Series 25985
Governor Leavitt Chief of staff records, 1993-2003.
11.70 cubic feet and 25 microfilm reels
These records are housed in the Utah State Archives' permanent storage room.
Historical Note
See history of the records' creator.
Summary of Records
Scope and Content
This series consists of records created by the chiefs of staff and deputy chiefs of staff of Governor Leavitt. It contains correspondence, reports, subject files and other records that enabled the chief of staff to advise the Governor in setting policy, coordinate the executive branch, direct communications for the administration, and manage numerous state agencies. Governor Leavitt had five chiefs of staff over the course of his administration: Charles Johnson (January 1993-July 1997), Bob Gross (August 1997-January 1998), Robert Linnell (interim chief of staff from January to March 1998), Ted Stewart (March 1998-October 1999), and Rich McKeown (October 1999-November 2003). Staff members whose records are included in this series are Charles (Charlie) Johnson (1993-1997) and Robert (Bob) Linnell (1998). Linnell's files also include some material accumulated during his tenure as deputy for intergovernmental relations (1994-1998) and later as the Governor's liaison for local governmentrelations (2000). Also included are records created by Vicki Varela who served as deputy of communications (1993-1997) and deputy chief of staff (1999-2000).
A variety of topics are represented in the series ranging from economic development, education, and funding for Interstate 15 to social issues such as abortion, gangs, and health care. Notes and programs collected from a number of professional and political conferences are included as are several articles from prominent magazines related to the Governor and Utah.
Research Note
There are no records retained from chiefs of staff Bob Gross (1997-1998), Ted Stewart (1998-1999), or Richard McKeown (1999-2003).
Arrangement
By staff member, thereunder by subject.
Boxes one through seven contain Vicki Varela's files, boxes eight through eleven contain Charles Johnson's files, and boxes twelve and thirteen contain Robert Linnell's files.
Additional Forms
This series is available on microfilm.
Access Restrictions
This series is primarily classified as Public. The secondary classification is Private: This series contains some private information.
Use Restrictions
These records are available for reproduction and use.
Preferred Citation
Cite the Utah State Archives and Records Service, the creating agency name, the series title, and the series number.
Custody History
This series was transferred by the Utah State Archives by the governor's office administrator Michael Smith.
Acquisition Information
These records were acquired from the creating agency through established retention schedules.
Processing Information
This series was processed by Brandon Metcalf in May 2006.
Related Material
Subject files from the Governor Leavitt, Series 26015, more information on similar subjects.
Press office records from the Governor Leavitt, Series 26018, are an additional source of issues tracked by the Governor's staff
Policy analyst's files from the Governor Leavitt, Series 26019.
Chief Information Officer Records from the Governor Leavitt, Series 26244, include records from another policy setting entity in the governors office.
Indexing Terms
Container List
| Reel | Box | Folder | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | State of Utah-Health Professions Education Cost Study, September 1996 |
