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Mapping was an important activity in state planning work. The State Planning Board needed maps to assist their planning efforts in areas such as water resources, power, agricultural studies, highways, recreation, state buildings, railroads, airways, and mineral ...
 
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The State Planning Board gathered data on agriculture and land use to gain a necessary understanding of such problems as water supply, drainage, markets, industrial development, transportation, population, taxation, and other related elements in the economic structure. ...
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Agriculture--Economic aspects--Utah.
Farm tenancy--Economic aspects--Utah.
Water-supply--Utah.
Utah--Land use--Planning.
  
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The Planning Board, through Advisory Commission secretary and planning board director, Sumner Margetts, worked to select, acquire, and develop the site for the new State Prison. The prison at Sugarhouse was to be relocated and the new site was to be chosen by the ...
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Prison industries--Utah.
Prisons--Planning--Utah.
Utah--Prison administration.
  
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Acts of Congress, approved 1936 through 1938, authorized the U. S. Corps of Engineers to conduct public hearings jointly with the Department of Agriculture for the control of floods, water conservation, soil erosion prevention, and related problems. Hearings for the two ...
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Water conservation--Research--Utah.
Utah--Flood control.
Utah--Soil conservation districts.
  
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These publications were used as tourist reference material. People from out of state often wrote to the planning board for information about interesting places to visit while vacationing in Utah. The series includes photos of Utah scenery; a pamphlet: "Salt Lake City, 7 ...
Topics:
Utah--Tourism.
Utah--Guidebooks.
  
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Due to the pollution caused by coal-burning furnaces and stoves in Utah's cities, the State Planning Board investigated new processes of creating smokeless fuel from coal. This series contains the following records: correspondence of the Joint Smoke-Abatement Committee ...
Topics:
Smoke prevention--Utah.
Utah--Coal--Research.
  
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The water resources division of the State Planning Board collected the various reports contained in this series. The State Planning Board actively cooperated with federal, state, and local agencies for the development and conservation of water resources. Early in the ...
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United States. Federal Emergency Relief Administration.
United States. Bureau of Reclamation.
Water resources development--Utah.
Utah--Water conservation--Research.
  
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State planning agencies throughout the nation made long-range plans for the development of their state's transportation systems. They worked cooperatively with federal, state, and local agencies to create studies of traffic movement, airports, roadside developments, ...
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Traffic surveys--Utah.
Transportation--Planning--Utah.
  
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These records are the correspondence for the State Planning Board's water resources committee members. Included are letters from the National Resources Board, memoranda explaining committee decisions, calls to meetings, and letters of public interest. The main subjects ...
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United States. National Resources Board.
Municipal water supply--Salt Lake City (Utah).
Water-storage--Utah.
Utah--Water-supply.
  
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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 ...
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National monuments--Utah.
Escalante River Valley (Utah).
Utah--Land use--Planning.
  
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The State Planning Board gathered studies of industrial resources, raw materials, employment, payroll, labor, manufacturing, economics, and transportation rates to supply both the private and public interests with information on possible sites for location of industry ...
Topics:
Utah--Industrial promotion.
Utah--Commerce.
  
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This series contains various basin studies prepared by or for the State Planning Board for the Colorado River Basin, the Great Basin, and the Snake River Basin in Utah. The purpose of these reports was to determine the principal water problems in the drainage basins in ...
Topics:
Water resources development--Research--Utah.
Utah--Water consumption.
Utah--Water-supply.
  
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These health related studies were prepared by or for the Utah State Planning Board, 1934-1941. One of the State Planning Board's responsibilities was to study the problems and develop plans for health facilities, medical services, sanitation, and disease control. The ...
Topics:
Mental health services--Evaluation--Utah.
Utah--Public health administration--Research.
Utah--Hospitals--Planning.
  
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These are reports of the Great Salt Lake diking project, 1932 to 1937, made by the State Planning Board members and consulting engineers. The proposed plan was to dike sections of the Great Salt Lake on the northern and eastern sides of Antelope Island to allow the ...
Topics:
Dikes (Engineering)--Great Salt Lake (Utah).
Water harvesting--Utah.
Utah--Water-supply.
  
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The State Planning Board recognized the growing demand for adequate and varied recreation facilities. Federal, state, municipal, and county agencies worked separately to meet this demand and the board worked with these agencies to help them coordinate their development ...
Topics:
Utah--Recreation areas.
Utah--Public lands--Recreational use.
Utah--Recreation--Management.
  
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The National Resources Board, formerly the National Planning Board, directed the state planning boards. The board sent bulletins and memoranda to all state planning boards, and they created reports that compared the different state plans and public works projects. The ...
Topics:
Regional planning--Utah.
Utah--Administrative agencies--Records and correspondence.
United States. National Resources Board.
  
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These reports were created by or for the Utah State Planning Board, from 1934 to 1941. Various agencies prepared reports of their work and submitted them to the planning board to review and use in their research for state improvements. The Civil Works Administration, ...
Topics:
Regional planning--Utah.
Utah--Land use--Planning.
Utah--Water resources development--Research.
Utah--Public works--Research.
Utah--Transportation--Planning.
United States. Works Progress Administration.
  
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The State Planning Board gathered information on state institutions and buildings to prepare long-term and short-term plans and budgets for their facilities. Included in this series are reports about the Utah State Training School; the Industrial School; the ...
Topics:
School buildings--Utah.
Utah--Public buildings--Maintenance and repair.
Utah--Public buildings--Designs and plans.
  
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The State Planning Board gathered information regarding public education in Utah to determine problems in the educational system. The board was particularly concerned with finances and school expenditures. This series includes records concerning general education such ...
Topics:
Educational evaluation--Utah.
Higher education and state--Utah.
Education and state--Utah.
Educational change--Utah.
Utah--Education--Aims and objectives.
Utah--Education--Finance.
  
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Tracking trends in state and local government revenues and costs was an important part of state planning. The Planning Board completed studies of general property taxation which considered assessed valuations, tax collections, and property comparisons. Many of these ...
Topics:
Taxation--Research--Utah.
Utah--Property tax.
  
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The Planning Board, through State Advisory Commission secretary and planning board director, Sumner Margetts, worked to select, acquire, and develop the site for the new State Prison. The prison at Sugarhouse was to be relocated and the new site was to be chosen by the ...
Topics:
Prison industries--Utah.
Prisons--Planning--Utah.
Utah--Prison administration.
  
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In their pursuit of education improvements, the State Planning Board gathered information on public libraries in the state. Included in this series is a financial report of tax supported libraries; a report on the modern library system in the state; recommendations to ...
Topics:
Utah--Libraries--Aims and objectives.
Utah--Public libraries--Finance.
  
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The State Planning Board conducted studies on the expansion of governmental services and the costs of state government functions in order to have a clear understanding of state expenditures. The planning board also worked in conjunction with the Educational Survey ...
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Public administration--Utah.
Utah--Appropriations and expenditures.
  
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This Utah State Planning Board administrative correspondence series contains the correspondence sent between the board and outside agencies and people. The Planning Board worked cooperatively with local, state, and federal agencies to develop solutions for many basic ...
Topics:
Regional planning--Utah.
Utah--Land use--Planning.
Utah--Water resources development--Research.
Utah--Public works--Research.
Utah--Transportation--Planning.
United States. Works Progress Administration.
  
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One of the duties of the State Planning Board was to plan for the conservation and development of the natural resources of the state. Power resources was an important part of their development plans. This series includes charts and maps that they gathered which show ...
Topics:
Hydroelectric power plants--Utah.
Utah--Energy development.
Utah--Electric power distribution.
Rural electrification--Utah.
  
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