Mitchell Melich papers, 1932-2004

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Melich, Mitchell, 1912-1999
Title
Mitchell Melich papers
Dates
1932-2004 (inclusive)
Quantity
19.25 Linear Feet
Collection Number
ACCN 2050
Summary
The Mitchell Melich papers (1932-1973) contain correspondence, cards, handwritten notes, notebooks, appointment books, travel itineraries, calendar books, passports, general Republican Party materials, mining materials, gubernatorial campaign materials, financial documents, and news clippings. This collection covers four main portions of Melich's life: mining, gubernatorial campaign, service in the Republican Party, and Solicitor of the Department of Interior.
Repository
University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860

Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu
Access Restrictions

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Languages
English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Mitchell Melich (1912-1999) was born on 1 February 1912. His father was an immigrant from Serbia and a miner in Bingham Canyon. Melich attended Highland Boy Grade School from 1918-1925, Bingham High School from 1925-1929, and the University of Utah from 1929-1934. He received an LL.B. degree and married his wife Doris a year later. Following graduation from law school at the University of Utah, Melich started a personal law practice in Moab. From 1934 to 1950 he held in several public offices including City Attorney, County Attorney for Grand County, State Senator, and Senate Minority Leader. In 1952 Melich served as a delegate at the Republican National Convention in Chicago. Melich became associated with Charlie Steen and was President of Uranium Reduction Company, operating one of the largest uranium mines in the country. From 1961 to 1963 he was a Republican National Committeeman for Utah, and in 1964 he ran for governor of the state. He won the Republican nomination for governor, but lost to Cal Rampton in the final election. In 1969 he was appointed by President Nixon as Solicitor of the Department of Interior, in which capacity he served until 1973. He and his wife returned to Utah in 1973 and Melich joined the law firm of Ray, Quinney and Nebeker, where he was a partner until 1996. Melich was devoted to the University of Utah and served on the state board of regents. Mitch Melich died of heart disease on 12 June 1999.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Mitchell Melich papers (1932-1973) contain correspondence, cards, handwritten notes, notebooks, appointment books, travel itineraries, calendar books, passports, general Republican Party materials, mining materials, gubernatorial campaign materials, financial documents, and news clippings. This collection covers four main portions of Mitch's life: mining, gubernatorial campaign, service in the Republican Party, and Solicitor of the Department of Interior.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Preferred Citation

Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Acquisition Information

Gift of Doris S. Melich in 2004.

Separated Materials

A campaign poster has been transferred to the map-case located in the Manuscripts Division of Special Collections.

Photographs were transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections (P1129).

Processing Note

Processed by Matt Homer in 2004.

Addenda processed by Jennifer Sessions in 2006 and Jeri Foster in 2008.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

CorrespondenceReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
1 1
Intermountain Building and Loan
1936-1939
1 2
Grey Melich
1942-1945
1 3
State Senate
1943-1949
1 4
Congressional Campaign
1948-1949
1 5
Senate Campaign
1950
1 6
Governor George C. Clyde
1956-1963
1 7
Wallace F. Bennett
1956-1963
1 8
Doris Melich
1958
1 9
Republican Party
1960-1963
1 10
Grand Deposit Mining Company Stock Purchase
1 11
Letters of Congratulation
1961-1962
1 12
Tanny
1962-1965
1 13
New Zealand Trip
1966
1 14
Utex Tax Trust Account
1966-1970
1 15
Rockefeller For President
1968
1 16
The "U" Block
1968-1970
1 17
Robert H. Ruggeri
1968-1972
2 1
University of Utah
1968-1973
2 2
Wallace F. Bennett
1969-1972
2 3
Charlie Steen
1969-1973
2 4-8
Gubernatorial Campaign
1964-1965
3 1
Thank You Cards
1964
3 2-9
Correspondence
1935-1968
4
Correspondence
1969-1973

