AGENCY: State Planning Board

SERIES: 21987
TITLE: Industrial trends studies
DATES: 1919-1940.
ARRANGEMENT: Alphabetical by study.

DESCRIPTION: Under the direction of the State Planning Board and with the assistance of the Works Progress Administration, a statistical survey of industustrial trends was made for eleven western states. The purpose of this survey was to collect the basic materials necessary to make a comparison of Utah's industrial position in the economy of the region with that of the other states and to compare the trends in industrial growth. This study was valuable in determining factors responsible in part for the population movements within the region, net migration from the state, and other problems of interest. Included are basic compilations for agriculture, livestock, manufacturing, and minerals. Following those is a tabulation of the total study. They made a special report on Carbon County which records population, employment, agriculture, mining, manufacturing, education, and other public resources. There are also studies on domestic and foreign corporations, percentages of forest land in the state, and mortgages in Utah.

RETENTION

DISPOSITION

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

These records are in Archives' permanent custody.

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: Retain in State Records Center until microfilmed and then destroy provided microfilm has passed inspection.

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

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

APPRAISAL

Historical

This series should be filmed and destroyed due to the lack of intrinsic value of the hard copy.

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Public

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