Frederick P. Champ Papers, 1896-1976

Frederick P. Champ papers, 1896-1976 Overview of the Collection Creator Champ, Frederick P. (Frederick Percival), 1896-1976 Title Frederick P. Champ papers Dates 1896-1976 (inclusive) 18961976 Quantity 375 boxes, (182.25 linear ft.) Collection Number USU_COLL MSS 50 Summary Family and business correspondence, business records, and investment reports. Much of business correspondence concerns the Utah Mortgage Loan Corp.; significant personal correspondents include the Champ family, George D. Preston and family, J. Wylie Brown, and several politicians in the western U.S. Also includes materials from Champ's many organizational memberships, including the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, Mortgage Bankers Association of America, Logan Chamber of Commerce, Logan Rotary Club, and the Cache Valley Council of the Boy Scouts of America. Repository <a href="/goto?url=https://archives.usu.edu" target="_blank">Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and </a> <a href="/goto?url=https://archives.usu.edu" target="_blank">Archives Division </a>Special Collections and Archives Merrill-Cazier Library Utah State University Logan, UT 84322-3000 Telephone: 435-797-2663 Fax: 435-797-2880 <a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected] </a>Access Restrictions Restrictions No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan. Languages English Sponsor Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008 Biographical Note Frederick Percival Champ was born June 4, 1896, in Salt Lake City, a son of George Herbert and Alla Dora Cochran Champ. He attended the New Jersey Academy, Utah State Agricultural College (now Utah State University) in Logan, St. Stephens School in Colorado Springs, and Harvard University. He was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree by Utah State University in 1954. Mr. Champ married Frances Elizabeth Winton in Duluth, Minnesota on December 29, 1921. They had three children: George Herbert, Mary Knox, and Frederick Winton. At the time of his death, Mr. Champ was president of the Champ Investment Company, chairman of the advisory committee of the Cache Valley Branch of the Walker Bank and Trust Company, director of St. Mark's Hospital in Salt Lake City, member of the executive committee for the Utah Foundation, <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Frederick P. Champ papers, 1896-1976 </li><li style="flex:1">1</li></ul><a href="/goto?url=http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv11087" target="_blank">http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv11087 </a>and a sixty-five year scouter who was National Council Representative for the Cache Valley Boy Scout Council. From 1917 to 1918, Mr. Champ served with the United States Food Administration as a Division Chief, then with Near East Relief from 1918 to 1919, and on the Relief Commission to the Near East, Russia, and Armenia in 1919. In 1925, he became a member of the board of trustees of Utah State Agricultural College, serving in that capacity until 1941. In addition, he served as a member of the Salt Lake District Board of the Untied State Reconstruction Finance Corporation (1933-1940), chairman of the Governor's Advisory Committee on Public Welfare and Emergency Relief (1933-1934), chairman of the Utah State Board of Public Welfare (1935-1936), and chairman of the Governor's Committee on Emergency Distribution Waters of Sear River in Utah and Idaho (1934-1935). Mr. Champ also served as a director for Utah, National Water Conservation Conference; Area Coordinator for United States Savings Bonds Division, U.S. Treasury Department; member of the executive committee of the Utah Centennial Commission; member of the Board of Governors and Farm Loan Committee, Mortgage Bankers of America; member of the Utah Bankers Association; member and co-chairman for Utah, National Probation and Parole Association; member, Utah State Highway Patrol Civil Service Commission; member of Utah's Committee on Fulbright Scholarship; director of the Salt Lake City Branch, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco; and a member of the America Arbitration Association and the National Reclamation Association. Mr. Champ held many positions of leadership in professional and civic organization, including those of President of the Mortgage Bankers Association of America (1941-1942); Vice President (1941), and Director (1942-1946) of the American Forestry Association; Vice President (1951-1952) and Director (1943-1951) of the United States Chamber of Commerce; President of the Executive Board of the Cache Valley Council, Boy Scouts of America (1940-1943); President of the Cache Valley Building Company, the Cache Valley Banking Company, and the Utah Mortgage Loan Corporation; chairman of the Board of Commercial Security Bank; Vice President and Director of Walker Bank & Trust Company; Director of the Title Insurance Company of Boise, Idaho; Director of Investors Central Management Corporation of New York City; and President of the Logan Rotary Club. Honorary membership was accorded Mr. Champ by Alpha Delta Epsilon, and Scabbard and Blade. He also held membership in the Alpha Kappa Psi National Business Fraternity, the Utah State University Alumni Association, the "A" Men's Club of Utah State University, the Logan Golf Club, the Flat Rock Club of Island Park, Idaho, the Alta Club of Salt Lake City, the Weber Club of Ogden, and the Harvard Club of New York. Mr. Champ was a member of the Episcopal Church and served both as Treasurer for St. John's Church