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Avenues Street Fair records, 2004-2011

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Avenues Street Fair (Salt Lake City, Utah)
Title
Avenues Street Fair records
Dates
2004-2011 (inclusive)
Quantity
3.75 linear feet, (5 boxes)
Collection Number
ACCN 2746
Summary
The Avenues Street Fair records (2004-2011) are comprised of planning materials, correspondence, and budget records for this annual fair held in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Repository
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

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
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Historical Note

The Avenues Street began as a neighborhood tool exchange in the 1970s and evolved into a street fair community celebration, offering shopping booths and festival activites. The fair has an estimated 10,000 people attend every year and continues to operate each year taking place in early September.

Information obtained from the avenues' website, https://avenuesstreetfair.org/

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Content Description

The collection is comprised of planning materials, correspondence, and budget records for the Avenues Street Fair in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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Use of the Collection

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.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

The collection is organized by each annual street fair, then alphabetically by subject within fairs.

Acquisition Information

Donated by Walter R. Jones.

Processing Note

Processed by Chelsea Olsen in 2014.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Planning Materials

    • Description: General Materials
      Dates: 2004
      Container: Box 1, Folder 1
  • 2005 Street Fair Subject Files

    • Description: Banners, Bills, Booths, and Budget
      Dates: 2005
      Container: Box 1, Folder 2
    • Description: Chairs, Children's Activation, and Correspondence
      Dates: 2005
      Container: Box 1, Folder 3
    • Description: Donations, Dunk Tank, Entertainment, Generators, Helicopter, Inventory, and Job Descriptions
      Dates: 2005
      Container: Box 2, Folder 1
    • Description: Map for Site, Meetings, Notes, Party, Permits, and Insurance, Photos, Publicity, Raffles, and Rosters
      Dates: 2005
      Container: Box 2, Folder 2
    • Description: Ruth's Duty Description, Scaffolding, Site Selection, Site Visit, Special Info, Trash, Truck, T-shirts, and Volunteers
      Dates: 2005
      Container: Box 2, Folder 3
  • 2006 Street Fair Subject Files

    • Description: Amusements, Banners, Barricades, Bias, Block Captains, Boothes, and Budgets
      Dates: 2006
      Container: Box 2, Folder 4
    • Description: Chairs, Chalking, Children's Activities, Correspondence, Date of Fair, Decoration, Donations, and Dunk Tank
      Dates: 2006
      Container: Box 3, Folder 1
    • Description: Entertainment, Helicopter, Ideas, Inventory, Job Descriptions, Map Site, Meeting, and Minutes
      Dates: 2006
      Container: Box 3, Folder 2
    • Description: 9th and 9th, GACC Newsletter, Odyssey House, Parking, Party, People Art Booth, Permits,Insurance and License, Photos, Police and Publicity
      Dates: 2006
      Container: Box 3, Folder 3
    • Description: Raffle, Rosters, Scaffolding, Site, Tents, To-Do, Trash, Truck, T-shirts, Volunteers, Yard Signs
      Dates: 2006
      Container: Box 3, Folder 4
  • General Materials and Correspondence

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Subject Terms

  • Fairs--Utah--Salt Lake City--Planning--Sources

Corporate Names

  • Avenues Street Fair (Salt Lake City, Utah)--Records and correspondence

Geographical Names

  • Avenues (Salt Lake City, Utah)--Social life and customs--Sources

Form or Genre Terms

  • Budgets
  • Business records
  • Correspondence
  • Ephemera
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