The Utah County American Party Collection primarily documents the Utah County chapter of the party. The collection contains the by-laws and list of members' names from the year 1975-1992. Included with the collection are documents and newspaper clippings concerning issues with which the party dealt. Also included are party platforms, news releases, fiscal reports and some letters between members and party leaders. Some minutes of meetings and agendas are also present as well as American Party literature and some audio tapes of meetings.
Open for public research.
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the Utah County American Party collection must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
4 boxes (2 linear ft.)
English
Arranged in four series: 1. American Party of Utah County papers, 1973-1993. 2. American Party of Utah papers, 1975-1993. 3. National American Party papers, 1972-1991; and 4. American Party papers, 1951-1992.
Folder-level inventory available online.http://files.lib.byu.edu/ead/XML/MSS1708.xml
The collection was kept in the possession of the party secretaries until 1992, when the present secretary and officer, Jameston Bradford, donated the collection to Brigham Young University.
Donated; Jameston Bradford; 1992.
Utah political history (20th Century Western & Mormon Manuscripts collection development policy, 5.I, 2007).
Processed; Harvard S. Heath & Candace Kearl; October 1993.
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
Initial Citation: MSS 1708; Utah County American Party collection; 20th Century Western & Mormon Manuscripts; L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University.Following Citations: MSS 1708, LTPSC.
Initial Citation: MSS 1708; Utah County American Party collection; 20th Century Western & Mormon Manuscripts; L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University.Following Citations: MSS 1708, LTPSC. https://archives.lib.byu.edu/repositories/14/resources/1521 Accessed February 15, 2026.
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