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Frederick P. Champ photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: UUS_P0354

Scope and Contents

This photograph collection consists of 328 photographs and postcards that document the life of Frederick P. Champ as well as his friends and family. Included in the collection are: photographs of political events in which Frederick P. Champ attended; Geneva Works and U.S. Steel Corporation; family vacations and clubs; the first Boy Scouts of America Troop of 1909; areas in and around Utah State University and Logan including aerial shots of the campus; Frederick P. Champ's Logan office at the Walker Bank & Trust Company and the Champ Investment Company; St. John's Episcopal Church; postcards from around the United States and the world; the construction of Hoover Dam in Nevada; World War II images, and signed portraits of the 7th, 8th and 9th presidents of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Frederick P. Champ also participated in the Geneva Works NAS Denver Civilian Orientation Cruise with the Office of the Secretary of Defense, including a trip to Alaska.

Dates

  • Creation: 1896-1977

Language of Materials

Collection materials are in English.

Restrictions

Open to public research.

Copyright

It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Utah State University Libraries, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright.

Permission to publish material from the Frederick P. Champ photograph collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Photograph Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.

Biographical Note

Frederick Percival Champ was born June 4, 1896 in Salt Lake City, Utah, the son of George Herbert and Alla Dora Cochran Champ. He attended the New Jersey Academy, the Utah State Agricultural College (now Utah State University), St. Stephens School in Colorado Springs, and Harvard University. From 1917 to 1918, Frederick P. Champ served with the United States Food Administration as a Division Chief, and then with Near East Relief from 1918 to 1919. He also served on the Relief Commission to the Near East, Russia, and Armenia in 1919. He then returned to Logan to run the family businesses including the Utah Logan Mortgage Corporation and the Cache Valley Banking Company. 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 United 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 Bear River in Utah and Idaho (1934-1935).

Frederick P. 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; member of the America Arbitration Association and the National Reclamation Association. 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; chairman of the Board of Commercial Security Bank; Vice President and Director of Walker Bank and 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. He was also awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree by Utah State University in 1954.

Frederick P. Champ married Frances Elizabeth Winton in Duluth Minnesota on December 29, 1921. They had three children, George Herbert "Herb", Mary Knox (Nielson), and Frederick Winton "Wint" Champ. George "Herb" Champ, took over the family business while Frederick "Wint" Champ served as Vice President. Frederick P. Champ retired in 1965 and passed away in March 1976. Frances E.W. Champ followed in death in August 1982. Herb Champ has continued to run the businesses for many years and resides in Logan (2006), Utah. Mary K.C. Nielson resides in Connecticut and Frederick "Wint" Champ passed away in 2001 while living in Salt Lake City.

Extent

5 boxes (5.5 linear ft.)

Abstract

328 photographs, slides, and postcards that document the life of Frederick P. Champ, his friends, and family. Included in the collection are photographs of political events in which Frederick P. Champ attended; Geneva Works and U.S. Steel Corporation; family vacations and clubs; the first Boy Scouts of America Troop of 1909; areas in and around Utah State University and Logan including aerial shots of the campus; Frederick P. Champ's Logan office at the Walker Bank & Trust Company and the Champ Investment Company; St. John's Episcopal Church; postcards from around the United States and the world; the construction of Hoover Dam in Nevada; World War II images, including a celebration of Allies' Day and July 4th (probably in Norway), and signed portraits of the 7th, 8th and 9th presidents of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Also included are pictures from Champ's participation in the Geneva Works NAS Denver Civilian Orientation Cruise with the Office of the Secretary of Defense, including a trip to Alaska. Some of the photographs have negatives.

Arrangement

Arrangement: Topical.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The photos in this collection were taken from material donated to USU Special Collections & Archives in various batches between 1977 and 1991 by Frederick P. Champ's widow, Frances E.W. Champ, and his three children.

Related Materials

Champ family papersCOLL MS 130

Frederick P. Champ papersCOLL MS 50

Processing Information

The photographs in this collection were removed from boxes 10, 60, and 63 of MSS 130: The Champ Family Papers, and from MSS 50: Frederick P. Champ Papers. The photograph of Frederick P. Champ from P0170 was transferred into this collection. Register completed by Jessica Alexander, November 2006.

Title
Guide to the Frederick P. Champ photograph collection, 1896-1977
Author
Finding aid created by Jessica Alexander, November 2006.
Date
©2008
Description rules
Finding Aid Based On Dacs (Describing Archives: A Content Standard, 2nd Edition)
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding guide is in English in Latin script.
Sponsor
Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008

Revision Statements

  • May 31, 2008: Template information was updated to reflect Utah Manuscript Association best practices.
  • 2009: Template information was updated to reflect Archives West best practice guidelines.

Repository Details

Part of the Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives Repository

Contact:
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
3000 Old Main Hill
Logan Utah 84322-3000 United States
435 797-8248
435 797-2880 (Fax)