Department of Cultural and Community Engagement. Division of Arts and Museums. Folk Arts Program Millard County cultural survey records, 2004.

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 related to the cultural survey. The records exist in a variety of formats, documenting the fieldwork and interviews conducted for the survey.

Scope and Content

With a grant submitted to the US Forest Service and administered by WESTAF, Andrea Graham was hired to survey folk arts in Millard County. She documented quilters, rug makers, cowboy craftspeople, Dutch-oven cooks, rock hounds and material culture -- particularly gravestones. This series contains research, correspondence, budgets, and field notes from Graham's fieldwork. Also included are photo slides and tapes of recorded interviews with Doug Childs, Jack Thomas, and Gale Bennett.

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	Research, correspondence, budgets, and field notes from fieldwork project. Colored photo slides and cassettes/tapes with recorded interviews with Doug Childs, Jack Thomas, and Gale Bennett.