Series 30951

Department of Cultural and Community Engagement. Division of Arts and Museums. Folk Arts Program Mondays In The Park program records, 1987-2010.

7.00 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

This series contains records relating to the Mondays in the Park program. The records exist in a variety of formats, documenting the administrative process as well as the concerts themselves.

Scope and Content

The Folk Arts Program presents a free summer concert series on Monday nights in front of the Chase Home Museum in Salt Lake City. Concerts were presented in August from 1987 to 1998. In 1999, one concert was held to celebrate the ground breaking of the Chase Home Museum renovation. No concerts were held in 2000, and starting in 2001, the series expanded to eight concerts in July and August. These one and-a-half-hour performances of folk music, ethnic dance and cowboy poetry complement the visual arts and crafts displayed in the museum. The concerts feature community traditions represented by both formal performance ensembles and by informal groups that maintain performing traditions because of their family, religious or occupational heritage. Utah residents are featured. This series contains sound recordings and photography of the presentations and performances. It also includes documents related to the program, such as correspondence, flyers, letters of agreement, and newspaper clippings.
Materials in this series were assigned a project number by the Folk Arts Program, consisting of a three-letter code, creation year, a letter indicating format, and the numerical order of the materials.

Arrangement

Generally by format, thereunder usually by assigned project number.

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

This collection came into the custody of the Utah State Archives and Records Service in 2010 as part of a massive transfer of records from the Folk Arts Program. In 2023 staff from the Folk Arts Program collaborated with the State Archives to bring better intellectual and physical control over that unaccessioned collection.

Acquisition Information

These records were acquired from the creating agency through established retention schedules.

Processing Information

Archival processing of this collection was done by Elizabeth Setterberg from the Utah Division of Arts and Museums and Carlton Jemmett of the Division of Archives and Records Service between June 2023 and July 2025.
Additional processing of this series was done by Katie McGirt between March and September of 2026.

Related Material

Hecho en Utah project records from the Department of Cultural and Community Engagement. Division of Arts and Museums. Folk Arts Program, Series 30905, contains Mondays in the Park materials from July and August of 1992.
Folk Art and the Family Exhibit records from the Department of Cultural and Community Engagement. Division of Arts and Museums. Folk Arts Program, Series 31151, contains records of performance arts which were featured in the Mondays in the Park concert series.

Indexing Terms

Container List

BoxDescription
1Mondays in the Park colored photo slides ranging from MIP-87-S-0001 to MIP-96-S-0007. Years 1987-1996.
2Mondays in the Park colored photo slides ranging from MIP-97-S-0001 to MIP-02-S-0019. Years 1997-2002.
3Mondays in the Park colored photo slides ranging from MIP-03-S-0001 to MIP-05-S-0004. Years 2003-2005. Also includes loose black and white photos from various years in manila folders. Black and white photo negatives from 1987 to 2004. CD's with Mondays in the Park photos from years 2003-2005.
4Various Mondays in the Park files ranging from 1987-2010. Documents include correspondence, flyers, letters of agreement, newspaper clippings, etc.
5Mondays in the Park CDs ranging from MIP-91-D-0008 to MIP-98-T-1442. Years 1987-2008. Also includes Pow Wow DVDs from 1994, 2003, and 2008.
6Mondays in the Park media. Includes DATs ranging from MIP-91-D-0008 to MIP-09-D-0346. Mini DVs for years 2003, 2009, and 2010. Cassette tapes ranging from MIP-87-T-0359 to MIP-98-T-1442.
7VHS tapes related to MIP events from 1994, 2003, and 2008.