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Utah Salt Flats Racing Association records, 1940-2005

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Utah Salt Flats Racing Association
Title
Utah Salt Flats Racing Association records
Dates
1940-2005 (inclusive)
Quantity
23 boxes, (12 linear feet)
Collection Number
ACCN 2304
Summary
The Utah Salt Flats Racing Association records is a collection of material from the Utah Salt Flats Racing Association (USFRA), an amateur land speed racing association operating on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Wendover, Utah. USFRA has operated a number of land speed racing events throughout history, including Bonneville Speed Week, the World of Speed, and the Land Speed Opener. This collection contains administrative and promotional materials related to these events. The collection also contains an archive of magazine articles and other documents relating to land speed racing and its history. The collection also includes a membership archive, which features information, articles, and photographs of individual racers and their vehicles.
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 USFRA is a non-profit, volunteer-based association dedicated to preserving the legacy of land speed racing on Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats, and to carrying on that legacy through continuing to promote land speed racing on the Flats.

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Content Description

The Utah Salt Flats Racing Association records contains administrative documents, meeting minutes, subject files, magazine articles, membership bios, and other materials related to land speed racing on the Bonneville Salt Flats, and at other venues.

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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

Arrangement

The collection is arranged by subject, and chronologically when appropriate.

Processing Note

Processed by Michael Bills in 2015.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Office Files

    • Description: Official Documents - Bylaws, Meeting Minutes, Elections, Correspondence
      Dates: 1976-2005
      Container: Box 1
      Location: Office Files
    • Description: Records and Rule Books, Promotional Materials, Equipment, Video
      Dates: 1976-1998
      Container: Box 2
      Location: Office Files
    • Description: Racing Info, Clubs
      Container: Box 3, Folder 1
      Location: Office Files
    • Description: Financial - Course Prep
      Container: Box 3, Folder 2
      Location: Office Files
    • Description: Marketing
      Container: Box 3, Folder 3
      Location: Office Files
    • Description: Land Speed Authority
      Container: Box 3, Folder 4
      Location: Office Files
    • Description: Insurance Info
      Container: Box 3, Folder 5
      Location: Office Files
    • Description: General Clippings and Articles
      Container: Box 3, Folder 6
      Location: Office Files
    • Description: Membership - Death Notices
      Dates: 1990s
      Container: Box 3, Folder 7
      Location: Office Files
    • Description: Membership Lists
      Dates: 1990s
      Container: Box 3, Folder 8
      Location: Office Files
    • Description: Jaws of Life
      Container: Box 3, Folder 9
      Location: Office Files
    • Description: Salt Flats Racing Calendars
      Dates: 1987-1995
      Container: Box 3, Folder 10
      Location: Office Files
  • Description: Southern California Timing Association Materials

    Clippings and newsletters.

    Dates: 1990-2005
    Container: Box 4
  • Description: El Mirage Materials

    El Mirage Lake is a dry lake bed in California's Mohave Desert used for land speed racing.

    Dates: 1990s
    Container: Box 5
  • Description: Land Speed Opener

    Land speed racing event held by the USFRA in July. First event of the year.

    Dates: 1976-2000
    Container: Box 6
  • Description: Speed Week

    Land speed racing event held by the USFRA. Largest and most famous event.

    Dates: 1949-1987
    Container: Box 7
  • Description: Speed Week

    Land speed racing event held by the USFRA. Largest and most famous event.

    Dates: 1988-1994
    Container: Box 8
  • Description: Speed Week

    Land speed racing event held by the USFRA. Largest and most famous event.

    Dates: 1995-2000
    Container: Box 9
  • Description: World of Speed

    Land speed racing event held by the USFRA. Last event of the year.

    Dates: 1987-2001
    Container: Box 10

  • Subject Files

    • Description: Australia Racers
      Container: Box 11, Folder 1
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Bonneville Salt Flats Recreation Area Management Plan
      Dates: 1988
      Container: Box 11, Folder 2
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Clippings
      Container: Box 11, Folder 3
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Clippings
      Container: Box 11, Folder 4
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Embry, Jessie; Shook, Ron; "These Bloomin' Salt Beds: Racing on the Bonneville Salt Flats"
      Dates: 1997
      Container: Box 11, Folder 5
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Equipment - Stroud Safety Parachutes
      Container: Box 11, Folder 6
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Eyston, George; Bradley, W.F.; "Speed on Salt"
      Dates: 1990s
      Container: Box 11, Folder 7
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Jennings, Jessie; "Salt and Speed"
      Dates: 1998
      Container: Box 11, Folder 8
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: McCahill, Tom; Purdy, Ken; Bentley, John; "Sport Cars and Hot Rods"
      Dates: 1951
      Container: Box 11, Folder 9
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Nish Motorsports Calendars
      Dates: 1995-2000
      Container: Box 12, Folder 1
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Save the Salt - Salt Conditions
      Dates: 1990-2000
      Container: Box 12, Folder 2
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Selected Hydrologic Data for the Bonneville Salt Flats and Pilot Valley, Western Utah. USGS
      Dates: 1991-1993
      Container: Box 12, Folder 3
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Studebaker
      Container: Box 12, Folder 4
      Location: Subject Files
    • Description: Straightaway News
      Dates: 1990s-2000s
      Container: Box 12, Folder 5
      Location: Subject Files
  • Description: Land Speed Racing Magazine Article Archive A - C
    Dates: 1990s-2000s
    Container: Box 13
  • Description: Land Speed Racing Magazine Article Archive C - F
    Dates: 1990s-2000s
    Container: Box 14
  • Description: Land Speed Racing Magazine Article Archive F - H
    Dates: 1990s-2000s
    Container: Box 15
  • Description: Land Speed Racing Magazine Article Archive H - M
    Dates: 1990s-2000s
    Container: Box 16
  • Description: Land Speed Racing Magazine Article Archive M - Z
    Dates: 1990s-2000s
    Container: Box 17
  • Description: USFRA Members A - B
    Dates: 1990s-2000s
    Container: Box 18
  • Description: USFRA Members C - H
    Dates: 1990s-2000s
    Container: Box 19
  • Description: USFRA Members I - M
    Dates: 1990s-2000s
    Container: Box 20
  • Description: USFRA Members M - T
    Dates: 1990s-2000s
    Container: Box 21
  • Description: USFRA Members T - Z
    Dates: 1990s-2000s
    Container: Box 22
  • Description: Oversize - Posters, Calendars, Plaques, T-Shirts
    Dates: 1990s-2000s
    Container: Box 23

Finding aid created by Michael Bills
2015 (last modified: 2018)

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