |
| 3 | Fieldhouse |
1938-1939 |
| 4 | Foundry and Forge Shop |
1913-1941 |
| 5 | Greenhouse |
1937 |
| 6 | Gymnasium - Hospital Addition |
1911-1936 |
| 7 | Health Center Building |
1943-1944 |
| 8 | Heating Plant |
1913-1936 |
| 9 | Heating Plant - Mechanical |
1934 |
| 17 | Hydraulic Laboratory to Mines Building |
|
| Folder | ||
| 1 | Hydraulic Laboratory - Bids |
1929 |
| 2 | Hydraulic Laboratory - Pipeline |
1910-1930 |
| 3-4 | Kingsbury Hall |
1928-1935 |
| 5 | Medical Building |
1919-1925 |
| 5a | Merrill Engineering Building |
1960 |
| 6 | Metallurgical Building |
1915-1918 |
| 7 | Mines Building |
1927 |
| 18 | New Mines Building to Swimming Pool |
|
| Folder | ||
| 1 | New Mines Building |
1927-1929 |
| 2 | Old Mines Building - Alteration |
1928 |
| 3 | Museum Building |
1910-1929 |
| 4 | Music Hall |
1927; 1943 |
| 5 | Normal Industrial Building |
1913-1918 |
| 6 | Observatory Building |
1915-1917 |
| 7 | Park Building |
1911-1937 |
| 8 | Physical Science |
1931-1938 |
| 9 | Pyro-Metallurgical Building |
1928-1930 |
| 10 | R. O. T. C. Stables |
1920-1925 |
| 11 | R. O. T. C. Gun Shed |
1920 |
| 12 | Reservoir Pump-House |
1935 |
| 13 | Stadium |
1925-1931 |
| 14 | Steam Engineering Laboratory |
1933 |
| 15 | Swimming Pool |
1928 |
| 19 | Thomas Library to University Well |
|
| Folder | ||
| 1 | Thomas Library |
1933-1935 |
| 2 | Thomas Library - Specifications |
1933 |
| 3 | Thomas Library - Air Cooling System |
1941 |
| 4 | Training School |
1918-1919 |
| 5 | Union Building - Authorizations |
1931-1934 |
| 6 | Union Building - Bids |
1930 |
| 7-8 | Union Building - Contracts |
1928-1934; 1937 |
| 9 | Union Building - Miscellaneous |
1928-1931 |
| 10 | University Well |
1934-1936 |
Presidential Searches, 1940-1941, 1963-1964Return to Top
Container(s): Series 3
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 20 | Presidential Search |
1940-1941 |
| Folder | ||
| 1 | Special Committee Minutes
(Folder 1 is restricted.)
|
|
| 2 | Correspondence with Leon D. Garrett |
|
| 3 | Correspondence with James W. Wade |
|
| 4 | Mailing Lists of "Sponsors and Nominees" |
|
| 5 | Nomination Letters |
|
| 6 | Presidential Candidates - No Response to Nomination |
|
| 7 | Presidential Candidates - Candidates with no Credentials |
|
| 8 | Presidential Candidates - Declines of Nomination |
|
| 9 | Presidential Election Ballots
(Folder 9 is restricted.)
|
|
| 21 | Presidential Search |
1940-1941 |
| Folder | ||
| 1-23 | Candidates: A-DeH |
|
| 22 | Presidential Search |
1940-1941 |
| Folder | ||
| 1-32 | Candidates: DeJ-Ma) |
|
| 23 | Presidential Search |
1940-1941 |
| Folder | ||
| 1-36 | Candidates: Me-Y |
|
| 24 | Presidential Search |
1963-1964 |
| Folder | ||
| 1 | Miscellaneous Correspondence |
Oversized BoxesReturn to Top
Container(s): Series 4
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 25 | Miscellaneous |
|
| Folder | ||
| 1 | Comparative Financial Study of USU and U of U |
1937-1941 |
| 2 | Board of Regents Financial Report |
1966-1967 |
| 3 | Comparative Report of Contributions to the University of Utah
(Folder 3 is restricted.)
|
1949-1952 |
| 26 | Contracts |
|
| Folder | ||
| 1-3 | 1951-1967 | |
| 27 | Contracts |
|
| Folder | ||
| 1 | 1967-1969 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Universities and colleges--Utah--Salt Lake City--History--Sources
Corporate Names
- University of Utah--Administration
- University of Utah--Archives
- University of Utah--Buildings
- University of Utah. Board of Trustees (contributor)
Form or Genre Terms
- Contracts
- Correspondence
- Memorandums
- Reports
- Specifications
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