| 1 | 1 | 2 | Analysis of strategic affiliation options for University of Utah, 1997 |
| 1 | 1 | 3 | Salt Lake Regional Medical Center and PHC regional hospitals |
| 1 | 1 | 4 | U of U Health Science Center Strategic Plan, 1995 |
| 1 | 1 | 5 | Hospital mergers and Columbia Healthcare meeting |
| 1 | 1 | 6 | University of Utah memorandums |
| 1 | 1 | 7 | Milken Institute Education Conference, June 1998 |
| 2 | 1 | 8 | Museum Proposal for Santa Clara, Utah |
| 2 | 1 | 9 | People for the USA handouts |
| 2 | 1 | 10 | Healthcare in rural Utah, September 2000 |
| 2 | 1 | 11 | University Hospital (1 of 2) |
| 2 | 1 | 12 | University Hospital (2 of 2) |
| 2 | 1 | 13 | Utah Medical Association |
| 2 | 1 | 14 | Health Care issues (1 of 2) |
| 2 | 1 | 15 | Health Care issues (2 of 2) |
| 2 | 1 | 16 | University of Utah: Financial Analysis for Affiliation Strategy |
| 2 | 1 | 17 | University Health Sciences |
| 2 | 1 | 18 | Health Sciences Center |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Balanced budget |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Baby Your Baby |
| 2 | 2 | 3 | Base closure |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Bangerter |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | Attorney General |
| 2 | 2 | 6 | Articles by Governor |
| 2 | 2 | 7 | Approval rating |
| 2 | 2 | 8 | Appointments |
| 2 | 2 | 9 | Alert |
| 3 | 2 | 10 | Air quality |
| 3 | 2 | 11 | Airplane use (Governor) |
| 3 | 2 | 12 | Advisory Commission Intergovernmental Relations |
| 3 | 2 | 13 | Accomplishments |
| 3 | 2 | 14 | Abortion rehearing |
| 3 | 2 | 15 | Abortion |
| 3 | 2 | 16 | Cabinet Council retreat |
| 3 | 2 | 17 | Cabinet (1 of 2) |
| 3 | 2 | 18 | Cabinet (2 of 2) |
| 3 | 2 | 19 | Bush bills |
| 3 | 2 | 20 | Bragging |
| 3 | 2 | 21 | Centennial schools |
| 3 | 2 | 22 | Centennial |
| 3 | 2 | 23 | CATO Institute Policy Analysis |
| 3 | 2 | 24 | Cartoons |
| 3 | 2 | 25 | Conference of the States (1 of 2) |
| 3 | 2 | 26 | Conference of the States (2 of 2) |
| 4 | 2 | 27 | Concealed weapons |
| 4 | 2 | 28 | Civic journalism |
| 4 | 2 | 29 | China |
| 4 | 2 | 30 | Centennial values |
| 4 | 2 | 31 | Federalism Summit |
| 4 | 2 | 32 | Federalism book |
| 4 | 2 | 33 | Issues of democracy |
| 4 | 2 | 34 | European community |
| 4 | 2 | 35 | Envision Utah |
| 4 | 2 | 36 | Environment |
| 4 | 2 | 37 | Enid |
| 4 | 2 | 38 | Endangered species |
| 4 | 2 | 39 | Education partnerships |
| 4 | 2 | 40 | Education |
| 4 | 2 | 41 | Duties (Vicki Varela) |
| 4 | 2 | 42 | Economic development |
| 4 | 2 | 43 | Domestic violence |
| 4 | 2 | 44 | Defense conversion |
| 4 | 2 | 45 | Crime |
| 4 | 2 | 46 | Council of State Governments |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Media seminars (1 of 2) |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Media seminars (2 of 2) |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | Utah Health Policy - Telemedicine Association |
| 4 | 3 | 4 | Media policy |
| 4 | 3 | 5 | Governor's Mansion |
| 4 | 3 | 6 | Light rail |
| 4 | 3 | 7 | Legacy |
| 4 | 3 | 8 | Legislative summary |
| 5 | 3 | 9 | I-15 funding |
| 5 | 3 | 10 | Ideas-Communications |
| 5 | 3 | 11 | Juvenile crime |
| 5 | 3 | 12 | Kudos to Governor |
| 5 | 3 | 13 | Health print |
| 5 | 3 | 14 | Highly impacted schools |
| 5 | 3 | 15 | Hill Air Force Base |
| 5 | 3 | 16 | Hill Defense Depot Ogden |
| 5 | 3 | 17 | Higher Education |
| 5 | 3 | 18 | Hispanic media |
| 5 | 3 | 19 | Homeless |
| 5 | 3 | 20 | Housing |
| 5 | 3 | 21 | Internet taxes |
