AGENCY: Department of Transportation. Communications Division

SERIES: 25229
TITLE: Official photographs: Thistle disaster documentation
DATES: 1983-1984.
ARRANGEMENT: Chronological by date.

DESCRIPTION: Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) Community Relations personnel documented the Thistle Disaster of 1983-1984. Thistle, originally the name of a town, became a term used to describe a massive mud slide which created a natural dam across the Spanish Fork River and destroyed the town of Thistle.UDOT Photographic Services Director, Gerald E. Peterson took hundreds of photographs of the Thistle area from April 1983 to May 1984. This collection not only documents the disaster and subsequent reconstruction, but also includes photographs of Thistle before the disaster.

RETENTION

DISPOSITION

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

These records are in Archives' permanent custody.

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Photographs: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.

APPRAISAL

Historical

The photographs in this series document the Thistle disaster in detail.

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Public

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