Utah Parks Company records
Scope and Contents
The film contains typescripts, handwritten entries on printed forms, printed materials, photographs, correspondence, legal agreements, contracts, leases, brochures, newspaper clippings, board minutes, financial statements, and reports covering the company's history and operations. Five of the eight reels of microfilm are copies of the other three.
Dates
- Creation: 1921-1975
Creator
- Utah Parks Company (creator, Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Restrictions apply to some of the materials. Contact the Supervisor of Reference Services for more information.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Utah Parks Company records must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Administrative History
Subsidiary of the Union Pacific Railroad Company which operated the lodging and transportation facilities at Bryce Canyon, Zion, and Grand Canyon (North Rim) National Parks, and Cedar Breaks National Monument. The company was donated to the United States government in 1975.
Extent
8 microfilm reels (0.5 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Other Finding Aids
File-level inventory available online. http://files.lib.byu.edu/ead/XML/MSS533.xml
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated; Union Pacific Corporation; 1976
Appraisal
Western American business and labor history (20th Century Western & Mormon Manuscripts collection development policy, 5.II, 2007).
Subject
- Union Pacific Railroad Company -- History (Organization)
- Utah Parks Company -- History (Organization)
- Title
- Register of Utah Parks Company records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Garrett Schroath
- Date
- 2011 March 23
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States