| 5 | 3 | 22 | Gambling (1 of 2) |
| 5 | 3 | 23 | Gambling (2 of 2) |
| 5 | 3 | 24 | Gangs |
| 5 | 3 | 25 | Gang suppression |
| 5 | 3 | 26 | Gays/Homosexuals |
| 5 | 3 | 27 | Gee whiz |
| 5 | 3 | 28 | Gift policy |
| 5 | 3 | 29 | Government growth |
| 5 | 3 | 30 | Governor's travel |
| 5 | 3 | 31 | Grand Canyon Visibility |
| 5 | 3 | 32 | Grand Staircase |
| 5 | 3 | 33 | Growth Summit |
| 6 | 3 | 34 | Guns |
| 6 | 3 | 35 | Foster care |
| 6 | 3 | 36 | Fiscal focus |
| 6 | 3 | 37 | Federalism |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Nuclear waste |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | National Governors Association |
| 6 | 4 | 3 | Personal income growth |
| 6 | 4 | 4 | PIO Meeting (Public Information Officers) |
| 6 | 4 | 5 | PIOs (Public Information Officers) |
| 6 | 4 | 6 | Proclamations |
| 6 | 4 | 7 | Public Information Officer |
| 6 | 4 | 8 | Public Service announcements |
| 6 | 4 | 9 | Resumes |
| 6 | 4 | 10 | Russia Institute |
| 6 | 4 | 11 | Technology |
| 7 | 4 | 12 | Western Governors Association, 1995 |
| 7 | 4 | 13 | Western Governors University |
| 7 | 4 | 14 | Westminster |
| 7 | 4 | 15 | Word Perfect |
| 7 | 4 | 16 | Workforce Development (1 of 2) |
| 7 | 4 | 17 | Workforce Development (2 of 2) |
| 7 | 4 | 18 | Workforce Services |
| 7 | 4 | 19 | Welfare reform |
| 7 | 4 | 20 | Western Governors Association, 1994 |
| 7 | 4 | 21 | Western Primary |
| 7 | 4 | 22 | Whirling disease |
| 7 | 4 | 23 | Wilderness |
| 7 | 4 | 24 | Wildlife resources |
| 8 | 4 | 25 | Writing tips |
| 8 | 4 | 26 | Worldwide Web |
| 8 | 4 | 27 | Workplace safety |
| 8 | 4 | 28 | YWCA |
| 8 | 4 | 29 | Youth Violence |
| 8 | 4 | 30 | Zimmerman |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Defense conversion |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Escalante proposal |
| 8 | 5 | 3 | Gangs |
| 8 | 5 | 4 | Health care |
| 8 | 5 | 5 | Health Care Reform |
| 8 | 5 | 6 | Quiet quality |
| 8 | 5 | 7 | Retreat |
| 8 | 5 | 8 | Corrections |
| 8 | 5 | 9 | Micron |
| 8 | 5 | 10 | Minimum wage |
| 8 | 5 | 11 | Mining |
| 8 | 5 | 12 | Monument |
| 8 | 5 | 13 | Mug shots |
| 8 | 5 | 14 | Nuclear waste |
| 8 | 5 | 15 | Open space |
| 8 | 5 | 16 | Perks/Governor |
| 8 | 5 | 17 | Polls |
| 8 | 5 | 18 | Prairie dogs |
| 8 | 5 | 19 | Prison |
| 8 | 5 | 20 | Progress report, 1994 |
| 8 | 5 | 21 | Protocol |
| 8 | 5 | 22 | Reelection campaign |
| 8 | 5 | 23 | Regional Primary |
| 8 | 5 | 24 | Research & Development tax credits |
| 8 | 5 | 25 | Republican Governors Association |
| 8 | 5 | 26 | Senate Bill 199 |
| 8 | 5 | 27 | School Calendar |
| 8 | 5 | 28 | Senior Staff |
| 8 | 5 | 29 | Smart Utah |
| 8 | 5 | 30 | Special Session |
| 9 | 5 | 31 | Speeches |
| 9 | 5 | 32 | Leavitt speeches |
| 9 | 5 | 33 | Tax cuts |
| 9 | 5 | 34 | Sex offenders |
| 9 | 5 | 35 | State of the State, 1997 |
| 9 | 5 | 36 | Tax increase |
| 9 | 5 | 37 | Tooele |
| 9 | 5 | 38 | Unfunded mandates |
| 9 | 5 | 39 | Volunteer summit |
| 9 | 5 | 40 | Values |
| 9 | 5 | 41 | Welfare reform |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Financial World ""The State of the States"" (May 11, 1993) |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Financial World ""The State of the States"" (Sep 26, 1995) |
| 10 | 6 | 3 | The Industry Standard ""The Missionary"" (Aug 14, 2000) |
| 10 | 6 | 4 | Governing ""Public Officials of the Year 1999"" |
| 10 | 6 | 5 | Financial World ""Ranking The States-Utah Ranks #1"" (Nov 18, 1996) |
| 10 | 6 | 6 | Journal of Public Service and Outreach (Summer 1997) |
