Friends of Gilgal Garden records
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2610
Scope and Contents
The Friends of Gilgal Garden records consists of the administrative, fundraising, volunteer, conservation project plans, historical and general materials of this organization.
Dates
- 1959-2010
Creator
- Friends of Gilgal Garden (Organization)
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.
Historical Note
The purpose of the Friends of Gilgal Garden is to restore, preserve, protect, and maintain the artifacts, sculptures, engraved stones, arrangements, facilities, and land known as Gilgal in Salt Lake City, Utah. Gilgal Garden was designed by Thomas Battersby Child and created by him with the assistance of hundred of volunteers and Utah sculptor, Maurice Brooks.
Extent
6.5 Linear Feet (9 Boxes and 1 Oversize Box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Friends of Gilgal Garden records (1959-2010) consists of the administrative, fundraising, volunteer, conservation project plans, historical and general materials of this non-profit organization. The purpose of the Friends of Gilgal Garden is to restore, preserve, protect, and maintain the artifacts, sculptures, engraved stones, arrangements, facilities, and land known as Gilgal in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Mary Lee Peters in 2011.
Separated Materials
Photographs (P1666) and audio-visual materials (A008) were transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections.
Processing Information
Processed by Elizabeth Rogers in 2011.
- Administrative records
- Advertisements
- Appraisals (financial records)
- Business correspondence
- Child, Thomas Battersby, 1888-1963
- Conservation surveys
- Friends of Gilgal Garden -- Records and correspondence
- Gilgal Garden (Salt Lake City, Utah) -- History
- Historic preservation -- Utah -- Salt Lake City
- Invoices
- Landscaping plans
- Mormonism (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
- Newspaper clippings
- Outdoor sculpture -- Conservation and restoration -- Utah -- Salt Lake City
- Parks and Playgrounds
- Promotional materials
- Proposals
- Sculpture gardens -- Utah -- Salt Lake City
Creator
- Friends of Gilgal Garden (Organization)
- Title
- Inventory of the Friends of Gilgal Garden records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid created by Betsey Welland.
- Date
- 2019
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid encoded in English.
Repository Details
Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository
Contact:
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu