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Wilson McCarthy papers, 1917-1957

Overview of the Collection

Creator
McCarthy, Wilson
Title
Wilson McCarthy papers
Dates
1917-1957 (inclusive)
Quantity
10.25 linear feet
Collection Number
ACCN 1972
Summary
The Wilson McCarthy papers (1917-1957) contain personal and business materials concerning McCarthy (1884-1956), a prominent business man in Salt Lake City and Denver. Wilson McCarthy began his career in Utah as an attorney, judge, and state senator. He also served as a regent of the University of Utah and the western director of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. He is primarily known as an officer in various railroads, particularly the Denver and Rio Grande Western.
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
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Biographical Note

Although ultimately known as the president of the Denver and Salt Lake Railway Company and co-trustee of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company, McCarthy started out his career as a lawyer, graduating from Columbia University in 1913. Six years later he was appointed district judge of the Third Judicial District. He went on to become a senator in Salt Lake County, a regent for the University of Utah, and the western director of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, among many other things.

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Content Description

The Wilson McCarthy papers (1917-1957) contain personal and business materials concerning McCarthy (1884-1956), a prominent business man in Salt Lake City and Denver. The collection reflects McCarthy's organization of personal finances and dealings with various businesses, especially in matters of stocks and other securities. Included are legal papers, correspondence, programs, biographical papers, news clippings, insurance documents, tax documents, bank statements, scrapbooks, and other materials.

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Use of the Collection

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.

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Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Gift of Geri Clark in 2002 and 2009.

Separated Materials

Photographs were transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections (P1053).

Processing Note

Processed by Lisa Demille in 2002.

Addendum processed by Betsey Welland in 2016.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • I: Personal Materials

    • Description: Correspondence
      Dates: 1936-1957
      Container: Box 1, Folder 1-6
    • Description: Biographical Information
      Container: Box 1, Folder 7
    • Description: American Fork City Cemetery
      Dates: 1949-1956
      Container: Box 1, Folder 8
    • Description: Bar and Club Association Memberships
      Dates: 1950
      Container: Box 2, Folder 1
    • Description: Democratic National Committee, Correspondence
      Dates: 1937
      Container: Box 2, Folder 2
    • Description: District of Columbia Courthouse, Program
      Dates: 1950
      Container: Box 2, Folder 3
    • Description: Retirement, Correspondence and Legal papers
      Dates: 1938-1940
      Container: Box 2, Folder 4
    • Description: Emma Adams Empey, Funeral Service Program
      Dates: 1953
      Container: Box 2, Folder 5
    • Description: C. C. Pyle Estate, Correspondence
      Dates: 1939-1940
      Container: Box 2, Folder 6
    • Description: Ashby O. Stewart, Correspondence and Court Documents
      Dates: 1935-1948
      Container: Box 2, Folder 7
    • Description: Speeches
      Dates: 1928-1954
      Container: Box 2, Folder 8-9
    • Description: Receipts and Invoices
      Dates: 1945-1956
      Container: Box 2, Folder 10
    • Description: Sketch of McCarthy
      Dates: 1946
      Container: Box 2, Folder 11
    • Description: Event Medals and Buttons
      Dates: 1937-1956
      Container: Box 2, Folder 12
    • Description: News Articles
      Dates: 1940-1950
      Container: Box 2, Folder 13
    • Description: Miscellaneous
      Container: Box 2, Folder 14
  • II: Financial Materials

