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Randy L. Dryer papers, 1987-2005
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Dryer, Randy L.
- Title
- Randy L. Dryer papers
- Dates
- 1987-2005 (inclusive)19872005
- Quantity
- 53.25 linear feet, (114 boxes)
- Collection Number
- ACCN 2984
- Summary
- The Randy L. Dryer papers (1987-2005) contains materials related to Dryer's work with the Utah Sports Authority as a member of the Board of Trustees and Management Committee of the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympic Games Organizing Committee. He also served as chair of the Utah Athletic Foundation.
- Repository
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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
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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
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Professor Randy L. Dryer has professionally reinvented himself several times over. He started his career as a working journalist in both print and TV and then went to law school with the thought of becoming a network correspondent reporting on the United States Supreme Court. Along the way, he developed a love of the law and thus began his second career as a practicing lawyer at Utah's largest law firm, Parsons Behle & Latimer. There, he developed a national media law litigation practice where he was able to combine law and journalism by representing many local and national news organizations, including 60 minutes, CNN, the New York Times, the Associated Press, Redbook Magazine and the Salt Lake Tribune, among others. He was named Lawyer of the Year by the Utah State Bar in 2010 and in 2012 was named by Best Lawyers in America as First Amendment Lawyer of the Year in Salt Lake City. He is a past president of both the Utah State Bar and the Salt Lake County Bar Associations.
After 30 years as a practicing lawyer, he began phase three of his professional career when he was named in 2011 as the Presidential Honors Professor at the University of Utah with a joint appointment at the S.J. Quinney College of Law and the Honors College. Professor Dryer, who served as Acting Dean of the Honors College in 2017, teaches courses in Media Law, Litigation, Judicial Process, Social Media Law and Privacy.
He was a member of the Board of Trustees and Management Committee of the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympic Games Organizing Committee and served for eight years as chair of the Utah Athletic Foundation, the Olympic legacy organization that owns and operates various Olympic facilities. Professor Dryer also served for 17 years on the Board of Trustees of the University of Utah, six as chair or vice chair.
He is married to Kathy Davis Dryer, also a lawyer, and is the father of three children, all of whom received their JD's from Utah, Colorado and Stanford.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Randy L. Dryer papers contains materials related to Dryer's work with the Utah Sports Authority as a member of the Board of Trustees and Management Committee of the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympic Games Organizing Committee. The collection also contains materials related to his work as chair of the Utah Athletic Foundation. The collection consists of meeting minutes, correspondence, memoranda, administrative materials, financial materials and general organizational documents.
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
Arrangement
This collection was arranged in the following series: I. Utah Sports Authority; II. Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the Olympic Winter Games of 2002; III. Utah Athletic Foundation; IV. Utah Sports Commission; and V. Oversize materials.
Acquisition Information
Donated by Randy L. Dryer in 2017.
Processing Note
Processed by Conner Mayer and Betsey Welland in 2017.
Separated Materials
Photographs and audio-visual materials were transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections.
Related Materials
Forms part of the Ski and Snow Sports Archives (S.J. Quinney Outdoor Recreation Archives).
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
I: Utah Sports AuthorityReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | |||
| 1 | Correspondence and memoranda |
1990-1991 | |
| 2-4 | Correspondence and memoranda |
1992 | |
| 5 | Correspondence and memoranda |
