University of Utah Library administration records, 1952-1979

Overview of the Collection

Creator
University of Utah. Libraries
Title
University of Utah Library administration records
Dates
1952-1979 (inclusive)
1971-1977 (bulk)
Quantity
7 linear ft.
Collection Number
Acc0202
Summary
The George Thomas Library opened in 1935. The current Marriott Library opened in 1968. During the period covered by these records, Leonard H. Kirkpatrick (1941-1962), Ralph D. Thomson (1962-1971). Brigham D. Madsen (1971-1973), and Roger K. Hanson (1973-1995) served as Dean or Director of Libraries. This collection contains correspondence, reports, annual reports, newsletters, meeting minutes, and memoranda related to the administration of the George Thomas Library and principally of the Marriott Library. The collection includes records of the Marriott Library Auditorium Committee and the Council of Academic Deans. Also included are meeting minutes and correspondence of the Friends of the Library (1972-1977) and meeting minutes of the Utah College Library Council (1973-1978).
Repository
University of Utah Libraries, University Archives and Records Management
University Archives and Records Management, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
666 Guardsman Way
Salt Lake City, UT
84112
Telephone: 8015818242
david.buhler@utah.edu
Access Restrictions

Materials must be used on-site; advance notice suggested. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Languages
English

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

This collection contains correspondence, reports, annual reports, newsletters, meeting minutes, and memoranda related to the administration of the George Thomas Library and principally of the Marriott Library. The collection includes records of the Marriott Library Auditorium Committee and the Council of Academic Deans. Also included are meeting minutes and correspondence of the Friends of the Library (1972-1977) and meeting minutes of the Utah College Library Council (1973-1978).

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Preferred Citation

Initial Citation: University of Utah Library Administration records, Acc. 202, Box [ ]. University Archives and Records Management. University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott. Salt Lake City, Utah.

Following Citations:Acc. 202.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

This collection is arranged alphabetically.

Related Materials

Acc. 054: Marriott Library Advisory Board records (1970-1977)

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Academic Vice President to Annual ReportsReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 1

Container(s) Description Dates
Folder
1-2
Academic Vice President - Correspondence
 1973-1976
3
Accounting
 1976
4-6
Accreditation Report
 1976
7-8
Acquisitions
 1971-1977
9
Acquisitions Committee
 1975-1977
10
Administrative Services
 1973-1977
11
American Library Association
 1975-1977
12-19
Annual Reports
 1952; 1962-1970

Annual Reports to Association of Research LibrariesReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 2

Container(s) Description Dates
Folder
1-5
Annual Reports
 1971-1978
6
Associate Director
 1973-1979
7-14
Association of Research Libraries
(Folders 10-11 are restricted.)
1971-1979
15-17
Association of Research Libraries - Correspondence
 1972-1975
18
Association of Research Libraries - Miscellaneous
 1967-1973
19
Association of Research Libraries - Newsletter
 1972-1973

Association of Research Libraries to Auditorium CommitteeReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 3

Container(s) Description Dates
Folder
1-3
Association of Research Libraries - Newsletter
 1974-1979
4
Association of Research Libraries - Western States
 1975
5-7
Auditorium Committee - Annual Reports
 1972-1976
8
Auditorium Committee - Attendance
 1972-1975
9
Auditorium Committee - Budget and Expenditures
 1972-1974
10-11
Auditorium Committee - Correspondence
 1972-1977
12
Auditorium Committee - Correspondence to Participants
 1973-1976
13-16
Auditorium Committee - Exhibits
 1972-1976
17
Auditorium Committee - Mailing List
 undated
18-22
Auditorium Committee - Minutes
 1971-1976
23-24
Auditorium Committee - Miscellaneous
 undated; 1973-1976
25-26
Auditorium Committee - Policies and Procedures
 1968-1975
27-28
Auditorium Committee - Programs
 1973-1976

Auditorium Committee to BicentennialReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 4

