b0197 Samuel Culver Park Papers, 1911-1915 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 197 Park, Samuel Culver, 1869-1920. Samuel Culver Park Papers, 1911-1915 5.5 lin. ft. (6 boxes) Mayor and businessman of Salt Lake City. Official publications, copies of speeches, newspaper clippings of a general political nature. All of the published materials, consisting mostly of law books, have been removed from the collection. Topics: Republican Party (Utah). Organizations: Salt Lake City (Utah). Places: Utah -- Politics and government. Background Biographical Note

Samuel Culver Park (1869-1920), a former mayor and prominent businessman of Salt Lake City, was born in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and came with his family to Salt Lake City in 1871. Samuel took a job as a cashier at the Bank of Commerce in 1894. He later became president of the Boyd Park Jewelry Company in Salt Lake City. In 1903, he won election to the Utah State Senate where he served until 1907. He served during the same period in the Utah National Guard from which he retired as a brigadier general in 1908.

In 1909 Park became a member of the Board of Education in Salt Lake City. During his second term he resigned to accept the nomination for Salt Lake City mayor and was elected in 1911 (served 1912-1915). While a lifetime Republican Park ran on a non-partisan businessman's ticket which drew support from all parties. He was the first mayor elected under the new commission form of government and as such also served as commissioner of public safety and had jurisdiction over the police, fire and health departments. He did much to reorganize these agencies along metropolitan lines.

Scope and Content

Official publications, copies of speeches, newspaper clippings of a general political nature.

Series Descriptions

Speeches

Scrapbooks

Oversize

Administrative Information Preferred Citation:

Samuel Culver Park Papers, 1911-1915, Utah State Historical Society.

Acquisition Information:

Acquired from Olsen Galleries

Restrictions on Use

The Samuel Culver Park Papers the physical property of the Utah Historical Society, Salt Lake City, Utah. Literary rights, including copyright, may belong to the authors or their heirs and assigns. Please contact the Historical Society for information regarding specific use of this collection.

Processing Information: Collection processed by staff Finding aid compiled by staff Finding aid edited by Linda Thatcher, 2000 Collection cataloged by Richard Saunders, 1988 (RLIN ID: UTSX88-A216). Finding aid encoded for the World Wide Web by Craig Ringgenberg, 1999. Finding aids note:

Related collections

Boyd Park Jewelry Company Records, Mss B-392

Separations

All of the published materials, consisting mostly of law books, have been removed from the collection.

Container list Box Folder Contents Speeches 1 1-3 Speeches Scrapbooks 1 4 October 1911 - January 1912 1 5 January 1912 - March 1912 2 1 March 1912 - June 1912 2 2 June 1912 - November 1912 3 1 November 1912 - June 1913 3 2 June 1913 - November 1913 4 1 November 1913 - March 1914 4 2 March 1914 - October 1914 5 1 September 1914 - July 1915 5 2 July 1915 - December 1915 Oversize 6 1 Certificate (Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, 19 March 1909)