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Save Our Canyons records, 1955-2013

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Citizens' Committee to Save Our Canyons
Title
Save Our Canyons records
Dates
1955-2013 (inclusive)
Quantity
83.5 linear feet, (199 boxes)
Collection Number
ACCN 2634
Summary
The Save Our Canyons records (1955-2013) contain administrative materials, correspondence, community outreach materials, court records, and news clippings pertaining to the committee's efforts to promote environmental conservation and protect natural spaces along the Wasatch Front. Save Our Canyons (SOC) is a non-profit organization founded in 1972 in response to growing threats to natural spaces along the Wasatch Front.
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

Save Our Canyons is a non-profit organization founded in 1972 in response to growing threats to natural spaces along the Wasatch Front. Save Our Canyons has been instrumental in the protection of various public lands in Utah, and worked closely with the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Bid and Organizing Committees to keep the games away from sensitive areas of Utah's wilderness. Save Our Canyons has been active in promoting more protective environmental legislation for Utah's wild spaces, and has been vocal in debate surrounding issues such as heli-skiing, land exchanges, inter-resort transportation, The committee has worked with many other conservation and outdoor recreation groups to regulate construction developments in the canyons and to ensure Utah's natural spaces remain protected, for the wildlife within to flourish and the public to enjoy.

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Content Description

Save Our Canyons (SOC) is a non-profit organization founded in 1972 in response to growing threats to natural spaces along the Wasatch Front. The Save Our Canyons records (1955-2013) contain the committee's organizational records, correspondence, community outreach materials, research, and professional materials from its longtime president Gale Dick, as well as master plans and environmental impact statements from ski resorts (Alta, Snowbird, Solitude, Brighton, and Snowbasin) and other developments in Utah's canyons. SOC worked closely with the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Bid and Organizing Committees to minimize the games' environmental impact. Material regarding these efforts includes correspondence, research, news clippings, press kits, and environmental impact statements. Also included in the Save Our Canyons records are court documents from lawsuits involving the committee in regard to the Wasatch Powderbird Guides, ski resort chair lifts (Alta, Snowbird, Snowbasin), and Snowbird's Master Development Plan.

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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

Arranged in eight series: 1: Administrative materials; 2: Correspondence; 3: Financial records; 4: Legal materials; 5: Subject files; 6: Miscellaneous materials.

Series 6: Subject files is arranged alphabetically by subject. Each subject arranged chronologically.

Acquisition Information

Donated by Gale Dick.

Processing Note

Processed by Kristina Barksdale in 2024.

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Separated Materials

See also the Save Our Canyons audio collection (A0040) in the Multimedia Division of Special Collections. USB drive transferred to the Digital Library.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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Subject Terms

  • Environmental policy--Citizen participation
  • Environmental protection
  • Nonprofit organizations

Corporate Names

  • Citizens' Committee to Save Our Canyons--Records and correspondence

Geographical Names

  • Wasatch Range (Utah and Idaho)

Form or Genre Terms

  • Administrative records
  • Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
  • Records and briefs

Finding aid written by Kristina Barksdale.
2024

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