Sidney S. Fox photograph collection

Collection

Identifier: P0041

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Sidney Fox was a Utah radio and television pioneer who bought the small radio station KDYL and turned it into one of the most popular stations in Utah. In 1948 he became one of the nation's first private owners of a television station with the licensing of KDYL-TV now KTVX. The collection consists mainly of personal photos of family and friends. The last portion of the collection is devoted to the employees, operations and programming of KDYL.

Dates

1948-1980

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.

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

5 Boxes

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The Sidney S. Fox photograph collection contains portraits of Sidney S. Fox, members of his family, and friends.The collection also contains photographs documenting the operations of KDYL radio and KDYL-TV in Salt Lake City.

Arrangement

Collection is arranged topically.

Separated Materials

Audio-visual materials were transferred to the Sidney S. Fox audio-visual collection (A0251).

Manuscript materials were transferred to the Sidney S. Fox papers (MS 0559).