J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections
Jackie Biskupski papers
ACCN 3163
25 linear feet
31 boxes
2004-2020
The Jackie Biskupski papers (2004-2020) consist primarily of correspondence, project proposals, legislative material, and ephemera from Biskupski's time as the 35th Mayor of Salt Lake City. Biskupski was Salt Lake City's first openly gay mayor, and the second female mayor after Deedee Corradini. She served from 2016 to 2020.
Most of the material in this collection is in English. One pamphlet and one book in box 21 are in Italian.
Jackie Biskupski (1966- ) Biskupski got involved in politics after a 1995 controversy at East High School, when the Board of the Salt Lake City School District and the Utah State Legislature tried to eliminate a gay/straight student alliance club. When elected in 1998 to the Utah House of Representatives, she became the state's first openly gay person elected to a state office. She served for 13 years before retiring in 2011. That same year, Biskupski helped found Utah's "Real Women Run" initiative, which has hosted numerous events to encourage female participation in civic leadership and political office. She was elected Salt Lake City's 35th Mayor on November 17, 2015, making her the city's first openly gay mayor, and the second female mayor after Deedee Corradini. Issues central to her platform included local air quality, climate change, homelessness and affordable housing, gender equality, LGBTQ+ rights, and accessible public transit. She was also involved in the U.S. Olympic Committee's selection of Salt Lake as a bid city for the 2030 winter games. Biskupski announced on March 16, 2019, that she would not be seeking a second term in the 2019 mayoral election, citing a "serious and complex family situation". She currently resides in Salt Lake City, Utah.
[Source: Jackie Biskupski. (2025). In Wikipedia. Retrieved April 10, 2025. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Biskupski]
Arranged in four series: 1. Subject files; 2. Miscellaneous material; 3. Newspapers; 4. Oversize material. Subject files arranged alphabetically.
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Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.
Donated by Jackie Biskupski in 2020.
Processed by Kristina Barksdale in 2025.
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The Jackie Biskupski papers (2004-2020) consist primarily of correspondence, budgets, project proposals, legislative material, and ephemera from Biskupski's time as the 35th Mayor of Salt Lake City. The subject files in boxes 1-20 pertain to Biskupski's various political initiatives from her time as Mayor, including but not limited to: local air quality and climate change, gender equality, LGBTQ+ rights, homelessness and affordable housing, and accessible public transit. Subject files include material from the U.S. Olympic Committee's selection of Salt Lake City as a bid city for the 2030 winter games. Miscellaneous material in series 2 consists of two gifted books as well as various event programs and obituaries.
Newspapers in series 3 contain articles concerning Biskupski's activity as Salt Lake City Mayor from 2016-2020. Oversize material in series 4 consists primarily of personal gifts and artwork, office artifacts, and oversize ephemera from events held by Biskupski as Mayor.
Salt Lake City (Utah)
Salt Lake City (Utah)--Politics and government
Gay politicians--Utah--Archives
Women mayors--Utah--Salt Lake City--Archives
Correspondence
Legislative materials
Newspapers
1: Subject files
These files include correspondence, printed materials, budgets, project proposals, and ephemera from Jackie Biskupski's time as Salt Lake City Mayor.
Addiction: Mayor Biskupski drug initiative
2016
1
1
Contains opiod death fact sheets and printed presentation slides.
Airport: SLC international airport redevelopment project
2016-2019
1
2
Airport: UTA trax extension
2017
1
3
Airport: General Aviation, hangar and terminal plans
2014-2017
1
4
Airport: South Valley Regional Airport (SVRA) financials and master plan
2015
1
5
Airport: "Say Hello to the New SLC" Salt Lake International Airport pamphlet
1
6
Airport: Salt Lake City International Airport Revenue Bonds
2017
1
7
Airport: Salt Lake City International Airport Revenue Bonds
2018
1
8
Amendment exhibits, zoning
2016
1
9
Appeals: Historic Landmark Commission decisions
2017-2019
2
1-2
Contains material regarding the proposed demolition of nine independent structures on the Bishop Place property located at approximately 275 West and 450 North in Salt Lake City, Utah, and the associated Economic Hardship Panel report. Also contains material regarding alterations made to a structure at 1017 East 1st Avenue in Salt Lake City.
