Archives West Finding Aid
Table of Contents
- Overview of the Collection
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Historical Note
- Content Description
- Use of the Collection
- Administrative Information
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Detailed Description of the Collection
- Personal and Education
- Paul Nelson Associates
- Research and Proposals
- Intermountain Power Project
- Research and Proposals
- West Valley City and South Salt Lake
- Salt Lake City Redevelopment Agency
- Research and Proposals
- Utah World Trade Center
- Research and Proposals
- Local vs. Chain
- China-Utah Project
- Research and Proposals
- Fuels Development Group, LLC
- Alternative Energy
- Miscellaneous Projects
- Oversize Material
- World Trade Center
- Project Files
- Names and Subjects
Paul Edward Nelson papers, 1960-2009
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Nelson, Paul Edward
- Title
- Paul Edward Nelson papers
- Dates
- 1960-2009 (inclusive)19602008
- Quantity
- 18.25 linear feet
- Collection Number
- ACCN 2522
- Summary
- The Paul Edward Nelson papers (1960-2009) contain correspondence, reports, project proposals, research files, drawings, brochures, pamphlets, notes, articles, and manuscripts documenting Nelson's career as a planning and marketing consultant.
- Repository
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University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860
Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu - Access Restrictions
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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.
- Languages
- English
Historical NoteReturn to Top
Paul Edward Nelson (1941-2010) was born in Los Angeles, California, to Sylvester and Edna Rich Nelson. He graduated from the University of Utah with a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science, and from the Georgia Institute of Technology with a Master's Degree in City and Regional Planning. He married Karen Lowe in 1965. The couple had four children. Nelson created a consulting firm, Paul Nelson Associates, and worked on a variety of projects, including the Intermountain Power Project and the Utah World Trade Center. He died in Salt Lake City on 9 March 2010.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Paul Edward Nelson papers (1960-2009) contain correspondence, reports, project proposals, research files, drawings, brochures, pamphlets, notes, articles, and manuscripts documenting Nelson's career as a planning and marketing consultant.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
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.
Preferred Citation
Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Boxes one and two contain documents related to Nelson's personal life and education. The rest of the collection contains material either used or produced by Nelson in conjunction with Paul Nelson Associates, his consulting firm. This material is organized in roughly chronological order.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Personal and EducationReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 1 | Biographical and Educational Information |
1960s |
| 1 | 2 | Race |
1960s-1970s |
| 1 | 3-4 | Reading |
1960s-1970s |
| 1 | 5 | Ft. Stewart EDA Proposal |
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| 1 | 6 | Administrative Manual for Consulting Planners |
1970 |
| 1 | 7 | Paul Nelson Term Paper, City Planning 627 |
1972 |
| 1 | 8 | "Apartment Planning," City Planning 626 |
1972 |
| 1 | 9 | "Recent Trends in Rural Growth Patterns" |
1970s |
| 1 | 10 | Georgia Institute of Technology |
1972-1973 |
| 1 | 11 | "New Towns to Help Alleviate Central City Problems," Master Thesis |
1977 |
| 2 | 1 | Miscellaneous Personal |
1977-2005 |
| 2 | 2 | Edna R. Nelson |
1991-2001 |
| 2 | 3-4 | Jane Nelson |
2002-2004 |
| 2 | 5 | Doug Nelson |
2004-2006 |
| 2 | 6 | Paul Nelson Associates and Paul Nelson Resumes |
