AGENCY: State Planning Board

SERIES: 22028
TITLE: Proposed Escalante National Monument records
DATES: 1936-1940.
ARRANGEMENT: Alphabetical by report.

DESCRIPTION: The State Planning board investigated the proposed Escalante National Monument to determine the value of the land and the possible consequences of declaring the land a monument. The original plan encompassed 6,968 square miles, thereby causing controversy over the possibility that eight percent of the total area of the state would be withdrawn from development. Included in this series is the committee's correspondence; data concerning grazing and mineral resources; a boundary description; map of the monument; minutes and transcripts of meetings; newspaper clippings and journal articles about federal policies; a proposed proclamation; and a planning board proposal.

RETENTION

DISPOSITION

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

These records are in Archives' permanent custody.

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: Retain in State Archives permanently and then microfilm.

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 provides data on one of the early attempts to make the Escalante region a national monument; sixty years later, that did, in fact, occur.

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Public

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