Appeals: Historic Landmark Commission decision, The Other Side Academy
2016-2018
2
3
Appeals: Historic Landmark Commission decision, overheight fence
2017
2
4
Art: Gallivan/Twilight concert series reports, discernment between Salt Lake Arts Council from the Salt Lake Arts Council Foundation
2015-2019
2
5
Art: McCarthy Plaza proposal, program funding, Division of Arts and Culture
2012, 2015-2019
2
6
Art: Proposed statue in Vasilios Priskos walkway, Regent Street improvement project
2019
2
7
Art: Salt Lake arts initiatives
2016-2019
3
1
Art: Utah Arts Festival correspondence and planning
2018
3
2
Asian American celebration
2018
3
3
Bishop Place redevelopment plan and loan information
2012-2014, 2018
3
4
Block 40 outdoor recreation park concept plans
2015
3
5
Block 67 redevelopment plans
2017-2018
3
6
2019 Bridge Summit plans
2018
3
7
Bonding: "The Fundamentals of Municipal Bonds presented to Salt Lake City"
2016
3
8
Bonding: 2018 streets bond proposal
2017-2018
3
9
Budget: capital and operating budget for fiscal year 2017-2018
3
10
Budget: Mayor's recommended Capital Improvement Program (CIP) budget for fiscal year 2020
2019
3
11
Budget: Mayor's recommended budget for fiscal year 2015-2016
4
1
Budget: Mayor's recommended budget for fiscal year 2018-2019
4
2
Budget: Mayor's recommended budget for fiscal year 2019-2020
4
3
Budget for fiscal year 2020
2019
4
4-6
Building Owners and Managers (BOMA) meeting
2016
5
1
Calendar
2019 December-2020 January
5
2
Cemetery: Salt Lake cemetery master plan and maps
2017
5
3
Central Wasatch Commission (CWC) materials
2018-2019
5
4
Contains meeting minutes, memos, a project overview for a Little Cottonwood Canyon Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), and drafts of H.R. 5718: the CWC National Conservation and Recreation Area Act.
Central Wasatch Commission (CWC) materials
2019
5
5
Contains meeting agendas and resolutions.
Central Wasatch Commission (CWC) materials, transportation
2019
5
6
Chamber, Salt Lake: organizational materials: meeting minutes, bylaws, committee structures
2016-2018
5
7
Cities and Towns, Utah League: letter from UCLT president
2016
5
8
Citizen Review Board (CRB) materials, SLC police
2015-2016
5
9
City Council districts and Community Councils map, Salt Lake
2014
5
10
City library: approved budget for fiscal year 2016
5
11
Climate: "Climate Positive 2040: reduce pollution, save resources, and empower our city"
2017
5
12
Climate: a joint resolution of the Salt Lake City Council and Mayor establishing renewable energy and carbon emmissions reduction goals for Salt Lake City
2016
5
13
Convention center headquarter hotel negotiations
2016-2017
5
14
Correspondence: letter from Eve Jackson from Color SLC
5
15
Correspondence: thank you letter from Mayor's office ADA coordinator Sarah Benj
2019
5
16
Correspondence: Uinta elementary school student thank you letters
2016
5
17
Daycare: proposals and research
2014-2015, 2018
6
1
Department of Community and Neighborhood: projects and correspondence
2019
6
2
Disability and accessibility
2016-2017
6
3
Contains material regarding accessible signage along the Jordan River Parkway trail, policies and activity of the Mayor's Accessibility and Disability Council, and correspondence regarding new accessibility icon.
Downtown Alliance/Downtown Rising
2015-2018
6
4
Contains Downtown Alliance, Inc. board of trustees meeting agendas, articles, and the Downtown Rising plan for improving downtown Salt Lake.
Downtown Alliance: Downtown Rising action plan
2017
6
5
Downtown magazine spring/summer issue
2016
6
6
Economy: economic development
2015-2019
6
7
Contains material from the Department of Economic Development, the Economic Development Corporation of Utah (edcUTAH), EnterpriseSLC, and Arch Nexus regarding proposed economic improvements to Salt Lake City.
Economy: "Salt Lake Data Book 2017: Utah's capital city demographic and economic resource"
2017
6
8
Economy: Department of Economic Development annual report
2018
6
9
Economy: Department of Economic Development "Build Your Future Here" booklet
6
10
Economy: Department of Economic Development "Impact" report
2019
6
11
Education: Salt Lake City School District Board of Education
2015-2019
6
12
Export-Import bank of the United States
2015
6
13
Fire Department
2014-2016
7
1
Contains progress update, financial information, and strategic plan for the Salt Lake City Fire Department.