1993 | |
| 6 | Correspondence and memoranda |
1993-1994 | |
| 7 | Correspondence and memoranda |
1994 | |
| 8 | Correspondence and memoranda |
1995 | |
| 9 | Correspondence and memoranda |
1995-1996 | |
| 10 | Correspondence and memoranda |
1996 | |
| 11 | Correspondence and memoranda |
1996-1997 | |
| 12 | Correspondence and memoranda |
1997-1998 | |
| 13 | Correspondence and memoranda |
1998-2002 | |
| 14 | Correspondence and memoranda |
2003 | |
| 15 | Meeting minutes and agendas |
1990-1991 | |
| 16 | Meeting minutes and agendas |
1991-1992 | |
| 17 | Meeting minutes and agendas |
1992-1993 | |
| 18 | Meeting minutes and agendas |
1994-1995 | |
| 19 | Meeting minutes and agendas |
1996-1999 | |
| 20 | Meeting minutes and agendas |
2000-2003 | |
| Folder | |||
| 21 | 1 | Policies and procedures |
1994 |
| 21 | 2 | Personnel matters |
1993 |
| 21 | 3 | Executive Director search |
1993 |
| 22 | Final report |
1990-2003 | |
Financial materials |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 23 | 1-5 | Financial audits |
1994-1995 |
| 23 | 6-9 | Budgets |
1995-2001 |
| 23 | 10 | Annual report of the Governor: financial statements |
1992-2002 |
| 23 | 11 | Audited financial statements |
2003 |
Legal and legislative materials |
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| Box | |||
| 24-25 | Contract documents |
1989-2001 | |
| Folder | |||
| 26 | 1 | Contract with Richardson Design Partnership |
1990-1991 |
| 26 | 2 | Summit Ranch Joint Venture agreements |
1990-1992 |
| 26 | 3 | Agreement among the State of Utah, Utah Sports Authority, Salt Lake Bid Committee for the Olympic Winter Games, and Salt Lake City, Utah |
1991 |
| 26 | 4 | Amendment to the Winter Sports Facility purchase agreement |
1994 |
| 26 | 5 | Release of easement on Summit Ranch |
1994-1996 |
| 26 | 6 | Escrow agreement with the Utah County Ice Sheet Authority |
1997 |
| 26 | 7 | Terms of agreement between USOC and USA/U.S. Olympic Team trials for bobsled |
1997 |
| 26 | 8 | Consent of the USOC |
1998 |
| 26 | 9 | Escrow agreement between SLOC, State of Utah, USA, University of Utah, and First Security Bank |
1998 |
| 26 | 10 | Memorandum of understanding regarding construction of facilities at the Utah Winter Sports Park |
1998 |
| 26 | 11 | Security agreement between SLOC, State of Utah, USA, and University of Utah |
1998 |
| 26 | 12 | Security interest consent and subordination agreement (NationsBank) |
1998 |
| 26 | 13 | Web page license agreement between SLOC and USA |
1998 |
| 26 | 14 | 90 day closing date extension and operating agreement |
1999 |
| 27-29 | Legal/Legislative Committee correspondence |
1990-1991 | |
| 30 | Legal/Legislative Committee legal fees |
1990-1991 | |
| Folder | |||
| 31 | 1-2 | Legislative affairs |
1993-1994 |
| 31 | 3 | Legislation |
1992 |
| 31 | 4 | Legislative matters |
1995 |
| 31 | 5 | Legislature general documents |
1995-1996 |
| 31 | 6 | Legislature bills filed |
1995-1996 |
| 31 | 7-8 | Legislative session |
1997-1998 |
| 32 | Concerned taxpayers of Utah v. Utah Sports Authority |
1991 | |
| 33 | Public comment cards regarding venue site for Olympic speed skating oval |
1992 | |
Committee groups |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 34 | 1 | Advisory Committee |
1995-2000 |
| 34 | 2 | Facilities Committee |
1991-1992 |
| 34 | 3 | Marketing Committee |
1994-1995 |
| 34 | 4 | Olympic Committee meetings and agendas |
1999-2000 |
| 34 | 5 | Oversight Committee |
1994 |
| 34 | 6 | Review and Futures Committee report |
1998 |
| 34 | 7 | Sports Development Plan Committee |
1991-1993 |
| 34 | 8 | Sports Oversight Committee |
1992-1993 |
| 35 | Utah Sports Authority/United States Olympic Committee Task Force |
1990-1991 | |
Winter Sports Park |
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| Box | |||
| 36-37 | Correspondence |
1993-1998 | |
| Folder | |||
| 38 | 1 | Policies and procedures |
1992-1993 |
| 38 | 2 | Budget |
1994 |
| 38 | 3 | Financial and administrative materials |
1991-1993 |
| 38 | 4 | Grand opening |
1993 |
| 38 | 5-6 | Winter opening |
1993 |
| 38 | 7 | Summer opening |
1993 |
| 39 | 1-2 | Copies of original documents sent to Rick Wyss |
1995 |
| 39 | 3 | Contracts |
1994-1997 |
| 39 | 4 | Resolution of the Utah Sports Authority Board adopting the Utah Winter Sports Park master plan and the Oquirrh Park speed skating oval master plan |
1999 |
| 39 | 5 | Agreement for snow removal, Bear Hollow Drive |
