Utah Westerners records
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 0370
Scope and Contents
The Utah Westerners records (1967-2009) includes the organization's bylaws and constitution, a calendar of events, lecture transcripts, correspondence, membership rosters, meeting minutes, field trip itineraries, completed questionnaires, membership applications, speech transcripts, and other documents. This collection also contains files kept by the Utah Westerners for two other organizations: the Fort Douglas Museum Association and Westerner's International. The Utah Westerners was organized in 1967, holding its first meeting in December of that year. The major events of this all-male club are monthly lectures and annual field trips. These lectures and field trips allow club members to increase their knowledge of Western American history by addressing topics such as early Utah politics, Native Americans and westward expansion, Mormonism in the nineteenth century, and transportation, colonization, exploration, and communication in the West. The Utah Westerners holds its monthly lectures at the Alta Club in Salt Lake City.
Dates
- 1967-2009
Creator
- Utah Westerners (Organization)
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
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.
Extent
14 Linear Feet
Abstract
The Utah Westerners records (1967-2009) includes the organization's bylaws and constitution, a calendar of events, lecture transcripts, correspondence, membership rosters, meeting minutes, field trip itineraries, completed questionnaires, membership applications, speech transcripts, and other documents. This collection also contains files kept by the Utah Westerners for two other organizations: the Fort Douglas Museum Association and Westerner's International. The Utah Westerners was organized in 1967. The major events of this all-male club are monthly lectures and annual field trips. These lectures and field trips allow club members to increase their knowledge of Western American history by addressing topics such as early Utah politics, Native Americans and westward expansion, Mormonism in the nineteenth century, and transportation, colonization, exploration, and communication in the West. The Utah Westerners holds its monthly lectures at the Alta Club in Salt Lake City.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Boxes 1-3 were donated by Greg Thompson, the Utah Westerners, and Peter DeLafosse in 1974-1997 (1.5 linear feet).
Boxes 4-6 were donated by Oscar Olsen in 2001 (1.5 linear feet).
Boxes 7-10 were donated by Greg Thompson, Vernon Gorzitze, and unrecorded donors in 2002-2004 (1.75 linear feet).
Boxes 11-24 were donated by Vernon Gorzitze, Walter Jones, Paul Mogren, and unrecorded donors in 2002-2004 (1.75 linear feet).
Boxes 4-6 were donated by Oscar Olsen in 2001 (1.5 linear feet).
Boxes 7-10 were donated by Greg Thompson, Vernon Gorzitze, and unrecorded donors in 2002-2004 (1.75 linear feet).
Boxes 11-24 were donated by Vernon Gorzitze, Walter Jones, Paul Mogren, and unrecorded donors in 2002-2004 (1.75 linear feet).
Separated Materials
Photographs and audio-visual materials were transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections (P0621 and A0142).
Processing Information
Processed by Julie Hunsaker, Liz Rogers, Lisa DeMille, and Halle Fiderlick in 1997-2015.
- Announcements
- By-laws
- Clubs and Societies
- Correspondence
- Financial records
- Fort Douglas Military Museum
- Fort Douglas Military Museum Association
- Literature
- Membership lists
- Minutes (Records)
- Transcriptions (documents)
- Utah -- Description and travel
- Utah -- History
- Utah Westerners -- Archives
- West (U.S.) -- Description and travel
- West (U.S.) -- History
Creator
- Utah Westerners (Organization)
- Title
- Inventory of the Utah Westerners records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid created by Julie Hunsaker, Elizabeth Rogers, Lisa DeMille and Kelsie Flack.
- Date
- 2015 (last modified: 2018)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository
Contact:
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu