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 Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives Division Special Collections and Archives Merrill-Cazier Library Utah State University Logan, UT 84322-3000 Telephone: 435-797-2663 Fax: 435-797-2880 [email protected] 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, Frederick P. Champ papers, 1896-1976 1 http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv11087 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. Frederick P. Champ papers, 1896-1976 2 http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv11087 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 Special Collections Manuscript Curator 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 P0354 Related Materials Frederick P. Champ papers, 1896-1976 3 http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv11087 Champ family papers COLL MSS 130 Frederick P. Champ photograph collectionP0354 Detailed Description of the Collection Container(s) Description Dates Box Folder 1 1 "A" Misc 1939 1 2 "A" Misc 1940-1944 1 3 "A" Misc 1945-1949 1 4 "A" Misc 1950-1954 1 5 "A" Misc 1955-1956 1 6 "A" Misc 1957-1959 1 7 "A" Misc 1960-1964 1 8 "A" Misc 1965-1966 1 9 "A" Misc 1967-1969 1 10 "A" Misc 1970-1977 1 11 Abbott, Christopher J 1943-1948 personal notes with president of Hyannis, Nebraska based Abbott Cattle Ranches and the Bank of Hyannis 1 12 Abbott, Christopher J 1949-1954 see above 1 13 Abbott Laboratories 1962-1964 regarding stocks held in this Chicago based pharmaceuticals producer 1 14 Abbott Laboratories 1965-1968 see above Frederick P. Champ papers, 1896-1976 4 http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv11087 Container(s) Description Dates 1 15 Abbott Laboratories 1962-1964 see above 1 16 Aberdeen, Idaho Chamber of Commerce 1953-1955 regarding Champ's speaking engagements before this group 1 17 Aberdeen, Idaho Chamber of Commerce 1957-1958 see above 1 18 Ada County, Idaho 1963-1968 regarding property taxes due from Champ Investment Company 2 1 Adams, Allan N 1961-1966 personal notes with president of Utah Cattleman's Association and Chairman of the