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Bruce Plenk essays

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0296

Scope and Contents

The Bruce Plenk essays (1969-1970) contain two of Plenk's term papers. The first paper, submitted to a Mr. Sutcliff for a Political Science class at Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1969, is entitled The Mormon Church in Salt Lake City, Liquor and Power: A Report on Winter Study. In this paper, Plenk analyzes LDS Church control of the liquor business in Utah. Plenk also attempts to document Church control of politics, media, and business. Although the author relies heavily on secondary sources, he does chronicle the 1967 balloted issue of liquor sales in Utah.

Plenk's second paper, The Radical Labor Movement in Utah: An Introduction, was submitted for professorial comment in 1970. It traces Utah labor organizations from the first labor union of 1868 to those of World War II. This paper compiles several unpublished dissertations from the University of Utah library collections and is, as the author says, an introduction to the subject.

Dates

  • 1969-1970

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection materials are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

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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

1 Folder (0.25 linear feet)

Abstract

The Bruce Plenk essays consists of two reseach papers: The Mormon Church in Salt Lake City--Liquor and Power and The Radical Labor Movement in Utah.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Bruce Plenk in 1975.

Processing Information

Processed by Nancy Coulam in 1983.
Title
Inventory of the Bruce Plenk essays, 1969-1970
Author
Finding aid prepared by Nancy Coulam
Date
© 1983 (last modified: 2019)
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid encoded in English in Latin script.

Repository Details

Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository

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