Chase N. Peterson presidential records, 1946-1992

Overview of the Collection

Creator
University of Utah. President (1983-1991 : Peterson)
Title
Chase N. Peterson presidential records
Dates
1946-1992 (inclusive)
1983-1991 (bulk)
Quantity
14.5 linear feet.
Collection Number
Acc0483
Summary
Chase N. Peterson served as President of the University of Utah from 1983 to 1991. This collection contains administrative records such as correspondence, memoranda, reports, and proposals, as well as some of President Peterson's personal files containing search committee and inaugural materials, correspondence, and records relating to his participation in the Harvard University Alumni Assoication.
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

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Chase N. Peterson was born in Logan, Utah on the 27th day of December, 1929. The son of Utah State University president E. G. Peterson, he attended public schools in Utah for nine years but later earned an AB degree from Harvard College and an MD degree from Harvard Medical School (in 1952 and 1956, respectively) and practiced medicine in Salt Lake City for five years in the mid-1960's. In 1967, Dr. Peterson returned to Harvard to assume the positions of Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid and, later, Vice President for Alumni Affairs and Development, however he came West once again in 1976 when he was named Vice President for Health Sciences at the University of Utah. Five years later, on June 14, 1983, Dr. Peterson succeeded David P. Gardner as president of the university, a position he held until he resigned to return to the practice of medicine in 1991.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Within this collection are administrative records such as correspondence, memoranda, reports, and proposals, as well as some of President Peterson's personal files containing search committee and inaugural materials, correspondence, and records relating to his participation in the Harvard University Alumni Assoication.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Preferred Citation

Initial Citation: Chase N. Peterson presidential records, Acc. 483, Box [ ]. University Archives and Records Management. University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott. Salt Lake City, Utah.

Following Citations:Acc. 483.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

The records are arranged in sections according to record type (General, Entertainment, and Travel) and alphabetically thereunder. Items are ordered chronologically within folders.

Processing Note

Processed by Kirk Badley in 2004.

Separated Materials

Photographs from Box 23 Folder 12 were sent to Photo Archives in February 2014.

Related Materials

Accession 475 (Vice President for Health Sciences, 1945-1990).

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

General Files: Administrative Reorganization to AthleticsReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 1

Container(s) Description Dates
Folder
1
Administrative Reorganization
1986
2-4
Administrative Structure Committee
1990
5
Alta Club/Women's Law Caucus
1985-1986
6
American Council on Education Office of Women in Higher Education
1983-1985
7
Arboretum
1985-1990
8
Assistant Attorney General
1988-1989
9
Association of Academic Health Centers - Hospital Separation Study
1985-1986
10
Athletics
1984-1990
11
Athletics - Director Search
1985

General Files: Athletics to "Campaign for Education"Return to Top

Container(s): Box 2

Container(s) Description Dates
Folder
1
Athletics - Director Search
(Restricted)
1987
2
Athletics - Football Coach Search
1984
3
Board of Regents
1985-1987
4
Board of Regents - SUSU/WSU Name Change
1989-1990
5-6
Budget
(Restricted)
1984-1987
7-8
Budget Cuts
1986-1987
9-10
Cabinet
1983-1987
11
" Campaign for Education"
1983

General Files: "Campaign for Education" to Cold FusionReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 3

Container(s) Description Dates
Folder
1
" Campaign for Education"
1983-1984
2-3
Capital Campaign
1983-1990
4-6
Cold Fusion - Brigham Young University
1989-1991

General Files: Cold FusionReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 4

Container(s) Description Dates
Folder
1
Cassidy and Associates, Inc.
1989-1990
2
Commercialization
1989
3
Conferences
1989
4
Congressional Briefing
1989
5
Cornell University Fusion Archives
1989-1990
6
Martin Fleischman and Stanley Pons
(Restricted)
1989-1991
7
Fusion/Energy Advisory Council
1989-1991
8
Japanese Research
1989
9
Johnson-Matthey
1989
10
Los Alamos National Laboratory
1989-1990
11
Miscellaneous
1989
12-14
National Cold Fusion Institute
1989-1991

General Files: Cold FusionReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 5

