Personal Notebook

File — Box: 1, Folder: 17

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Scope and Contents

From the Collection: The materials were found in a back room of an old uniform company located in Salt Lake City, Utah. The collection provides a good overview of the personal and professional life of entrepreneur Sidney Fox.

Personal materials are housed in boxes one and two and include Fox's address books, awards, family documents, letters of recommendation, and personal notes. Box two contains family files that are mostly legal documents detailing the settlement of estates, stock transactions, and financial information concerning Fox's immediate relatives. Of particular interest is the file concerning Miriam's Incorporated, a women's ready to wear clothing shop owned by Miriam Fox Carson.

Section two includes personal and general correspondence. Letters and greeting cards from Fox's wives and close relatives are housed in box three. Correspondence from other relatives and friends can be found in box four. Because Fox's business dealings were very often of a personal nature, this may be reflected in the correspondence as a whole. General correspondence is filed alphabetically in box four.

Financial materials are found in the third section of the collection. These papers reflect Fox's entrepreneurial skills and financial interests. Of particular interest are materials concerning Dufo Uranium Mining Company and Oceanview Oil Corporation. Income tax materials are housed in box six and range in date from 1928 through 1972. These materials illustrate the problems Fox had with the Internal Revenue Service and the financial success of Fox's many business ventures. Fox's personal financial materials are found in boxes seven and eight and include bank statements, receipts and bills from the Belvedere Apartment Hotel, cancelled checks, promissory notes, various hotel and medical bills, and other loose financial materials. The cancelled checks provide interesting documentation of Fox's compulsion for gambling.

Section four contains news clippings concerning Fox, family members, friends, KDYL, and gambling. These materials are located in box nine. News clippings concerning the family have been arranged alphabetically; those concerning KDYL have been arranged chronologically.

Materials concerning KDYL have been filed in section five. Box ten contains legal documents filed between KDYL and the Federal Communication Commission from the years 1939 through 1945. Box eleven contains materials detailing the sale of KDYL to TLF Broadcasting Corporation, 1952 1955. KDYL general files can be found in box twelve and include advertising materials, correspondence, and financial materials.

Section six contains materials reflecting Fox's other financial ventures including Fox Marquis Productions, Management Consulting, Miracle Diamonds Corporation, and Trampoline Centers, Incorporated. These files have been arranged alphabetically by subject.

Section seven is made up of miscellaneous materials pertaining to Fox and his life, personally and professionally. Box fifteen contains research materials compiled by Dr. Timothy Larson and Sandy Lewis detailing the organization of KDYL, key people in its history, and include notes and transcripts from interviews conducted by Larson and Lewis.

Dates

1922-1980

Conditions Governing Access

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.