  • III: Business Files

    • Description: Allen B. DuMont Laboratories, Inc.
      Dates: 1949-1951
      Container: Box 13, Folder 1
    • Description: American Natural Gas Co.
      Dates: 1948-1956
      Container: Box 13, Folder 2
    • Description: Canadian North-West Irrigation Co.
      Container: Box 13, Folder 3
    • Description: Canadian West Board
      Dates: 1950
      Container: Box 13, Folder 4
    • Description: Cedar Point Field Trust
      Dates: 1951-1952
      Container: Box 13, Folder 5
    • Description: Chicago City Railway Co.
      Dates: 1945-1953
      Container: Box 13, Folder 6
    • Description: Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co.
      Dates: 1947-1955
      Container: Box 13, Folder 7
    • Description: Conservative Investment Co.
      Dates: 1947-1950
      Container: Box 13, Folder 8
    • Description: Deere and Co.
      Dates: 1948-1952
      Container: Box 13, Folder 9
    • Description: Denver Club
      Dates: 1954
      Container: Box 13, Folder 10
    • Description: Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Co.
      Dates: 1947-1956
      Container: Box 13, Folder 11-12
    • Description: Denver and Salt Lake Railway Co.
      Dates: 1935-1948
      Container: Box 13, Folder 13
    • Description: Detroit Edison Co.
      Dates: 1941-1949
      Container: Box 13, Folder 14
    • Description: Eaton Manufacturing Co.
      Dates: 1949
      Container: Box 13, Folder 15
    • Description: Engineers Public Service Co.
      Dates: 1946-1954
      Container: Box 13, Folder 16
    • Description: First National Bank of Denver
      Dates: 1936-1954
      Container: Box 14, Folder 1
    • Description: First Security Corp.
      Dates: 1933-1951
      Container: Box 14, Folder 2-3
    • Description: Florida East Coast Railway Co.
      Dates: 1954-1955
      Container: Box 14, Folder 4
    • Description: Frame, McFadyen and Co., Ltd.
      Dates: 1954-1956
      Container: Box 14, Folder 5
    • Description: Garrett-Bromfield and Co.
      Dates: 1936-1938
      Container: Box 14, Folder 6
    • Description: General Aviation Equipment Co.
      Dates: 1947-1952
      Container: Box 14, Folder 7
    • Description: Glen L. Martin Co.
      Dates: 1954-1955
      Container: Box 14, Folder 8
    • Description: Gulf State Utilities Co.
      Dates: 1947-1953
      Container: Box 14, Folder 9
    • Description: Haile Mines, Inc.
      Dates: 1951-1955
      Container: Box 14, Folder 10
    • Description: Holly Sugar Corp.
      Dates: 1953-1954
      Container: Box 14, Folder 11
    • Description: Hotel Utah Co.
      Dates: 1948-1955
      Container: Box 14, Folder 12
    • Description: Hudson and Manhattan Railroad Co.
      Dates: 1955
      Container: Box 14, Folder 13
    • Description: Ideal Cement Co.
      Dates: 1938-1955
      Container: Box 14, Folder 14
    • Description: International Trust Co.
      Dates: 1939-1957
      Container: Box 14, Folder 15-16
    • Description: Kaiser Steel Corp.
      Dates: 1953
      Container: Box 14, Folder 17
    • Description: Kansas Power and Light Co.
      Dates: 1952
      Container: Box 14, Folder 18
    • Description: Kennecott Copper Corp.
      Dates: 1938-1949
      Container: Box 14, Folder 19
    • Description: Laborador Mining and Exploration Co.
      Dates: 1950-1952
      Container: Box 14, Folder 20
    • Description: Lone Jack Molybdenum Co.
      Dates: 1938-1947
      Container: Box 15, Folder 1
    • Description: Mack Trucks Inc.
      Dates: 1955
      Container: Box 15, Folder 2
    • Description: Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Beane
      Dates: 1945-1951
      Container: Box 15, Folder 3
    • Description: Missouri Pacific Railroad Co.
      Dates: 1947-1955
      Container: Box 15, Folder 4
    • Description: Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Co.
      Dates: 1935-1955
      Container: Box 15, Folder 5
    • Description: Nevada Sheep Co.
      Dates: 1941
      Container: Box 15, Folder 6
    • Description: New York Cental Railroad Co.
      Dates: 1951-1955
      Container: Box 15, Folder 7
    • Description: North American Co.
      Dates: 1939-1954
      Container: Box 15, Folder 8-9
    • Description: Northeast Capital Corp.
      Dates: 1954-1955
      Container: Box 15, Folder 10
    • Description: Northern New England Co.
      Dates: 1946-1950
      Container: Box 15, Folder 11