Container(s) Description Dates
Folder
1
National Cold Fusion Institute - First Annual Conference
1990
2
National Cold Fusion Institute - Review Committee
1990-1991
3
Papers Submitted for Publication
1989-1990
4
Patents
1989-1992
5
Personal Notes, etc.
1989
6
Reactions Pro and Con
1989-1992
7
Rutgers University Study
1991-1992
8
State Appropriation
1989
9
Telesis, Inc.
1989
10
Texas A and M University--James Bockris
1989-1990
11
U.S. Department of Energy
1987-1989
12
University of Utah News and Information Services
1989-1990
13
University of Utah News and Information Services--Photographs
1989

General Files: College of Engineering to CommencementReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 6

Container(s) Description Dates
Folder
1-2
College of Engineering
1983-1988
3
College of Engineering - Industrial Engineering Program
1984-1985
4
College of Fine Arts - Department of Dance
1985
5
College of Health
1986
6
College of Health - Division of Foods and Nutrition
1986-1987
7
College of Law
1986
8
College of Nursing
1984-1985
9
College of Pharmacy
1985-1987
10
College of Science
1984-1987
11
College of Social and Behavioral Science
1983-1986
12
College of Social and Behavioral Science - Dean Search
(Restricted)
1983
13
College of Social and Behavioral Science - Department of Economics
(Restricted)
1988-1989
14
Commencement
1983

General Files: Commencement, 1983-1985Return to Top

Container(s): Box 7

General Files: Commencement to ComplaintsReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 8

Container(s) Description Dates
Folder
1-6
Commencement
1986-1991
7
Complaints
1983-1984
8
Complaints - Salt Lake Stars Drill Team
1984

General Files: Computers to CorrespondenceReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 9

Container(s) Description Dates
Folder
1
Computers
1983-1986
2
Consultants
1988-1990
3
Correspondence
1983-1984
4-7
Correspondence - Chronological
1987 May 15-1988 October 6

General Files: CorrespondenceReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 10

Container(s) Description Dates
Folder
1
Chronological
1988 October 7-December 30
2-5
Congratulations on Assuming the Presidency
1983
6
"Nice Letters"
1984-1987

General Files: CorrespondenceReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 11

Container(s) Description Dates
Folder
1-2
Personal Letters
1978-1985
3-7
Letters of Recommendation A-S
(Restricted)
1978-1988

General Files: Correspondence to Divestment/Students Against ApartheidReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 12

Container(s) Description Dates
Folder
1
Correspondence - Letters of Recommendation S-Y
(Restricted)
1978-1988
2
Council On Competitiveness
1987
3
Development
(Restricted)
1983-1987
4
Development - Huntsman Gift
1987
5-8
Divestment/Students Against Apartheid
1978-1986

General Files: Divestment/Students Against Apartheid to Food ServiceReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 13

Container(s) Description Dates
Folder
1-2
Divestment/Students Against Apartheid
1986-1988
3
Division of Continuing Education
1983-1986
4
Eccles Sports Complex
1983-1988
5
Economic Development
1985-1989
6
Endowed Chairs
1986-1988
7
FHP (Family Health Plan)
1986-1988
8
Faculty Club
1983-1986
9
Food Service
1987-1989

General Files: Fort Douglas, 1978-1990Return to Top

Container(s): Box 14

General Files: Fort Douglas Country Club to Graduate School of BusinessReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 15

Container(s) Description Dates
Folder
1
Fort Douglas Country Club
(Restricted)
1982-1990
2
Fort Douglas Task Force
1990-1991
3
Fred Friendly
1985-1987
4
David P. Gardner/University of California System
1983
5
Governor's "Alert" Program (Agenda for Leadership in Educational Resources for Tomorrow)
1985-1987
6-7
Governor's Committee on Cost-Effective Government
1987-1988
8
Graduate Fellowships
1987
9
Graduate School of Business
1983-1984
10
Graduate School of Business - Dean Search
(Restricted)
1983
11
Graduate School of Business - Department of Accounting
1983-1985
12
Graduate School of Business - Garn Institute of Finance
1985-1989
13
Graduate School of Business - Naming
1989-1991

General Files: Graduate School of Education to Health Sciences CenterReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 16

