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Utah Parks Company records

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 533

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

  • 1921-1975

Creator

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).

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

Contact:
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States