UUM_P0261 Guide to the Salt Lake City flooding photograph collection 1983 Salt Lake City flooding photograph collection Finding aid prepared by Mary Ann Curtis. Multimedia Division, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
295 South 1500 East Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-0860 (801) 585-3073
2000 Encoded by Mary Ann Curtis 2004 Finding aid written in English. Describing Archives: A Content Standard 2022 Revised by Sara Davis. University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections Photograph Archives
Special Collections 295 South 1500 East Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-0860 (801) 585-3073
P0261 Salt Lake City flooding photograph collection 1983 15 images The Salt Lake City flooding photograph collection contains an ongoing collection of images of flooding in Salt Lake City and surrounding areas. Currently the collection only contains images of the 1983 flood. Collection materials are in English.

In 1983 massive amounts of rain fell on Salt Lake City. City Creek became so swollen with rain water that it overflowed its' boundaries and began to fill the streets of the city with water. Salt Lake officials and residents worked together to reroute the flooded river down State Street using sand bags. The photographs in this collection reflect the awesome calamity of flooding and the State Street "River." This collection is expected to grow and be inclusive of all Salt Lake flooding.

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.

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.

Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

Processed by Mary Ann Curtis in 2000.

 Floods--Utah--Salt Lake City Region--Photographs City and Town Life Images Photographic prints 1 1 Salt Lake Flooding 1983

Photograph number 1-10: The State Street River Photograph number 11-14: 35mm negatives only

1 2 Salt Lake Flooding

Photograph number 1: residential street flooding