Fort Douglas Hidden Valley Country Club records

Collection

Identifier: ACCN 1055

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Fort Douglas Hidden Valley Country Club records (1966-2008) contain memos, newsletters, directories, meeting minutes, invitations, membership information and applications, bylaws and mailings. Sport and social activities remain the focus of the club and most of the collection contains documents and publications from these activities.

Dates

1966-2008

Creator

Fort Douglas Hidden Valley Country Club (Salt Lake City, Utah) (Organization)

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.

Conditions Governing 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.

Historical Notes

The Fort Douglas Hidden Valley Country Club was started in 1923, when General McAlexander announced that he had the labor, horses, and water to build a golf course on the Fort Douglas Reservation. However, he needed money for other supplies such as seed, sprinklers, and hoses. Russell L. Tracy, a local businessman, started a committee that sold memberships for one hundred dollars each. With a ten thousand dollar fund, the General began building the golf course. It was not until the 1930s that all eighteen holes of the course were ready for play. One problem that arose during the period was water. This was solved with the damming of Red Butte Creek in 1934. Soon the golf course was a popular course, attracting even the PGA tour. Improvements were made to the social aspect of the country club with the expansion of the clubhouse in the 1930s to include a dinner/dancing room. In 1959, the golf course at Hidden Valley opened under the club's ownership. This new course was built because the Fort Douglas golf course was built on public land and now was being given to the University of Utah. The golf course today has nine holes, only one of them from the original design in the 1930s. Although the course was on public land, the clubhouse was not. The clubhouse was expanded to house more social activities. A grant of land adjacent to the clubhouse allowed for the construction of an Olympic-sized swimming pool and seven tennis courts. To this day, tennis and social activities are the main focus of the Fort Douglas part of the country club.

Extent

2.5 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The Fort Douglas Hidden Valley Country Club records (1966-2008) contain memos, newsletters, directories, meeting minutes, invitations, membership information and applications, bylaws and mailings. Tennis and social activities are the main focus of the club, and documents related to these activities comprise the bulk of the collection.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Boxes 1-2 were donated by Robert L. Young in 1989 and 1993.

Boxes 3-5 were donated by Nancy Young in 2006.

Newsletters donated by Nancy Young in 2008 and newsletters transferred from boxes 1 and 5 into box 6.