University of Utah Board of Regents records, 1910-1969
Table of Contents
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
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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
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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 Description
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 Collection
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 Information
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 Collection
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General Records
Container: Series 1
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Alumni Association to Board of Regents Regulations, Procedures, and Authority
Container: Box 1
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Description: Alumni AssociationDates: 1921-1962Container: Folder 1
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Description: Alumni Development Fund - AdministrationDates: 1945-1957Container: Folder 2
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Description: Alumni Development Fund - Donations
(Folders 3-7 are restricted.)
Dates: 1946-1954Container: Folder 3-7 -
Description: Animal Laboratory BuildingDates: 1944; 1955-1956Container: Folder 8
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Description: Appointments to Board of RegentsDates: 1921-1959Container: Folder 9
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Description: Appointments to Board of Regents CommitteesDates: 1922-1965Container: Folder 10
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Description: Art and ArtistDates: 1924-1960Container: Folder 11
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Description: Assembly Hall BuildingDates: 1919-1921; 1927Container: Folder 12
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Description: Associated Students of the University of Utah (A.S.U.U.)Dates: 1924-1960Container: Folder 13
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Description: Athletics ProgramDates: 1944-1961Container: Folder 14
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Description: Auditorium BuildingDates: 1927-1928Container: Folder 15
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Description: Board of Regents Regulations, Procedures and AuthorityDates: 1922-1962Container: Folder 16
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Bookstore to College of Medicine
Container: Box 2
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Description: Bookstore - Petition to Place on Profit Sharing BasisDates: 1934Container: Folder 1
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Description: "Bradford Process" - Correspondence, Patent AssignmentsDates: 1921-1923Container: Folder 2-3
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Description: BudgetDates: 1920-1963Container: Folder 4-13
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Description: Buildings - Long-Term PlanningDates: 1918-1963Container: Folder 14
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Description: Buildings - MiscellaneousDates: 1929-1964Container: Folder 15
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Description: Carlson Hall - ConstructionDates: 1927-1940Container: Folder 16
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Description: Citizens' Advisory Board - SLC General HospitalDates: 1955-1961Container: Folder 17
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Description: College of Eastern Utah - Carbon CollegeDates: 1959-1966Container: Folder 18
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Description: College of Medicine - Administration ControversyDates: 1944Container: Folder 19
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Description: College of Medicine - Architects Fee DisputeDates: 1946Container: Folder 20
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Description: College of Medicine - Construction of Medical CenterDates: 1946; 1955-1962Container: Folder 21
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Description: College of Medicine - Donations
(Folder 22 is restricted.)
Dates: 1943-1956Container: Folder 22
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College of Medicine to Ethiopian Project
Container: Box 3
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Description: College of Medicine - Eleanor Roosevelt Cancer Research FoundationDates: 1961Container: Folder 1
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Description: College of Medicine - Expansion to Four Year SchoolDates: 1941-1942Container: Folder 2
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Description: College of Medicine - Johnson Controversy
(Folder 3 is restricted.)
Dates: 1944Container: Folder 3 -
Description: College of Medicine - MiscellaneousDates: 1942-1961Container: Folder 4
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Description: College of NursingDates: 1942; 1954-1955Container: Folder 5
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Description: Committee on BuildingsDates: 1918-1946Container: Folder 6
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Description: Committee on Buildings and GroundsDates: 1947-1962Container: Folder 7
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Description: Committee on FinanceDates: 1922-1965Container: Folder 8
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Description: Committee on Finance - Voucher SummariesDates: 1926-1935Container: Folder 9
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Description: Committee on GroundsDates: 1921-1943Container: Folder 10
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Description: Committee on Trust FundsDates: 1926Container: Folder 11
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Description: Correspondence Between George Thomas and Board of RegentsDates: 1934-1941Container: Folder 12
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Description: Crimes on CampusDates: 1925-1933Container: Folder 13
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Description: " Declaration of the Federation of the World"Dates: 1945-1947Container: Folder 14
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Description: Defense Department Security ClearancesDates: 1960-1965Container: Folder 15
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Description: Department of Physical EducationDates: 1927-1948Container: Folder 16
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Description: Depression Relief ProgramsDates: 1931-1941Container: Folder 17
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Description: Enrollment and Degree StatisticsDates: 1950-1959Container: Folder 18
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Description: Ethiopian ProjectDates: 1959-1962Container: Folder 19
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Executive Committee Minutes to Faculty Retirement
Container: Box 4
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Description: Executive Committee MinutesDates: 1915-1962Container: Folder 1
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Description: Extension DivisionDates: 1921-1959Container: Folder 2
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Description: Faculty - Academic Freedom and TenureDates: 1948-1966Container: Folder 3
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Description: Faculty - Four Quarter PlanDates: 1947Container: Folder 4
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Description: Faculty - Herbert Maw CaseDates: 1940Container: Folder 5
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Description: Faculty - NewsletterDates: 1960-1963Container: Folder 6
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Description: Faculty - Pledge CampaignsDates: 1957-1959Container: Folder 7
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Description: Faculty - PublicationsDates: 1949-1965Container: Folder 8-11
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Description: Faculty - RegulationsDates: 1929-1964Container: Folder 12
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Description: Faculty - Retirement and AnnuitiesDates: 1923-1957Container: Folder 13
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Faculty to General Education Requirements
Container: Box 5
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Description: Faculty - SalariesDates: 1919-1959Container: Folder 1
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Description: Faculty - Perry Snow CaseDates: 1923-1925Container: Folder 2
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Description: Faculty - James Toman Case
(Folder
Dates: 1949-1950Container: Folder 3 -
Description: Faculty - Marvin Hogan Case
(Folders 3 and 3a are restricted.)
