Southwest Regional Resource Center records, 1970-1980

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Southwest Regional Resource Center (Salt Lake City, Utah)
Title
Southwest Regional Resource Center records
Dates
1970-1980 (inclusive)
Quantity
1.75 linear feet
Collection Number
Acc0383
Summary
The mission of the Southwest Regional Resource Center was to provide the capability for the educational diagnosis of handicapped children and to help state educational agencies increase their intrastate capacities to serve handicapped students. This collection contains correspondence, reports, grant applications, and meeting minutes related to the Center's operation and administration. Included are monthly reports of the Rocky Moutain Regional Resource Center (1970-1975) and the Southwest Regional Resource Center (1975-1980).
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

Historical NoteReturn to Top

The Southwest Regional Resource Center, known as the Rocky Mountain Regional Resource Center from 1970 to 1975, was sponsored by the University of Utah Department of Special Education and funded by the federal Department of Health, Education and Welfare. It was one of thirteen Regional Resource Centers across the United States and served the states of Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah as well as the Bureau of Indian Affairs Schools. Its purpose was to provide the capability for educational diagnosis of handicapped children and to help state educational agencies increase their intrastate capacities to serve handicapped students. Funding for the Regional Resource Center program ended in 1980.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

This collection contains correspondence, reports, grant applications, and meeting minutes related to the operation and administration of the Southwest Regional Reource Center. Included are monthly reports of the Rocky Moutain Regional Resource Center (1970-1975) and the Southwest Regional Resource Center (1975-1980).

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Preferred Citation

Initial Citation: Southwest Regional Resource Center records, Acc. 383, Box [ ]. University Archives and Records Management. University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott. Salt Lake City, Utah.

Following Citations:Acc. 383.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

This collection is arranged alphabetically and chronologically thereunder.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Regional Resource Center to Southwest Regional Resource CenterReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 1

Container(s) Description Dates
Folder
1
Regional Resource Center
1976-1979
2
Regional Resource Center: National Topical Conference
1977
3
Southwest Regional Resource Center Client States: Arizona
1977-1978
4
Southwest Regional Resource Center Client States: Bureau of Indian Affairs
1980
5
South West Regional Resource Center Client States: Colorado
1977-1979
6
Southwest Regional Resource Center Client States: Montana
1977
7
Southwest Regional Resource Center Client States: Nevada
1971-1978
8
Southwest Regional Resource Center Client States: New Mexico
1977-1978
9
Southwest Regional Resource Center Client States: Oklahoma
1977-1978
10
Southwest Regional Resource Center Client States: Utah
1978-1979
11
Southwest Regional Resource Center Final Technical Report
1977

Southwest Regional Resource Center & Rocky Mountain Resource CenterReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 2

Container(s) Description Dates
Folder
12
Southwest Regional Resource Center Management Board
1977-1979
13
Southwest Regional Resource Center Meetings
1977-1979
14-19
Rocky Mountain Resource Center Progress and Quarterly Reports 1970-1974
1970-1974
20-21
Southwest Regional Resource Center Progress and Quarterly Reports
1975

Southwest Regional Resource CenterReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 3

Container(s) Description Dates
Folder
22-31
Progress and Quarterly Reports
1976-1979

Southwest Regional Resource Center & Proposal for Rocky Mountain Resource CenterReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 4

Container(s) Description Dates
Folder
32-33
Southwest Regional Resource Center Progress and Quarterly Reports
1979-1980
34
Proposal for Rocky Mountain Resource Center: Region Three
1974-1975
35-37
Souhwest Regional Resource Center: Meetings, Service Agreement and Vita Information
1976-1979

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Handicapped children--Education--West (U.S.)
  • Handicapped children--Services for--West (U.S.)
  • Universities and colleges--Utah--Salt Lake City--History--Sources

Corporate Names

  • Rocky Mountain Regional Resource Center (Salt Lake City, Utah)
  • Rocky Mountain Regional Resource Center (Salt Lake City, Utah) (contributor)
  • University of Utah--Archives

Form or Genre Terms

  • Applications
  • Correspondence
  • Minutes
  • Reports