Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives
Samuel S. Taylor legislative papers
Taylor, Samuel.
UUS_COLL MSS 412
18 boxes
8.75 linear feet
1950-1987
The collection contains materials related to the Samuel Taylor's political service in the Utah House of Representatives, particularly in the area of no-fare mass transportation.
Material in English
Processed in May of 2012, reprocessed in 2024 to further arrange/describe, and to deaccession the large amount of duplicate material
This collection was donated to USU Special Collections and Archives in 1987 by Samuel Taylor.
No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.
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Initial Citation: Samuel Taylor legislative papers, USU_COLL MSS 412. Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.
Following Citations:USU_COLL MSS 412, USUSCA.
Samuel S. Taylor was born June 3, 1914, to Vencinzina and Biagio Cusmano in Passaic, New Jersey. In 1948 he decided to move to California and on the way there, ran out of gas in Utah. He fell in love with Salt Lake City and stayed for over fifty years. He started the Taylor Hearing Service in 1952. He was elected to the Utah House of Representatives in 1970 and served there until 1986. While in the legislature, he passed the Transit Act in 1973 that started the Utah Transit Authority.
This collection contains Taylor's collected material while in the Utah House of Representatives including newspaper articles with notes written in margins, correspondence, statistical reports (taxes, demographics, etc), magazines, and other related materials.
This collection is arranged into five series: I. Personal/biographical: materials representing his life as a whole. Includes photographs, music and poems he wrote, letters to the editor, campaign materials, assorted notes, and news articles about or mentioning him.
II. Correspondence: written by or received by him, including letters with his government office letterhead. In chronological order.
III. Legislative materials: bills he sponsored, or ones he annotated, in chronological order. Also includes materials related to legislative committee assignments.
IV. Mass transit materials: articles, reports, publications, research. Further divided into sub-series relating to Utah Transit Authority (UTA), mass transit studies in general, and materials relating to other large cities' mass transit programs.
V. Subject files and assorted materials: notes, research, limited correspondence, and news articles relating to various other subjects.
Urban transportation
Civic Activism
Transportation
I. Personal/biographical
1950-1987
Photographs of Samuel Taylor
1960's-1984
1
1
Includes photos of a 1984 trip to Washington, D.C. and a 1978 tour of a UTA facility
Music, poetry
undated
1
2
KSL Public Pulse radio editorials
1961-1982
1
3
Messages and notes
undated
1
4
Certificates, letterhead, letters of congratulations
1970-1986
1
5
Obituary of Samuel Taylor
2000
1
6
Letters to the editor
1967-1979
2
1
Letters to the editor
1980-1987
2
2
Newspaper articles mentioning Samuel Taylor
1971-1984
2
3
Assorted notes, annotated compilations
1965-1984
2
4
Speeches on anti-war, patriotism
1961-1981
2
5
Court cases
1975-1982
2
6
Campaign flyers, pamphlets, correspondence
1954-1986
2
7
Assorted memorabilia
undated
18
Includes various name plates, buttons, transit tokens, and desk display items.
II. Correspondence
1951-1987
Correspondence
1951-1971
2
8-14
Correspondence
1972-1977
3
Correspondence
1978-1983
4
Correspondence
1984-1987
5
III. Legislative records
1967-1987
These include meeting minutes, agenda, reports, some correspondence
Sponsored or annotated legislation
1967-1985
6
Sponsored or annotated legislation
1986-1987
7
1
Letters of support for HB 41 (no-fare bus bill)
1972-1973
7
1a
Legislative committees: committee assignments
1971-1984
7
2
Legislative committees: social services
1971-1986
7
3
Legislative committees: transportation and public safety
1972-1985
7
4
Legislative committees: Salt Lake County Council of Governments
1970-1984
7
5
Legislative committees: various
1971-1986
7
6
Other regional committees
1972-1987
7
7
IV. Mass transit
1966-1987
These materials include studies, reports, news articles, especially relating to the Utah Transit Authority (UTA)
Utah Transit Authority
1966-1987
UTA: Route pamphlets and maps
1975-1985
7
8
UTA: Publications
1972-1985
7
9
UTA: Board meeting minutes
1974-1978
7
10
UTA: Newsletters
1979-1985
7
11
UTA: Performance audit
1981
7
12
Beginnings of UTA: news articles, certificates of incorporation
1969-1971
8
1
UTA: Publicity
1975-1985
8
2
UTA: Correspondence
1970-1985
8
3
UTA: Ski bus service
1980-1985
8
4
Petitions for free-fare bill, new UTA board
1978
8
5
UTA: Letters of complaint
1976-1982
8
6
UTA: Heavily annotated news articles, compilations, notes
1969-1986
8
7-8
UTA: Other assorted materials
1973-1985
8
9
UTA: Related news articles