Dates: 1955Container: Folder 3a -
Description: Faculty - MiscellaneousDates: 1934-1957Container: Folder 4
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Description: Fieldhouse - BondsDates: 1944Container: Folder 5
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Description: Fieldhouse - ConstructionDates: 1937-1939Container: Folder 6
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Description: Financial Loan to the UniversityDates: 1921-1922Container: Folder 7
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Description: Financial Statements for Auxiliary OperationsDates: 1948-1954Container: Folder 8
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Description: Financial, MiscellaneousDates: 1921-1965Container: Folder 9
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Description: Financial - Board of Regents Committee MinutesDates: 1959-1960Container: Folder 9a
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Description: Fire HazardsDates: 1943-1951Container: Folder 10
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Description: Fort Douglas - Acquisition of Land and BuildingsDates: 1948-1959Container: Folder 11
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Description: Fort Douglas - Golf CourseDates: 1947-1959Container: Folder 12
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Description: Fort Douglas - Station HospitalDates: 1950Container: Folder 13
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Description: Fraternities and SororitiesDates: 1923-1961Container: Folder 14
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Description: General Education RequirementsDates: 1948Container: Folder 15
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Gifts and Grants
Container: Box 5a
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Description:
(Box 5a is restricted)
Dates: 1922-1959Container: Folder 1-3
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Gifts and Grants to Hospital
Container: Box 6
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Description: Gifts and Grants
(Folders 1-3 are restricted.)
Dates: 1959-1966Container: Folder 1-3 -
Description: Gifts and Grants - Mary Carlson BequestDates: 1931-1939Container: Folder 4
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Description: Gifts and Grants - Miscellaneous BequestsDates: 1939-1958Container: Folder 5
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Description: Gifts and Grants - James McGregor Trust Fund
(Folders 5 and 6 are restricted.)
Dates: 1918-1942Container: Folder 6 -
Description: Girls' Loan FundDates: 1925-1926Container: Folder 7
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Description: Graduate Research Fellowship RecipientsDates: 1922-1960Container: Folder 8
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Description: Graduate School of Social WorkDates: 1939-1954Container: Folder 9
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Description: Grounds - MiscellaneousDates: 1956-1962Container: Folder 10
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Description: Health Science Center ConstructionDates: 1944-1945Container: Folder 11
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Description: Heating - Electrical Plant BuildingDates: 1923-1934Container: Folder 12
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Description: Honorary DegreesDates: 1918-1962Container: Folder 13
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Description: Hospital for Crippling Children's DiseasesDates: 1946-1959Container: Folder 14
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Insurance and Bonding to Minutes
Container: Box 7
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Description: Insurance and BondingDates: 1919-1962Container: Folder 1
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Description: Kennecott Copper Research Laboratory BuildingDates: 1951-1952Container: Folder 2
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Description: Kingsbury Hall ConstructionDates: 1923-1941Container: Folder 3
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Description: Library ServicesDates: 1950-1960Container: Folder 4
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Description: Mastermind Art and Artist Lecture SeriesDates: 1926-1955Container: Folder 5
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Description: Memorial TributesDates: 1922-1961Container: Folder 6
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Description: Men's Dormitory - Construction and FinancingDates: 1944-1956Container: Folder 7
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Description: Metallurgy BuildingDates: 1918-1939Container: Folder 8
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Description: MinutesDates: 1923-1941Container: Folder 9-13
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Minutes
Container: Box 8
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Dates: 1942-1949Container: Folder 1-7
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Minutes
Container: Box 9
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Dates: 1950-1956Container: Folder 1-6
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Minutes
Container: Box 10
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Dates: 1957-1961Container: Folder 1-5
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Minutes to Placement Bureau
Container: Box 11
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Description: MinutesDates: 1963-1966Container: Folder 1-4
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Description: Naval Science BuildingDates: 1946-1947Container: Folder 5
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Description: Non-Academic StaffDates: 1942-1949Container: Folder 6
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Description: Northwest Association Accreditation ReportDates: 1956Container: Folder 7
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Description: Oakdale Irrigation BondsDates: 1932-1935Container: Folder 8
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Description: Ore Dressing Laboratory BuildingDates: 1946Container: Folder 9
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Description: Frederick Pack Dinosaur Collection DonationDates: 1929-1939Container: Folder 10
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Description: Park Scholarship - AdministrationDates: 1920-1950Container: Folder 11
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Description: Park Scholarship - RecipientsDates: 1922-1960Container: Folder 12
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Description: Parking, Streets, and TrafficDates: 1919-1957Container: Folder 13
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Description: Piano SaleDates: 1922-1928Container: Folder 14
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Description: Placement BureauDates: 1936-1942Container: Folder 15
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Presidency of the University to Student Tuition
Container: Box 12
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Description: Inauguration of George ThomasDates: 1921-1922Container: Folder 1
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Description: Search for George Thomas' Replacement
(Folder 2 is restricted.)
Dates: 1941Container: Folder 2 -
Description: Inauguration of Leroy CowlesDates: 1941-1942Container: Folder 3
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Description: Search for LeRoy Cowle's ReplacementDates: 1945Container: Folder 4
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Description: A. Ray Olpin Personal FileDates: 1945Container: Folder 5
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Description: Other Candidates - Unsuccessful
(Folders 4-6 are restricted.)
Dates: 1945Container: Folder 6 -
Description: Inauguration of A. Ray OlpinDates: 1945-1946Container: Folder 7
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Description: Retirement of President OlpinDates: 1945-1946Container: Folder 8
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Description: President's ReportDates: 1943; 1950; 1952; 1954; 1959Container: Folder 9-13
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Description: President's Report - MonthlyDates: 1961-1966Container: Folder 14
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Description: Radio BroadcastingDates: 1939-1962Container: Folder 15
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Description: Reserve Officers' Training CorpsDates: 1919-1957Container: Folder 16
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Description: Salt Lake Theater - Pioneer Memorial TheaterDates: 1946-1962Container: Folder 17
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Description: School of Engineering - Proposals for MagazineDates: 1938Container: Folder 18
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Description: School of PharmacyDates: 1941-1948Container: Folder 19
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Description: Social Hall TheaterDates: 1918-1922Container: Folder 20
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Description: Southern Pacific Education ProgramDates: 1956-1957Container: Folder 21
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Description: Stadium - ConstructionDates: 1924-1946Container: Folder 22
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Description: State School of Mines - College of Mines and Mineral IndustriesDates: 1926-1949Container: Folder 23
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Description: Stewart Training SchoolDates: 1943-1947Container: Folder 24
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Description: Student Health ServicesDates: 1930-1955Container: Folder 25
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Description: Student Loan ProgramsDates: 1947-1959Container: Folder 26
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Description: Student OrganizationsDates: 1922-1954Container: Folder 27
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Description: Student ScholarshipsDates: 1947-1959Container: Folder 28
