Series 959Road Commission. Department of Highways Outdoor advertising sign inventories
Dates: 1965-1975.
23.75 cubic feet
These records are housed in the Utah State Archives' permanent storage room.
Scope and Content
This series contains outdoor advertising sign inventories conducted by the Department of Highways for a highway beautification program. The inventories contain various pieces of information pertaining to date, sign size, sign ownership, land ownership, sign message, comments, and location. It is typical for each sign inventory to have a corresponding photograph of the sign being inventoried.
Arrangement
Alphabetical by county.
Related Records
Dedication program booklets from the Road Commission. Department of Highways, Series 9917, contains historic information and photographs of road signs found along many of the roads in this series.
Tourist access roads publications from the Road Commission. Department of Highways, Series 21104, contains information and photographs for road signs found along many of the roads described in this series.
Additional Forms
This series is available online as part of the Utah State Archives Digital Archives.
Access Restrictions
This series is classified as Public.
Preferred Citation
Cite the Utah State Archives and Records Service, the creating agency name, the series title, and the series number.
Processing Note
Processing work for this series was overseen by Jim Kichas. Multiple volunteers assisted with processing this series between 2012 and 2016, including Shanna Besendorfer, Shannon Cole, Nicole Eatough, Michael Jones, Thomas Kidd, Shaundra Lembke, Jamie Mitchell, Jana Richardson, and Mike Wassmer. Final processing work was completed by archivist Rod Swaner in 2016. The finding aid for this series was drafted by Jim Kichas in October 2016.
Indexing Terms
- Roads--Utah.
- Advertising--Utah.
- Transportation--Utah.
- Advertising and Marketing
- Transportation
Container List
| BOX | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| 1 | Inventories: Beaver County |
| 1 | Inventories: Box Elder County |
| 1 | Inventories: Cache County |
| 1 | Inventories: Carbon County |
| 2 | Inventories: Carbon County |
| 2 | Inventories: Daggett County |
| 2 | Inventories: Davis County |
| 3 | Inventories: Duchesne County |
| 3 | Inventories: Emery County |
| 3 | Inventories: Garfield County |
| 4 | Inventories: Grand County |
| 4 | Inventories: Iron County |
| 4 | Inventories: Juab County |
| 5 | Inventories: Kane County |
| 5 | Inventories: Millard County |
| 5 | Inventories: Morgan County |
| 5 | Inventories: Piute County |
| 5 | Inventories: Rich County |
| 6 | Inventories: Salt Lake County |
| 7 | Inventories: Salt Lake County |
| 7 | Inventories: San Juan County |
| 7 | Inventories: Sanpete County |
| 8 | Inventories: Sevier County |
| 8 | Inventories: Summit County |
| 9 | Inventories: Tooele County |
| 9 | Inventories: Uintah County |
| 10 | Inventories: Uintah County |
| 10 | Inventories: Utah County |
| 11 | Inventories: Utah County |
| 11 | Inventories: Wasatch County |
| 12 | Inventories: Washington County |
| 12 | Inventories: Weber County |
| 13 | Photographs: Beaver County |
| 13 | Photographs: Box Elder County |
| 14 | Photographs: Box Elder County |
| 15 | Photographs: Box Elder County |
| 15 | Photographs: Cache County |
| 16 | Photographs: Cache County |
| 16 | Photographs: Carbon County |
| 17 | Photographs: Carbon County |
| 17 | Photographs: Davis County |
| 18 | Photographs: Davis County |
| 19 | Photographs: Davis County |
| 19 | Photographs: Duchesne County |
| 20 | Photographs: Duchesne County |
| 20 | Photographs: Emery County |
| 20 | Photographs: Garfield County |
| 21 | Photographs: Garfield County |
| 21 | Photographs: Grand County |
| 22 | Photographs: Grand County |
| 22 | Photographs: Iron County |
| 23 | Photographs: Iron County |
| 23 | Photographs: Juab County |
| 24 | Photographs: Juab County |
| 24 | Photographs: Kane County |
| 25 | Photographs: Kane County |
| 25 | Photographs: Millard County |
| 26 | Photographs: Millard County |
| 26 | Photographs: Morgan County |
| 26 | Photographs: Piute County |
| 27 | Photographs: Rich County |
| 27 | Photographs: Salt Lake County |
| 28 | Photographs: Salt Lake County |
| 29 | Photographs: Salt Lake County |
| 30 | Photographs: Salt Lake County |
| 31 | Photographs: Salt Lake County |
| 32 | Photographs: Salt Lake County |
| 32 | Photographs: San Juan County |
| 32 | Photographs: Sanpete County |
| 33 | Photographs: Sanpete County |
| 33 | Photographs: Sevier County |
| 34 | Photographs: Sevier County |
| 34 | Photographs: Summit County |
| 35 | Photographs: Summit County |
| 36 | Photographs: Summit County |
| 36 | Photographs: Tooele County |
| 37 | Photographs: Tooele County |
| 37 | Photographs: Uintah County |
| 38 | Photographs: Uintah County |
| 39 | Photographs: Uintah County |
| 39 | Photographs: Utah County |
| 40 | Photographs: Utah County |
| 41 | Photographs: Utah County |
| 42 | Photographs: Utah County |
| 42 | Photographs: Wasatch County |
| 43 | Photographs: Washington County |
| 44 | Photographs: Washington County |
| 44 | Photographs: Weber County |
| 45 | Photographs: Weber County |
| 46 | Utah State Highway Department - 212 Signs or Structures (Color Photographs) |
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