Utah County American Party collection
Scope and Contents
The Utah County American Party Collection primarily documents the Utah County chapter of the party. The collection contains the by-laws and list of members' names from the year 1975-1992. Included with the collection are documents and newspaper clippings concerning issues with which the party dealt. Also included are party platforms, news releases, fiscal reports and some letters between members and party leaders. Some minutes of meetings and agendas are also present as well as American Party literature and some audio tapes of meetings.
Dates
- 1951-1993
Creator
- American Party (1969- ). Utah County American Party (creator, Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for public research.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the Utah County American Party collection must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Extent
4 boxes (2 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Arranged in four series: 1. American Party of Utah County papers, 1973-1993. 2. American Party of Utah papers, 1975-1993. 3. National American Party papers, 1972-1991; and 4. American Party papers, 1951-1992.
Other Finding Aids
Folder-level inventory available online. http://files.lib.byu.edu/ead/XML/MSS1708.xml
Custodial History
The collection was kept in the possession of the party secretaries until 1992, when the present secretary and officer, Jameston Bradford, donated the collection to Brigham Young University.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated; Jameston Bradford; 1992.
Appraisal
Utah political history (20th Century Western & Mormon Manuscripts collection development policy, 5.I, 2007).
Processing Information
Processed; Harvard S. Heath & Candace Kearl; October 1993.
- Title
- Register of the Utah County American Party collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Harvard S. Heath and Candace Kearl
- Date
- 1993 October
- 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
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States