Container(s) Description Dates
Folder
1
Graduate School of Education
1986-1987
2
Graduate School of Social Work
(Restricted)
1984-1987
3
Greek System
1981-1987
4
Guardsman Way Property
1986-1987
5
Guardsman Way Property - Proposed Olympic Skating Oval
1990-1991
6
Harvard University
1986-1987
7
Harvard University - Admissions and Scholarship Committee
1971-1982
8
Harvard University - Alumni Association Class of 1952 Development Campaign
1979-1981
9
Harvard University - Alumni Association Development Campaign
1981-1982
10
Harvard University - Alumni Association Development Campaign Salt Lake City Dinner
1981-1982
11
Harvard University - Board of Overseers
1986-1987
12
Health Sciences Center - Institute of Biomedical Engineering
1985-1989

General Files: Health Sciences Center to Historical MaterialsReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 17

Container(s) Description Dates
Folder
1
Health Sciences Center - Silva Project
1987
2
High Tech Lab School
1988-1989
3
Higher Education Workgroup for Integrating Women into the Work Force
1984-1985
4
Historical Materials
1983-1991
5-6
Historical Materials - President's "Diary"
1983-1991
7
Historical Materials - Ence Manuscripts
undated
8
Historical Materials - Newspaper Clippings
1983-1991

General Files: Home on Arlington Avenue to Marriott LibraryReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 18

Container(s) Description Dates
Folder
1
Home on Arlington Avenue
1983-1986
2
Hospital - Art Committee, Tanner Fountain, etc.
1990
3
Inauguration
1983-1984
4-5
Institutional Council
1983-1988
6
Institutional Council - Luncheon Presentations
1985
7
Institutional Memberships
1984-1986
8
Legal Counsel
(Restricted)
1984-1987
9
Marriott Library
1969-1984

General Files: Marriott Library to Oral History InstituteReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 19

Container(s) Description Dates
Folder
1
Marriott Library
1985
2
Master Plan
1976-1985
3
Medical Center - Planning
1983-1984
4
Military Leave Policy
1990-1991
5
Minority Community
1983-1986
6
Mission Statement
1986-1990
7
Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges Accreditation
1976-1986
8
Northwest Parking Structure
1986-1987
9
Open Office Hours
1989-1991
10
Oral History Institute
1983-1988

General Files: Overhead to PurchasingReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 20

Container(s) Description Dates
Folder
1
Overhead
1984-1986
2-3
Pioneer Children's Medical Center
1982-1988
4
Pioneer Memorial Theatre
1983
5
Pioneer Theatre Company
1986-1990
6
Portraits
1988
7
President - Regent's Review
1986-1987
8
President - Search
1983
9
President - Search
1990-1991
10
" Public's Perception of the University"
1988
11
Purchasing
1981-1985

General Files: Repertory Dance Theatre to Rosenblatt PrizeReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 21

Container(s) Description Dates
Folder
1
Repertory Dance Theatre
1985-1992
2
Research Park
1984-1985
3
Research Park - Logo
1984-1985
4
Research Park - Utah Innovation Center
1981-1986
5
Research Park - Utah Innovation Center/Wayne Brown Institute
1989-1991
6
Rosenblatt House
1985-1988
7-8
Rosenblatt Prize
1984-1985

General Files: Rosenblatt Prize to School of MedicineReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 22

Container(s) Description Dates
Folder
1-5
Rosenblatt Prize
1986-1990
6
Salt Lake Foundation
1986
7-8
School of Medicine
1983-1985
9
School of Medicine - Animal Research Program
1987-1988
10
School of Medicine - Department of Pathology
1986-1989
11
School of Medicine - Dialysis in Wonderland Program
1986-1987
12
School of Medicine - Human Genetics Project
1983-1988

General Files: School of Medicine to Tanner FountainReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 23

Container(s) Description Dates
Folder
1
School of Medicine - Human Genetics Project--Announcement
1985-1986
2
School of Medicine - Human Genetics Project--Howard Hughes Medical Institute Site Visit
1985
3
School of Medicine/College of Science - Biochemistry Program
1983-1988
4
Seismic Studies
1990
5
Semester System
1987
6
Senate Ad Hoc Committee on Financial Exigency
1988-1989
7
Southern Utah Radiation Study
1984-1986
8
Student Behavior - David Hess
(Restricted)
1984-1987
9
Supercomputer
1988-1990
10-11
Superconducting Super Collider
1984-1987
12
Tanner Fountain
1946-1986

