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Sidney S. Fox photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P0041

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

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).
Title
Guide to the Sidney S. Fox photograph collection
Author
Finding aid prepared by Mary Ann Curtis.
Date
2004
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English.

Revision Statements

  • 2016: Finding aid revised and re-encoded by Margaret Benson.

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