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Third Saturday Night Dance Club records, 1938-1999

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Third Saturday Night Dance Club (Salt Lake City, Utah)
Title
Third Saturday Night Dance Club records
Dates
1938-1999 (inclusive)
Quantity
1 linear feet
Collection Number
ACCN 1609
Summary
The Third Saturday Night Dance Club records (1938-1999) contain membership lists and applications, by-laws, meeting minutes, correspondence, announcements of upcoming events, reports from the treasurer, and a history of the club prepared by Hope Shepherd. The Third Saturday Night Dance Club was organized about the year 1900.
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
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Historical Note

The Third Saturday Night Dance Club was organized about the year 1900. Although the club held its meetings and dances in several locations throughout the years, it currently meets at the Fort Douglas Hidden Valley Country Club on the third Saturday of every month from October through April. In addition, they hold periodic board meetings to discuss upcoming events.

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Content Description

The Third Saturday Night Dance Club records (1938-1999) contain membership lists and applications, by-laws, meeting minutes, correspondence, announcements of upcoming events, reports from the treasurer, and a history of the club prepared by Hope Shepherd. The club has retained additional written records from the 1918-1919 season to the present, while the records for the previous seasons have been lost.

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Use of the Collection

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.

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Administrative Information

Processing Note

Processed by Nancy Young in 1999.

Separated Materials

Photographs were transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections (P0724).

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Records

    • Description: List of Officers
      Dates: 1938-1998
      Container: Box 1, Folder 1
    • Description: Club Policies
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: Decorating Committee Chairman Lists
      Dates: 1970-1988
      Container: Box 1, Folder 3
    • Description: Resignations
      Dates: 1971-1988
      Container: Box 1, Folder 4
    • Description: Finances and Minutes
      Dates: 1973-1974
      Container: Box 1, Folder 5
    • Description: Minutes and Roster
      Dates: 1974-1975
      Container: Box 1, Folder 6
    • Description: Records

      These folders contain minutes, correspondence, policies, committee lists, finances, and rosters.

      Dates: 1975-1983
      Container: Box 1, Folder 7-14
    • Description: Hotel Utah Menu
      Container: Box 1, Folder 15
    • Description: Records

      These folders contain correspondence, minutes, Hotel Utah Empire Room floor plan, finances, rosters, liability laws, and committee lists.

      Dates: 1983-1988
      Container: Box 1, Folder 16-20
    • Description: Minutes and Annual Report

      The main topic discussed was the effect on the Dance Club by the Dram Shop liability law.

      Dates: 1987-1988
      Container: Box 1, Folder 22
    • Description: Correspondence

      This folder includes proposals, policies, and a roster.

      Dates: 1988-1989
      Container: Box 1, Folder 23
    • Description: Finances

      This folder contains four years of attendance records.

      Dates: 1985-1989
      Container: Box 1, Folder 24
    • Description: Minutes and Annual Report
      Dates: 1988-1989
      Container: Box 1, Folder 25
    • Description: Correspondence and Roster

      This folder contains communications with the membership, a letter from the Marriott Hotel, proposals, and a Decorating Committee list.

      Dates: 1989-1990
      Container: Box 1, Folder 26
    • Description: Finances

      This folder includes a contract with Dnace Combo, balance sheets, treasurer's reports, and a banquet event order form.

      Dates: 1989-1990
      Container: Box 1, Folder 27
    • Description: Minutes and Annual Report

      This folder contains record attendance notes as well as parking problems.

      Dates: 1989-1990
      Container: Box 1, Folder 28
    • Description: Correspondence

      This folder contains correspondence about policies on liquor, dues, and William Olwell, a club member for forty years. Committee list and a roster are also in this folder.

      Dates: 1990-1991
      Container: Box 1, Folder 29
    • Description: Finances
      Dates: 1987-1991
      Container: Box 1, Folder 30
    • Description: Minutes and Annual Reports
      Dates: 1990-1992
      Container: Box 1, Folder 31-32
    • Description: Correspondence

      This folder also contains by-laws, a roster, and hostess schedule.

      Dates: 1991-1992
      Container: Box 1, Folder 33
    • Description: Finances
      Dates: 1987-1992
      Container: Box 1, Folder 34
    • Description: Records

      This folder contains minutes, an annual report, by-laws, correspondence, host and hostess schedule, a roster, and suggestions for the secretary.

      Dates: 1992-1993
      Container: Box 1, Folder 35
    • Description: Records

      This folder contains minutes, a host and hostess schedule, financial reports, and a roster.

      Dates: 1993-1994
      Container: Box 1, Folder 36
    • Description: Announcements
      Dates: 1994-1995
      Container: Box 2, Folder 1
    • Description: Correspondence

      This folder contains by-laws and a roster.

