Series 4246
MX Coordination Office Administrative records, 1979-1981.
2.00 cubic feet
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
During its two-year life span, the agency vigorously pursued its main function which was to provide state level coordination and planning with respect to possible community impacts of the MX program. In pursuit of this function, four important activities are documented:
1. organization of the office and the establishment of a direction in planning;
2. collection of information for the study and evaluation of the impact of missile deployment;
3. evaluation of the environmental impact statement and other technical studies; and
4. the coordination of the entire process with the Nevada office and with local governments and citizen groups.
Each staff member had specific responsibilities, and these explain the general subject content of the series.
(1) Paul Cox from Harvard was a technical consultant in ecological issues.
(2) Denise Earle, Administrative Assistant, handled the day-to-day operations of the office.
(3) Ann Keegan, an economist, handled the evaluation of environmentalimpact statements and technical studies.
(4) Kenneth Olson was project director, and his correspondence reflects involvement with a wide range of issues from administration of the office to evaluation of technical reports and the hiring of consultants.
(5) John Roach, Associate Director, was responsible for analyzing specific social and economic impacts of missile deployment on local communities.
Kenneth Olson's correspondence contains most of the information relating to the organization of the office. He also deals frequently with political issues and evaluates specific technical reports. All staff members sought and received technical advice from many sources, and actively collected published information on missile deployment and national defense. This material was used to help evaluate the various technical studies, particularly the environmental impact statement compiled by the U.S. Air Force. As the volume of collected information grew, and after the office was closed; thisinformation served also as a type of "data base" resource.
Conflict with Air Force officials was frequent, and centered around the acquisition of planning data, its interpretation, and public statements made by representatives of the Air Force or from the Utah office. The MX Coordination Office also established a cooperative working relationship with its counterpart in Nevada and with other local government agencies and with local groups. The organization and planning of regional meetings, and the sharing of opinions and data on potential impacts of missile deployment are well documented.
Arrangement
Alphabetical by staff name, thereunder chronological by date.
Access Restrictions
This series is classified as Public.
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
Records produced by the Coordination Office were stored by the State Office of Planning and Budget until their transfer to the archives in 1984.
Acquisition Information
These records were acquired from the creating agency through established retention schedules.
Processing Information
Initial processing was completed in 1987 by Brent Brinkerhoff. Some minor rearrangement was necessary in order to reintegrate some of the correspondence into the series. In 2012 a second box of administrative records was identified, processed, and added to this series by Jim Kichas.
Related Material
Governor's MX missile correspondence from the MX Coordination Office, Series 4247, contains replies made by individual coordinating office staff members to many of these same letters.
MX missile deployment impact planning and subject files from the MX Coordination Office, Series 4250, contains the information collected by the office to aid in the evaluation of the project.
MX Draft Environmental Impact Statement evaluation records from the MX Coordination Office, Series 4251, contains the evaluation of the environmental impact statements.
Federal aid programs subject files from the MX Coordination Office, Series 4252, contains record related to problems of planning for missile impacts.
Four corners regional commission fiscal records from the MX Coordination Office, Series 4253, contains the formal reports made by the office to the private firms that completed the technical studies.
Administrative records from the MX Missile Policy Board, Series 5643, contains the administrative records (similar to what is found in this series) for the MX Coordination Office which was based in Salt Lake City.
MX missile survey and siting reports from the MX Missile Policy Board, Series 5644, contains a variety of materials from the MX Coordination Office that help show how the agency utilized information and coordinated response to the proposed MX system.
Living facilities planning reports from the MX Missile Policy Board, Series 5646, contains a variety of records from the coordinating office in Salt Lake City, which detail planning and potential impacts caused by MX.
Draft environmental impact studies from the MX Missile Policy Board, Series 5647, contains a variety of records from the coordinating office in Salt Lake City, which detail planning and potential impacts caused by MX.
MX administrative records from the Department of Natural Resources. Division of Water Resources, Series 5650, contains administrative records (similar to what is found in this series) for the MX Coordination Office which was based in Salt Lake City.
MX technical issues briefing transcript from the Governor's Office of Management and Budget, Series 11927, contain correspondence and various administrative files for the office primarily associated with coordinating MX related issues in Utah.
MX environmental technical reports from the MX Coordination Office, Series 17499, documents the key activities, including assessments of environmental reports, by the MX Coordination Office.
MX missile project records from the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration, Series 17728, contains various administrative records from the MX Coordination Office which was based in Salt Lake City.
