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Utah American Revolution Bicentennial Commission papers

 Collection
Identifier: UUS_COLL MSS 92

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of the papers of Monsignor Jerome Stoffel and of Dr. Milton C. Abrams when both were members of the Utah American Revolution Bicentennial Commission. Stoffel was appointed to serve as a regional representative on the Commission by Governor Calvin Rampton in 1973. Stoffel asked Abrams to co-chair the Bear River region (Box Elder, Cache, and Rich Counties) with him.

Stoffel, in addition to being a commissioner, was involved with the Dominguez- Escalante Bicentennial projects and the Catholic Church's Bicentennial efforts in Utah. The collection includes papers dealing with each of these areas of his involvement.

The collection's original filing order has been preserved. This order maintains a separation of the Stoffel papers from the Abrams material, leaving these two sections to be the major dividing point in the collection. The Stoffel material makes up about two-thirds of the collection. Stoffel's position required that he be present at monthly commission meetings, therefore, the major portion of his papers concerns the business minutes of the commission.

In addition, Stoffel was a member of the heritage committee. This committee had the responsibility of evaluating local project proposals and recommending them for funding. Stoffel's files contained several series of these projects that appear to have been filed to correspond with when they were presented for approval. The minutes for the Heritage Committee meetings were originally filed with the UARB business files and have been left there. The remainder of the Stoffel papers consist of two files concerning both the Dominguez-Escalante and Catholic Church Bicentennial projects. The remaining third of the collection are the records of Milt Abrams. These papers were kept by Abrams while he was chairman for the Bear River Region.

The files are mostly correspondence concerning the business of the region. The Abrams files also contain Heritage nominations for the Bear River District.

Dates

  • 1973-1976

Language of Materials

Collection materials are in English.

Restrictions

Open to public research.

Copyright

It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Utah State University Libraries, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright.

Permission to publish material from the Utah American Revolution Bicentennial Commission papers must be obtained from the Special Collections Manuscript Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.

Historical Note

Monsignor Jerome Stoffel and of Dr. Milton C. Abrams both were members of the Utah American Revolution Bicentennial Commission.

Extent

3 boxes (1.2 linear ft.)

Abstract

Records from Utah American Revolution Bicentennial Commission (UARB) Bear River Region (Box Elder, Cache, and Rich Counties) co-chairs Monsignor Jerome Stoffel and Milton C. Abrams. Includes UARB State Commission correspondence, minutes, memorandums (1973-1975); UARB State Commission Heritage Committee proposed projects; UARB bicentennial guidelines and publications; UARB District 1 Committee correspondence and memorandums (1974-1975). Also includes materials from the Dominguez-Escalante State-Federal Bicentennial Committee and the Utah Catholic Bicentennial Committee, organizations in which Stoffel was active.

Arrangement

The collection's original filing order has been preserved.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The material in this collection was donated to Utah State University by Miss Leora Thatcher in a series of small gifts between 1978 and 1982.

The coins in box 3, folder 6 were donated by Wells Fargo Bank through VP Manager Beverly K. Smith in 2004.

Title
Guide to the Utah American Revolution Bicentennial Commission papers 1973-1976
Author
Finding aid created by Special Collections and Archives.
Date
©2008
Description rules
Finding Aid Based On Dacs (Describing Archives: A Content Standard, 2nd Edition)
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding guide is in English in Latin script.
Sponsor
Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008

Revision Statements

  • January 8, 2009.: Template information was updated to reflect Utah Manuscript Association best practices.
  • 2009: Template information was updated to reflect Archives West best practice guidelines.
  • November 22, 2019.: The finding aid was updated to reflect the addition of the coins in box 3, folder 6.

Repository Details

Part of the Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives Repository

Contact:
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
3000 Old Main Hill
Logan Utah 84322-3000 United States
435 797-8248
435 797-2880 (Fax)