Paul Nelson AssociatesReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 3 | 1 | Paul Nelson Associates Marketing Material |
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| 3 | 2 | Business Methods |
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| 3 | 3 | Miscellaneous Business |
1974-2005 |
| 3 | 4 | Miscellaneous Proposals |
1979-2003 |
| 3 | 5 | Related Companies |
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| 3 | 6 | Pamphlets and Brochures |
Research and ProposalsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 4 | 1-4 | Bikeway Design |
1971-1974 |
| 4 | 5 | GSA Building, Fillmore, Utah |
1970s |
| 4 | 6 | Park Plaza |
1980 |
Intermountain Power ProjectReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 5 | 1 | Intermountain Power Project |
|
| 5 | 2 | Residential Subdivisions and Surface Mining |
1981 |
| 5 | 3 | IPP Worker Housing |
1982 |
| 5 | 4-5 | Workforce Housing Requirements |
1980s |
Research and ProposalsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 6 | 1 | APA Planning and Research |
1980s |
| 6 | 2-3 | Murray City |
1980s |
| 6 | 3-4 | Campbell County, Wyoming, Surface Coal Mining |
1981 |
| 7 | 1 | Uintah Basin Synfuels Development EIS, Public Facilities and Services Analysis |
1982 |
| 7 | 2 | Moab City Properties Market Analysis |
1982 |
| 7 | 3 | Rental Housing Data |
1985 |
| 7 | 4 | Interstate Brick |
1985-1986 |
| 7 | 5 | Nuclear Waste Report |
1985-1986 |
| 7 | 6 | Traverse Ridge, Utah County |
1986 |
| 7 | 7 | "Reflections of Morris E. Johnson: Urban Planning in Utah" |
1987 |
| 7 | 8 | Woods Cross City Master Plans |
1987-1990 |
| 7 | 9-10 | Hill Air Force Base Feasibility Study |
1987-1988 |
| 8 | 1-2 | Hill Air Force Base Feasibility Study |
1987-1988 |
| 8 | 3 | Woods Cross City |
1988-1990 |
| 8 | 4 | Beck Street |
1990s |
West Valley City and South Salt LakeReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 9 | 1 | West Valley City Master Plan |
1984 |
| 9 | 2 | South Salt Lake Proposal |
1990 |
| 9 | 3 | Decker Lake Project |
1994 |
| 9 | 4 | Information from City |
1994 |
| 9 | 5 | Notes, Decker Lake |
1994 |
| 9 | 6 | Spanish Fork Davis and Sons Gravel Pit Area |
1994 |
| 9 | 7 | West Valley City Maps |
|
| 9 | 8 | Ernst Home and Nursery, West Jordan |
1988-1989 |
Salt Lake City Redevelopment AgencyReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 10 | 1 | SLC Redevelopment Agency |
1990-2001 |
| 10 | 2 | SLC Redevelopment Advisory Committee |
1990-1998 |
| 10 | 3 | Planning Commission |
|
| 10 | 4 | Block 57 |
1990 |
| 10 | 5 | Block 49 |
1990 |
| 10 | 6 | Performing Arts Center |
1990 |
Research and ProposalsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 11 | 1 | Fine Grain Neighborhood Plan, South Salt Lake |
1990 |
| 11 | 2 | KUER Advisory Board |
1990-1991 |
| 11 | 3 | Red Butte Gardens |
1991 |
| 11 | 4 | Provo City, Ironton Redevelopment Project |
1999 |
| 11 | 5 | Telephone Sales |
2001 |
| 11 | 6 | Funeral Homes |
2001-2004 |
Utah World Trade CenterReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 12 | 1 | Bylaws |
2000-2006 |
| 12 | 2-6 | Research and Planning |
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| 13 | 1 | Facility Planning Guide |
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| 13 | 2 | Service Quality Standards |
2002 |
| 13 | 3 | Space Needs |
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| 13 | 4 | Statements of Interest |
2004 |
| 13 | 5 | Architectural Drawings |
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| 13 | 6 | Membership Application, Alaska |
2005 |
| 13 | 7 | Membership Application, Montana |
2005 |
| 14 | Utah World Trade Center |
2005-2006 |
Research and ProposalsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | |||
| 15 | Wasatch County, Daniel Township Incorporation |
2002-2005 | |
| 16 | Wasatch County, Daniel Township Incorporation |
2002-2005 | |
| Folder | |||
| 17 | 1 | Summit County Budgets |