1997 |
| 39 | 6 | User agreement with United States Bobsled and Skeleton Federation |
1997 |
| 39 | 7 | User agreement with United States Luge Association |
1997 |
| 39 | 8-9 | Marketing and promotional materials |
1993-1996 |
| 39 | 10 | Utah Winter Games |
1994-1995 |
| 40 | April 15th closing |
1999 | |
| 41 | Sale of Winter Sports Park |
1999 | |
| Folder | |||
| 42 | 1 | Appraisal |
1996 |
| 42 | 2-3 | Facilities transfer to SLOC |
1997 |
| 43 | Copies of legal exhibits pertaining Utah Winter Sports Park providing documentary history |
2005 | |
Venues and events |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 44 | 1 | Nordic Trails Task Force |
1992-1993 |
| 44 | 2 | U.S. Biathlon |
1993 |
| 44 | 3-5 | U.S. Skiing and Ski Jumping |
|
| 44 | 6-7 | Utah Sports Foundation World Cup |
1988-1991 |
| 45 | 1-4 | Bobsled and luge development plans |
1993-1996 |
| 45 | 5-6 | Bobsled and luge grand opening |
1997 |
| 45 | 7-8 | Bobsled and luge working files |
1997-1998 |
| 46 | 1-2 | Speed skating venue selection: Bountiful |
1990 |
| 46 | 3 | Speed skating venue selection: Salt Lake County |
1990 |
| 46 | 4-5 | Speed skating venue selection: Weber County |
1990 |
| 47 | 1 | Speed skating venue selection: Weber County |
1990 |
| 47 | 2 | Olympic Ice Sheet: Ogden/Weber County second proposal |
1990 |
| 47 | 3 | Oval site selection, public comment |
1992 |
| 47 | 4-7 | Speed skating oval, correspondence and memoranda |
1993-1996 |
| 48 | 1 | Speed skating oval, committee minutes |
1993 |
| 48 | 2 | Speed Skating Special Development Plan Committee |
1994-1996 |
| 48 | 3 | Speed skating oval, drafts and working documents |
1992-1993 |
| 48 | 4 | Ogden Ice Sheet, drafts and working documents |
1992-1994 |
| 48 | 5 | Speed skating oval, news clippings, brochures and publicity materials |
1993-1998 |
Organizations |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 49 | 1 | Community Olympic Development Program |
1998 |
| 49 | 2-4 | Department of Education, Paralympic grant |
2000-2001 |
| 49 | 5-6 | National Sports Foundation |
1994-1995 |
General materials |
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| Box | |||
| 50-51 | Working files |
1994-1998 | |
| Folder | |||
| 52 | 1 | Stowe-Crabtree-Richardson European trip |
1990-1991 |
| 52 | 2-4 | IOC meeting in Birmingham, England |
1991 |
| 52 | 5 | Visit to National Sport Centre in Calgary |
1996-1998 |
| 53 | Utah Sports Authority, promotional and marketing materials |
1991-1992; 1996-1997 | |
| 54 | Olympic background information |
1990-1992; 1998 | |
| 55 | Lillehammer Olympics |
1994 | |
| 56 | General materials |
1987-1995 | |
| 57 | Olympic announcement from Budapest |
1995 | |
| 58-60 | News clippings |
1990-2003 | |
II: Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the Olympic Winter Games of 2002Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | |||
| 61-63 | Correspondence |
1991-2002 | |
| 64 | Executive Committee and Board of Trustees meeting minutes and agendas |
1991-1992 | |
| 65-66 | Executive Committee and Board of Trustees meeting minutes and agendas |
1993 | |
| 67-68 | Executive Committee and Board of Trustees meeting minutes and agendas |
1995 | |
| 69-70 | Executive Committee and Board of Trustees meeting minutes and agendas |
1996 | |
| 71-72 | Executive Committee and Board of Trustees meeting minutes and agendas |
1997 | |
| 73 | Executive Committee and Board of Trustees meeting minutes and agendas |
1998 | |
| 74 | Meeting minutes and agendas |
1999 | |
| 75 | Executive Committee and Board of Trustees meeting minutes and agendas |
2001-2002 | |
| 76-77 | Bid Committee meeting minutes and general materials |
1990-1995 | |
| 78-79 | Management Committee meeting minutes |
1999-2000 | |
| Folder | |||
| 80 | 1-2 | Community and Government Affairs Committee |
1996-1997 |
| 80 | 3 | Community Participation Committee |
1996 |
| 80 | 4-7 | Facilities and Environment Committee |
1998-2001 |
| 80 | 8-9 | International Olympic Committee |
1991-1992 |
| 80 | 10-11 | Venue Committee |
2000-2001 |
| 81 | 1 | Finance and administration |
1993 |
| 81 | 2 | Fiscal year budget |
1999 |
| 81 | 3 | Preliminary review planning and budget procedures |
1996 |
| 82-85 | Scholarships and gifts investigation |
1991-1999 | |
| Folder | |||
| 86 | 1 | Ethics Committee Report |
1999 |
| 86 | 2 | USOC Bid Oversight Report |
1999 |
| 86 | 3 | City Weekly document request |
2000 |
| 87 | 1 | Legislative session |