    • Description: Northwestern Terminal Railroad Co.
      Dates: 1950-1955
      Container: Box 15, Folder 12
    • Description: Ohio Oil Co.
      Dates: 1949, 1955
      Container: Box 16, Folder 1
    • Description: P. W. M. Co.
      Dates: 1950-1951
      Container: Box 16, Folder 2
    • Description: Pacific Coast Mortgage Co.
      Dates: 1935-1956
      Container: Box 16, Folder 3
    • Description: Pacific Gas and Electric Co.
      Dates: 1943-1954
      Container: Box 16, Folder 4
    • Description: Peters, Writer and Christensen, Inc.
      Dates: 1937-1939
      Container: Box 16, Folder 5
    • Description: Potomac Electric Power Co.
      Dates: 1939-1955
      Container: Box 16, Folder 6
    • Description: Public Service Co. of New Mexico and Pubco Development
      Dates: 1951-1954
      Container: Box 16, Folder 7
    • Description: Ralph H. Pitchforth Co.
      Dates: 1936-1951
      Container: Box 16, Folder 8-9
    • Description: Reconstruction Finance Corp.
      Dates: 1930, 1951
      Container: Box 16, Folder 1-2
    • Description: Rocky Mountain Empire Sports Inc.
      Dates: 1948, 1952
      Container: Box 17, Folder 3
    • Description: Salt Lake and Utah Railroad Corp.
      Dates: 1937-1948
      Container: Box 17, Folder 4
    • Description: San Antonio Joint Stock Land Bank
      Dates: 1943
      Container: Box 17, Folder 5
    • Description: Securities and Exchange Commission
      Dates: 1935-1956
      Container: Box 17, Folder 6
    • Description: Southeastern Greyhound Lines Co.
      Dates: 1945-1949
      Container: Box 17, Folder 7
    • Description: Spacarb, Inc.
      Dates: 1951-1956
      Container: Box 17, Folder 8
    • Description: Struthers Wells Corp.
      Dates: 1949-1954
      Container: Box 17, Folder 9
    • Description: Temco Aircraft Corp.
      Dates: 1954
      Container: Box 17, Folder 10
    • Description: Texas Uranium Corp.
      Dates: 1954
      Container: Box 17, Folder 11
    • Description: Tokyo Electric Light Co.
      Dates: 1952-1954
      Container: Box 17, Folder 12
    • Description: Union Electric Company of Missouri
      Dates: 1953-1955
      Container: Box 17, Folder 13
    • Description: United Light and Railway Co.
      Dates: 1947-1950
      Container: Box 17, Folder 14-15
    • Description: United States Fishing Co.
      Dates: 1945-1948
      Container: Box 17, Folder 16
    • Description: Utah-Colorado Oil Corp.
      Dates: 1951-1954
      Container: Box 17, Folder 17
    • Description: Utah Power and Light Co.
      Dates: 1954
      Container: Box 17, Folder 18
    • Description: Vasconcells, Hicks and Co.
      Dates: 1938
      Container: Box 17, Folder 19
    • Description: Venezuelan Petroleum Co.
      Dates: 1954-1955
      Container: Box 17, Folder 20
    • Description: Virginia Electric and Power Co.
      Dates: 1948-1954
      Container: Box 17, Folder 21
    • Description: West Kentucky Coal Co.
      Dates: 1949, 1956
      Container: Box 18, Folder 1
    • Description: Western Maryland Railway Co.
      Dates: 1955
      Container: Box 18, Folder 2
    • Description: Western Savings and Loan Co.
      Dates: 1946-1956
      Container: Box 18, Folder 3
    • Description: Wisconsin Electric Power Co.
      Dates: 1948-1954
      Container: Box 18, Folder 4
    • Description: Yosemite Valley Railroad Co.
      Dates: 1940-1950
      Container: Box 18, Folder 5-7
    • Description: Yosemite Valley Railroad Co.

      Includes information on McCarthy's "joint venture" with this company.

      Dates: 1940-1950
      Container: Box 19, Folder 1-2
    • Description: Miscellaneous Business Files
      Dates: 1946-1955
      Container: Box 19, Folder 3
  • IV: General Materials

    • Description: Scrapbooks

      Included in the scrapbooks are programs, correspondence, resolutions, telegrams, and contribution and condolence cards concerning the death of McCarthy.

      Dates: 1956
      Container: Box 20
  • V: Addendum

    • Description: Correspondence and Articles
      Dates: 1955-1956
      Container: Box 21, Folder 1
    • Description: News Clippings
      Dates: 1950s
      Container: Box 21, Folder 2

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Subject Terms

  • Businessmen--Utah--Salt Lake City

Personal Names

  • McCarthy, Wilson--Archives

Form or Genre Terms

  • Correspondence
  • Financial records
  • Scrapbooks
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