Organizational history can be found in the first section of this collection.
The Utah State Democratic Committee records (1954-2012) holds correspondence and documents regarding the committee's organization and function and has been organized into four broad divisions. Correspondence and information about the committee organization and function comprises the first division, composed of two boxes. The correspondence is arranged chronologically, followed by the charter and bylaws, and minutes and membership lists from the executive, central, public relations and county committees.
Division two contains the bulk of the collection in 13 boxes about the election process. Beginning with information on mass meetings, delegate selection and delegates, the papers follow the election process through the conventions, platforms and various candidates and campaigns to the voting statistics and legislative rosters. The papers are arranged chronologically within each section with state materials preceding national. Included in this division is information on state and national campaign and election laws and a report on Utah Reapportionment.
Financial records, filling seven boxes, comprise the third section. The general financial records are fairly scanty, consisting of chronologically filed bills, receipts, budgets and reports filling one box. The other six boxes contain information on a number of projects and continuing groups or events designed to raise funds for the democratic party of Utah. Included are papers from the party telethons from 1972 through 1975, governor's balls from 1967 through 1980, the One Hundred Club from 1965 through 1976, the Century Club from 1977 through 1979 and some papers from Jefferson-Jackson Dinners held between 1961 and 1979.
The fourth division consists of eight boxes of miscellaneous material. One box contains party identification forms for persons seeking patronage positions. These are arranged alphabetically by county. There is one box containing information, flyers, forms and lists dealing with party-sponsored conferences and various Democratic Party groups. A third box contains newsletters, press releases, resolutions and similar materials. The remaining four boxes contain news clippings from 1962 to 1976, name lists and numerous computer print-outs.
Addenda to the collection, boxes 32-55, consists of administrative documents, including reports, election records, voter surveys, news clippings, and financial papers.
Addenda to the collection, boxes 56-64, also consists of administrative documents. This includes correspondence, legal documents and legislation, periodicals and news clippings, fundraising and financial records, campaign materials and advertisements, event invitations and records, as well as documents concerning the various Senate districts and precincts throughout Utah. The addenda also includes electronic files on disc, which contain information on Committee finances, strategies, and candidates.
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Boxes 1-31 were donated in 1982 (11 linear feet).
Boxes 32-55 were donated in 1988 and 1992 (10.75 linear feet).
Boxes 56-64 were donated in 2012 and 2013 (4 linear feet).
Processed by Marlene Lewis in 1982, Mark Jensen in 1996, and Halle Fiderlick in 2015.
Photographs and audio-visual materials were transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections (P0095 and A0098).
These letters, arranged chronologically, are to and from Utah party chairmen or party officials about party organization, special events or party problems. Also included are letters about party business or letters of general interest from the National Committee and other state committees.
Included are the "Charter of the Democratic Party of the United States," the "Charter of the Democratic Party of Utah," "The Utah Democratic By-laws," various amendments to the by-laws, the "Rules and Procedures of the Utah Democratic Party," proposed amendments of the rules, "Final Report of the Utah State Democratic Reform Commission," from 1971.
Meeting minutes from 1967, agenda from November, 1974; membership list from 1963.
Included are minutes from 1967, 1968, 1973, 1975; lists of committee members; and a county organization guide.
Included are minutes, membership lists, correspondence from 1969, 1970, 1971.
Undated lists.
List of District Officers.
Included are the county Democratic party constitutions, 1974; executive and central committee meeting minutes, 1964; list of chairmen and vice chairs from senate and legislative and representative districts, 1964; list of voting district chairmen and district officers, 1963-1964.
Executive committee members and county officer lists for 1972-1973.
Undated lists of county and district officers.
Undated information and maps of legislative district divisions.
Lists of state and national committee members.
Memoranda on how to conduct mass meetings and select delegates and sample press releases.
Official poll sheets.
Sign-in sheets.
District 1 to 20 sign-in sheets.
Sign-in sheets for districts 21-32, 63.
Press releases and memorandum on the selection process to insure equality.
Information and reports on the "McGovern Commission" which was the Democratic Reform Commission formed to insure against discrimination in delegate selection, a report from the Utah reform commission and the final McGovern Commission report titled, "Official Guidelines for Delegate Selection".
Formula for delegate selection and a description of the Utah process.
