b0155 Kearns Records, 1949-1950 A Register of the Collection at the Utah State Historical Society Utah State Historical Society 1999 Finding aid encode in EAD 1.0 by Craig Ringgenberg using XMetaL 1.0, 1999. Finding aid written in English.

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Summary Description Utah State Historical Society Mss B 155 Kearns (Utah) Kearns Records, 1949-1950 0.5 lin. ft. (1 box) City planning documents, history, reminiscences, clippings, recording of groundbreaking ceremonies, and other items pertaining to the incorporation of the city of Kearns, Utah. Topics: Community development -- Utah. Places: Kearns (Utah). Salt Lake County (Utah). Background Background Note

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City planning documents, history, reminiscences, clippings, recording of groundbreaking ceremonies, and other items pertaining to the incorporation of the city of Kearns, Utah.

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Kearns (Utah) Records, 1949-1950, Utah State Historical Society.

Processing Information: Collection processed by Stephen D. Youngkin Finding aid compiled by Stephen D. Youngkin Finding aid edited by Linda Thatcher, 2000 Collection cataloged by Richard Saunders, 1988 (RLIN ID: UTSX88-A181). Finding aid encoded for the World Wide Web by Craig Ringgenberg, 1999. Separations

Photographs have been removed to Mss C 155.

 Container list Box Folder Contents Kearns, Utah 1 1 Utah's Newest City Kearns: A Planned Community (Kearns Townsite Inc.); Introduction and Background Summary, Projected Plan by Kenneth F. Jones, Progress Report, Appendix (Maps), photographs, ca. 1950s 1 2 City Planning 1 2 1 Report on Kearns Townsite by Col. L.C. Koch, Development Engineer, with following attachments 1 2 2 Mileage Vicinity Map 1 2 3 Endorsement from Salt Lake County Commissioners 1 2 4 Letter from Utah Department of Publicity and Industrial Development 1 2 5 Letter of support - Kennecott Copper Co. 1 2 6 Letter of support - United States Smelting, Refining and Mining Co. 1 2 7 Reference to letter of endorsement by John M. Wallace 1 2 8 Utah Economic and Business Review - Compiled by Statistical Division, University of Utah School of Business, 1948 1 2 9 Summary of Points; community planning, schools, landscaping and general appearance, salvage program, warehouse area, utilities, park reserve, cultivation, canal, service station, store building, theater, employees, office facilities, auditing, accompanying correspondence, 1948-1950 1 3 Residential directory, January 1952 1 4 Memories of Kearns time line, 1948-1958 1 5 History; "Kearns, Utah," rough draft, 8 November 1966, descriptive history; "Kearns," rough draft, script, undated 1 6 Kearns Mountain View News, 1950-1952 1 7 Miscellaneous newspaper clippings, 1949, 1957 1 8 "Utah's Biggest Christmas Party," Kearns, Utah, 23 December 1949 [ 2--78 LP] 1 9 "Kearns Groundbreaking Ceremonies," broadcast over KUTA, 7 July 1949 [1--78 LP]