Container(s) Description Dates
Folder
1-6
Auditorium Committee - Programs
 undated; 1972-1975
7-8
Auditorium Committee - Program Calendar
 1973-1975
9-11
Auditorium Committee - Programs, Miscellaneous
 1972-1974
12
Auditorium Committee - Program Participants
 undated
13-14
Auditorium Committee - Publicity
 undated; 1973-1974
15
Auditorium Committee Survey
 1973 March
16
Baker and Taylor Co.
 1973-1977
17-20
Bibliographical Center for Research / OCLC
 1969-1977
21-23
Bicentennial
 1974-1976

Budget to Center for Rsearch LibrariesReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 5

Container(s) Description Dates
Folder
1-2
Budget
 1971-1972
3
Building Manager
 1973-1977
4
Bulletins and Reports
 1973-1977
5-6
Business Manager
 1972-1977
7
Campus Personnel Office
 1971-1978
8-10
"Car On Campus" Task Force
 1973-1974
11
Cataloging Division
 1973-1977
12
Center for Research Libraries - Correspondence
 1973-1977
13-17
Center for Research Libraries - Minutes
 1972-1977
18
Center for Research Libraries - Miscellaneous
 1973-1974

Center for Research Libraries to CorrespondenceReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 6

Container(s) Description Dates
Folder
1
Center for Research Libraries - Miscellaneous
 1973-1974
2-4
Center for Research Libraries - Newsletter
 1972-1977
5
Checkpoint Systems
 1974
6-7
Circulation
 1972-1977
8
Code of Faculty Responsibility
 1972-1973
9-13
Correspondence
 1971-1977
14-17
Correspondence - Campus
 1971-1977
18-20
Correspondence, Off-campus
 1973-1975

Correspondence to Department Heads MeetingsReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 7

Container(s) Description Dates
Folder
1-4
Correspondence - Off-campus
 1976-1978
5
Council of Academic Deans
 1976
6-10
Council of Academic Deans - Minutes
(Folders 6-10 are restricted.)
1977-1978
11
Council of Academic Deans
 1976
12
Crerar, John - Library
 1973-1977
13
Data Base Usage Committee
 1975-1976
14-20
Department Heads Meetings - Minutes
 1971-1976

Department Heads Meetings to Faculty FinesReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 8

Container(s) Description Dates
Folder
1-5
Department Heads Meetings - Minutes
 1977-1978
6-8
Director
 1973-1978
9
Division Heads
 1971-1975
10
Editorial Board
 1973-1975
11-14
Ethnic Reading Collection
 1971-1977
15-17
Faculty Fines
 1971-1975

Faculty Status to Friends of the LibraryReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 9

Container(s) Description Dates
Folder
1-3
Faculty Status - Committee Proceedings
 1971-1977
4-5
Faculty Status -Committee Miscellaneous
 1971-1976
6-12
Faculty Status Evaluation
 1974-1978
13
Fine Arts
 1969-1977
14
Flexible Hours
 1972-1973
15
Friends of the Library - Aid to Others
 1973-1977
16-17
Friends of the Library - Banquets
 1972-1976

Friends of the Library to Library Hours SurveyReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 10

Container(s) Description Dates
Folder
1
Friends of the Library - Banquets
 1976-1977
2-4
Friends of the Library - Board of Directors - Minutes
 1973-1976
5-6
Friends of the Library - Correspondence
 1972-1977
7
Friends of the Library- Executive Board Minutes
 1975-1977
8
Friends of the Library - Finances
 1972-1977
9-11
Friends of the Library - Membership Drive
 1974-1979
12-13
Friends of the Library - Programs
 1972-1979
14
Friends of the Library- Publishing Ventures
 1976-1977
15
Handicapped Student Program
 1972-1973
16
Hebraica / Judaica Brochure
 1972
17
Levy Collection
 1972
18-21
Library Advisory Board
 1972-1977
22
Library Hours Survey - Correspondence
 1977-1978

Library Hours Survey to Microforms CommitteeReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 11

Container(s) Description Dates
Folder
1
Library Hours Survey - Reports
 1972-1977
2
Library Move
 1964-1967; 1975
3
Management Review and Analysis Program
 1974-1976
4
Management Review and Analysis Program - Newsletter
 1974-1975
5
Marriott Committee and Funding
 1969-1973
6
Media Applications Sub-Committee
 1975
7
Media Committee
 1972-1975
8-9
Media Services Division
 1972-1977
10-21
Memoranda
 1971-1978
22-23
Microforms Committee
 1974-1976