Notes, Notebooks, and Appointment BooksReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
5 1
Handwritten Notes and Ballots, Campaign Materials
1938-1946
5 2
Memo Book
1945
5 3
Handwritten Notes, Receipts, and Ballots
1948
5 4
Senate Campaign General Materials
1950
5 5
Miscellanious Notes and Cards, Gubernatorial Campaign
1964
5 6
Notes
5 7
Utex Tax Trust Account, Hanwritten Notes
1966-1970
5 8-9
Telephone Call Notebooks
1969-1972
5 10-11
Calendar Notebooks
1956-1958
5 12
Appointment Books
1955-1958
6 1
Appointment Book
1959-1964
6 2
Around the World in Eighty Days, Travel Itinerary
1963
6 3
Appointment Calendars
1964
6 4
Calendar Books
1964-1971
6 5-6
Appointment Books
1969-1970
7 1-3
Appointment Books
1970-1972
7 4
Calendar
1972

General MaterialsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
8 1
Passports
1959-1963
8 2
Mahlon E. Wilson, Abraham Lincoln
1931
8 3
Republican Committee
1940-1949
8 4
Voting Records
1942-1950
8 5
Republican Platform Booklet
1944
8 6
T.V.A. Trip Bills
1945
8 7
A.W. Shipton, Lincolns Association with the Journal
1945
8 8
Special Legislative Session
1948
8 9
Congressional Campaign, Publications
1948
8 10
Robert Taft Tie
1952
8 11
Where Eisenhower Stands on Sixteen Vital Issues
1952
8 12
This Is Ike: The Picture Story of the Man
1952
8 13
Time Magazine
1952
8 14
Republican National Convention Magazine
1952
8 15
Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, Fall Reunion
1953
8 16
The Man Who Stole Your Vote
8 17
Vernon Pick's $10 Million Ordeal
1954
8 18
Investment Banking Through Four Generations: Kuhn, Loeb, and Co.
1955
8 19
Republican Platform Party
1956
8 20
Boxing Match Program
1957
8 21
Uranium Reduction Mill, Dedication Pamphlet
1957
8 22
Rendering unto Caesar, Uranium Reduction Company Dedication Speach
1957
8 23
Wisdom Hall of Fame
8 24
Dr. I. W. Allen Hospital, Pamphlet
1957
8 25
Ideal National Insurance Company, Prospectus
1957
8 26
Uranium Reduction Company, Annual Reports
1957-1961
9 1
Speeches
1957-1962
9 2
Certificate, Selective Service
1957
9 3
Wallace F. Bennett, Senate Bills
1957-1960
9 4
Notes
1959-1972
9 5
Mining Maps
1959-1961
9 6
Uranium Reduction Company, Prospectus
1960
9 7-8
Republican National Convention
1960
9 9
Republican Party, General Materials
1960-1963
9 10
Election Results, Ballot and Notes
1962
9 11
Investment Organization
1962
9 12
A Community Honors A Man of Good Will: David O. McKay
1962
9 13
Uranium Reduction Company
1962

General and Gubernatorial Campaign MaterialsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
10 1
Sale of Utex Stock
1962-1965
10 2
Histories of the Department of Interior
1964
10 3
Basic Chemical Corp Stck Merger
1963-1969
10 4
Grand Deposit Mining Company, Stock Holders Report
1964
10 5
Texas Gulf Corp., Property Lease
1964-1966
10 6
Utex Subdivision, Property Documents
1964-1966
10 7
Football Program, 49ers vs. Vikings
1964
10 8
Engagement Request Forms, Gubernatorial Campaign
1964
10 9
Radio Advertisments, Gubernatorial Campaign
1964
10 10
Television Advertisments, Gubernatorial Campaign
1964
10 11
Advertising Folder, Gubernatorial Campaign
1964
10 12
Advise for Dealing wIth the Press
10 13
Press Releases, Gubernatorial Campaign
1964
11 1
Challenges against Melich, Gubernatorial Campaign
1964
11 2
Miscellaneous Policies
11 3
Tax Policies
11 4
Education Information, Gubernatorial Campaign
1964
11 5
Position Statements, Gubernatorial Campaign
1964
11 6
Republican Convention
1964
11 7
Delegates
1964
11 8
Nominating and Acceptance Statements, Gubernatorial Primaries
1964
11 9
Lists of Supporters
1964
11 10
Form Letters to Voters
1964
11 11
Utah Republican State Platform
1962 -1964
11 12
Republican Platform Booklet
1964
11 13
Campaign Booklet
1964
11 14
Campaign Brochures and Materials
1964
11 15
Campaign Brochures, Competitors and Others
1964
11 16
Donations, Gubernatorial Campaign
1964
11 17
Contributions, Gubernatorial Campaign
1964
11 18
Election Results, Gubernatorial Campaign
1964
11 19
Report From SAC
1966
11 20
The Country Club of Salt Lake City: Annual Report
1967-1968
11 21
The John Birch Society
1963
11 22
Remarks at University of Utah Challenge Program
1964
11 23
Tanya Melich, Value Party Conflict in a Utah Election
1958

General MaterialsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
12 1
District 408 Materials
1964
12 2
The U.S.P.E.A. News Bulletin
1964
12 3
Governor and Mrs. George Romney Tribute Dinner, Brochure
1964
12 4
To the Utah Alumnus
1964
12 5-6
Awards
1937-1970
12 7
University of Utah Commencement
1965
12 8
Sale of Utex Stock
1966-1968
12 9
Kuhn, Loeb & Co: A Century of Investment Banking
1967
12 10
Strategic Air Command, Folder
1967
12 11
Charlie Steen and Atlas Corp., Property Lease
1967-1969
12 12
Senator Bennett Benefit Banquet
1964
12 13
Why I Run, Nelson Rockefeller for President
1967
12 14
Report of the Committee on Convention Reforms
1967
12 15
Rockefeller for President, General Materials
1968
12 16
Mike Rampton Testimonial Dinner
1968
12 17
Republican National Convention, General Materials
1968
12 18
Republican National Convention, Pamphlets
1968
12 19
University of Utah National Advisory Committee
1968

General and Solicitor of Department of Interior MaterialsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
13 1
Combined Metals Reduction Company, Legal Documents
1968-1972
13 2
Principle Officials in the Executive Branch
1969
13 3
Press Releases
1969-1972
13 4
Notes, Department of Interior
1969-1972
13 5
Event Brochures
1969-1972
13 6
Resume
13 7
Business Cards
13 8
Trip To Alaska
1970
13 9
Report To The President
1970
13 10-11
Demonstration Report
1970-1971
13 12
Application for Admission to Supreme Court
1971
13 13
Employment Information, Department of Interior
1969-1972
13 14
Camp David Conference
1971
13 15
Various Articles
1971

Solicitor of Department of Interior Materials and Financial DocumentsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
14 1
Student Strikes, University of Utah
14 2
Republican National Convention
1972
14 3
Trail of Broken Treaties Event
1972
14 4
Atlas Minerals, Royalties
1972-1973
14 5
Department of Interior Appropriations
1973
14 6
Statement in Congress Following Term as Solicitor
1973
14 7
Invitation to President Nixon's Inaguration
1973
14 8
Intermountain Building and Loan, Receipts
1937-1938
14 9
Intermountain Loan and Building, Legal Documents
1937-1938
14 10
Bills
1934-1967
14 11
Utex Corporation, Liquidation Statements
1963-1966
14 12
Utex Exploration Company, Financial Statements
1950
14 13-15
Bills and Checks
1964

Financial DocumentsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
15 1
Income Tax Materials, Melich for Governor Committee
1964
15 2
Ledger Book, Gubernatorial Campaign
1964
15 3
Financial Statements, Gubernatorial Campaign
1964
15 4
Check Book, Gubernatorial Campaign
1964
15 5
New Zealand Trip, General and Financial Materials
1966
15 6
Charlie Steen, Bank Stubs
1968-1969
15 7
Financial Statements, Solicitor of Department of Interior
15 8
Travel Claims for Reimbursment
1969-1972
15 9
Itinerary and Bills, Trip to Eastern Europe
1972
15 10
Republican Party

News ClippingsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
16 1
Policical News Clippings
1933-1945
16 2
Senate Campaign
1933-1945
16 3
News Clippings
1944-1945
16 4
Congressional Campaign
1948
16 5
Senate Campaign
1950
16 6
News Clippings
1952-1956
16 7
Mining
1954-1959
16 8
Charlie Steen
1954-1972
16 9
Mining, Magazine Clippings
1957-1958
16 10
Family and Friends
1957-1958
16 11
Election Results
1962
16 12
Mining Centennial Year
1963
16 13
Republican Party
1963
16 14
Gubernatorial Campaign, Magazine Clippings
1964
16 15
Political Adverstisments
1964
16 16-17
Gubernatorial Campaign
1964
17 1
Gubernatorial Campaign, News Clippings
1964
17 2
Vote for Melich, Gubernatorial Newspaper Ads
1964
17 3
Mitch Is Vigorous, Gubernatorial Newspaper Ads
1964
17 4
Mitch and Schools, Gubernatorial Newspaper Ads
17 5
Jim Cannon Says: Elect Melich, Gubernatorial Newspaper Ads
1964
17 6
Mitch and Industry, Gubernatorial Newspaper Ads
1964
17 7
Win With Mitch, Gubernatorial Newspaper Ads
1964
17 8
Letter to Cache County, Gubernatorial Newspaper Ads
1964
17 9
Thank You, Voters of Utah, Gubernatorial Newspaper Ads
1964
17 10
Mitch Best Qualified, Gubernatorial Newspaper Ads
1964
17 11
Mitch and the Man, Gubernatorial Newspaper Ads
1964
17 12
Mitch and Jobs and Education, Gubernatorial Newspaper Ads
1964
17 13
Are These the Marks of a Responsible Man, Gubernatorial Newspaper Ads
1964
17 14
We're Voting for Mitch, Gubernatorial Newspaper Ads
1964
17 15
Mitch and Healthcare, Gubernatorial Newspaper Ads
1964
17 16
Mitch and Cal, Gubernatorial Newspaper Ads
1964
17 17
Mitch Best Qualified, Gubernatorial Newspaper Ads
1964
17 18
Mitch and Governmental Reform, Gubernatorial Newspaper Ads
1964
17 19
Mitch and Education, Gubernatorial Newspaper Ads
1964
17 20
Election Results, News Letters and News Clippings
1968
17 21-25
News Clippings
1969-1973

ScrapbooksReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
18
Scrapbook
This scrapbook contains news clippings about Mitch's public service as city recorder, county chairman for Republican party, and state senator.
1941-1951
item
19 1
Scrapbook
This scrapbook contains correspondence, news clippings, and photographs regarding Mitch Melich's time as a delagate at the 1952 Republican National Convention in Chicago.
1952
19 2
Scrapboook
This scapbook contains news clippings, photographs, certificates, and magazine clippings about Mitch's involvment with the uranium mining boom, and nomination as Republican national committeeman for Utah.
1953-1964

Melich Political News Clippings and papersReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
20
Campaign Posters
This box contains posters from the 1964 Guubernatorial Campaign.
1964
Folder
21 1
Correspondence
1964
21 2
Photocopies of Photographs
1964
21 3
Calvin L. Rampton News Articles and papers
1964
21 4
Industrial Development and Jobs
1964
21 5
Kennecott News Articles
1964
21 6
Law Enforcement News Articles
1964
21 7
Liquor Funds and Census
1947-1963
21 8
Melich Campaign Ads and Election Literature
1964
21 9
Melich Committee papers
1964
21 10
Mining papers and News Articles
1964
21 11
Merrill-Wirthlin Opinion Research
21 12
National Polls News Articles
1964
21 13
State Polls papers and News Articles
1962-1964
21 14
Utah County Polling Results Summary
21 15
Poll Percents of Voting
21 16
Merrill-Wirthlin Poltico-Economic Research
21 17
Primary Ballot papers and News Articles
1964
21 18
Quotes, Speeches, Statements, and Press Releases
1964
22 1
Reappointment papers and News Articles
1963-1964
22 2
Republican papers and News Articles
1964
22 3
Salt Lake City and County News Articles and papers
1964
22 4
Senate Bills
1945-1964
22 5
State Administration papers and News Articles
1964
22 6
State Fair papers and News Articles
1964
22 7
State Finances papers and News Articles
1964
22 8
Taxes and Fiscal Affairs papers and News Articles
1964
22 9
Tourism papers and News Articles
1964
22 10
University and College papers and News Articles
1964
22 11
Water and Power papers and News Articles
1964
22 12
Wilkinson and Moss papers and News Articles
1964
22 13
Youth and Education papers and News Articles
1964
22 14
Miscellaneous papers and News Articles
1964
23
Clippings, Memos, and Pamphlets
1960-1970