Container List
| Box | Folder | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1979-1981 | Employment Applications; A-B |
| 1 | 2 | 1979-1981 | Employment Applications; C-E |
| 1 | 3 | 1979-1981 | Employment Applications; F-H |
| 1 | 4 | 1979-1981 | Employment Applications; I-O |
| 1 | 5 | 1979-1981 | Employment Applications; P-S |
| 1 | 6 | 1979-1981 | Employment Applications; T-Z |
| 1 | 7 | 1981 Jun | Correspondence, Paul Cox |
| 1 | 8 | 1981 Jul-Aug | Correspondence, Paul Cox |
| 1 | 9 | 1981 | Correspondence, Denise Earle |
| 1 | 10 | 1980 Jan-Mar | Correspondence, Ann Keegan |
| 1 | 11 | 1980 Apr-Jun | Correspondence, Ann Keegan |
| 1 | 12 | 1980 Jul-Sep | Correspondence, Ann Keegan |
| 1 | 13 | 1980 Oct-Dec | Correspondence, Ann Keegan |
| 1 | 14 | 1981 Jan-Apr | Correspondence, Ann Keegan |
| 1 | 15 | 1981 May-Aug | Correspondence, Ann Keegan |
| 1 | 16 | 1981 Sep-Oct | Correspondence, Ann Keegan |
| 1 | 17 | 1979 Nov | Correspondence, Kenneth C. Olsen |
| 1 | 18 | 1979 Dec | Correspondence, Kenneth C. Olsen |
| 1 | 19 | 1980 Jan | Correspondence, Kenneth C. Olsen |
| 1 | 20 | 1980 Feb | Correspondence, Kenneth C. Olsen |
| 1 | 21 | 1980 Mar | Correspondence, Kenneth C. Olsen |
| 1 | 22 | 1980 Apr | Correspondence, Kenneth C. Olsen |
| 1 | 23 | 1980 May | Correspondence, Kenneth C. Olsen |
| 1 | 24 | 1980 Jun | Correspondence, Kenneth C. Olsen |
| 1 | 25 | 1980 Jul | Correspondence, Kenneth C. Olsen |
| 1 | 26 | 1980 Aug | Correspondence, Kenneth C. Olsen |
| 1 | 27 | 1980 Sep | Correspondence, Kenneth C. Olsen |
| 1 | 28 | 1980 Oct | Correspondence, Kenneth C. Olsen |
| 1 | 29 | 1980 Nov | Correspondence, Kenneth C. Olsen |
| 1 | 30 | 1980 Dec | Correspondence, Kenneth C. Olsen |
| 1 | 31 | 1981 Jan | Correspondence, Kenneth C. Olsen |
| 1 | 32 | 1981 Feb | Correspondence, Kenneth C. Olsen |
| 1 | 33 | 1981 Mar | Correspondence, Kenneth C. Olsen |
| 1 | 34 | 1981 Apr | Correspondence, Kenneth C. Olsen |
| 1 | 35 | 1981 May | Correspondence, Kenneth C. Olsen |
| 1 | 36 | 1981 Jun 1-Jun 14 | Correspondence, Kenneth C. Olsen |
| 1 | 37 | 1981 Jun 15-Jun 21 | Correspondence, Kenneth C. Olsen |
| 1 | 38 | 1981 Jun 22-Jun 30 | Correspondence, Kenneth C. Olsen |
| 1 | 39 | 1981 Jul 1-Jul 15 | Correspondence, Kenneth C. Olsen |
| 1 | 40 | 1981 Jul 16-Jul 31 | Correspondence, Kenneth C. Olsen |
| 1 | 41 | 1981 Aug 1-Aug 17 | Correspondence, Kenneth C. Olsen |
| 1 | 42 | 1981 Aug 18-Aug 31 | Correspondence, Kenneth C. Olsen |
| 1 | 43 | 1981 Sep 1-Sep 17 | Correspondence, Kenneth C. Olsen |
| 1 | 44 | 1981 Sep 18-Sep 30 | Correspondence, Kenneth C. Olsen |
| 1 | 45 | 1981 Oct | Correspondence, Kenneth C. Olsen |
| 1 | 46 | 1980 Jan-Mar | Correspondence, John G. Roach |
| 1 | 47 | 1980 Apr-Jun | Correspondence, John G. Roach |
| 1 | 48 | 1980 Jul-Sep | Correspondence, John G. Roach |
| 1 | 49 | 1980 Oct-Dec | Correspondence, John G. Roach |
| 2 | 1 | 1981-1983 | MX Coordination Office Grant Information |
| 2 | 2 | 1980-1981 | MX Correspondence |
| 2 | 3 | 1979 Nov 5 | Statement of Utah Governor Scott M. Matheson Before the Subcommittee on Military Construction of the House Committee on Appropriations - Cedar City, Utah |
| 2 | 4 | 1979 | MX Basing; Environmental Impact Statement Scoping; Technical Issues; Environmental/Social Impacts |
| 2 | 5 | 1980 | MX Scoping Comments on Environmental Impact Statement |
| 2 | 6 | 1980 | MX Local Environmental and Social Impacts; Governor Scott M. Matheson Form Letters |
| 2 | 7 | 1979-1980 | MX Environmental Impact Statement Scoping Issues; MX Technical Information; Newspaper Clippings |
| 2 | 8 | 1979 Nov | MX Basing Area Program Report (Prepared by the U.S. Air Force Ballistic Missile Office) |
| 2 | 9 | 1979-1981 | MX Environmental and Social Impacts; News Clippings; Official Statements |
| 2 | 10 | 1979-1981 | MX Environmental and Social Impacts; News Clippings; Official Statements |
| 2 | 11 | 1980 Jun | MX Operating Bases Conceptual Planning Report - Volume 1: Executive Summary |
| 2 | 12 | 1980 Jun | MX Operating Bases Conceptual Planning Report - Volume 2: Summary Report |
| 2 | 13 | 1980 Jun | MX Missile Community Plan Report |