Utah Valley University collection of Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration materials
Scope and Contents note
This collection contains materials related to the yearly Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration held on Utah Valley Univerity campus. Materials mostly relate to planning and publicity for the various events held during the commemorations. Material types include posters, flyers, emails, letters, notes, forms, manuscripts, etc.
Dates
- 1956-2022
Creator
- Utah Valley University (Organization)
- Cobb, William W., Jr. (Person)
- French, Kathy (Person)
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access note
Access to the collection is open with assistance from the archivist or staff.
Conditions Governing Use note
Open for Research. Copyright for Official University records is held by Utah Valley University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Biographical/Historical note
The first Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration was held on campus in 1995. Since that time the University has held commemoration events on campus yearly, around the time of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday.
Extent
35.75 Linear Feet (11 boxes (9 boxes, 1 flat box 1, 1 flat box 3) 10 Oversized Object 9)
Abstract
This collection contains materials related to the yearly Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration held on Utah Valley Univerity campus. Materials mostly relate to planning and publicity for the various events held during the commemorations. Material types include posters, flyers, emails, letters, notes, forms, manuscripts, etc.
Arrangement note
Collection arranged by commemoration number, record type, and year(s).
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Portions of this collection were donated by Kathy French, William W.Cobb Jr., and Jerome Currelley; other materials have been collected by the archives from various campus sources including the College of Humanities and Social Sciences.
Acknowledgment of Bias and Harmful Content
The Sutherland Archives recognizes there are materials in our collections that may be offensive or harmful. Materials may contain language or depictions that are racist, sexist, Eurocentric, ableist, homophobic, etc. We present such materials unaltered to preserve context and to present a complete historical record. Sutherland Archives staff is making efforts to update our finding aids to acknowledge offensive content.
- Civil rights Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
- King, Yolanda
- Memorials Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Utah Valley State College--History
- Utah Valley University-History
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Suany Riveiro, Student Intern; digitized by Aimee Bastarache, Archives Librarian; finding aid updated by Amy Roberts, Archives Specialist, in 2022.
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Revision Statements
- 2022 March: Edited for description and organization errors; Amy Roberts, Archives Specialist, and Blake MacDonald, Archives Aide.
- 2022 July: Edited finding aid and added materials donated by Kathy French and Jerome Currelley; Amy Roberts, Archives Specialist.
Repository Details
Part of the Fulton Library George Sutherland Archives Repository
800 West University Parkway
MS 145
Orem Utah 84058 United States