1972-1987
8
10-12
UTA: Land purchase documents
1978-1980
9
1
UTA: Comparative financial reports
1973-1981
9
2
UTA: Financial summary reports
1975-1981
9
3
UTA: Financial statements
1982-1987
9
4-5
UTA: Tax schedules
1974-1984
9
6
UTA: Other financial/statistical reports
1971-1986
9
7
UTA: Assorted legislative/administrative materials
1966-1978
9
8
UTA: A Transit Improvement Program
1971
10
1
UTA: Affirmative Action Plan
1977
10
1
Other mass transit studies and reports
1969-1986
Feasibility Study for a Department of Transportation, State of Utah: Phase I
1974 April
10
2
Feasibility Study: Utah, Future Transportation Administration
1974
10
2
Alternates Section of the Phase II Report
1974 May
10
3
Summary of Responses to Utah: Future Transportation Administration
1974 June
10
4
An Operational Audit of Equipment Fleet Management in the Department of Transportation: Report to Utah State Legislature
1977 November
10
5
A Proposal for a Monorail Mass Transit System for the Greater Salt Lake Area
1984
10
6
Gorham Universal's Tri-Rail
1969
10
3
Amalgamated Transit Union (AFL-CIO) papers, newsletters, correspondence
1972-1984
10
4
American Public Transit Association reports
1979-1980
10
5
Salt Lake Central District Transportation Strategy
1980
10
6
Other mass transit articles
1971, 1983
10
7
Public Transportation: Planning, Operations and Management
1979
11
1
National Urban Mass Transportation Statistics: 1983 Section 15 Annual Report
1984 December
11
2
Mass Transit magazine
1976-1982
11
1
Beehive History 8: Transportation and Communication
1982
11
2
US Department of Transportation correspondence
1974-1985
11
3
US Department of Transportation publications
1975-1985
11
4
MVMA Motor Vehicle Facts and Figures
1978-1986
14
1
Wasatch Front Regional Council newsletters, correspondence, reports
1975-1985
14
2
Wasatch Front Regional Council Regional Transit Development Program
1973
14
3
Wasatch Front Regional Council Transportation Improvement Programs
1980-1990
14
4
Other mass transit systems
1966-1986
Amherst, Massachusetts
1976
14
5
Albany, New York
1981
14
6
Atlanta, Georgia
1966-1973
12
1
Bologna and Naples, Italy
1972-1973
12
2
Boston, Massachusetts
1973-1980
12
3
Chicago, Illinois
1974-1978
12
4
City of Commerce, California
1972-1973
12
5
Dallas, Texas (DTS)
1972-1976
12
6
Denver, Colorado (RTD)
1978-1986
12
7-8
Detroit, Michigan (DSR)
1973
12
9
District of Columbia - Georgetown University
1974
12
10
Eugene, Oregon (LTD)
1975
12
11
Flint, Michigan
1971
12
12
Greece
1979
12
13
Honolulu, Hawaii
1971-1975
12
14
Independence, Missouri
1976
12
15
Knoxville, Nashville, Tennessee
1971-1975
12
16
Los Angeles, California
1974
12
17
Michigan, rural areas Dial-a-Ride
1977
12
18
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1973
12
19
Munich, Germany
1972
12
20
New York, New York
1971-1975
12
21
New Jersey (PATH)
1971-1975
12
22
New Orleans, Louisiana
1979-1982
12
23
Oakland, California
1971-1978
13
1
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1974-1985
13
2
Portland, Oregon
1975-1979
13
3
Providence/Trenton, Rhode Island
1975-1979
13
4
Rome, Italy (ATAC)
1972-1974
13
5
San Antonio, Texas
1983
13
6
San Diego, California
1975-1986
13
7
San Francisco, California (BART)
1973-1978
13
8
Seattle, Washington
1973-1979
13
9
Spokane, Washington
1970-1985
13
10
Twin Cities (Minneapolis, St. Paul), Minnesota (MTC)
1972-1975
13
11
Washington, D.C.
1974-1978
13
12
West Berlin, Germany and Switzerland
1983
13
13
V. Other notes, correspondence, articles
1950-1987
Audiometer
1950-1953
15
1
Auto emissions controls
1983
15
2
Auto insurance rates
1970
15
3
Car accidents
1974
15
4
Child abuse
1982
15
5
Democratic party
1975-1986
15
6
Elderly, handicapped, and senior citizens
1970-1980
15
7
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)/Women's rights
1972-1979
15
8
Ratify ERA pin
1975
15
9
Federal Communications Commission
1972
15
10
Gasoline tax increase/oil crisis
1973-1983
15
11
Golden Fleece awards, Senator Proxmire
1984-1985
15
12
Granite School District
1974-1984
15
13
Public utilities articles, pamphlets
1980-1985
15
14
Taylor Hearing Services assorted business records
1969-1989
15
15
Hearing aid legislation correspondence, articles
1975-1986
15
16
Unions
1980
15
17
Public utilities
1982-1987
16
1
Adnan Khashoggi/Triad Cooperation
1982-1987
16
2
Air pollution
1970-1978
16
3
Alcohol, drugs, tobacco
1983-1986
16
4
Cable television/pornography
1982-1983
16
5
Education
1958-1987
16
6
Lewis Brothers' Stages
1966-1974
16
7
Main Street Beautification/Redevelopment Agency (RDA)
1974-1986
16
8
Nuclear testing and waste
1971-1986
16
9
Prison/incarceration
1970-1987
16
10
United airfare
1985-1986
16
11
Vietnam war
1967-1971
16
12
Youth employment
1975-1983
16
13
70% Rule
1971-1987
16
14
Assorted newspaper clippings, notes
1954-1972
16
15-20
Minimally processed; likely duplicates
Assorted newspaper clippings, notes
1973-1987
17
1-15
Minimally processed; likely duplicates