of Logan, and on the Board of Directors for St. Mark's Hospital in Salt Lake City. Content Description The papers of Frederick P. Champ are contained in 376 manuscript boxes housed in the Department of Special Collection and Archives at the USU Merrill Library. The papers consist of family and business correspondence, business records, and investment reports. Much of business correspondence concerns the Utah Mortgage Loan Corp.; significant personal correspondents include the Champ family, George D. Preston and family, J. Wylie Brown, and several politicians in the western U.S. Also includes materials from Champ's many organizational memberships, including the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, Mortgage Bankers Association of America, Logan Chamber of Commerce, Logan Rotary Club, and the Cache Valley Council of the Boy Scouts of America. <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Frederick P. Champ papers, 1896-1976 </li><li style="flex:1">2</li></ul><a href="/goto?url=http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv11087" target="_blank">http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv11087 </a>Use of the Collection Restrictions on Use Copyright It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from the Frederick P. Champ papers must be obtained from the <a href="/goto?url=http://library.usu.edu/specol/" target="_blank">Special </a><a href="/goto?url=http://library.usu.edu/specol/" target="_blank">Collections Manuscript Curator </a>and/or the Special Collections Department Head. Preferred Citation Initial Citation:Frederick P. Champ Papers, MSS 50, Box #. Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah. Following Citations:COLL MSS 50, USUSC. Administrative Information Arrangement As far as possible the original filing order of the papers as been retained. Adjustments have been made, however, when placement of material was such as to hinder its retrieval. Though the original filing cartons and folders have been discarded, all pertinent information from their labels has been included on the labels of the acid-free folders and boxes to which the contents were transferred. These containers have been shelved in alphabetical order and numbered sequentially for easy access. The register for the papers also serves as the index to the collection. [Contents are listed in the register as they have been arranged within their boxes: alphabetically by name or subject heading, and subsequently in chronological order within each subject category. An (*) to the left of the a folder listing indicates that only a small amount of material on the subject has been included in the collection. "See Also" references are found throughout the text of the register.] Acquisition Information The papers were given to the Special Collections and Archives in 1977 by Mr. Champ's widow, Frances E. W. Champ, and his children, George H. Champ, Frederick W. Champ, and Mary Knox Champ (Nielson). Since then, various other items have been given by the family as they come across them. Processing Note Processed in 1978 and updated in 2004 Separated Materials Photographs from this collection have been removed and processed as the Frederick P. Champ photograph collection <a href="/goto?url=http://uda-db.orbiscascade.org/findaid/ark:/80444/xv67022/" target="_blank">P0354 </a>Related Materials <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Frederick P. Champ papers, 1896-1976 </li><li style="flex:1">3</li></ul><a href="/goto?url=http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv11087" target="_blank">http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv11087 </a>Champ family papers <a href="/goto?url=http://uda-db.orbiscascade.org/findaid/ark:/80444/xv96951/" target="_blank">COLL MSS 130 </a>Frederick P. Champ photograph collection<a href="/goto?url=http://uda-db.orbiscascade.org/findaid/ark:/80444/xv67022/" target="_blank">P0354 </a>Detailed Description of the Collection <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Container(s) </li><li style="flex:1">Description </li><li style="flex:1">Dates </li></ul>Box 1Folder <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">1</li><li style="flex:1">"A" Misc </li></ul>"A" Misc "A" Misc "A" Misc "A" Misc "A" Misc "A" Misc "A" Misc "A" Misc "A" Misc 1939 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">1</li><li style="flex:1">2</li><li style="flex:1">1940-1944 </li></ul>1945-1949 1950-1954 1955-1956 1957-1959 1960-1964 1965-1966 1967-1969 1970-1977 1943-1948 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">1</li><li style="flex:1">3</li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">1</li><li style="flex:1">4</li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">1</li><li style="flex:1">5</li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">1</li><li style="flex:1">6</li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">1</li><li style="flex:1">7</li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">1</li><li style="flex:1">8</li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">1</li><li style="flex:1">9</li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">1</li><li style="flex:1">10 </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">11 </li><li style="flex:1">1</li><li style="flex:1">Abbott, Christopher J </li></ul>personal notes with president of Hyannis, Nebraska based Abbott Cattle Ranches and the Bank of Hyannis 11 12 13 Abbott, Christopher J see above 1949-1954 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">1962-1964 </li><li style="flex:1">Abbott Laboratories </li></ul>regarding