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Richard E. Westwood papers, 1941-1971

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Westwood, Dick, 1921-
Title
Richard E. Westwood papers
Dates
1941-1971 (inclusive)
Quantity
30.5 linear feet
Collection Number
MS 0121
Summary
The Richard E. Westwood papers (1941-1971) consist of materials concerning his involvement as a prominent member of the United States mink industry. He was the founder and major partner of the Westwood Mink Farm which thrived from 1941-1971 in West Jordan, Utah.
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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Biographical Note

Richard "Dick" Westwood gained an international reputation as an expert in all phases of the multi-million-dollar mink industry. He served as a director of EMBA National Mink Breeders Pelt Marketing Association for 8 years and president for two terms. He also served as vice president of The Fur Breeders Agricultural Cooperative, and president of The National Board of Fur Farm Organizations. Moreover, he served one term as president of The Mink Farmers Research Foundation, as well as chairman of the Health and Research Committee in charge of the Experimental Fur Farm and Laboratory. Later in life, Westwood developed an interest in the environment and river running and authored the book Rough-Water Man: Elwyn Blake's Colorado River Expeditions.

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Content Description

The Richard E. Westwood papers (1941-1971) consist of materials concerning his involvement as a prominent member of the United States mink industry. He was the found and major partner of the Westwood Mink Farm which thrived from 1941-1971 in West Jordan, Utah.

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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 Manuscripts Division staff and Halle Fiderlick in 2015.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • I: Business Records

    • Description: Ranching Contracts and Pelt Assignments
      Dates: 1957-1969
      Container: Box 1, Folder 1-2
    • Description: Income Taxes
      Dates: 1953-1971
      Container: Box 1, Folder 3-6
    • Description: State Insurance
      Dates: 1957-1971
      Container: Box 1, Folder 7-9
    • Description: Lotting Letters
      Dates: 1961-1970
      Container: Box 1, Folder 10-13
    • Description: Shipments
      Dates: 1967-1969
      Container: Box 1, Folder 14
  • II: Correspondence

    • Description: Mink Breeding Correspondence
      Dates: 1961-1968
      Container: Box 2-4
  • III: National Board of Fur Farm Organizations, Inc.

  • IV: EMBA Documents

    • Description: R. E. Westwood Personal Notebooks of EMBA Meetings
      Dates: 1964-1970
      Container: Box 6, Folder 1
    • Description: EMBA Minutes of the Board of Directors Meetings
      Dates: 1967-1969
      Container: Box 6, Folder 2
    • Description: Minutes of the Executive Committee Meeting
      Dates: 1969
      Container: Box 6, Folder 3
    • Description: Minutes of the Semi-Annual and Annual Membership Meetings of EMBA
      Dates: 1963-1969
      Container: Box 6, Folder 4
    • Description: Data Concerning the EMBA Dressers Committee
      Dates: 1969
      Container: Box 6, Folder 5
    • Description: EMBA Officers and Committees
      Dates: 1967-1970
      Container: Box 6, Folder 6
    • Description: EMBA European Marketing Data
      Dates: 1968-1970
      Container: Box 6, Folder 7
    • Description: EMBA Marketing and Development Projection
      Dates: 1970-1971
      Container: Box 6, Folder 8
    • Description: EMBA Advertising Data
      Dates: 1967-1970
      Container: Box 6, Folder 9
    • Description: EMBA Special Awards
      Dates: 1967-1968
      Container: Box 6, Folder 10
    • Description: Letters to EMBA Concerning Board of Directors and Committee Meetings
      Dates: 1967-1968
      Container: Box 6, Folder 11
    • Description: EMBA Financial Reports
      Dates: 1966-1970
      Container: Box 7
  • V: Mink Auction Cooperative

    • Description: Correspondence Concerning a Proposed Rancher-Owned Cooperative
      Dates: 1969
      Container: Box 8, Folder 1
    • Description: Information Concerning the American Mink Auction Cooperative
      Dates: 1969
      Container: Box 8, Folder 2
    • Description: Organization Agreements, American Mink Auction Cooperation
      Dates: 1968-1969
      Container: Box 8, Folder 3
  • VI: Mink Farmer's Research Foundation Inc.

  • VII: Westwood Utah Mink Industry

  • VIII: Auction Books and Catalogs

  • IX: West Jordan Documents

  • X: Autobiographical Material

  • XI: Westwood Mink Farm Business Receipts

  • XII: Personal Receipts File

  • XIII: Property Ownership Files

  • XVI: Mink Farming Files

  • XV: 1994 Addendum

    Boxes 45-50 contain research documents, notes, and correspondence pertaining to river running, with a focus on river runners such as H. Elwyn Blake and Otis Marston. In addition, there are documents related to the exploration of the Grand Canyon and the Western United States, including papers related to explorers such as the Kolb brothers and C. H. Birdseye. Westwood used this wealth of research in the process of writing his book Rough-Water Man: Elwyn Blake's Colorado River Expeditions.

