Department of Natural Resources. Division of State Parks.

Administrative records, 1948-1979.

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Schedule Description

This series contain unpublished reports, correspondence, proposed procedures, bonding legislative bills, recreational bonding, memos, etc.

Scope and Content

This series is comprised of various administrative records created by the Division of State Parks and Recreation. This division is part of the larger Department of Natural Resources. Consolidation of individual agencies under the broader Department of Natural Resources occurred in 1967 with the mission of improving state efficiency and preventing the duplication of work that was occurring between disparate state agencies.

The records in this series are diverse and show various aspects of the agencies function. The series includes budget records, various reports, policy and procedure records, legislative material, training records, directors files, subject files, maps, commission meeting minutes, and information from individual state parks administered by the division.

A large portion of the series is composed of various forms of correspondence. This correspondence record includes documentation between the division and various federal and state agencies. It also includes correspondence between the division and private outdoor recreation advocacy groups. Another large portion of correspondence documents interactions between the division and general public. All forms of correspondence highlight the workings of the division as well as policy and procedures in the protection and administration of public lands in Utah.

Notes

There is no obvious arrangement of records in this series. Often individual boxes have an alphabetical arrangement by subject, but this doesn't fit into a larger pattern linking all boxes within the series. It was determined that in lieu of formal organization, original order of records must be maintained. Boxes were numbered according to the accession information designated upon their initial arrival at the Utah State Archives.

The State Archives received a copy of the 1959 Report of Utah State Park and Recreation Commission from Utah's Department of Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Recreation (Wendy Wack) July 2017. It was added to series 2847 September 2017 by Rae Gifford.

This series was processed by Jim Kichas between November 2010 and October 2011.