stocks held in this Chicago based pharmaceuticals producer <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">1</li><li style="flex:1">14 </li><li style="flex:1">Abbott Laboratories </li></ul>see above 1965-1968 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Frederick P. Champ papers, 1896-1976 </li><li style="flex:1">4</li></ul><a href="/goto?url=http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv11087" target="_blank">http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv11087 </a><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Container(s) </li><li style="flex:1">Description </li><li style="flex:1">Dates </li></ul>11<ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">15 </li><li style="flex:1">Abbott Laboratories </li></ul>see above 1962-1964 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">16 </li><li style="flex:1">Aberdeen, Idaho Chamber of Commerce </li></ul>regarding Champ's speaking engagements before this group 1953-1955 11 17 18 Aberdeen, Idaho Chamber of Commerce see above 1957-1958 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">1963-1968 </li><li style="flex:1">Ada County, Idaho </li></ul>regarding property taxes due from Champ Investment Company 22 12<ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Adams, Allan N </li><li style="flex:1">1961-1966 </li></ul>1952-1959 personal notes with president of Utah Cattleman's Association and Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Users of Cache National forest Adams, Ancel T personal notes with the parents of Champ's daughter-inlaw, Helen Adams Champ, of Boise 222 345 Adams, Ancel T see above 1960-1969 1970-1973 1966 Adams, Ancel T see above Adams, E.M. and Company regarding business transactions with this Portland Oregon based investment company <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">2</li><li style="flex:1">6</li><li style="flex:1">Adams, Orval W </li><li style="flex:1">1925-1935 </li></ul>personal notes with Salt Lake City based Executive Vice President of Utah State National Bank 1936-1948; Utah First National Bank 1949-1957; First President of Zion's First National Bank 1957-1960 and Chairman of the Board of Zion's First National Bank 1960 22 78 Adams, Orval W see above 1936-1937 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">1938 </li><li style="flex:1">Adams, Orval W </li></ul>see above <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Frederick P. Champ papers, 1896-1976 </li><li style="flex:1">5</li></ul><a href="/goto?url=http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv11087" target="_blank">http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv11087 </a><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Container(s) </li><li style="flex:1">Description </li><li style="flex:1">Dates </li></ul>2222222222222<ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">9</li><li style="flex:1">Adams, Orval W </li></ul>see above 1939 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Adams, Orval W see above 1940 Adams, Orval W see above 1941-1943 1944-1946 1947 Adams, Orval W see above Adams, Orval W see above Adams, Orval W see above 1948 Adams, Orval W see above 1949 Adams, Orval W see above 1950 Adams, Orval W see above 1951 Adams, Orval W see above 1952 Adams, Orval W see above 1953-1954 1955-1959 1960-1974 Adams, Orval W see above Adams, Orval W see above 23 22 1<ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Adams, Orval W </li><li style="flex:1">1925-1974 </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">1950-1952 </li><li style="flex:1">Adamson, William S </li></ul>personal notes with partner in Salt Lake City based advertising firm of Adamson and Buchman <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Frederick P. Champ papers, 1896-1976 </li><li style="flex:1">6</li></ul><a href="/goto?url=http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv11087" target="_blank">http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv11087 </a><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Container(s) </li><li style="flex:1">Description </li><li style="flex:1">Dates </li></ul>33 23 Addressograph-Multigraph Corp regarding stocks held in this Cleveland Ohio based firm 1963-1964 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Adney, Clarence G </li><li style="flex:1">1948-1951 </li></ul>personal notes with the former member of the Utah State Agricultural College, USU, Board of Trustees, 1925-1947, of Corrinne Utah 333 456 Adney, Clarence G see above 1956-1962 1963-1967 1964-1968 Adney, Clarence G see above Advance Mortgage Corp regarding stocks held in this Detroit Michigan company 33 78<ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Advance Mortgage Corp </li><li style="flex:1">1966-1967 </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">1938 </li><li style="flex:1">Advisory Council on City of Rocks, Idaho </li></ul>invitation to attend the first annual exploration of the proposed City of Rocks National Monument in Oakley, Idaho on October 17th <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">3</li><li style="flex:1">9</li><li style="flex:1">Airplanes </li><li style="flex:1">1960 </li></ul>response from Reyburn Aircraft corporation of fort Lauderdale, Florida to Champ's inquiry into the Umbaugh Rotary-Wing Aircraft 3333 10 11 12 13 Akers, Richard regarding prospective employment with Utah Mortgage Loan Corporation 1949 Alaska Airlines compliments of Champ for service during tour of Alaska Defense Command with DOC 1969 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Alaska Trip </li><li style="flex:1">1969 </li></ul>regarding Champ's tour of Alaska Defense Command with the Defense Orientation Conference Association <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Albertson's Inc. </li><li style="flex:1">1960-1965 </li></ul>regarding stock held in this Boise based company and it's Logan outlet <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Frederick P. Champ papers, 1896-1976 </li><li style="flex:1">7</li></ul><a href="/goto?url=http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv11087" target="_blank">http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv11087 </a><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Container(s) </li><li style="flex:1">Description </li><li style="flex:1">Dates </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">3</li><li style="flex:1">14 </li><li style="flex:1">Albuquerque New Mexico Chamber of Commerce </li></ul>regarding request to make this chamber part of the national chamber's western rather than southwestern division 1944 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">3</li><li style="flex:1">15 </li><li style="flex:1">Albuquerque New Mexico Chamber of Commerce </li></ul>regarding Champ's service as President of the national Chamber 1945-1950 33 16 17 Albuquerque New Mexico Chamber of Commerce see above 1952-1959 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">1967-1969 </li><li style="flex:1">Alexander and Baldwin, Inc. </li></ul>regarding stock held in this Honolulu Hawaii based development firm 333 18 19 20 Allen, A. Douglas personal notes to this deputy internal revenue collector of Hyrum Utah 1936-1954 1965-1966 1953-1955 Allen, Charles M. regarding the assumption of the Grow banking organization In Utah and Idaho by this Wichita banker Allen, Clinton L. personal notes with president of Aetna Insurance Group of Hartford Connecticutt regarding Harmon R. Barton 333333 21 22 23 24 25 26 Allen, Mrs. M.D. personal notes with this Logan resident 1949-1956 1963-1968 1963-1968 1969-1973 1934 Allied Chemical Corp. regarding stocks held in this New York based firm Allied Chemical Corp. see above Allied Maintenance regarding stocks held in this New York based firm All Nations Stamp Company regarding Herbert's philately hobby <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Almond, B.M. </li><li style="flex:1">1942-1953 </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Frederick P. Champ papers, 1896-1976 </li><li style="flex:1">8</li></ul><a href="/goto?url=http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv11087" target="_blank">http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv11087 </a><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Container(s) </li><li style="flex:1">Description </li><li style="flex:1">Dates </li></ul>personal notes with Downey Idaho garage operator 34<ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">27 </li><li style="flex:1">Alpha Kappa Psi </li></ul>regarding Champ's affiliation with this professional fraternity in business administration. 1957-1971 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">1</li><li style="flex:1">Alta Club </li><li style="flex:1">1950-1959 </li></ul>regarding Champ's membership in this Salt Lake City Businessmen's club. 44444 23456 Alta Club see above 1960-1974 1950-1973 1950-1974 1950-1974 1971-1974 Alta Club see above Alta Club see above Alta Club see above Alta Industries regarding stocks held in this Salt Lake City based building materials supplier 44 78 Alta Industries see above 1971-1975 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">1956 </li><li style="flex:1">Aluminium, Ltd. </li></ul>regarding stocks held in this Canadian counterpart to the Aluminum Company of America <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">4</li><li style="flex:1">9</li><li style="flex:1">Amalgamated Sugar Company </li><li style="flex:1">1945-1949 </li></ul>regarding stocks held in this Ogden based firm and personal notes with its executives 444 10 11 12 Amalgamated Sugar Company see above 1950-1966 Amalgamated Sugar Company see above 1952 and 1958 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">1975-1976 </li><li style="flex:1">Amax Inc. </li></ul>Connecticut incorporated mining firm <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Frederick P. Champ papers, 1896-1976 </li><li style="flex:1">9</li></ul><a href="/goto?url=http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv11087" target="_blank">http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv11087 </a><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Container(s) </li><li style="flex:1">Description </li><li style="flex:1">Dates </li></ul>444<ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">13 </li><li style="flex:1">American Academy of Political and Social Science </li></ul>regarding Champ's membership in this society 1935-1938 14 15 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Airlines </li><li style="flex:1">1956-1969 </li></ul>1946-1952 regarding stocks held in this Chicago based firm American Arbitration Association regarding Champ's membership in this panel for the adjudication of commercial, industrial and civil disputes <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">4</li><li style="flex:1">16 </li><li style="flex:1">American Association of Retired Persons </li></ul>regarding Champ's membership in the association and its insurance plan 1964-1969 444 17 18 19 American Association of Retired Persons see above 1970-1976 1970-1972 1942-1949 American Association of Retired Persons see above

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