Firing range, Police Mutual Aid Association (PMAA)
2009, 2019
7
2
Foreign trade zone
2017
7
3
Funding Our Future
2018
7
4
Gay Games host city bid
2012. 2016-2017
7
5
Golden Key International Honor Society member certificate
2016
7
6
Golf courses
2016-2017
7
7
Contains material regarding Rose Park and Wingpointe golf courses and plans for a new fire station adjacent to the Forest Dale golf course.
Government Records Access Management Act (GRAMA)
2014, 2016, 2018
7
8
GRAMA: ACLU comments on body camera footage releases
2017
7
9
Gun violence commission
2019
7
10
Helping Our People Excel (HOPE) scholarship
2019
7
11
Homeless: Geraldine King resource center opening, speech and ribbon cutting
8
1
Homeless: outreach, shelter data, resource center sites
2016-2017
8
2
Homelessness in Rio Grande
2017
8
3
Homeless resource center (HRC) sites and planning
2016-2017
8
4
Homeless resource center planning
2016-2017
8
5
Homeless resource facilities: site design and architectural services Request for Statement of Qualifications and Interest (RFQ)
2016
8
6
Shelter the Homeless Committee board and bylaws
2012-2016
8
7
Shelter the Homeless Committee
2015-2017
8
8
Shelter the Homeless
2016-2019
8
9-10
State Homeless Coordinating Committee
2016, 2019
8
11
Homeless: Syringe Exchange Network
2016
8
12
Housing
2015-2019
9
1-2
Contains material regarding homelessness, affordable housing projects, and the Department of Housing and Neighborhood Development.
Housing crisis materials, Blue Ribbon Coalition
2016-2019
9
3
Housing and Neighborhood Development, "Growing SLC: A Five Year Plan 2017-2021"
2016
9
4
Housing and Neighborhood Development, "Growing SLC: A Five Year Plan 2018-2022"
2018
9
5
Human Rights Commission
2013, 2016-2017
10
1
Human Rights Day celebration invitation
2019
10
2
Human Rights Education Program (HREP) and Human Rights Commission (HRC)
2016-2018
10
3
Human trafficking
2009, 2018
10
4
Contains material regarding resources for survivors of human trafficking.
Idle free city pamphlets
10
5
One in English and one in Spanish.
Immigrant and refugee resources
2018
10
6
Immigration: background for meeting with Mayor Biskupski held on February 23 2026
2016
10
7
Supporting the Obama administration's call to open America's door to Syrian refugees.
Impact fees study and analysis
2016
10
8
Inland Port: correspondence, hearings, meeting minutes, talking points, reports
2016-2019
10
9
Inland Port feasibility analysis
2017-2018
10
10
Inland Port: SB234 materials
2018
10
11
Inland Port: SB234 special session
2018
10
12
Inland Port: Salt Lake City Corporation (SLCC) v. Inland Port Authority, motion for preliminary injunction
2019
11
1
Inland Port: Salt Lake City Corporation (SLCC) v. Inland Port Authority, motions for summary judgement
2019
11
2
Inland Port: Salt Lake City Corporation (SLCC) v. Inland Port Authority, second amended complaint
2019
11
3
International Peace Gardens: events and Salt Lake Council of Women materials
2015-2016
11
4
Judge appointments
2017-2018
11
5
Law enforcement: performance audit of 911 and non-emergency dispatch services
2019
11
6
Law enforcement: SLC 911 bureau Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD)
2016, 2019
11
7
Law enforcement: Salt Lake Police Department (SLCPD)
2015-2018
11
8
Law enforcement: SLCPD motor squad calendar
2019
11
9
Law enforcement: SLCPD strategic plan for fiscal years 2018-2022
2017
11
10
Legislative priorities
2017-2019
12
1-2
The Leonardo: Woman/Women exhibit
2017
12
3
Library square site plans
2017-2018
12
4
Meet with the Mayor/community outreach meeting notes
2016-2019
12
5
Millcreek: Brickyard area boundaries
2018-2019
12
6
Millcreek-SLC boundary adjustment
2019
12
7
Mountain Accord agreement
2015-2016
12
8
NBA All-Star game bid city introduction
2019
12
9
North Temple landfill cleanup and redevelopment
2017-2018
12
10
North Temple landfill redevelopment: feasibility and budget study, Ninigret Group
2017
12
11
Northwest Quadrant development plans and correspondence
2016-2018
13
1-2
Includes materials regarding Inland Port.
