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Escalante National Monument proposal collection

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1715

Scope and Contents

The Escalante National Monument proposal collection (1934-1969) contain photocopies of correspondence, news clippings, reports, and chronologies. These files chronicle the first proposed establishment of a monument in the Glen Canyon area in the 1930s. Issues such as mining and grazing rights which were prominent in the debate over the establishment of the monument by President Clinton were raised in the 1930s. In the correspondence are letters supporting and opposing the monument by various government agencies and private individuals. These letters also reveal that the volatile political nature of creating the monument was already present in the first proposal.

Dates

  • 1934-1969

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.

Extent

0.25 Linear Feet

Abstract

The Escalante National Monument proposal collection (1934-1969) contain photocopies of correspondence, news clippings, reports and chronologies related to the first proposal to establish a monument in the Glen Canyon area in the 1930s and 1940s.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of John Weisheit in 1998.

Processing Information

Processed by Luke Kelly in 2000.
Title
Inventory of the Escalante National Monument proposal collection, 1934-1969
Author
Finding aid created by Luke Kelly
Date
© 2000 (last modified: 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 in Latin script.

Repository Details

Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository

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