UUM_Accn0986.xml Inventory of the Robert Heiner Garff papers Garff (Robert Heiner) papers Finding aid created by Lea Kinikini. J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections

2002 (last modified: 2019)
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-10-23. Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Robert Heiner Garff papers Garff, Robert Heiner ACCN 0986 30 linear feet 1960-2002 The Robert Heiner Garff papers (1960-2002) contain scrapbooks, correspondence, notebooks, legislative documents, campaign materials, magazine articles, press releases, news clippings, artifacts from the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympic Games. Robert H. Garff is a Utah businessman who served as speaker of the Utah House of Representatives. He also served as chair of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games. English

Robert H. Garff (b. 1942) is a Salt Lake City Businessman and former Speaker of the Utah State House of Representatives (Districts 57 and 20, 1979-1986). Garff graduated from the University of Utah with an MBA in 1967. He served as chairman of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games (SLOC). He also served as chairman of the Intermountain Healthcare Foundation. In addition to his involvement in local politics, government, and community activities, Garff has also held numerous leadership positions within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).

The Robert Heiner Garff papers (1960-2002) contain scrapbooks, correspondence, notebooks, legislative documents, campaign materials, magazine articles, press releases, news clippings, artifacts from the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympic Games.

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Boxes 1-8 were donated in 1987. Box 9 was donated in 2002. Boxes 10-57 were donated in 2005.

Processed by Lea Kinikini in 2002.

Addendum processed by Samuel J. Passey in 2005.

Photographs and audiovisual materials were transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections (see P1058, P1175, and A0849).

 Garff, Robert Heiner--Archives Utah--Politics and government--20th century--Sources Scrapbooks Correspondence Articles Press releases Clippings Correspondence 1978-1985 1 Correspondence 1986-1987 2 Scrapbooks Scrapbook Volume One: Personal and Business 1960-1963 3 1 Scrapbook Volume Two - Three: Legislature 1978-1987 3 2-6 Notebooks and Speeches Education Conference Notes 1984 4 1 Legislative Notebooks 1983-1985 4 2-3 Robert H. Garff, Speeches 1985-1986 4 4 Utah League of Cities and Towns Notebook 1985 4 5 Legislative Documents Board of Education Powers 1985 5 1 Briefing Papers 1985-1986 5 2 Resolutions 1983-1986 5 3 The Safety Belt Bill 1986 5 4-5 Shareholder Protection Act 1986 5 6 Utah Technology and Innovation Act 1983 5 7 Campaign and Committee Documents ALERT Foundation 1986 6 1 Board of Governors 1983-1984 6 2 Committee on Operations, Management, Procedures, and Structures 1986 6 3 KUTV "Your Choice" Campaign 1985 6 4 Norm Bangerter Campaign 1984 6 5 Republican Party Unity Dinner 1984 6 6 Robert H. Garff Campaign 1982 6 7 Salt Lake Area Chamber of Commerce, Council Reports 1983 6 8 Research Materials Career Ladder 1984 7 1-2 Public Education 1983-1986 7 3 General Materials Financial Records 1982-1986 8 1 Newsletters 1983-1986 8 2 Press Releases 1982-1984 8 3 Magazine Articles 1983-1985 8 4 News Clippings 1984-1986 8 5 Utah State Legislature 1984 8 6 Salt Lake Paralympic Winter Games Scrapbook 2002 9 Correspondence Correspondence 1997 10 1-5 Correspondence 1998 11 Correspondence 1999 12 Correspondence 2000-2001 13 Subject files: A-Z Concept of Operations for the Olympic Winter Games 2002 14 1 Congressional Record 2002 14 2

This Congressional Record dated 9 April 2002 contains remarks made by United States Congresspersons expressing their gratitude to Salt Lake City for successful completion of the Salt Lake Winter Olympics of 2002.

 Deloitte and Touche Audit Committee Expectations 14 3 Deliotte and Touche Materials 14 4 Deloitte and Touche The Effective Not-for-profit 14 5 Duty of Loyalty owed to SLOC by Utah State officials 1999 14 6 Garff Family Olympic Volunteering Materials 2002 14 7 Agreement between Utah, the Sports Authority, Bid Committee, and SLC 1991 14 8 Idaho Olympic Bid Materials 14 9 Economic impact of the olympic games in Georgia 1996 14 10 KSL 5 Television "The first olympic games of the twenty-first century" 2000 14 11 Legal Memorandum SLOC Open Meetings and Records Policies 1999 14 12 Marketing Newsletter 1999-2001 14 13 Marquis Events by Marriott 2000 14 14 Marquis events: Salt Lake olympic winter experience 1998 14 15 O. C. Tanner Humanities Center Newsletter Winter 1988 14 16 Olympic Beat 2001 14 17 Olympic Record Newsletter 2002 14 18 Olypics in the post September 11th era news-clippings 2001-2002 14 19 Olympics Resumes 1998-2002 14 20 Olympic Winter Games: Economic, Demographic, and Fiscal Impacts 1998 14 21 Olympic Winter Games: Local Government Olympic Revenues 1998 14 22 Promotional Materials from Baker Leisure Group 15 1 Acquisition of Bookcraft Inc. by Deseret Management Corporation Study 1999 15 2 Drug abuse testing prior to winter games 2002 15 3 Report on imporving the effectiveness of corporate audit committees 15 4 Robert H. Garff Speeches 1999 15 5 Salt Lake Convention and Visitors Bureau Marketing Plan 1988 15 6 Salt Lake Convention and Visitors Bureau Marketing Plan 1999 15 7 State of Utah estimated fiscal impacts from the olympic winter games 2002 15 8 United States Speedskating Media Guide 2000-2001 15 9 Utah Heritage Trust Legislative Proposal 15 10 Utah: Preparing for a second century of service - The American Red Cross 15 11 Utah Sports Authority: review and futures committee 1998 15 12 Utah Sports Commission agenda 2000 15 13 Utah Sports Council: Draft Business Plan 1999 15 14 Winter Olympic Games poll results conducted by Dan Jones 1989-1999 15 15 Windcraft catalog of officially licensed merchandise 2001 15 16 Nagano and Sydney Olympic Games Garff Family trip to Nagano 1998 16 1-3 Nagano Winter Olympic Games Television Coverage Plan 1998 16 4 Garff Family Sydney Summer Olympic Games Trip 2000 16 5 Sydney Summer Olympic Games Observer Packet 2000 16 6 Sydney Summer Olympic Games Orientation Packet 2000 16 7 Sydney Summer Olympics Observation report to SLOC 2000 16 8 Salt Lake Paralympic Games Competition Schedule and Information 2002 17 1 International Paralympic Committee Progress Report 2000 17 2 Paralympic Games Media Update 2000 17 3 Paralympics Games Liason Executive Committee Materials 17 4-6 Paralympic Background Information 17 7 Sydney Summer Paralympic Games Observer Packet 2000 17 8 Salt Lake Winter Olympics Feasibility and Candidacy Salt Lake City Candidate to host the XIX Winter Olympic Games 1994 18 1-3 Salt Lake City Candidate to host the VII Winter Paralympic Games 1994 18 4 Utah Winter Games Feasibility Study 1985 18 5 SLOC: Audit Committee Materials Pre-Audit Committee Agenda 2001 19 1 Audit Committee Confirmation List 2001 19 2 Audit Plan 2001 19 3 Internal Audits 2001 19 4-6 Consolidated Financial Statements 1995-2001 19 7-8 Internal Audit Status Report 2001 19 9 Audit Committee Minutes 2000 19 10 Audit Committee Agenda 2000 19 11 Internal Audit Monthly Review 19 12 Audit Committee Agenda 2001 19 13 SLOC: Board of Trustees Materials Board of Trustees Meetings 1997 20 1 Board of Trustees Meetings 1998 20 2-3 Board of Trustees Meetings 1999 20 4-6 SLOC: Ethics Committee Materials Ethics Committee Materials 1997-2001 21 1-3 Board of Ethics Report to the SLOC Board of Trustees 1999 21 4-5 U.S. Dept. of Justice Letter to SLOC 2000 21 6 University of Utah Ethics Policy and Procedures Manuals 1981; 1997 21 7 SLOC: Executive Committee Materials 1997-1998 22 Joint Meetings of the Management Committee and the Board of Trustees 1999-2001 23 SLOC: Management Committee Minutes 1999-2001 24 SLOC: News Releases 1998-2000 25 SLOC: Pamphlets and Presentations Salt Lake Olympic Pamphlets 2002 26 1 Paralympic Pamphlets 2002 26 2 Olympic Arts Festival Pamphlets 2002 26 3 Olympic Guides 2002 26 4 Property and Liability Presentation 2001 26 5 Venues and Operations Presentation 1999-2002 26 6 Management Committee Presentations 1999-2001 26 7 Audit Committee Presentation 2001 26 8 SLOC Update and Budget Review Presentation 1999 26 9 Salt Lake Paralympics