Correspondence about the selection process, a report on the Denver Conference of the Commission on Delegate Selection and Party Structure and proposed rules for delegate selection.
Included are drafts of the Utah plan for delegate selection, recommendations of the national committee and the report of the Commission on Delegate Selection and Party Structure.
Included is correspondence from 1975 and 1976 about the Utah selection plan, amendments to the Utah party rules and procedures dealing with delegate selection, proposed plans for selection, information on "affirmative action" to avoid discrimination in the selection process, the national standards and guidelines and news clippings from 1975.
Correspondence from 1977 and 1978, drafts of the Utah selection plan for delegates and a copy of the national selection plan.
Convention call, state party rules and the Utah proposed plan for delegate selection.
Miscellaneous information on Utah's delegate selection.
Lists for Utah and Weber Counties.
List of Utah delegates.
Included are complete poll listings of delegates to the state nominating convention with county, preference and nomination listed.
Included are: 1962 dates for county nominating conventions, 1973 Weber County Convention program, 1978 county convention dates.
Program, July 1960.
Two copies of the April, 1963 program.
July, 1962 programs, program advertising promotion, lists of officers and committees, schedules, rules and procedures from the July, 1962 convention.
Correspondence about the convention from October 1963 to September 1964, official convention call, schedules, press releases, miscellaneous notes, maps of the Terrace Ballroom, and newsclippings.
Convention resolutions, report from the Committee on Rules and Order of Business for the July convention.
Copy of the
August, 1973 convention notice and county delegate sign-in sheets.
July convention, "Rules and Order of Business," resolutions and a report on party progress.
Memorandum on meetings of the resolutions committee for the August convention.
Convention "Rules and Order of Business", a pamphlet on participation in mass meetings and conventions and correspondence about holding the convention at the Hilton hotel.
August, 1977 convention program, "Rules and Order of Business" and convention resolutions.
Delegate badge from the July convention.
Correspondence about the convention from 1963 to 1965; information on delegate allocation, lists and information on Utah delegations, official convention call, program information, resolutions, press releases and newspaper clippings.
Press releases.
Conference call, regulations of the conference compliance committee, delegate selection and miscellaneous information.
Platform, letter on water pollution problems.
Platform, platform committee report, planks and background infomation.
Correspondence about the platform from 1962, 1964; planks, platform, platform summary, amendments, lists of committee members, press releases, and newspaper clippings.
Platform, planks, correspondence and lists of committee members.
Speeches from the Advanced Platform Hearings held in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Included are the "Manual for Campaign Organization," information on campaign tactics; pamphlets on advertising; booklet on "County Leader Workshops" by the National Committee; flyers, pamphlets and information on voter registration.
Flyers arranged alphabetically.
Newspaper clippings, and candidate questionaires on incumbent state office holders.
Included are schedules for county conventions; correspondence, programs, outlines for the Neighborhood Discussion Groups.
Lists of "Utah Democratic Women Candidates for the House and Senate" and correspondence about the candidacy of John Ylinchita, Jr., for Dagget County Commissioner.
Lists of candidates for state and county offices, fund-raising information, an article titled: "Walter Lippmann Looks at the Election and the Stakes for America"; the
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Included is a statement from the National Democratic Policy Council, titled: "America in the 1970s," lists of candidates and notes about candidates; a political profile of Salt Lake County and the Wasatch Front; information on radio advertising and advertising schedules; a copy of Colorado's, "Capital '70" fundraising program.
Included is correspondence about the general campaign, about campaign expenditures and limitation rules; information and lists of candidates, including official forms, press releases, newspaper clippings, campaign expenses, advertising brochures, magazine and radio advertising; information on "Front Cash" a campaign to encourage young voters to register and support the Democratic Party.
Press releases from the "McGovern for President" Committee.
Calvin L. Rampton's campaign materials, including: correspondence, financial contribution amounts and name lists, a list of Rampton's accomplishments while in office.
Included are memoranda on campaign plans, opinion polls, schedules, miscellaneous information, and a booklet titled: "Women in Politics", by the Utah Women's Political Caucus.
Correspondence, memoranda, press releases, general campaign information including the Campaign Consultation Program booklet from the Democratic National Committee; information on the visit of California's Democratic congressman, Norman Y. Nimita; and lists of candidates and lists of polling places.