Subject FilesReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
24 1
Autobiography
1989
24 2
Obituary
1999
24 3-5
Correspondence
1937-1995
24 6
Aging
1962-1964
24 7
Wallace F. Bennett
1970-1974
24 8
Bingham High School Alumni
Includes a copy of the 1997 Bingham High School Alumni Directory.
1997-1999
25 1
Laurence J. Burton and William G. Bruhn
1964
25 2
Campaign
1964
25 3
Canyonlands and Arches
1963-1989
25 4
Churches
1964-1965
25 5
Citizens Advisory Committee
1968
25 6
Civil Rights
1964
25 7
Governor George D. Clyde
1964
25 8
Color (Political Stories)
1964
25 9
Colorado River Committee
1945-1949
25 10
Conventions (Political)
1964
25 11
Culture
1964
25 12
Ernest H. Dean
1964
25 13
Democrats
1964-1965
25 14
Dixie Project, Utah
1963-1964
25 15
Donner Trail Park
1975-1983
25 16
Economic Climate, Utah
1964
26 1
Education, Federal Aid
1964
26 2
Education, Utah
1962-1964
26 3
Education, Utah Education Association (UEA)
1964
26 4
Education Publications
1962-1964
26 5-6
Elections
1964
26 7
Farming and Ranching
1964
26 8
Federal Government
1964
26 9
Financing Roads, Streets, and Highways in Utah
1959-1962
26 10
Fish and Game
1965
26 11
Freeport Amendment
1964
26 12
Barry Goldwater
1964
26 13
Goldwater-Miller Visit
1964
26 14
Great Salt Lake
1964
26 15
Health and Medical Care
1964
26 16
Highways and Safety
1962-1965
27 1
Thomas G. Judd and David S. King
1964
27 2
Kennedy Center Program
1971-1972
27 3
Presidential Inauguration
1989
27 4
Ray, Quinney and Nebeker Law Firm
27 5
Republican Convention
1952
27 6
Republican Party
1956-1958
27 7
Road Funds, Classes B and C
1952-1964
27 8
Speeches
1945-1978
27 9
Charles Steen
Original of Charles Steen photograph in photo collection P1129.
1954-2004
27 10
University of Utah
1969-1997
28 1
University of Utah National Advisory Council
1987-1992
28 2
Utah Municipal League
1948
28 3
Utah National Guard
1959-1976
28 4
Utah State Publications
1960-1964
28 5
Utah State Senate
1945-1949
28 6
The George Washington Dinner
1969
28 7-8
Watergate
1973-1974
28 9
Mahlon E. Wilson
1932-1941
29
Newspaper Clippings
1950-1989

Department of the InteriorReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
30 1
Spiro T. Agnew
1973
30 2
Anti-War Veterans
1971
30 3
Chronology of Indian "Trail of Broken Treaties" Demonstration
1972
30 4
Department of the Interior
1969-1973
30 5
Walter J. Hickel
1969-1973
30 6
Walter J. Hickel, How To Get a Job in Government without Really Trying
Book has personal inscription by Walter J. Hickel to Mitch Melich inside front cover.
1969
30 7
Indian Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Occupation
Contains indentification card, speech and newspaper clippings.
1972-1973
30 8
Islands of America
1970
30 9
News Releases
1969-1972
31 1
Correspondence Donated for the Richard Nixon Presidential Library
Contains letters from President Richard Nixon, Jeremiah Milbank, Jr., Henry Cabot Lodge, C. Calvert Knudsen, and Rex J. Hanson.
1960-1972
31 2
Promontory Point
1969
31 3
Publications
1969-1973
31 4
Speaking Engagement Notebook
1969-1972
31 5
Trans Alaska Pipeline Hearings
31 6
Newspaper Clippings, Department of the Interior
1969-1973
31 7
Newspaper Clippings, Richard M. Nixon
1969-1994
31 8
Newspaper Clippings, Washington D.C. Social Scene
1969-1973

Oversize MaterialsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description
Box
32
Memorablia
Contains name plates, tags, patches and ration wallet with ration booklets.
33
Scrapbooks

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Mines and mineral resources--Utah
  • Uranium mines and mining--Utah--History--Sources

Personal Names

  • Melich, Mitchell, 1912-1999--Archives

Corporate Names

  • Republican Party (Utah)

Geographical Names

  • Utah--Politics and government

Form or Genre Terms

  • Appointment books
  • Clippings
  • Correspondence
  • Notebooks
  • Notes