Utah Salt Flats Racing Association records
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2304
Scope and Contents
The Utah Salt Flats Racing Association records contains administrative documents, meeting minutes, subject files, magazine articles, membership bios, and other materials related to land speed racing on the Bonneville Salt Flats, and at other venues.
Dates
- 1940-2005
Creator
- Utah Salt Flats Racing Association (Organization)
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.
Historical Note
The USFRA is a non-profit, volunteer-based association dedicated to preserving the legacy of land speed racing on Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats, and to carrying on that legacy through continuing to promote land speed racing on the Flats.
Extent
12 Linear Feet (23 Boxes)
Abstract
The Utah Salt Flats Racing Association records is a collection of material from the Utah Salt Flats Racing Association (USFRA), an amateur land speed racing association operating on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Wendover, Utah. USFRA has operated a number of land speed racing events throughout history, including Bonneville Speed Week, the World of Speed, and the Land Speed Opener. This collection contains administrative and promotional materials related to these events. The collection also contains an archive of magazine articles and other documents relating to land speed racing and its history. The collection also includes a membership archive, which features information, articles, and photographs of individual racers and their vehicles.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged by subject, and chronologically when appropriate.
Processing Information
Processed by Michael Bills in 2015.
- Automobile racing -- Utah
- Automobiles, Racing -- Speed records -- Utah -- Bonneville Salt Flats
- Business correspondence
- By-laws
- Calendars
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Magazines (periodicals)
- Membership lists
- Minutes (Records)
- Periodicals
- Posters
- Promotional materials
- Sports and Recreation
- Transportation
- Utah Salt Flats Racing Association -- Records and correspondence
Creator
- Utah Salt Flats Racing Association (Organization)
- Title
- Inventory of the Utah Salt Flats Racing Association records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid created by Michael Bills.
- Date
- 2015 (last modified: 2018)
- 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
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