Information on candidates including: D. Gilbert Athay, David L. Duncan, Akken I. Howe, Fekshaw King; press releases from John Klas's gubernatorial candidate bid; political contribution reports from Jim McConkie and K. Gunn McKay; canvass cards from Scott Matheson's gubernatorial campaign; campaign contribution reports from Frank E. Moss.
Included are official candidate filing forms, lists of candidates; miscellaneous campaign literature from various candidates.
Lists of candidates, information of the "Get-Out-to Vote" program; mass meetings.
Information on Utah's population, voting patterns and media prepared by the Political Research Division of the Democratic National Committee for Frank E. Moss's campaign.
Profiles of Davis, Garfield, Grand, Kane, Morgan, Paiute, Rich, San Juan, Weber Counties.
Lists of candidates, information on the "Get-Out-to-Vote" Program and mass meetings, and similar information.
Information on Utah campaign spending limits, a copy of
Information on individual candidates including campaign contribution reports from D. Gilbert Athay, David L. Duncan, Akken I. Howe, and Fekshaw King; press releases from John Klas's gubernatorial candidate bid; contribution reports from Jim McConkie and K. Gunn McKay: ample canvass cards from Scott Matheson's campaign for governor; and some campaign contribution reports from Frank E. Moss.
Included are official candidate filing forms, lists of candidates and miscellaneous campaign literature from various candidates.
Lists of candidates, information on the "Get-Out-to-Vote" Program and mass meetings, and similar information.
Information on Utah campaign spending limits, a copy of
Information on individual candidates including campaign contribution reports from D. Gilbert Athay, David L. Duncan, Akken I. Howe, and Fekshaw King; press releases from John Klas's gubernatorial candidate bid; contribution reports from Jim McConkie and K. Gunn McKay: ample canvass cards from Scott Matheson's campaign for governor; and some campaign contribution reports from Frank E. Moss.
Included are official candidate filing forms, lists of candidates and miscellaneous campaign literature from various candidates.
Lists of candidates, information on the "Get-Out-to-Vote" Program and mass meetings, and similar information.
Included are comparisons of the 1958, 1960, 1962 Utah elections; an analysis of the 1958 senatorial race in Utah; comparisons on voting patterns in the 1960 and 1962 elections in Utah counties.
Included is an abstract of the 1960 general election returns, Salt Lake County election returns by district for 1966 and 1968; tally sheets from the 1972 general elections from Tooele County; undated voting statistics from Utah legislative districts.
Lists of changes in Salt Lake County voting districts for 1974, schedule of Salt Lake County election districts for 1978.
Included are final reports, preliminary reports, a statement by Lewis H. Loyd, Utah Legislative Council; Utah census and population information, legislation, background information on problems connected with reapportionment.
Rosters from 1961, 1965, 1973, 1975, 1980.
Copies of bills presented to the 1972 Budget Sessions of the Utah Senate and House, voting records on selected education bills.
Copy of the Utah State Appropriations Act.
Copy of the Agricultural and Wildlife Damage Protection Act, sponsored by the Humane Society.
Individual voting records for senators on bills presented to the 42nd Legislature.
Rosters and directories of elected officials in Utah and the counties.
List of members of the House.
Finance committee list of names and donation amounts.
Statements of cash receipts and disbursements for the Democratic National Committee and the National Committee of Business and Professional Men and Women for Kennedy and Johnson.
Memoranda and lists of committee members.
Budgets, financial reports, lists of contributions, bank statements from Walker and Commercial Security Banks.
Membership list and ledger pages.
Information on plans for political contributions.
Information on this fund-raising program, memoranda, name lists and reports.
Letters returning tickets for fund-raising dinners.
Memorandum about distribution of money collected prior to the telethon and an invoice from CBS television.
Correspondence, list of committee members, minutes information on arrangements, telephone operators, lists of contributions by county, pledge forms, lists of contributors, bills, receipts, disbursements and newspaper clippings.
Correspondence and information on arrangements.
Instruction guide for arrangements and coordination of local events and publicity connected with the party fund-raising telethon.
Lists of contributors, cash allocation statements, financial statements, bills and press releases.
Correspondence, committee memberships lists.
Instruction guide for arrangements and coordination of local events and publicity connected with the fund-raising event
Information on arrangements, lists of contributors, budgets, receipts, disbursement, bills, opinion poll conducted during the telethon, telephone center information, press releases and publicity, new clippings.
Program.
List of Utah state department heads.
Correspondence, bills and expenses, file memoranda.
File memoranda concerning arrangements and a financial statement.
Correspondence, lists of ticket sales and distribution, bills and receipts.
Correspondence, lists of ticket sales and distribution, bills and receipts, arrangements of tables for the ball, press releases and name list.
Correspondence, lists of ticket sales and distribution, bills and receipts.
Invitations, correspondence, committee membership lists, information on arrangements, lists of tickets, sales and distribution, bills and receipts.
Invitations.
Lists of ticket sales and distribution.
Lists of members and payments.
Correspondence, tickets, bank statements and deposits, financial reports, expense lists and bills.
Bank statements and lists of expenses.
Bank statements and bills.
Financial Statements.
Correspondence, arrangements, lists of ticket sales and distribution.
Bank statement for 1973, a program from 1979.
Lists of ticket sales and distribution.
Correspondence, reports, information on the Utah State merit system and position requirements and specifications.
Democratic party name lists and job appointments.
Correspondence about the use of patronage to secure postmaster positions for Utah Democrats.
Party identification forms and correspondence requesting consideration for patronage positions.
Letters concerning use of patronage or political influence to secure national positions for Utah democrats.
Correspondence and information on arrangements.
Information about the conference and list of scheduled dates.
Program and information flyers on women's issues.
Information and a newsletter about the conference, tickets, speech by C. Girard Davidson, chairman of the Western States Democratic Conference, Seattle, Washington.
Budget, schedules, arrangements and information, invitations to the conference reception for the meetings held in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Correspondence from 1970 to 1972 about the conference held in Salt Lake City, Utah and payments owed from other conference members.
Agenda and registration forms for the Denver, Colorado.
Included are the constitution and by-laws, an organizational manual, lists of officers and similar materials.
Correspondence from 1970 about mock political conventions for high schools; club minutes, notes and lists; information; membership lists; newsletter and correspondence from various college city and area Young Democrat groups.
Correspondence and memorandums.
Correspondence and notes on the Utah State Legislature and bills related to education.
Lists of officers and a letter about county conventions.
Undated membership list.
Undated information flyers on available program outlines, publications and activities.
Issue of August 2, 1967.
Correspondence, plans for starting a Utah Democratic Party newsletter; article write-ups.
Bank statements from 1963 to 1965; correspondence and a critical evaluation of the newsletter from 1973.
Issue of February, 1979 and a copy of an article about Senator Frank Church.
Issue of November, 1975.
Copies of this national political newsletter published by Campaign Associates, Inc. of Kansas.
Copies of this national newsletter published by the Democratic National Committee.
Press releases from the Utah State Democratic Committee from 1962, 1970 to 1976, from Utah's representative K. Gunn McKay, dated 1973 and from the Democratic National Committee dated 1968 and 1972.
Resolutions passed by the Utah State Democratic Committee.
Proposed constitution and by-laws, a letter to the group about the Democratic Party decision not to support Allen Howe for reelection in 1976.
Undated transcript of a radio broadcast about political participation.
Correspondence and a statement by state chairman John Klas on the importance of education.
Correspondence, booklets on the legislative programs and membership lists.
Correspondence and agenda for programs sponsored by the Institute.
Correspondence, statistics, questionnaires, notes, information on the Democratic Support for lowering the voting age. Included are materials from the Young Democrats of Utah on this particular issue.
Letter inviting public participation in joining a third political party.
Pamphlet on how to assure a Republican victory, the 1958 Utah State Republican Platform, press releases from 1967 and 1980, lists of delegates and candidates.
Program for the inaugural of Lyndon B. Johnson and Hubert H. Humphrey.
Correspondence about use of the computer for political purposes
Copy of a paper titled, "Democratic National Committee Working Session on Computers in Politics"
Name lists of Legislative District 26
COLES tape print-outs
County Clerks Tape Street Directory
Name lists from the Owens campaign.
Undated list with addresses and phone numbers.
List of names and addresses and registration information.
List of names and addresses.
List is arranged alphabetically by voting districts with addresses, phone number, date of registration, place of birth, birth date or age and sex.
Representative lists and a vote compilation.
These discs contain files concerning campaign and voter information, Democratic candidates, Democratic conventions, media contracts, ballots, economic reports and budgets, speeches, religious outreach, election results and button designs.