AGENCY: Beason Memorial Chapel Board (Utah)

SERIES: 10361
TITLE: Meditation chapel records
DATES: 1945-1969.
ARRANGEMENT: None

DESCRIPTION: In 1969 Chairman Clarence Bamberger of the Beason Chapel Board turned over these records to Governor Rampton to become part of the State Archives. The actual chapel was built following World War II with money given by the Beasons to Salt Lake City in memory of their son, Ross Beason, a fighter pilot killed over Italy on 15 April 1944. The marble Meditation Chapel was built in Memory Grove park in Salt Lake City in 1948 . These records discuss that chapel and list World War II dead from Utah.

RETENTION

DISPOSITION

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

These records are in Archives' permanent custody.

AUTHORIZED: 05/24/2011

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Microfiche master: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.

Microfiche duplicate: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.

Microfilm master: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.

Microfilm duplicate: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.

APPRAISAL

Historical

These records are of historical interest in providing the history of the Meditation Chapel built in Memory Grove Park at the end of World War II and names of all Utahns killed fighting in WWII.

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Public

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