Olympics: 2002 business game plan
2001
14
1
Olympics: candidate city workbook
2018 October
14
2
Olympics: candidate city workbook
2018 November
14
3
Olympics: candidature committee
2018-2019
14
4-5
Olympics: U.S. Olympic and Paralympic assembly
2018
14
6
Olympics: U.S. Olympic and Paralympic exploratory committee report
2018
14
7
Olympics: Utah bid exploratory committee
2015, 2017-2019
15
1-2
Operation Rio Grande materials
2017-2019
15
3
Parks: Pioneer park, Salt Lake City
2019
15
4
Contains reports of other parks across the United States as inspiration for Pioneer park features.
Parks: Pioneer park redesign
2015-2019
15
5
Parks: SLC parks and public lands, needs assessment
2018-2019
15
6-7
Parks and open spaces: Bear's Ears, Ute baseball field, off-leash dogs
2012, 2016
15
8
Personnel: book of figures who inspired members of the Biskupski administration
2019
15
9
Personnel: photo prints of Biskupski and staff
15
10
Personnel: policies and article
2014, 2018-2019
15
11
Planning and zoning
2015
15
12
Contains material about the Salt Lake City Planning Division, permits, and early notification requirements for projects in Salt Lake City.
Political activity of Salt Lake City Corporation employees, officers, and elected officials
2015
15
13
Preservation work: Pantages theater, Warm Springs, Fisher mansion, Plaza at State street
2013-2019
16
1
Proclamations: Human Rights Day, Women's History Month
2016, 2018
16
2
Public services and utilities: Department of Public Services transition document, Tourism-Recreation-Cultural-Convention Fund (TRCC) projects, Capital Improvement Projects (CIP), Seven Peaks
2015-2019
16
3
Public services and utilities: Department of Public Utilities
2016, 2018
16
4
Ranked choice voting (RCV)
2009, 2018
16
5
Redevelopment agency (RDA) of Salt Lake City materials
2010, 2015-2019
16
6
Rose Center for Public Leadership, land use fellowship working retreat
2017-2018
16
7
Rotary club, certificate of membership
2016
16
8
Salt Lake City foundation: amended bylaws, finances, meeting agenda
2019
16
9
Sierra Club annual report
2017
16
10
Biskupski mention on page 7.
Speeches: Employee's University supervisor boot camp program and remarks
2019
16
11
Speeches: Sugarhouse Boys and Girls Club project with Real Salt Lake player Nick Rimando, final speech of Biskupski administration
2020
16
12
Sports Commission: budget, marketing and strategic plans, meeting agendas, auditor's report, grant and sponsorship award program policies and procedures, code of conduct
2016-2020
16
13
Stationary
16
14
Contains official stationary from the Mayor's office.
Tony Finau foundation, Rose Park golf course/Jordan Par3 park
2019
17
1
Tourism: Visit Salt Lake
2016-2017
17
2
Tourism: Tourism-Recreation-Cultural-Convention and airport (TRCC) applications, meeting minutes, project summaries
2016-2017
17
3
Transportation: 900 south ramp, utility fees, land use, governance and funding, 2100 south redesign
2015-2017
17
4
Transportation: Mountain View Corridor (MVC) transportation developments
2008, 2017-2018
17
5
Transportation: transit master plan
2016, 2019
17
6
United Nations (UN) Civil Society conference, SLC hosting
2019
18
1
United Nations conference planning
2018-2019
18
2
United Nations conference planning, Department of Economic Development
2018-2019
18
3-4
Correspondence, plans, and meeting notes.
