This catalog description is a draft. The information given may be incomplete.

Arrangement: Chronological.

Notes: Photographer initials: GEP=Gerald E. Peterson; CB=Cal Briggs; KS=Ken Smith; WP=Wayne Pascoe.

Description: Photographs and audiovisual documentation of scenic areas, road construction, road damage, and events sponsored or funded by the agency. Also included are narrative audio or audiovisual coverage of agency activities.

Finding Aids: Indexes: The index is chronological by year. From 1964-1969, four digits with the firs representing the year the rest the order taken. From 1970-1998 five digits, with the first two being the year. A partial subject cross-index to photos most frequently requested is in the back.


Related records: Utah.Department of Transportation. Office of Community Relations, Official photographs index, 1965-1998, series 25122, are the photographs referenced in this index.

Utah.Department of Transportation. Office of Community Relations, Official photographs: Thistle disaster documentation, 1983-1984, series 25229,  contain duplicate copies of most prints in this collection as well as negatives for these prints, many enlargements, slides, and additional prints relating to the Thistle disaster.

Utah.Department of Transportation. Office of Community Relations, Official photographs: video documentation of construction projects, 1981-, series 25239, contains additional documentation of all construction projects.

Utah.Department of Transportation. Office of Community Relations, Subject Photographs, 1957-1970, 1979, series 25473, contain similar photographs for a different time period.

Utah.Department of Transportation. Office of Community Relations, Official photographs: AASHTO convention, 1997, series 25633, contains negatives and additional prints

Location of Holdings:
Utah State Archives Research Center , 300 South Rio Grande St., Salt Lake City, UT 84101-1106. (801) 533-3535, or email.

Retention and Disposition: Total retention is permanent as of 07/01/90.