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Description: Student Tuition and FeesDates: 1946-1953Container: Folder 29
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Summer Festival to Utilities
Container: Box 13
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Description: Summer FestivalDates: 1948-1961Container: Folder 1
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Description: Summer SchoolDates: 1920-1960Container: Folder 2
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Description: Summer School AppointmentsDates: 1927-1966Container: Folder 3
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Description: Television BroadcastingDates: 1948-1962Container: Folder 4
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Description: Theater Discount Ticket ProgramDates: 1940-1959Container: Folder 5
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Description: Thomas Library ConstructionDates: 1933-1935Container: Folder 6
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Description: Uniform School FundDates: 1954-1958Container: Folder 7
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Description: Union Building - Olpin UnionDates: 1947-1956Container: Folder 8
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Description: Union Building - ConstructionDates: 1924-1936Container: Folder 9
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Description: Union Building - FinancingDates: 1923-1943Container: Folder 10
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Description: Union Building - OperationsDates: 1932-1964Container: Folder 11
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Description: United States Bureau of Mines BuildingDates: 1938-1940Container: Folder 12
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Description: University Housing System - University VillageDates: 1956-1962Container: Folder 13
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Description: University of Michigan - U of U Social Research SurveyDates: 1956Container: Folder 14
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Description: University of Rangoon - U of U Business Administration ProgramDates: 1958-1959Container: Folder 15
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Description: University of Utah Credit UnionDates: 1956Container: Folder 16
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Description: University of Utah Patent ProcedureDates: 1944-1957Container: Folder 17
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Description: University PressDates: 1944; 1949-1952Container: Folder 18
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Description: University Research CommitteeDates: 1948Container: Folder 19
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Description: University Research FoundationDates: 1931-1937Container: Folder 20
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Description: University Speech ClinicDates: 1949-1952Container: Folder 21
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Description: Utah Engineering Experiment StationDates: 1940-1947Container: Folder 22
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Description: Utah State Agricultural College - U of U Comparison of OperationsDates: 1920-1954Container: Folder 23
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Description: Utah State Agricultural College - U of U Survey of Service DuplicationDates: 1926-1927Container: Folder 24
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Description: Utah State FairDates: 1930-1941Container: Folder 25
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Description: Utah Symphony RecordingsDates: 1961-1962Container: Folder 26
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Description: Utilities - Right of Ways and Power PurchasesDates: 1929-1955Container: Folder 27
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Veterans' Post War Temporary Housing to Miscellaneous
Container: Box 14
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Description: Veterans' Post War Temporary HousingDates: 1945-1947Container: Folder 1
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Description: Visit of Association of Governing Boards of State InstitutionsDates: 1947Container: Folder 2
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Description: Western Political QuarterlyDates: 1951-1956Container: Folder 3
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Description: Works Progress Administration Equipment Inventory ProjectDates: 1942Container: Folder 4
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Description: World War II - MiscellaneousDates: 1942-1947Container: Folder 5
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Description: Miscellaneous University DepartmentsDates: 1940-1957Container: Folder 6
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Description: MiscellaneousDates: 1920-1965Container: Folder 7
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Description: Miscellaneous AgendasDates: 1948-1954Container: Folder 8
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Buildings
Container: Series 2
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Administration Building to Carlson Hall
Container: Box 15
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Description: Administration Building - GeneralDates: 1913-1915Container: Folder 1
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Description: Administration Building - Contracts with J. P. MoranDates: 1914Container: Folder 2
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Description: Administration Building - Contract with August DittmarDates: 1914Container: Folder 3
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Description: Administration Building - Other ContractsDates: 1912-1914Container: Folder 4
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Description: Administration Building - FurnishingsDates: 1914Container: Folder 5
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Description: Administration Building - Miscellaneous Articles Placed in the CornerstoneDates: 1912Container: Folder 6
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Description: Anatomical LaboratoryDates: 1918Container: Folder 7
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Description: Auditorium BuildingDates: 1928Container: Folder 8
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Description: Animal LaboratoryDates: 1918Container: Folder 9
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Description: Carlson HallDates: 1938Container: Folder 10
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Curbs and Sidewalks to Heating Plant
Container: Box 16
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Description: Curbs and Sidewalks - University Street and 1st SouthDates: 1935Container: Folder 1
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Description: Dinning HallDates: 1918Container: Folder 2
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Description: Engineering BuildingDates: 1942Container: Folder 2a
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Description: FieldhouseDates: 1938-1939Container: Folder 3
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Description: Foundry and Forge ShopDates: 1913-1941Container: Folder 4
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Description: GreenhouseDates: 1937Container: Folder 5
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Description: Gymnasium - Hospital AdditionDates: 1911-1936Container: Folder 6
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Description: Health Center BuildingDates: 1943-1944Container: Folder 7