| 10 | 6 | 7 | A Republican Journal of Thought and Opinion Common Sense (Winter 1995) |
| 10 | 6 | 8 | Mike Leavitt campaign flyer |
| 10 | 6 | 9 | Salt Lake City: Magazine of the Mountainwest (March 1997) |
| 10 | 6 | 10 | Net News (October 1994) |
| 10 | 6 | 11 | Time ""Rising Republicans"" (August 19, 1996) |
| 10 | 6 | 12 | Utah Business Magazine ""Rural Utah Rising: The People Price and Politics of Governor Leavitt's Rural Agenda"" (April 1998) |
| 10 | 6 | 13 | Ski Utah Winter Vacation Planner (1997-1998) |
| 10 | 6 | 14 | From Vision to Reality: A Western Virtual University (Feb 6, 1996) |
| 10 | 6 | 15 | American Civilization interview with Leavitt (March 1995) |
| 10 | 6 | 16 | Utah Spirit ""Leavitt or Orton Who's best for Utah Seniors?"" (Oct 2000) |
| 10 | 6 | 17 | State of the State Address (Jan 17, 2000) |
| 11 | 6 | 18 | Beehive History: Utah's Governors (1992) |
| 11 | 6 | 19 | Spectrum ""Gubernatorial Report Cards: Summer 1994"" (Spring 1995) |
| 11 | 6 | 20 | Southwest Utah (Fall 1993) |
| 11 | 6 | 21 | Inauguration notes, 1997 |
| 11 | 6 | 22 | Virtual University file |
| 11 | 6 | 23 | Photograph portrait of Governor Leavitt and photograph of Leavitt with Vice President Cheney |
| 12 | 7 | 1 | Border to Border Bikathon, 1995 |
| 12 | 7 | 2 | Declarations, January 1995 |
| 12 | 7 | 3 | Declarations, February 1995 |
| 12 | 7 | 4 | Declarations, March 1995 |
| 12 | 7 | 5 | Declarations, April 1995 |
| 12 | 7 | 6 | Declarations, May 1995 |
| 12 | 7 | 7 | Declarations, June 1995 |
| 12 | 7 | 8 | Declarations, July 1995 |
| 12 | 7 | 9 | Declarations, August 1995 |
| 12 | 7 | 10 | Declarations, September 1995 |
| 13 | 7 | 11 | Declarations October 1995 |
| 13 | 7 | 12 | Declarations, October 1995 |
| 13 | 7 | 13 | Declarations, November 1995 |
| 13 | 7 | 14 | Declarations, December 1995 |
| 13 | 7 | 15 | Various declarations |
| 13 | 8 | 1 | Governor Leavitt correspondence copies, 1994 |
| 13 | 8 | 2 | Governor Leavitt correspondence copies, February 1995 |
| 13 | 8 | 3 | Governor Leavitt correspondence copies, March 1995 |
| 13 | 8 | 4 | Governor Leavitt correspondence copies, April 1995 |
| 13 | 8 | 5 | Governor Leavitt correspondence copies, May 1995 |
| 13 | 8 | 6 | Governor Leavitt correspondence copies, June 1995 |
| 14 | 8 | 7 | Governor Leavitt correspondence copies, July 1995 |
| 14 | 8 | 8 | Governor Leavitt correspondence copies, August 1995 |
| 14 | 8 | 9 | Governor Leavitt correspondence copies, September 1995 |
| 14 | 8 | 10 | Governor Leavitt correspondence copies, October 1995 |
| 14 | 8 | 11 | Governor Leavitt correspondence copies, November 1995 |
| 14 | 8 | 12 | Governor Leavitt correspondence copies, December 1995 |
| 14 | 8 | 13 | Governor Leavitt correspondence copies, 1996 |
| 14 | 8 | 14 | Hill Defense Depot Ogden (1 of 3) |
| 14 | 8 | 15 | Hill Defense Depot Ogden (2 of 3) |
| 15 | 8 | 16 | Hill Defense Depot Ogden (3 of 3) |
| 15 | 8 | 17 | Federal retirees |
| 15 | 8 | 18 | Mansion |
| 15 | 8 | 19 | Special Session April 19, 1995 |
| 15 | 8 | 20 | Oshkosh Truck in Tooele Army |
| 15 | 8 | 21 | Tooele Army Depot |
| 15 | 9 | 1 | Transportation |
| 16 | 9 | 2 | Water (1 of 2) |
| 16 | 9 | 3 | Water (2 of 2) |
| 16 | 9 | 4 | Growth meeting, November 1995 |
| 16 | 9 | 5 | University Hospital negotiations |
| 16 | 9 | 6 | Huntsman Cancer Center |
| 16 | 9 | 7 | Columbia/Health Care Association agenda |
| 16 | 9 | 8 | Huntsman Center |
| 16 | 9 | 9 | Champion Health Care Company |
| 16 | 9 | 10 | Columbia Heath Trusts |
