This collection contains business, personal and political files from the Bullen Family and is divided into three series: the Herschel Bullen files, Reed Bullen files and Jonathan W. Bullen files. As these members of the Bullen family were particularly influential community leaders and businessmen largely responsible for the progression of media business in Cache Valley, their collection contains materials that are beneficial to anyone researching business, media, and local politics in Northern Utah and local politics from 1921 to 1989.

The Herschel Bullen files consist of correspondence concerning the USAC board of trustees (of which Herschel was a member for several years), as well as business correspondence and ledgers from the Utah Idaho Land and Water Company, Promontory Curlew Land Company, the Logan Republican, and the Mexican Citrus Fruit Company.

Series II, the Reed Bullen files, begins with materials from his study at Stanford Law School and files from the Bonneville Sylvan Company as well as other personal and minor business files. Also included are advertisements and data from KVNU Radio, which Reed managed and directed for several years. A large portion of the series contains records from Bullen’s time as a Utah State Senator from 1955 to 1966 and his service on Higher Education Committee. Worthy of note, the correspondence section contains letters from constituents dealing with pivotal bills from Utah history, such as the Equal Rights Amendment and the “Right to Work” bill (Series II, Box 29). There are also several files of relating to Reed’s positions in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, including Utah State University Student Stake correspondence, talks and dedications given by Reed Bullen and other files. The last boxes of the series carry reel-to-reel tapes that were used or recorded by KVNU radio (Series II Boxes 41-45). These tapes have all been digitized and may be used on request.

Series III consists of materials from Jonathan W. Bullen, most of which contains scrapbooks, binders, board of directors meeting minutes, correspondence, financial statements, reports and related information from NUCTV, The Cable Company, Cache Valley Broadcasting Company and later JWB Cable. Also included are the network, station and affiliate agreements for the cable company from 1983 to 1990 (Series III, Boxes 19-21) and legal files from Cache Valley Broadcasting Company (Series III, Boxes 22-25). Boxes 29 through 31 specifically contain the agreements and transaction documents of sale between JWB Cable Company and Sonic Cable. The information from this section illustrates much of the growth of the company as it stretched out to the nethermost parts of Cache Valley.

The last series of the collection, Series IV, consists of one box of oversized files. Folders referring to the contents of the items in this box have been placed in their appropriate order throughout the collection. The folders that indicate the oversize items include the label, “See Oversize: Series IV, Box 1, Fd [ ]”.