United Nations Department of Information/Non-Governmental Organization (DPI/NGO) conference
2018
18
5
U.S. conference of mayors, annual meeting agendas
2015-2018
18
6
United Way of Salt Lake board of directors and policies
2014-2016
18
7
University of Utah nurse/SLCPD incident
2017
18
8
Utah Clean Air (UCAIR) partnership, board of directors meetings
2016
19
1
Utah Jazz and Roots Festival, formerly Jazz Arts of the Mountain West (JAM)
2016-2019
19
2
Utah Transit Authority (UTA) board of trustees meeting agendas and correspondence
2017-2019
19
3
UTA/SLC transit expansion line flyers: routes 2, 9, and 21
19
4
Warm Springs Alliance, proposal for redevelopment and operation of Wasatch Plunge at 840 N Beck, Salt Lake City
2018
19
5
Wasatch Front Regional Council (WFRC)/Wasatch Choice materials
2016-2017
19
6
Water: "100 years of Water Development: A report submitted to the board of directors of the Metropolitan Water District of Salt Lake City[…]"
19
7
Water: Municipal Water Leader vol. IV issue VI, manager profile of Biskupski appointee
2018
19
8
Water: Salt Lake watershed management
2016-2017
19
9
Water: water supply 2016 update, 2014 master plan, water shortage contingency plan
2004, 2014, 2016
19
10
Wingpointe golf course materials
2016-2019
20
1
Women: Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) flyer
20
2
Women in Utah
2013-2014, 2017
20
3
Contains a program from the Camber Outdoors Thought Leader Keynote and Breakfast from January 2017, a briefing paper from the Institute for Women's Policy Research, and a report from the Salt Lake City Human Rights Commission titled "The Status of Women in Salt Lake City: March 2013."
Women mayors of America's cities, 84th winter meeting
2015-2016
20
4
2: Miscellaneous material
"Ice in the Heart: Il ghiaccio nel cuore Balselga Di Piné 1946-Now" signed copy
Italian.
21
1
Book, written in Italian.
"Papa Francesco accende la torcia dell'Universiade" Trentino Winter Universiade
2013
Italian.
21
2
Pamphlet containing envelopes from Pope Francis visit, written in Italian.
"Two Nations Indivisible: Mexico, the United States, and the Road Ahead"
2016
21
3
Book with letter from Mexico ambassidor Miguel Basáñez Ebergenyi.
Harvey Milk boulevard sticker, event programs, certificate for Patrick Leary
2016
21
4
Event programs and obituaries
2017
21
5
Obituaries, event programs, and statement on Vernal cave rescue
2018
21
6
Event programs and obituaries
2019
21
7
3: Newspapers
News articles relating to Mayor Biskupski
2016-2020
22
4: Oversize material
Oversize documents
2012, 2016-2017
23
Branded paper bag, #WeAreOrlando sign held by Mayor Biskupski during SLC vigil for the victims of the Orlando nightclub shooting, Fairmont Park pond restoration project plans, Grand Boulevards Corridor Plan project booklet
Office artifacts
2017-2019
24
Office of the Mayor stamp, "Hard Things Are Hard" placard, branded glass coasters (set of 6), branded notebook and pen, guest pass to 2017 Twilight Concert Series, Make It Pure toilet shaped USB (no files), Keystone Kops pin, Jackie Biskupski name tags, branded bone-shaped dog waste bag holder, branded golf divot repair tool, branded clip-on lights, Pride buttons (2017/2018), "ERA era" button, Welcoming Salt Lake buttons, Outdoors with the Mayor stickers, Office of the Mayor lanyard, Mayor's cabinet meeting nametag
Ephemera
25
Key to the City, Mayor's coins (standard, braille, and veteran coins), Vivint Smart Home Arena rededication ceremony coin, 328th Combat Support Hospital Award for Excellence, core stone from Salt Lake City & County building from building renovation
Plaque
2018
26
Salt Lake City Fire Department Station 14 hose cutting, mounted
Plaque and ephemera
2017
27
Plaque from the Pentecostals of Salt Lake; Cutter & Buck 1,000,000,000 bond signature pen; Talcahuano, Chile keychain and mayor's card
Framed items and ephemera
2017, 2019
28
"Wife/Mom/Boss" desk decoration; "Hope" desk decoration; woven basket; straw flower crown headpiece; WCC (Wackenhut Corrections Corporation security) coaster; Tibetan prayer flag banner; recycled grocery bag tote; "Class of '17 Xipetotec" cloth banner; crocheted butterfly; International Masonic Order "DELPHI" Athens, Greece award for organizing 68th UN Civil Society Conference; signed framed photo of the Statue of Liberty
Ephemera
2016-2019
29
Hard hat
30
Awards and artwork
2016-2017