Series 1151
Conservation Commission Correspondence

Dates: 1909-1911.

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These records are housed in the Utah State Archives' permanent storage room.

Historical Note

An agency history is available.

Scope and Content

Most of this series contains correspondence contending with gathering information on Utah's available resources, e.g., forest reserves, coal mines, irrigable and non irrigable land, water, natural scenery, production of minerals, climate, arid farming, and both private and public land. The information was accrued for a resource map made by the Conservation Commission. The purpose of the map was to help Utahns better understand what resources were available and how to utilize them without waste. The information was collected from national and state governmental departments, Utah counties, and private companies. The remainder of the correspondence entails the daily office chores, expenses, circulation of the resource map and duties of the commission members who were responsible for specific areas of study, e.g., agriculture, water power, irrigation, and forestry resources.

Arrangement

Chronological by day, month, and year

The series was originally arranged by subject and author/recipient. The original order created chaos and therefore was changed for a clearer understanding by the researcher.

Related Records

Map from the Conservation Commission, Series 5835, holds the map discussed in the correspondence

Minutes from the Conservation Commission, Series 21934, has further information on the correspondence for gathering the information, and daily duties and responsibilities of the commission members.

Reports from the Conservation Commission, Series 83975, also holds details of the resource map and the National Conservation Conference

Custody History

Access Restrictions

This series is classified as Public.

Preferred Citation

Cite the Utah State Archives and Records Service, the creating agency name, the series title, and the series number.

Processing Note

This series is scheduled under the Utah State Agency General Retention Schedule, schedule 1, item 9, in 1997 and will be permanently retained by the State Archives. This series will not be filmed because high reference use is not anticipated so there will not be wear and tear on the paper. This series was processed by Wendy Checketts in 1999. As received in State Archives, this series was originally administrative Records and included correspondence, minutes, and reports. These records were divided into their own series. This correspondence was arranged by author/recipient and subject. I have changed the original order to chronological by date for a clearer understanding of the series.

Indexing Terms

  • Conservation of natural resources—Public relations—Utah.
  • Utah—Arid regions agriculture.
  • Utah—Forests and forestry.
  • Utah—Mines and mineral resources.
  • Utah—Natural resources—Study and teaching.

Container List

BOX FOLDER DESCRIPTION
1 1 1909
1 2 1910, Feb 16-May 11
1 3 1910, May 13-June 17
1 4 1910, June 18-July 15
1 5 1910, July 16-Aug 20
1 6 1910, Aug 24-Oct 28
1 7 1910, Nov 1-Nov 9
1 8 1910, Nov 10-Nov19
1 9 1910, Nov 22-Nov 25
1 10 1910, Nov 26-Dec 9
1 11 1910, Dec 12-Dec 27
1 12 1910, Dec 30-1911
1 13 1912
MAP-CASE DESCRIPTION
7 Maps

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