AGENCY: Department of Cultural and Community Engagement. Division of Arts and Museums. Folk Arts Program

SERIES: 30894
TITLE: Ranch Exhibit records
DATES: 1995.
ARRANGEMENT: Generally by format, thereunder usually by assigned project number.

DESCRIPTION: The Folk Arts Program hired folklorist Blanton Owen to conduct a survey focusing on material culture of Utah's ranching community in the Uintah Basin and in southwestern Utah. Art forms included saddle making and leatherwork, horsehair hitching, silver bit and spur making, metal work, blacksmithing, and rag rug weaving. These traditions were featured in an exhibit at the Chase Home Museum of Utah Folk Arts, in 1995, entitled "Underneath the Western Skies."

RETENTION

Retain permanently

DISPOSITION

Transfer to Archives.

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

These records are in Archives' permanent custody.

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

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

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

Photo negatives: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.

Compact disc: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.

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

Audio cassettes: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.

Sound recordings: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.

APPRAISAL

Historical

These records are being appraised as permanent and historic because they record important cultural heritage history in Utah, and may be the only source of information for some cultural communities and history in the state.

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Public

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