General Files: Tanner Trust to TrafficReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 24

Container(s) Description Dates
Folder
1
Tanner Trust
1985-1987
2-6
Tax Rollback Initiative
1987-1989
7
Traffic
1984-1987

General Files: Treadwell Foundation to Vice President for Health SciencesReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 25

Container(s) Description Dates
Folder
1
Treadwell Foundation
1985-1986
2
Undergraduate Experience
1986-1990
3
U.S. West
1987
4
Utah Public Employees Association
(Restricted)
1987-1991
5
Venture Capital Program - Technology Transfer
1982-1985
6
Vice President for Academic Affairs - Search
(Restricted)
1990
7-8
Vice President for Health Sciences
1983-1991
9
Vice President for Health Sciences - Search
(Restricted)
1983-1988
10
Vice President for Health Sciences - Search
(Restricted)
1990

General Files: Vice President for Research to Entertainment Files: Honorary Degree Recipients DinnerReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 26

Container(s) Description Dates
Folder
1
Vice President for Research
1984-1987
2
Western Institute of Neuropsychiatry
1986
3
Women's Issues
1989-1990
4
World Conference on Gifted and Talented Children
1984-1988
5
Abravanel Reception
1989
6
Ad hoc Speech Committee Dinner
1987
7
AIDS Conference Reception
1991
8
Altman Farewell Dinner
1987
9
Alumni Association Executive Board Lunch
1988
10
Alumni Association Staff Breakfast
1987
11
" Art in Bloom" Event
1990
12
Athletics Dinner
1986
13
Blackmun Dinner
1988
14
Blood Development Dinner
1990
15
Board of Trustees Dinner
1991
16
Bowman Reception
1989
17
Brady Dinner
1987
18
Brophy Dinner
1991
19
Bugher-Eccles Dinner
1991
20
"Celebrating Graduation" (Khashoggi Family) Dinner
1985
21-28
Christmas
1983-1990
29
Chronicle Staff Dinner
1987
30
College of Humanities Breakfast
1988
31
College of Science Breakfast
1988
32
Commencement Barbecue
1986
33
Conference on Ethics and Health Reception
1991
34
Copeland Dinner
1985
35
Council of Academic Deans Dinner
1989
36
Davern Dinner
1983
37
Dean's Appreciation Dinner
1988
38
Detmer Dinner
1987
39
Development Breakfast
1989
40-41
Distinguished Professors Dinner
1983; 1987
42
Emery Dinner
1989
43
Employee Appreciation Dinner
1987
44
Evans Dinner
1990
45
Excellence Commission Dinner
1986
46
Florez Lecture and Lunch
1987
47
Football Open House
1987
48
Fox Dinner
1984
49
Gardner Dinner
1985
50
Gnemi's Director Breakfast
1987
51
Graduate School of Education Breakfast
1988
52
Haglund Luncheon
1987
53-55
Honorary Degree Recipients Dinner
1984-1986

Entertainment FilesReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 27

Container(s) Description Dates
Folder
1-5
Honorary Degree Recipients Dinner
1987-1991
6
Horner Dinner
1987
7
IBM Lunch
1989
8
Interfaith Luncheon
1989
9
International Student Dinner
1990
10
Institute of Religion Lunch
1988
11-12
Institutional Council Members Dinner
1985; 1987
13
Jarvis, Burton, and Handy Dinner
1988
14
Khashoggi Breakfast
1984
15-20
Martin Luther King Day Reception
1985; 1987-1991
21
KUER Reception
1988
22
Legislature Dinner
1988
23
Media Dinner
1986
24
Media Luncheon
1987
25
Middle East Center Reception
1986
26
"Mini Retreat"
1986
27
" Miracle at Philadelphia" Debate Dinner
1987
28
Neighborhood Open House
1984
29
Newell Open House
1984
30-36
New Faculty Buffet
1983-1989