Microforms Committee to Promotion Advisory CommitteeReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 12

Container(s) Description Dates
Folder
1
Microforms Committee
 1977
2
Middle East Library
 1973-1977
3-4
Miscellaneous
 1977-1979
5-10
Newsletters
 1967-1978
11
Newsletters - Correspondence
 1972
12-13
Non-Circulating Periodicals
 1972
14-15
Orientation Committee
 1972-1977
16
Orientation Committee - Reports, etc.
 1974-1975
17
Payroll
 1974-1977
18
Physical Plant
 1972-1977
19
PL-480 Program
 1973
20-22
Promotion Advisory Committee
(Folders 20-22 are restricted.)
1973-1976

Public Relations to Serials Backrun Analysis CommitteeReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 13

Container(s) Description Dates
Folder
1
Public Relations
 1969-1975
2
Public Relations - "Business Associates"
 1970-1977
3-7
Publicity - Daily Chronicle
 1971-1975
8
Purchasing
 1973-1977
9-11
Questionnaires
 1974-1977
12
Recommendations
 1974-1975
13-17
Reports
 1960-1966
18
Research, Vice President of
 1972-1977
19
Sabbatical Leave Committee
 1972-1977
20
Safety Committee
 1974
21
" Sav-A-Bind" Committee
 1973-1974
22
Serials Backrun Analysis Committee
 1972-1973

Special Collections to Utah College Library CouncilReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 14

Container(s) Description Dates
Folder
1-3
Special Collections
 1971-1977
4
Special Collections and Rare Books Committee
 1975
5
Special Libraries Association
 1974
6
Special Projects, Vice President of
 1972
7-9
Staff Development Committee
 1974-1977
10
Staff Specialist
 1973
11
Statistics Sheets
 1969-1973
12
Subject Reference Division
 1972-1976
13
Suggestion Book
 1976
14
Technical Services Division - Annual Report
 1969-1970
15
Technical Services Division - Annual Report
 1969-1970
16
Telephones
 1972-1976
17
University President - Correspondence
 1971-1973
18
University Records Committee
 1974-1976
19
University Senate
 1974-1977
20
Utah Academy
 1972-1975
21-24
Utah College Library Council
 1973-1975

Utah College Library Council to Western Interstate CommissionReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 15

Container(s) Description Dates
Folder
1-3
Utah College Library Council
 1975-1978
4-5
Utah Library Association
 1968-1977
6
Video Copyright Meeting
 1975
7-8
Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (W.I.C.H.E.)
 1975

Friends of the Library to GiftsReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 16

Container(s) Description Dates
Folder
1
Friends of the Library - Correspondence -P
 1974-1977
2
Friends of the Library- Correspondence -Q and R
 1974-1977
3
Friends of the Library - Correspondence -S
 1974-1977
4
Friends of the Library - Correspondence -T
 1974-1977
5
Friends of the Library - Correspondence -U and V
 1974-1977
6
Friends of the Library - Correspondence -W through Z
 1974-1977
7
Gifts - Correspondence (A-L)
 1973-1974
8
Gifts - Correspondence (M-Z)
 1973-1974

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Academic libraries--Utah--Salt Lake City--History--Sources
  • Library administration--Utah--History--Sources
  • Universities and colleges--Utah--Salt Lake City--History--Sources

Personal Names

  • Hanson, Roger K.
  • Kirkpatrick, Leonard Henry, 1907-1962
  • Madsen, Brigham D.
  • Thomson, Ralph D.

Corporate Names

  • Marriott Library Auditorium Committee
  • University of Utah--Archives
  • University of Utah--Libraries
  • University of Utah. Council of Academic Deans
  • University of Utah. Libraries. Friends
  • Utah College Library Council

Form or Genre Terms

  • Annual reports
  • Correspondence
  • Memorandums
  • Minutes
  • Newsletters
  • Reports


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