    • Description: Handwritten Notes
      Container: Box 45, Folder 1
    • Description: H. Elwyn Blake "As I Remember"
      Container: Box 45, Folder 2-3
    • Description: Birdseye Diary Grand Canyon
      Dates: 1923
      Container: Box 45, Folder 4
    • Description: H. Elwyn Blake "Boating the Wild Rivers"
      Container: Box 45, Folder 5-6
    • Description: Research Documents on River Running
      Container: Box 45, Folder 7
    • Description: Correspondence Concerning River Running
      Dates: 1956
      Container: Box 46, Folder 1
    • Description: Testimony on Colorado River Case
      Dates: 1929-1931
      Container: Box 46, Folder 2
    • Description: Court Decision on Colorado River Case
      Dates: 1929-1931
      Container: Box 46, Folder 3
    • Description: H. Elwyn Blake Chronology
      Dates: 1896-1980
      Container: Box 46, Folder 4
    • Description: H. Elwyn Blake Personal Clippings
      Container: Box 46, Folder 5
    • Description: Cataract Canyon Survey
      Dates: 1921
      Container: Box 46, Folder 6
    • Description: William Glen Hoyt Testimony Colorado River Bed Case
      Dates: 1929-1931
      Container: Box 46, Folder 7-8
    • Description: Division and Apportionment of the Waters of the Colorado River
      Dates: 1921
      Container: Box 46, Folder 9
    • Description: Frank B. Dodge Autobiography
      Dates: 1944
      Container: Box 46, Folder 10
    • Description: Lewis Freeman "Diary of the USGS Grand Canyon Voyage"
      Dates: 1923
      Container: Box 46, Folder 11
    • Description: David E. Miller "Hole in the Rock"
      Dates: 1966
      Container: Box 46, Folder 12
    • Description: Hyde Family Records
      Dates: 1900-1963
      Container: Box 46, Folder 13
    • Description: Diary of C. LaRue
      Dates: 1921-1923
      Container: Box 46, Folder 14
    • Description: Colorado River and Its Utilization
      Dates: 1916
      Container: Box 46, Folder 15
    • Description: "Indians and Outlaws: Settling of the San Juan Frontier"
      Container: Box 46, Folder 16
    • Description: Otis Marston Documents
      Dates: 1969-1971
      Container: Box 46, Folder 17
    • Description: Maps
      Dates: 1923
      Container: Box 46, Folder 18
    • Description: Pathe-Bray Colorado River Expedition
      Dates: 1927
      Container: Box 46, Folder 19
    • Description: Karen L. Smith Speech on Water
      Container: Box 47, Folder 1
    • Description: "Standing Up Country: the Canyon Lands of Utah and Arizona"
      Container: Box 47, Folder 2
    • Description: The Colorado River Survey
      Dates: 1889-1890
      Container: Box 47, Folder 3
    • Description: Ticaboo Graves
      Container: Box 47, Folder 4
    • Description: "Wind in the Rocks: the Canyonlands of Southeastern Utah"
      Container: Box 47, Folder 5
    • Description: Richard E. Westwood "Rough-Water Man" Text
      Container: Box 47, Folder 6-7
    • Description: H. Elwyn Blake "Green River to Moab"
      Dates: 1909
      Container: Box 47, Folder 8
    • Description: H. Elwyn Blake Diary
      Dates: 1955
      Container: Box 47, Folder 9
    • Description: Yellowstone Trip
      Dates: 1957
      Container: Box 47, Folder 10
    • Description: Vacation Boat Trip H. Elwyn Blake
      Container: Box 47, Folder 11
    • Description: H. Elwyn Blake Diary
      Dates: 1972
      Container: Box 47, Folder 12
    • Description: H. Elwyn Blake "I Still Dream of the Land"
      Container: Box 47, Folder 13
    • Description: H. Elwyn Blake "Desert Heat and Poison Water"
      Container: Box 47, Folder 14
    • Description: H. Elwyn Blake Diary
      Dates: 1926
      Container: Box 47, Folder 15
    • Description: H. Elwyn Blake "Hell's Half Mile"
      Container: Box 47, Folder 16
    • Description: H. Elwyn Blake "One Gun--Two Bucks"
      Container: Box 47, Folder 17