Presentation 2002 26 10 Game Economics Presentation 2001 26 11 Olympic Outreach Presentation 2000-2002 26 12 President's Report Presentations 1999-2001 26 13 Food Services Function 2002 26 14 Salt Lake Olympic Committee Dissolution and Transition 2000-2001 26 15 Board of Trustees Community Based Volunteer Program Presentation 1999 26 16 Compensation Committee Program Update Presentation 1999 26 17 Compensation Committee/HR: Diversity Report and Presentation 2000 26 18 Finance Committee Presentation 2000-2001 26 19 Financial Report Presentation 2001 26 20 Budget Change Order History Presentation 2000 26 21 International Olympic Committee Executive Board Presentation 1999 26 22 SLOC: President's Reports President's Report 2001 27 1-2 President's Olympic Legacy Report 2002 27 3-4 SLOC: Progress Reports Report to the Association of the International Winter Sports Federation 1997 28 1 Progress Report to the 107th IOC Session in Nagano Japan 1998 28 2 Progress Report to the IOC Executive Board in Lausanne 1997 28 3 Progress Report to the 108th IOC Session at Seoul South Korea 1999 28 4 IOC Coordination Comission Meeting Sport and Venue Working Group 2001 28 5 IOC Coordination Commission 2000 28 6-7 Coordination Commission for the XIX Olympic Winter Games 2001 28 8 SLOC subject files: A-Z Ambassador Meeting 2000 29 1 Plans for the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games 1998 29 2 Budget Amendments 1997 29 3 Bylaws 2000 29 4 Community involvement ideas and resources 2002 29 5 Community related proposed programs 1997 29 6 Community spirit program catalog 2001 29 7 Donor lists 2002 29 8 Donor materials 2001 29 9 Donor Workshop 2001 29 10 Economic impacts of the Winter Games 29 11 Education and youth programs summary 1999 29 12 Emblem story 29 13 Federal Income Tax Return of the Salt Lake Olympic Committee 1997 29 14 Finance committee minutes 2000 29 15 Licensing Catalog 2000 30 1 Marks usage polocies 2001 30 2 Media updates 1999-2001 30 3-6 Notes written by Robert Garff about SLOC administrative matters 1999-2002 30 7 Olympic arts festival materials 2002 30 8 Olympic forum report 1998 30 9 Organization charts for SLOC 1999-2000 30 10-11 Policies 1998-2002 30 12 Press rate catalog 2002 30 13 Restated articles of incorporation for SLOC 1999 SLOC: IOC coordination commission finance working group 2001 31 1 Reports to the IOC Press Convention 1999-2000 31 2-3 Revised Articles of Incorporation for SLOC 1999 31 4 Selection committee materials 1999 31 5 Sponsor workshop 2001-2002 31 6-11 Sponsors and suppliers rights and recognition 1997 31 12 Sport, venue, and envoronment 1998 31 13 Transportation funding 1998 31 14 Ticketing guide for the Olympic Family 2001-2002 32 1 Utah Winter Sports Park Agreement 1997 32 2 Windup and dissolution of SLOC 2000-2001 32 3-4 United States Olympic Committee Materials Board of Directors Meetings 1996 33 1-2 Meeting Digests and Annual Reports 1997 33 3-4 Executive Committee Minutes 1998 33 5 Board of Directors Meetings 1998 33 6 Board of Directors Meeting 1998 34 1 Board of Directors Meeting 1999 34 2-3 Board of Directors Meetings 1999-2001 34 4 Olympic Properties of the United States Presentation to Volvo Motors 1998 34 5 Olympic Properties of the United States 1998 34 6 Board of Directors Meetings 1999-2001 35 1-6 Meeting Digests and Annual Reports 2000-2001 35 7-9 Bylaws and Proposed Amendments 2002 35 10 Olympic News

These boxes include various newspaper clippings pertaining to the Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games. Newspapers represented within the Olympic News files include, The Salt Lake Tribune, The Deseret News as well as a few items from national news papers such as The New York Times.

 July-November 1998 36 1-7 November - December 1998 37 1-7 January 1999 37 8-9 January - February 1999 38 1-12 March - April 1999 39 1-10 April - July 1999 40 1-10 July - October 1999 41 1-9 October - November 1999 42 1-8 December 1999 43 1-4 January - February 2000 43 5-9 February - June 2000 44 1-12 August - September 2000 45 1-9 September - November 2000 46 1-7 November - December 2000 47 1-6 January 2001 47 7-8 January - September 2001 48 1-7 February 8-9 2002 49 February 10-12 2002 50 February 13-15 2002 51 February 16 2002 52 February 17-19 2002 53 February 20-21 2002 54 February 22-23 2002 55 February 24-25 2002 56 Garff Family Olympic Scrapbook 1997-2002 57 CD version Garff Family Olympic Scrapbook 1997-2002 1