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University of Utah American West Center records University of Utah American West Center records, 1966-2003

Overview of the Collection

Creator
University of Utah. American West Center
Title
University of Utah American West Center recordsUniversity of Utah American West Center records
Dates
1966-2003 (inclusive)
1966-1995 (bulk)
Quantity
4.75 linear feet
Collection Number
Acc0575
Summary
The American West Center is a research arm of the University of Utah that is housed within the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. The Center's main research efforts are in the social, cultural, regional, and ethnic aspects of the American West. The material in this collection comes from the files of Floyd O'Niel who was the Director the American West Center from 1986 until 1995.
Repository
University of Utah Libraries, University Archives and Records Management
University Archives and Records Management, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
666 Guardsman Way
Salt Lake City, UT
84112
Telephone: 8015818242
david.buhler@utah.edu
Access Restrictions

Materials must be used on-site; advance notice suggested. 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 Western History Center began at the University of Utah in 1964. After an administrative review in 1970, it was reorganized into the American West Center and placed within the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. The Center was also merged with the Bureau of Indian Services, American West Studies, and documentation and oral history projects which began in 1967 under a large grant from the Doris Duke Foundation. In the 1970's, the American West Center launched an Applied History program in conjunction with the History Department and incorporated the Intercultural and Regional Studies program which dealt with the various ethnic groups in the Intermountain West.

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Content Description

The material in this collection was generated through the activities of Floyd O'Neil who was the Assistant Director of the Center for the Studies of the American West from 1967 to 1971, Associate Director for the American West Center from 1972 to 1985, and Director of the American West Center from 1985 until his retirement in 1995. He was also an adjunct professor in the Department of History from 1976 from until he retired and was made Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and History. The bulk of the material covers the administrations of Directors David E. Miller (1965-1971), S. Tyler Lyman (1971-1985), and Floyd O'Neil (1986-1995). The majority of the Administrative Records were produced from consultation projects that the American West Center performed in collaboration with Native American tribes in the American West. This material also covers the program for graduate training in the history of Indians in the Americas which the Center implemented in 1976.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

Initial Citation: American West Center records, Acc. 575, Box [ ]. University Archives and Records Management. University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott. Salt Lake City, Utah.

Following Citations:Acc. 575

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

This collection is divided into the following two series: Administrative Office Records and Correspondence. The Administrative Office Files are arranged alphabetically by subject while the correspondence files are arranged chronologically.

Related Materials

Acc. 70: American West Center Advisory Committee meeting minutes, 1969-1970

Acquisition Information

This collection came from seventeen cubic feet of material that was picked up from American West Center in 2007 and 2008.

Processing Note

Processed by David Buhler in 2019.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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Subject Terms

  • Research institutes--Utah--History--Souces.
  • Universitities and colleges--Utah--Salt Lake City--History--Sources.
  • University of Utah--Archives.

Personal Names

  • Miller, David E.
  • O'Neil, Floyd A.
  • Tyler, S. Lyman (Samuel Lyman), 1920-

Corporate Names

  • University of Utah. College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • University of Utah. Dept. of History

Form or Genre Terms

  • Correspondence
  • Memorandums
  • Minutes
  • Reports

Finding aid created by David Buhler
2019

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