    • Description: H. Elwyn Blake "ENK Shooting on the Hermosa"
      Container: Box 47, Folder 18
    • Description: H. Elwyn Blake "River Experience"
      Container: Box 47, Folder 19
    • Description: Grand Canyon Diary
      Dates: 1923
      Container: Box 48, Folder 1
    • Description: H. Elwyn Blake Employment Record
      Container: Box 48, Folder 2
    • Description: Lewis Freeman "Down the Grand Canyon"
      Container: Box 48, Folder 3
    • Description: Excerpts from "The Colorado River: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow"
      Container: Box 48, Folder 4
    • Description: Fiction by Elwyn Blake
      Container: Box 48, Folder 5-9
    • Description: Grand Canyon: the River
      Container: Box 48, Folder 10
    • Description: H. Elwyn Blake Family Genealogy
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 48, Folder 11
    • Description: Bill Nixon "Lasting Love Affair"
      Container: Box 48, Folder 12
    • Description: Diary of the 1923 Expedition
      Container: Box 48, Folder 13
    • Description: Kolb Brothers Statement to Senatorial Committee
      Dates: 1925
      Container: Box 48, Folder 14
    • Description: E. Kolb Letter to Birdseye
      Dates: 1923
      Container: Box 48, Folder 15
    • Description: Letters of Permission from the Blake Family
      Container: Box 48, Folder 16
    • Description: Account of Birdseye Grand Canyon Expedition
      Dates: 1923
      Container: Box 48, Folder 17
    • Description: Water Power and Flood Control of the Colorado River
      Container: Box 48, Folder 18
    • Description: River Maps
      Container: Box 48, Folder 19
    • Description: USGS Grand Canyon Maps
      Dates: 1923
      Container: Box 48, Folder 20
    • Description: Water Supply Paper and Riverbed Case Testimony
      Container: Box 49, Folder 1
    • Description: Field Notes of Survey of Utah
      Dates: 1921
      Container: Box 49, Folder 2
    • Description: Water Report Paper
      Dates: 1924
      Container: Box 49, Folder 3
    • Description: H. Elwyn Blake "This Was News"
      Container: Box 49, Folder 4
    • Description: Lewis Freeman "Surveying the Grand Canyon of the Colorado"
      Container: Box 49, Folder 5
    • Description: Notes on Photos at Arizona State Archives
      Container: Box 49, Folder 6
    • Description: "Boating the Wild Rivers" Photo Captions
      Container: Box 49, Folder 7
    • Description: Photo Captions
      Container: Box 49, Folder 8
    • Description: H. Elwyn Blake Poems
      Container: Box 49, Folder 9
    • Description: United States Geological Survey
      Dates: 1924
      Container: Box 49, Folder 10
    • Description: Notes of the Survey of Green River
      Dates: 1922
      Container: Box 49, Folder 11
    • Description: Photo Captions Denver USGS Library
      Container: Box 49, Folder 12
    • Description: Rainbow Bridge Utah Survey
      Dates: 1921
      Container: Box 50, Folder 1
    • Description: Songs of H. Elwyn Blake
      Container: Box 50, Folder 2
    • Description: Utah Power and Light Photocopies and Photos
      Container: Box 50, Folder 3
    • Description: H. Elwyn Blake "Victory in Defeat"
      Container: Box 50, Folder 4
    • Description: The Green River and Its Utilization
      Container: Box 50, Folder 5
    • Description: Richard E. Westwood "Rough-Water Man Part II"
      Container: Box 50, Folder 6
    • Description: Richard E. Westwood "Rough-Water Man Part III"
      Container: Box 50, Folder 7
    • Description: Richard E. Westwood "Rough-Water Man Part I"
      Container: Box 50, Folder 8
    • Description: Richard E. Westwood "Rough-Water Man Part II" (Unedited)
      Container: Box 50, Folder 9
    • Description: Richard E. Westwood "Rough-Water Man Part III"
      Container: Box 50, Folder 10
  • XVI: 1996 Addendum

