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Salt Lake City School District Board records

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1264

Scope and Contents

The Salt Lake City School District Board records (1896-1993) contain articles, financial records, school profiles, reports, and histories of the Salt Lake City School District. Other items include maps, lawsuits, articles, and correspondence.

Dates

  • 1920-1995

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection materials are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Conditions Governing Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Biographical Sketch

The Salt Lake City School District covers Salt Lake City proper and operated thirty-six schools in 2005. As with most school districts in Utah, the first schools were based on LDS wards and operated by the LDS Church. In 1890 the Utah Territorial Legislature passed a bill making state schools mandatory. Most of the old Mormon-run schools passed into the authority of the state and the LDS Church sold off its last secondary schools by 1933. Since then the Salt Lake City School District has grown immensly to a 2005 student population of about 24,000. The Salt Lake City School District Board directs the operation of the District as provided by the Utah Constitution and is elected locally.

Extent

30 Linear Feet

Abstract

The Salt Lake City School District Board records (1896-1993) include reports, memoranda, district maps, correspondence, and lawsuits. The Salt Lake City School District operated thirty-six schools in Salt Lake City for 24,000 students in 2005.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Boxes 1-39 were donated by Stephen Boyden. Boxes 40-49 were donated by Gregory Maynard.

Processing Information

Processed by Sabrina Riches in 1998.

Addendum processed by Elizabeth Rogers in 2003.
Title
Inventory of the Salt Lake City School District Board records, 1920-1995
Author
Finding aid created by Sabrina Riches
Date
© 1998 (last modified: 2020)
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid encoded in English in Latin script.

Repository Details

Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository

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