Mark Anderson papers
Scope and Contents note
Includes Anderson's personal and professional papers relating to wildlife, conservation, municipal utilities, mayoral terms, and politics in Utah from the 1930s to 1950s. Collection includes newspaper clippings, annual reports, statistical studies of public power, magazines, speeches, correspondence, and official government documents. Also contains a biography, written in 2003, entitled Mark, Arlene & Lillian: A History, by Roberta Ord Anderson, a family and professional history of Mark Anderson, Sr.
Dates
- approximately 1931-2003
Creator
- Anderson, Mark, 1889-1962 (Person)
- Anderson, Roberta Ord, 1922- (Person)
Conditions Governing Access note
Open for public research.
Conditions Governing Use note
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the Mark Anderson papers must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical History
Mark Anderson, Sr. (1889-1962) was the owner and manager of the Hotel Roberts in Provo, Utah. He was an active member of the United States Forest Service and served as the Utah State Fish and Game Director several times.
Anderson was born in Idaho and married Arlene Stevens in 1918. She passed away in 1925, and he later married Lillian Gardner in 1926. He was the owner and manager of the Hotel Roberts, in Provo, Utah, and served as the chair of the Municipal Power Committee in Provo, Utah. He later served as mayor in the same town from 1935-1941, and from 1946-1947. In between mayoral terms, he accepted a position as the Utah State Fish and Game Director. He was an active member of the United States Forest Service and represented forest and conservation groups in various capacities. He served as the president of the Utah Municipal League in 1940.
Extent
11 cartons (11 linear ft.)
1 oversize box (1.66 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Includes Anderson's personal and professional papers relating to wildlife, conservation, municipal utilities, mayoral terms, and politics in Utah from the 1930s to 1950s. Collection includes newspaper clippings, annual reports, statistical studies of public power, magazines, speeches, correspondence, and official government documents. Also contains a biography, written in 2003, entitled Mark, Arlene & Lillian: A History, by Roberta Ord Anderson, a family and professional history of Mark Anderson, Sr.
Other Finding Aids note
A more detailed finding aid is available in print in the repository.
Other Finding Aids
Box-level inventory available online. http://files.lib.byu.edu/ead/XML/MSS2807.xml
Custodial History note
Donated by Mark and Roberta Anderson to the L. Tom Perry Special Collections in 1986 and in 2003.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Donated; Mark and Roberta Anderson; 1986, 2003.
Appraisal note
Environmental history (20th Century Western & Mormon Manuscripts collection development policy, 5.VI, 2007).
Processing Information note
Processed; Taylor M. Dix; December 2003.
- Anderson, Mark, 1889-1962
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Electric power -- Conservation
- Electric power -- Utah -- Provo
- Environment and Conservation
- Environmental Conditions
- Letters
- Pamphlets
- Provo (Utah)
- Provo (Utah) -- Politics and government
- Speeches, addresses, etc., American
- Wildlife conservation
- Title
- Register of Mark Anderson papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Taylor M. Dix
- Date
- December 2003
- 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.
- Sponsor
- Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008
- Carton: 11 (Mixed Materials)
- Carton: 1 (Mixed Materials)
- Carton: 2 (Mixed Materials)
- Carton: 3 (Mixed Materials)
- Carton: 4 (Mixed Materials)
- Carton: 5 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 12 (Mixed Materials)
- Carton: 6 (Mixed Materials)
- Carton: 7 (Mixed Materials)
- Carton: 8 (Mixed Materials)
- Carton: 9 (Mixed Materials)
- Carton: 10 (Mixed Materials)
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States