    • Description: American Fur Breeder
      Dates: 1967-1968
      Container: Box 51, Folder 1
    • Description: Annual Mink Awards Banquet
      Dates: 1967
      Container: Box 51, Folder 2
    • Description: Certificates and Awards
      Dates: 1967
      Container: Box 51, Folder 3
    • Description: EMBA Mink Breeders Association Newsletters
      Dates: 1967-1968
      Container: Box 51, Folder 4
    • Description: EMBA Minutes
      Dates: 1968-1969
      Container: Box 51, Folder 5
    • Description: Fur Breeders Agricultural Cooperative
      Dates: 1958-1961
      Container: Box 51, Folder 6
    • Description: Fur Industry Reports and Statistics
      Dates: 1961-1969
      Container: Box 51, Folder 7
    • Description: Fur Man of the Year Award
      Dates: 1983
      Container: Box 51, Folder 8
    • Description: Ledger
      Dates: 1947-1955
      Container: Box 51, Folder 9
    • Description: Mink Articles
      Dates: 1966
      Container: Box 51, Folder 10
    • Description: Mink Association Brochures
      Container: Box 51, Folder 11
    • Description: Mink Disease Issues
      Dates: 1959-1969
      Container: Box 51, Folder 12
    • Description: Mink Ranchers Almanac
      Container: Box 51, Folder 13
    • Description: Mink Show Documents
      Dates: 1965-1968
      Container: Box 51, Folder 14
    • Description: Mink Show Winnings
      Dates: 1949-1960
      Container: Box 51, Folder 15
    • Description: National Board of Fur Farm Organizations, Inc. Minutes
      Dates: 1966-1970
      Container: Box 51, Folder 16
    • Description: National Fur News
      Container: Box 51, Folder 17
    • Description: Northeastern Mink Farmer
      Dates: 1967
      Container: Box 51, Folder 18
    • Description: Rancher Owned Auctions Correspondence
      Dates: 1969
      Container: Box 51, Folder 19
    • Description: Alaska Trip
      Dates: 1966
      Container: Box 52, Folder 1
    • Description: Green River Trip
      Dates: 1990
      Container: Box 52, Folder 2
    • Description: Grand Canyon Rafting Trip
      Dates: 1990
      Container: Box 52, Folder 3
    • Description: Mexico Trip
      Dates: 1981
      Container: Box 52, Folder 4
    • Description: San Juan River Trip
      Dates: 1987
      Container: Box 52, Folder 5
    • Description: Scandinavia Trip
      Dates: 1969-1970
      Container: Box 52, Folder 6
    • Description: Whaling Trip and Correspondence
      Dates: 1965-1985
      Container: Box 52, Folder 7
    • Description: Annual Broadcaster
      Dates: 1951-1952
      Container: Box 52, Folder 8
    • Description: Business Correspondence
      Dates: 1962-1968
      Container: Box 52, Folder 9
    • Description: Foreign Agricultural Service Documents
      Dates: 1970
      Container: Box 52, Folder 10
    • Description: Income Tax Documents
      Dates: 1951-1957
      Container: Box 52, Folder 11
    • Description: Receipts
      Dates: 1961-1962
      Container: Box 52, Folder 12-13
    • Description: Laguna San Juan Board of Directors Minutes
      Dates: 1983-1985
      Container: Box 52, Folder 14
    • Description: West Jordan Town Board Meetings
      Dates: 1962-1964
      Container: Box 52, Folder 15
    • Description: Olympic Report
      Container: Box 52, Folder 16
    • Description: Tariff Commission Paper
      Dates: 1959
      Container: Box 52, Folder 17
    • Description: Newspaper Clippings
      Dates: 1962-1971
      Container: Box 52, Folder 18
    • Description: Miscellaneous Articles
      Container: Box 52, Folder 19
    • Description: Class of 1939 Documents
      Dates: 1939
      Container: Box 53, Folder 1
    • Description: College Records and Resume
      Dates: 1940-1965
      Container: Box 53, Folder 2
    • Description: Family Correspondence
      Dates: 1966-1989
      Container: Box 53, Folder 3
    • Description: Christmas Cards and Correspondence
      Container: Box 53, Folder 4
    • Description: Adrien Segil
      Dates: 1988-1992
      Container: Box 53, Folder 5
    • Description: Obituaries and Eulogies
      Dates: 1981
      Container: Box 53, Folder 6
    • Description: Arizona Times Independent Clippings
      Dates: 1986
      Container: Box 53, Folder 7
    • Description: Research "The Meanest Man in Georgia"
      Dates: 1985
      Container: Box 53, Folder 8
    • Description: "Billy the Kid"
      Container: Box 53, Folder 9
    • Description: "Little Joe the Wrangler"
      Container: Box 53, Folder 10
    • Description: Fur Age Weekly
      Dates: 1961-1969
      Container: Box 53, Folder 11-13
    • Description: Jean Westwood
      Container: Box 53, Folder 14
    • Description: Miscellaneous Correspondence
      Dates: 1990-2000
      Container: Box 53, Folder 15
    • Description: "Chompin' at the Bit"
      Dates: 1939
      Container: Box 54, Folder 1
    • Description: "Chompin" Chapter 15
      Dates: 1946-1947
      Container: Box 54, Folder 2
    • Description: "Chompin' at the Bit" Research Clippings
      Container: Box 54, Folder 3

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Subject Terms

  • Fur farming--Utah
  • Mink fur industry--Utah

Personal Names

  • Westwood, Dick, 1921- --Archives
  • Westwood, Jean M., 1923-
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