1999 |
| 87 | 2 | Athens flame retrieval |
2002 |
| 87 | 3 | Soldier Hollow biathlon/cross country |
1998 |
| 87 | 4 | U.S. Ski Team |
1994-1996 |
| 88 | 1-5 | Speed Skating Oval: responses and general materials |
1992 |
| 88 | 6 | Ice arena |
1995 |
| 89 | Working files |
1995-2001 | |
| 90 | General materials |
1997-2000 | |
| 91 | News releases |
1995-2001 | |
| 92 | News clippings |
1995-1998 | |
III: Utah Athletic FoundationReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | |||
| 93-95 | Correspondence |
1998-2003 | |
| 96-97 | Board of Trustees meeting minutes |
1996-2003 | |
Administrative materials |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 98 | 1 | Articles of incorporation and bylaws |
1995 |
| 98 | 2-3 | Corporate documents |
1996-2002 |
| 98 | 4 | President finalists |
2001 |
| 98 | 5 | CEO final candidates |
2003 |
| 98 | 6 | Chuck Collins' unemployment proceedings |
2002 |
| 98 | 7 | Monthly management reports |
2002 |
Financial materials |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 99 | 1 | Annual audits |
1999-2001 |
| 99 | 2 | Endowment |
2002 |
| 99 | 3 | Nile/Gaylan's fundraiser event |
2002 |
| 99 | 4 | Summit County tax exemption issue |
2001 |
| 99 | 5 | Tax exempt status |
2001-2002 |
| 99 | 6 | Tax filings |
1999-2001 |
| 99 | 7 | Utah Charitable Solicitations Act |
2001-2002 |
| Box | Folder | ||
| 100 | 1 | Contract documents |
2000-2002 |
| 100 | 2 | USOC user agreement |
2000 |
| 101 | 1-2 | Legislative session |
2000-2002 |
| 101 | 3 | Senate/House joint resolutions and bills |
1994-2002 |
| 102 | Marketing "request for proposal" responses |
2000 | |
| Folder | |||
| 103 | 1 | SLOC/UAF transition |
2000-2001 |
| 103 | 2-3 | SLOC transfer of Winter Sports Park to UAF |
2002 |
| 103 | 4 | SLOC transfer of skating oval to UAF |
2002 |
| 104 | 1-4 | Transfer of Utah Olympic Oval and Utah Olympic Park |
2002 |
| 104 | 4 | Legacy Transition Team |
2001-2002 |
| 105 | Legacy materials |
1997-2002 | |
| 106 | Legacy pro formas |
2001 | |
| Folder | |||
| 107 | 1-2 | Utah Winter Sports Park |
2000-2002 |
| 107 | 3-4 | Winter Sports Center Lease |
1999-2000 |
| 107 | 5 | Soldier Hollow |
1997-2002 |
| 108 | Notes |
1999-2003 | |
General materials |
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| Box | Folder | ||
| 109 | 1 | Bell Atlantic/Verizon scholarship proposal |
2000 |
| 109 | 2-3 | Cartoon Exhibit |
2003 |
| 109 | 4 | Commemorative snowflake project |
2001-2002 |
| 109 | 5 | Community Olympic development program |
2000-2001 |
| 109 | 6 | Event bids |
2000-2001 |
| 109 | 7-8 | General documents |
1999-2000 |
| 109 | 9 | Lake Placid/ORDA information |
1998-1999 |
| 109 | 10 | Olympic historical information |
1999-2002 |
| 109 | 11 | Utah Olympic Oval |
2002-2003 |
| Box | Folder | ||
| 110 | 1 | News releases |
2001 |
| 110 | 2-3 | News clippings |
1999-2003 |
IV: Utah Sports CommissionReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 111 | 1-2 | Formation of the Utah Sports Commission |
1999-2000 |
| 111 | 3 | Correspondence |
2000 |
| 111 | 4-5 | Meeting minutes |
2000-2001 |
V: Oversize materialsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description |
|---|---|
| Box | |
| 112 | Utah Athletic Foundation, blueprints for Winter Sports Park
Designed by Rockwood/Peters Associates.
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| 113 | Memorabilia
This box contains two Playmobile luge and bobsledding toys, along with metal dies from Utah Sports Authority.
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| 114 | Curriculum guide titled, Olympism: Lighting the Way to a Legacy of Peace
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Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Olympic Winter Games (19th: 2002: Salt Lake City, Utah)
- Winter sports--Utah
Personal Names
- Dryer, Randy L.--Archives
Corporate Names
- Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the Olympic Winter Games of 2002--Records and correspondence
- Utah Athletic Foundation--Records and correspondence
- Utah Olympic Legacy Foundation--Records and correspondence
- Utah Sports Authority--Records and correspondence
- Utah Sports Commission--Records and correspondence
Form or Genre Terms
- Blueprints (reprographic copies)
- Business correspondence
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Memorabilia
- Minutes (Records)
- Records (Documents)
- Toys (recreational artifacts)