| 16 | 9 | 11 | Open space |
| 16 | 10 | 1 | English Village |
| 16 | 10 | 2 | Growth Summit (1 of 2) |
| 17 | 10 | 3 | Growth Summit (2 of 2) |
| 17 | 10 | 4 | Micron |
| 17 | 10 | 5 | Monitored Retrievable Storage |
| 17 | 10 | 6 | National Guard |
| 17 | 10 | 7 | Outreach meetings |
| 17 | 10 | 8 | Ox Bow Jail |
| 17 | 10 | 9 | Special Session - Education |
| 17 | 10 | 10 | Special Session |
| 17 | 10 | 11 | University renovations |
| 17 | 10 | 12 | Margaret Thatcher |
| 17 | 10 | 13 | Trooper Comps |
| 17 | 10 | 14 | Office of Recovery Services |
| 17 | 10 | 15 | Total Quality Management |
| 18 | 10 | 16 | Union Pacific and Southern Pacific merger |
| 18 | 10 | 17 | Railroad merger (1 of 4) |
| 18 | 10 | 18 | Railroad merger (2 of 4) |
| 18 | 10 | 19 | Railroad merger (3 of 4) |
| 18 | 10 | 20 | Railroad merger (4 of 4) |
| 18 | 10 | 21 | Railroad (1 of 2) |
| 18 | 10 | 22 | Railroad (2 of 2) |
| 18 | 10 | 23 | Express Pipeline |
| 18 | 10 | 24 | Pipeline map |
| 18 | 10 | 25 | Bureau of Mines |
| 18 | 10 | 26 | Commuter link opening, UDOT |
| 18 | 11 | 1 | Transportation, November 1996 |
| 18 | 11 | 2 | Legislation, February 1997 |
| 18 | 11 | 3 | Hot Spots budgets, February 23, 1997 |
| 19 | 11 | 4 | Monuments |
| 19 | 11 | 5 | Transportation funding (1 of 2) |
| 19 | 11 | 6 | Transportation funding (2 of 2) |
| 19 | 11 | 7 | Polls, 1995 |
| 19 | 11 | 8 | Political, 1996 |
| 19 | 11 | 9 | Child Welfare reform |
| 19 | 11 | 10 | Abortion |
| 19 | 11 | 11 | Performance based funding mechanism |
| 19 | 11 | 12 | Legislation 1997 (1 of 2) |
| 19 | 11 | 13 | Legislation 1997 (2 of 2) |
| 20 | 11 | 14 | Budget 1997 (1 of 2) |
| 20 | 11 | 15 | Budget 1997 (2 of 2) |
| 20 | 11 | 16 | Budget 1996 |
| 20 | 12 | 1 | Correspondence |
| 20 | 12 | 2 | Correspondence |
| 20 | 12 | 3 | Bountiful correspondence, 1992-1993 |
| 21 | 12 | 4 | Western Transportation Corridor |
| 21 | 12 | 5 | Western Transportation Corridor |
| 21 | 12 | 6 | Underground and Siting Power (1 of 2) |
| 21 | 12 | 7 | Underground and Siting Power (2 of 2) |
| 21 | 12 | 8 | Utah Transit Authority |
| 21 | 12 | 9 | Cottonwood Heights incorporation |
| 21 | 12 | 10 | Wendover (1 of 2) |
| 21 | 12 | 11 | Wendover (2 of 2) |
| 22 | 12 | 12 | Outreach program |
| 22 | 12 | 13 | I-15 |
| 22 | 12 | 14 | Legacy Highway |
| 22 | 12 | 15 | Nursing Home Committee |
| 22 | 13 | 1 | Correspondence |
| 23 | 13 | 2 | Statewide Strategy meeting (R.S. 2477) |
| 23 | 13 | 3 | Statewide Strategy meeting (R.S. 2477) |
| 23 | 13 | 4 | Wasatch Front Regional Council (1 of 2) |
| 23 | 13 | 5 | Wasatch Front Regional Council (2 of 2) |
| 23 | 13 | 6 | Utah Association of Special Districts |
| 23 | 13 | 7 | Veterans Advisory Council |
| 23 | 13 | 8 | Governor's Road Preservation team |
| 23 | 13 | 9 | Utah Association of Counties |
| 23 | 13 | 10 | Conference of Salt Lake Valley Municipal Mayors |
| 24 | 13 | 11 | Utah League of Cities and Towns Legislative Policy Committee |
| 24 | 13 | 12 | Anti-Nuke lawsuit (1 of 2) |
| 24 | 13 | 13 | Anti-Nuke lawsuit (2 of 2) |
| 24 | 13 | 14 | Utah Advisory Council of Intergovernmental Relations (1 of 2) |
| 24 | 13 | 15 | Utah Advisory Council of Intergovernmental Relations (2 of 2) |
| 25 | 13 | 16 | Tribal Economic Development |
| 25 | 13 | 17 | Miscellaneous emails |
| 25 | 13 | 18 | Military Affairs Committee |
| 25 | 13 | 19 | Executive Director Search Committee Veterans |
| 25 | 13 | 20 | Quality of Life team meeting |
| 25 | 13 | 21 | Indian energy development |
| 25 | 13 | 22 | Strategy team |