Series 19532

Board of Education. Office of Education Utah Conference on Higher Education reports, 1945-1974.

1.00 cubic foot and 1 microfiche set

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

Historical Note

See history of the records' creator.

Summary of Records

This series contains reports from the annual Utah Conference on Higher Education, which served to coordinate among the state's higher education institutions. The reports document the conference programs, speeches, and discussions from faculty and administrators of member institutions.

Scope and Content

This series contains the report from the annual Utah Conference on Higher Education. The report consists of the conference program, speeches, panel discussions, and meeting reports. The purpose of the Conference was to coordinate between the higher education institutions in Utah. Each year during the period of these proceedings, officers and faculty from the member institutions met at a different school for multiple days of sessions. According the later reports, the average size of attendance was seven hundred faculty members, administrators, and members of governing boards. In addition to sessions, there would be reports from committees and sections formed around subjects such as curriculum, students, faculty, public relations, and other forms of adult education.
Member institutions, as of 1974, included: Brigham Young University, College of Eastern Utah, Dixie College, Snow College, Southern Utah State College, University of Utah, Utah State Board of Education, Utah State University, Utah Technical College at Provo, Utah Technical College at Salt Lake, Weber State College, and Westminster College.
Included is a report written in 1974 titled "A Thirty-one Year History of the Utah Conference on Higher Education." It was written by N. Blaine Winters using records that were preserved in the Utah State Capitol.

Arrangement

Chronological.

Additional Forms

This series is available on microfilm.

Access Restrictions

Microfiche holdings require staff assistance due to fewer reference copies. Handle masters under supervision.

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

Microfiche processed by Rebekkah Shaw under the National Historical Publications and Records Commission grant to the Utah State Archives and Records Services for the Utah Microfiche Backlog Project (Grant No.: NAR10-RB-50086-10). July 2010 - December 2011
Paper records were processed by Gina Strack in August 2025.

Indexing Terms

Container List

Fiche-setBoxFolderDescription
1111945
1121946
1131947
1141948
1151949
1161950
1171951
1181952
1191953
11101954
11111955
11121956
11131957
11141958
11151959
11161960
11171961
11181962
11191963
11201964
11211965
11221966
11231967
11241968
11251969
11261970
11271971
11281972
11291973
11301974
11311974; A Thirty-one Year History of the Utah Conference on Higher Education