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Utah Boys State Participant Records (1939 - 1978)

COLL MS 96

Scope & Content Note:
This collection is made up primarily of the names of participants of Boys State during the years from 1939 to 1978. Names are recorded on 3x5 cards filed in file drawers and identified individually by the year attended and in a general alphabetical order of all the years held. Each card contains the name of the participant, home address, and the year of attendance at Boy's State. The yearly attendance file has the names from 1949 on,while the alphabetical name listing has all the names since the beginning in 1939.

Folders containing the general officers elected also have the yearly membership of that session. The staff and councilors have a seperate set of folders with the names and addresses of the men along with the name of the "city" they were assigned to. There are two schedules of a yearly session of Boy's State, along with fo ur of the souvenier books that the conference produced.


Inventory:

Alphabetical Name Listings 1939-1978

Box 1: A - B
Box 2: C - E
Box 3: F - Hi
Box 4: Ho - Le
Box 5: Li - N
Box 6: 0 - R
Box 7: S - T
Box 8: U - Z

Yearly Attendance Records 1949-1978

Box 9: 1949 - 1956
Box 10: 1957 - 1961
Box 11: 1961(con't) - 1964
Box 12: 1965 - 1967
Box 13: 1968 - 1970
Box 14: 1971 - 1973
Box 15: 1974 - 1976
Box 16: 1977 - 1978

Box 17: Membership and Officers

Fd 1: 1939
Fd 2: 1940
Fd 3: 1950
Fd 4: 1952
Fd 5: 1953
Fd 6: 1955
Fd 7: 1956
Fd 8: 1957
Fd 9: 1958
Fd 10: 1958
Fd 11: 1959
Fd 12: 1960
Fd 13: 1961
Fd 14: 1962
Fd 15: 1963
Fd 16: 1964
Fd 17: 1965
Fd 18: 1967
Fd 19: 1968
Fd 20: 1969
Fd 21: 1970
Fd 22: 1971
Fd 23: 1972
Fd 24: 1973

Box 18 : Staff and Councilors

Fd 1: 1966
Fd 2: 1967
Fd 3: 1970
Fd 4: 1974
Fd 5: 1975
Fd 6: 1977
Fd 7: 1978
Fd 8: (undated)
Fd 9: Schedules - 1969, 1973 Picture and autograph books - 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969


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