1998-2003 |
| 17 | 2 | Summit County Proposal |
2002 |
| 17 | 3 | Summit County, Bear Hollow Village |
2003 |
| 17 | 4 | Greyfield Regional Mall Study |
2001 |
| 17 | 5 | Grantsville Economic Development Agency |
2001-2003 |
| 17 | 6 | Urban Land Reform |
2002 |
| 17 | 7 | U.S.D.A. Food Aid |
2002-2005 |
Local vs. ChainReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 18 | 1-3 | Local Merchants vs. Chain Retailers |
2002-2004 |
| 18 | 4 | Tony Weller |
2003-2004 |
| 18 | 5 | Need for WalMart |
2003 |
China-Utah ProjectReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 19 | 1-3 | Planning and Research |
2005-2006 |
| 19 | 4 | Joint Projects |
2005 |
| 19 | 5 | Notes from Shanghai |
2005 |
| 19 | 6 | Foreign |
Research and ProposalsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 20 | 1 | "On the Ethics of At-Will Employment and Relations in the Public Sector" |
2003 |
| 20 | 2 | Keith Elliott Garner Biography Marketing Strategies |
2004 |
| 20 | 3 | Meetings, How to |
2005 |
| 20 | 4 | SunRiver, St. George, Utah |
2005 |
| 20 | 5 | International Business Development Corporation |
2005-2006 |
| 20 | 6 | Clean Coal and C02 Sequestration |
2006 |
| 20 | 7 | Don Stringham, "Technology Transfer Tactics" |
2008 |
| 20 | 8 | Advanced Manufacturing |
Fuels Development Group, LLCReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 21 | 1-3 | Fuels Development Group |
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| 21 | 4 | "Annual Energy Outlook 2006 with Projections to 2030" |
2006 |
Alternative EnergyReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 22 | 1 | Preliminary Business Plan, "A New Generation of Transportation Fuels" |
|
| 22 | 2 | Bio Fuels Development Group |
2006 |
| 22 | 3-4 | Alternative Energy |
2007 |
Miscellaneous ProjectsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 23 | 1 | Mine and Construction Worker Housing, Vol. II |
1981 |
| 23 | 2 | Residential Subdivisions and Surface Mining |
1981-1982 |
| 23 | 3 | Downtown Salt Lake City |
1988-2003 |
| 23 | 4 | Summit and Wasatch Counties, General |
|
| 23 | 5 | U of U Graduate School of Architecture Notes |
|
| 24 | 1 | Affordable Housing |
2000-2003 |
| 24 | 2 | Bluffdale Housing |
2000 |
| 24 | 3 | Wasatch Front Socioeconomic Projections |
2001 |
| 24 | 4 | Housing, Jordan Bluffs |
2004 |
Oversize MaterialReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 25 | General Material
Contains research conducted relative to the Intermountain Power Project and the MX Missile Project.
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| tube | ||
| 26 | Site-Plans and Maps
Intermountain Power Project Railcar Service Center; SSC Site Community, Delle/Utah; Wasatch County Property and Zoning, Daniel Township; PNA Digest, Real Estate Development 4th Quarter 1989; Site Plan, Mobile Home Equestrian Park; Murray City Redevelopment
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1980-2005 |
World Trade CenterReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 27 | 1-4 | Foreign Trade Research |
2004-2005 |
| 27 | 5-6 | WTC Research |
2004-2005 |
Project FilesReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 28 | 1 | WTC Research |
2004-2005 |
| 28 | 2 | Notes, Preliminary Report (WTC) |
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| 28 | 3 | People |
2005 |
| 28 | 4 | Utah Higher Education Institutions |
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| 28 | 5 | Project Manager's Manual |
|
| 28 | 6 | West Jordan Economic Development |
1994 |
| 29 | 1 | Miscellaneous Proposals |
1980s |
| 29 | 2 | Salt Lake Economic Development |
2001-2005 |
| 29 | 3 | BLM Scenic Byway Master Plan |
2000s |
| 29 | 4 | Impact Study, Campbell County Wyoming |
1981 |
| 29 | 5-6 | Worker Housing Feasibility, Gillette Wyoming |
1981 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
Personal Names
Form or Genre Terms
Finding aid created by Karen Carver
2010 (last modified: 2020)
