The Richard Prehn Papers, 1964-1978

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Summary Description

Repository:Utah State Historical Society
Call number:Mss B 528
Creator: Prehn, Richard.
Title:Richard Prehn Papers, 1964-1978
Quantity:.5 lin. ft. (1 box)
Abstract: Contains material on Bonneville Salt Flats, land speed records, etc.

Topics:

Automobiles, Racing -- Speed records.

Persons:

Arfons, Art.
Breedlove, Craig.
Campbell, Donald.
Gabelich, Gary.
St. James, Arthur Paul.
Tatroe, Buddy.
Vesco, Don.

Places:

Bonneville Salt Flats (Utah).

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Background

Background Note

No information available.

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Scope and Content

Contains material on Bonneville Salt Flats, land speed records, etc.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation:

Richard Prehn Papers, 1964-1978, Utah State Historical Society.

Restrictions on Use

The Richard Prehn Papers are the physical property of the Utah Historical Society, Salt Lake City, Utah. Literary rights, including copyright, may belong to the authors or their heirs and assigns. Please contact the Historical Society for information regarding specific use of this collection.

Processing Information:

Collection processed by Stephen D. Youngkin

Finding aid compiled by Stephen D. Youngkin

Finding aid edited by Linda Thatcher, 2000

Collection cataloged by Linda Thatcher, 1999 (RLIN ID: UTSX99-A11).

Finding aid encoded for the World Wide Web by Craig Ringgenberg, 1999.

Separations

Photographs have been removed to Mss C 528.


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Container list

Box

Folder

Contents

Racing information

1

1

Art Arfons; newspaper copy, 1964

1

2

Craig Breedlove; Good Year News Bureau releases, newspaper copy, certificates, ca. 1960s

1

3

Budweiser Rocket; Racing News, newspaper copy, undated

1

4

Donald Campbell; Mainstay: The Spirit of the 90s, Presents: 4th Annual World of Speed (circa 1960s), Bluebird News, clippings, newspaper copy, miscellaneous materials, ca. 1960s

1

5

"Driving Under the Influence"; newspaper copy, undated

1

6

Gary Gabelich; Mechanical Engineering (July 1970), The Blue Flame release, newspaper copy, circa 1960s

1

7

Paleontology; National Park Service News Release, River Management Plan Alternatives Developed for Green, Yampa Rivers in Dinosaur National Monument, Colorado-Utah, undated

1

8

Arthur Paul St. James; vita sheet, miscellaneous materials relating to proposed Salt Flats artwork, newspaper copy, 1978

1

9

Buddy Tatroe; Good Year News Bureau, undated

1

10

Don Vesco; newspaper copy, undated

1

11

Miscellaneous materials relating to Bonneville Salt Flats speed records, 1940-1965