Department of Cultural and Community Engagement. Division of Arts and Museums. Folk Arts Program Folklife of Utah's Dixie project files, 1982.

1.00 cubic foot

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 project. The records exist in a variety of formats, documenting the administrative process as well as the lecture series produced by the project.

Scope and Content

Utah's Dixie is a region in southwestern Utah that maintains a regional identity in terms of folklore and heritage. This project, funded by the Utah Endowment for the Humanities, included production of a video featuring participants of the annual Southern Utah Folklife Festival. A lecture series featuring the video as well as community scholars Bob Slack, Joe Bolander, Gary Tom and Karl Brooks was presented in several communities. The scholars showed the video then spoke about pioneer and Indian communities in Utah's Dixie. This series contains the aforementioned video, as well as related videos, photo slides, and the grant application for the project.

Arrangement

None.

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.

Indexing Terms

Container List

Box	Description
1	Folk Life of Utah's Dixie 1 inch video master reel (Duration, 14 mins 33 seconds), 0.75 inch master (with supers), 0.75 inch master (without supers), 5 raw videos for Folklife of Utah's Dixie, cassette/CD copies, colored photo slides, and grant application for project.