Series 21992
State Planning Board Advisory commission on prison removal correspondence, 1938-1941.
1 microfilm reel
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
The Planning Board, through State Advisory Commission secretary and planning board director, Sumner Margetts, worked to select, acquire, and develop the site for the new State Prison. The prison at Sugarhouse was to be relocated and the new site was to be chosen by the committee. This series contains the correspondence received and sent by the commission and covers such subjects as construction, law enforcement, notices of meetings, options granted to the commission to purchase land, proposed projects, the point-of-the-mountain site, and the Sugarhouse site.
Arrangement
Alphabetical by subject, thereunder chronological.
Additional Forms
This series is available on microfilm.
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.
Acquisition Information
These records were acquired from the creating agency through established retention schedules.
Processing Information
This series was processed by M. Call in June 1999 and microfilmed with the hard copy destroyed in 2002.
Related Material
Advisory commission on prison removal records from the State Planning Board,
, contains reports, agreements, and minutes.
Container List
| Reel | Folder | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Blood, Governor Henry H. |
| 1 | 2 | Construction of State Prisons |
| 1 | 3 | Corrections, Board of |
| 1 | 4 | General correspondence; 1938 |
| 1 | 5 | General correspondence; 1939 |
| 1 | 6 | General correspondence; 1940 |
| 1 | 7 | Law enforcement |
| 1 | 8 | Notice of meeting |
| 1 | 9 | Options |
| 1 | 10 | Proposed projects |
| 1 | 11 | Proxies |
| 1 | 12 | Point-of-the-mountain; drainage system |
| 1 | 13 | Point-of-the-mountain; Railroad spur |
| 1 | 14 | Point-of-the-mountain; Water rights |
| 1 | 15 | State Land Board |
| 1 | 16 | Sugarhouse prison site |