      Dates: 1994-1995
      Container: Box 2, Folder 2
    • Description: Finances

      This folder contains expenses information for liquor and display boards, itemized account balances, a report, and attendance records.

      Dates: 1994-1995
      Container: Box 2, Folder 3
    • Description: Liquor and Wine Purchase Lists
      Dates: 1994-1995
      Container: Box 2, Folder 4
    • Description: Membership Directory

      This folder contains a list of the year's officers and chairpersons, a history of the club, a list of former and current presidents, an address and telephone directory of current members with photographs of each couple, and a copy of the club's by-laws.

      Dates: 1994-1995
      Container: Box 2, Folder 5
    • Description: Minutes

      This folder contains information about continued parking problems at the Marriott Hotel, the upgrading of wine and liquor, the summer party, suggested changes for by-laws, permanent nameplates, and the history of the club by Hope Shepherd. Also, the board met with the management of the Fort Douglas-Hidden Valley Country Club to discuss meeting there the following year. The decision was to do so.

      Dates: 1994-1995
      Container: Box 2, Folder 6
    • Description: Dance Announcements
      Dates: 1995-1996
      Container: Box 2, Folder 7
    • Description: Dance Attendance Lists and Menus
      Dates: 1995-1996
      Container: Box 2, Folder 8
    • Description: Correspondence

      This folder contains applications and proposals, letters and contracts from bands, a list of officers, and information regarding death of club member, Jan Dowse.

      Dates: 1995-1996
      Container: Box 2, Folder 9
    • Description: Finances
      Dates: 1995-1996
      Container: Box 2, Folder 10
    • Description: Liquor

      This folder contains a detailed listing of liquor purchased and consumed.

      Dates: 1995-1996
      Container: Box 2, Folder 11
    • Description: Membership

      This folder contains a directory, new members list, applications, and a roster.

      Dates: 1995-1996
      Container: Box 2, Folder 12
    • Description: Minutes

      This folder contains an agenda, proposal forms, minutes, secretary's report, liquor discussion, dates of dances, and by-laws proposal.

      Dates: 1995-1996
      Container: Box 2, Folder 13
    • Description: Announcements
      Dates: 1996-1997
      Container: Box 2, Folder 14
    • Description: Attendance Lists

      This folder contains seating arrangements and club banquet set-up forms.

      Dates: 1996-1997
      Container: Box 2, Folder 15
    • Description: Proposed Changes by By-laws
      Dates: 1996-1997
      Container: Box 2, Folder 16
    • Description: Correspondence

      This folder contains proposals, menus, hosts and hostess lists, and an officers list.

      Dates: 1996-1997
      Container: Box 2, Folder 17
    • Description: Finances
      Dates: 1996-1997
      Container: Box 2, Folder 18
    • Description: Historian

      This folder contains correspondence, memo from historian to membership, and a letter from the Manuscripts Division regarding the processing of the club records with an enclosed inventory.

      Dates: 1996-1997
      Container: Box 2, Folder 19
    • Description: Membership Directory and Roster
      Dates: 1996-1997
      Container: Box 2, Folder 20
    • Description: Minutes and Agenda
      Dates: 1996-1997
      Container: Box 2, Folder 21
    • Description: Dance Attendance Lists
      Dates: 1997-1998
      Container: Box 2, Folder 22
    • Description: Correspondence

      This folder contains band schedules and proposal forms.

      Dates: 1997-1998
      Container: Box 2, Folder 23
    • Description: Finances
      Dates: 1997-1998
      Container: Box 2, Folder 24
    • Description: Liquor and Wine List
      Dates: 1997-1998
      Container: Box 2, Folder 25
    • Description: Membership Directory and Roster
      Dates: 1997-1998
      Container: Box 2, Folder 26
    • Description: Minutes

      This folder contains discussions on a suggestion that members' business and professional affiliation be listed in the directory, a motion that prospective members no longer need to attend a dance prior to joining, and changes to the by-laws.

      Dates: 1997-1998
      Container: Box 2, Folder 27
    • Description: Questionnaire
      Dates: 1997-1998
      Container: Box 2, Folder 28
    • Description: Finances
      Dates: 1998-1999
      Container: Box 2, Folder 29
    • Description: History

      This folder contains an updating of the history written by Hope Shepherd which appears in the directory. This new history is by Nancy Young.

      Dates: 1973-1998
      Container: Box 2, Folder 30
    • Description: Membership Directory
      Dates: 1998-1999
      Container: Box 2, Folder 31

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Subject Terms

  • Clubs--Utah--Salt Lake City--History--Sources

Corporate Names

  • Third Saturday Night Dance Club (Salt Lake City, Utah)

Form or Genre Terms

  • Announcements
  • Bylaws
  • Correspondence
  • Directories
  • Membership lists
  • Minutes
  • Reports
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