b0403 Western River Guides Association Records, 1954-1984 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 403 Western River Guides Association. Western River Guides Association Records, 1954-1984 5 lin. ft. (10 boxes) Correspondence, membership lists and applications, newsletters, other materials. Topics: River running. Rivers -- West (U.S.) -- Recreational use -- Societies, etc. Societies, etc. Background Background Note

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 Scope and Content

Correspondence, membership lists and applications, newsletters, other materials.

Series Descriptions

By-laws and Correspondence

Newsletters and Bulletins

Meetings and Conventions

Membership

Miscellaneous

 Administrative Information Preferred Citation:

Western River Guides Association Records, 1954-1984, Utah State Historical Society.

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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-A274). Finding aid encoded for the World Wide Web by Craig Ringgenberg, 2000. Container list Box Folder Contents By-laws and Correspondence 1 1 By-laws 1 2 Correspondence, 1954-1960 1 3 Correspondence, 1961-1966 1 4 Correspondence, 1967 1 5 Correspondence, 1968 1 6 Correspondence, 1969 1 7 Correspondence, 1970 1 8 Correspondence, 1971 1 9 Correspondence, 1972 2 1 Correspondence, 1973 2 2 Correspondence, January-June 1974 2 3 Correspondence, July-December 1974 2 4 Correspondence, January-June 1975 2 5 Correspondence, July-December 1975 2 6 Correspondence, with WRGA state chairmen, 1975-1980 2 7 Correspondence, January-June 1976 2 8 Correspondence, July-December 1976 2 9 Correspondence, January-June 1977 2 10 Correspondence, July-December 1977 3 1 Correspondence,, January-June 1978 3 2 Correspondence, July-December 1978 3 3 Correspondence, 1979 3 4 Correspondence, January-June 1980 3 5 Correspondence, July-December 1980 3 6 Correspondence, 1981 3 7 Correspondence, 1982 3 8 Correspondence, 1983 3 9 Correspondence with Otis R. "Dock" Marston, 1969-1977 Newsletters and Bulletins 4 1 WRGA Newsletters, 1965-1984 1 9 March 1965 2 15 April 1965 3 February 1967 4 July 1967 5 October 1967 6 14 October 1967 7 15 January 1968 8 15 February 1968 9 March 1968 10 May 1968 11 1 August 1968 12 October 1968 13 15 October 1968 14 15 January 1969 15 5 March 1969 16 May 1969 17 August 1969 18 October 1969 19 January 1970 20 April 1970 21 October 1970 22 January 1971 23 23 May 1975 24 Labor Day 1975 25 October 1976 26 November 1977 27 September 1980 28 January 1981 29 Summer 1981 30 Summer 1982 31 Summer 1983 32 Fall 1983 33 Winter 1983 34 Spring 1984 4 2 WRGA General Mailings and Bulletins 4 3 Newsletters and bulletins from WRGA members and government Meetings and Conventions 4 4 Minutes of Board of Directors meetings 4 5 Conventions, 1975 4 6 Conventions, 1976 4 7 Conventions, 1977 4 8 Conventions, 1978 4 9 Conventions, 1979 4 10 Conventions, 1980 4 11 Conventions, 1981 4 12 Conventions, 1982 4 13 Conventions, vendors 4 14 Resolutions passed, 1973 4 15 Resolutions passed, 1975 4 16 Resolutions passed, 1977 4 17 Resolutions passed, 1979 4 18 Resolutions passed, 1980 4 19 Resolutions passed, undated Membership 5 1 Membership correspondence, 1963-1981 5 2 Membership applications, 1968-1970 5 3 Membership applications Guides, Members, 1974 5 4 Membership applications Outfitters, 1974 5 5 Membership applications Guides, Members, 1975 5 6 Membership applications Outfitters, 1975 5 7 Membership applications Guides, Members, 1976 5 8 Membership applications Outfitters, 1976 5 9 Membership applications Guides, Members, 1977 5 10 Membership applications Outfitters, 1977 5 11 Membership applications Guides, Members, 1978 5 12 Membership applications Outfitters, 1978 6 1 Membership applications: Guides, Members, 1979 6 2 Membership applications Outfitters, 1979 6 3 Membership applications Guides, Members, 1980 6 4 Membership applications Outfitters, 1980 6 5 Membership applications Guides, Members, 1981 6 6 Membership applications Outfitters, 1981 6 7 Directories of Members, Guides, and Outfitters, 1961-1984 6 8 Correspondence regarding Directory entries 6 9 Outfitter assessment, 1981 Miscellaneous 7 1 River trip inquiries (3 folders) 7 2 Committees, Affiliates, and Liaison Groups 7 3 Colorado River Management Plan 7 4 Interagency Whitewater Committee 7 5 American Rivers Conservation Council 7 6 Oregon Environmental Council 7 7 Green River--BLM 7 8 Utah Chapter WRGA, Ken Sleight 7 9 Private Permit Action Committee, 1980 8 1 Utah State Parks 8 2-3 U. S. Coast Guard (2 folders); Government reports and publications 9 1 Internal Revenue Service 9 2 Insurance 9 3 Advertising 9 4 Brown & Roady legal firm, 1981-1983 9 5 Law suit, 1967 (2 folders) 9 6 Miscellaneous legal records 9 7 Miscellaneous financial records 9 8 Miscellaneous 10 Brochures from member outfitters