Entertainment FilesReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 28

Container(s) Description Dates
Folder
1
New Faculty Buffet
1990
2
Olympic Site Evaluation Committee Breakfast
1991
3
Pediatrics Recruitment Dinner
1988
4
Pioneer Memorial Theatre Board Dinner
1988
5
Presidential Scholar Lunch
1991
6
President's Wives Luncheon
1986
7
Public Relations Breakfast
1987
8-13
Reynolds Lecture Dinner
1985-1988; 1990-1991
14
Rosenblatt Prize Dinner
1984
15
SARCOS Board Dinner
1989
16
Simmons Art Dinner
1987
17
Snow Dinner
1984
18
"R.J. Snow and Friends" Dinner
1987
19
Soviet Scholar Visit Planning Lunch
1987
20
Soviet Women's Visit/Conference
1985
21
Staff Service Award Lunch
1990
22
Student Dinner
1986

Entertainment Files: System Development Foundation to Travel Files: Boston and LondonReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 29

Container(s) Description Dates
Folder
1
System Development Foundation Visit
1984
2
Tanner Foundation Dedication
1986
3-6
Tanner Lecture Dinner
1984; 1986-1987
7
Tanner Lecture Open House
1988
8-9
Tanner Lecture Reception
1989; 1991
10
Thank You Lunch
1985
11-16
"Theater and Dinner"
1984-1986; 1989
17-22
"Thursday Afternoon Conversations"
1984-1986
23
Treadwell Foundation Dinner
1988
24
University of Utah/Brigham Young University Football Game Brunch
1984
25
University of Utah/Brigham Young University Football Game Reception
1986
26
University of Utah/University of Texas at El Paso Football Game Brunch
1984
27
University of Utah/Utah State University Football Game Brunch
1985
28-29
University Professors Dinner
1989-1990
30
Utah Women's Forum Dinner
1989
31
Vice Presidents Farewell Dinner
1990
32
Western Athletic Conference Basketball Tournament Dinner
1989
33
Women Concerned About Nuclear War Meeting
1988
34-38
Women's Club Tea
1985-1989
39-40
Women's Gymnastics Dinner
1984-1985
41
Wright Dinner
1989
42
Young President's Organization Reception
1988
43
Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) Luncheon
1987
44
Albertson's VIP Meeting
1989
45
Alumni Association Far East Trip
1989
46
American Council on Education
1991
47
Arizona State University Football Game
1985
48
Association of American Medical Colleges
1983
49
Biomedical Research Facilities
1988
50
Boston and London
1986

Travel FilesReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 30

Container(s) Description Dates
Folder
1
Business and Higher Education Forums
1988
2
Campus Compact
1990
3
Central Intelligence Agency Visit
1984
4
Columbia University Seminar on Ethics in America
1998
5
Columbia University Seminar on Health Care in America
1985-1986
6
Columbia University Seminar on Medicine in Society
1984
7
Education Commission of the States
1989
8
Europe
1987
9
European Universities
1990
10
Guatemala
1987
11
Hahnemann University Inauguration
1988
12
Harvard University
1984
13
Harvard University Institute of Educational Management
1991
14
Hawaii Vacation
1986
15-16
Hospital Separation Conference
1986-1987
17
Hughes Medical Institute
1983
18
Jackson Hole Health Conference
1984
19
Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics
1991
20
Lincoln, Nebraska Chamber of Commerce
1990
21
J. Willard Marriott Funeral
1985
22
Middlesex School Reunion
1988
23
Moab
1990
24-29
National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges
1986-1989

Travel FilesReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 31

Container(s) Description Dates
Folder
1
National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges
1990
2
National Center Forum on Governance
1989
3-4
National Collegiate Athletic Association
1988; 1991
5
National Institute of Health
1988
6
Office of Technology Transfer - Washington, D.C.
1986-1990
7
Project Hope Health Affairs Conference
1985
8-9
San Diego State University Football Game
1984-1985
10
San Francisco Donor Dinner
1990
11
Stanford University Football Game and Donor Dinner
1989
12
State Board of Regents
1985
13
Tanner Trustees Meeting
1986
14
Uncompensated Health Care Conference
1984
15
Utah Bankers Association
1988
16
Virginia Mission of L.D.S. Church
1987
17-19
Western Athletic Conference
1988; 1990-1991
20
White House Fusion "Non Visit"
1989

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Cold fusion--Utah--History--Sources
  • Universities and colleges--Utah--Salt Lake City--History--Sources

Personal Names

  • Peterson, Chase N.--Archives

Corporate Names

  • University of Utah. President (1983-1991 : Peterson)--Archives

Form or Genre Terms

  • Correspondence
  • Memorandums