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Description: Heating PlantDates: 1913-1936Container: Folder 8
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Description: Heating Plant - MechanicalDates: 1934Container: Folder 9
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Hydraulic Laboratory to Mines Building
Container: Box 17
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Description: Hydraulic Laboratory - BidsDates: 1929Container: Folder 1
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Description: Hydraulic Laboratory - PipelineDates: 1910-1930Container: Folder 2
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Description: Kingsbury HallDates: 1928-1935Container: Folder 3-4
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Description: Medical BuildingDates: 1919-1925Container: Folder 5
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Description: Merrill Engineering BuildingDates: 1960Container: Folder 5a
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Description: Metallurgical BuildingDates: 1915-1918Container: Folder 6
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Description: Mines BuildingDates: 1927Container: Folder 7
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New Mines Building to Swimming Pool
Container: Box 18
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Description: New Mines BuildingDates: 1927-1929Container: Folder 1
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Description: Old Mines Building - AlterationDates: 1928Container: Folder 2
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Description: Museum BuildingDates: 1910-1929Container: Folder 3
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Description: Music HallDates: 1927; 1943Container: Folder 4
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Description: Normal Industrial BuildingDates: 1913-1918Container: Folder 5
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Description: Observatory BuildingDates: 1915-1917Container: Folder 6
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Description: Park BuildingDates: 1911-1937Container: Folder 7
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Description: Physical ScienceDates: 1931-1938Container: Folder 8
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Description: Pyro-Metallurgical BuildingDates: 1928-1930Container: Folder 9
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Description: R. O. T. C. StablesDates: 1920-1925Container: Folder 10
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Description: R. O. T. C. Gun ShedDates: 1920Container: Folder 11
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Description: Reservoir Pump-HouseDates: 1935Container: Folder 12
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Description: StadiumDates: 1925-1931Container: Folder 13
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Description: Steam Engineering LaboratoryDates: 1933Container: Folder 14
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Description: Swimming PoolDates: 1928Container: Folder 15
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Thomas Library to University Well
Container: Box 19
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Description: Thomas LibraryDates: 1933-1935Container: Folder 1
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Description: Thomas Library - SpecificationsDates: 1933Container: Folder 2
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Description: Thomas Library - Air Cooling SystemDates: 1941Container: Folder 3
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Description: Training SchoolDates: 1918-1919Container: Folder 4
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Description: Union Building - AuthorizationsDates: 1931-1934Container: Folder 5
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Description: Union Building - BidsDates: 1930Container: Folder 6
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Description: Union Building - ContractsDates: 1928-1934; 1937Container: Folder 7-8
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Description: Union Building - MiscellaneousDates: 1928-1931Container: Folder 9
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Description: University WellDates: 1934-1936Container: Folder 10
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Presidential Searches, 1940-1941, 1963-1964
Container: Series 3
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Presidential Search, 1940-1941
Container: Box 20
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Description: Special Committee Minutes
(Folder 1 is restricted.)
Container: Folder 1 -
Description: Correspondence with Leon D. GarrettContainer: Folder 2
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Description: Correspondence with James W. WadeContainer: Folder 3
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Description: Mailing Lists of "Sponsors and Nominees"Container: Folder 4
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Description: Nomination LettersContainer: Folder 5
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Description: Presidential Candidates - No Response to NominationContainer: Folder 6
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Description: Presidential Candidates - Candidates with no CredentialsContainer: Folder 7
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Description: Presidential Candidates - Declines of NominationContainer: Folder 8
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Description: Presidential Election Ballots
(Folder 9 is restricted.)
Container: Folder 9
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Presidential Search, 1940-1941
Container: Box 21
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Description: Candidates: A-DeHContainer: Folder 1-23
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Presidential Search, 1940-1941
Container: Box 22
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Description: Candidates: DeJ-Ma)Container: Folder 1-32
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Presidential Search, 1940-1941
Container: Box 23
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Description: Candidates: Me-YContainer: Folder 1-36
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Presidential Search, 1963-1964
Container: Box 24
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Description: Miscellaneous CorrespondenceContainer: Folder 1
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Oversized Boxes
Container: Series 4
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Miscellaneous
Container: Box 25
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Description: Comparative Financial Study of USU and U of UDates: 1937-1941Container: Folder 1
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Description: Board of Regents Financial ReportDates: 1966-1967Container: Folder 2
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Description: Comparative Report of Contributions to the University of Utah
(Folder 3 is restricted.)
Dates: 1949-1952Container: Folder 3
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Contracts
Container: Box 26
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Dates: 1951-1967Container: Folder 1-3
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Contracts
Container: Box 27
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Dates: 1967-1969Container: Folder 1
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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
