Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives
Charles Edwin Loose political correspondence
UUS_COLL MSS 172
1 box
.5 linear feet
1897-1928
Collection consists of incoming letters and a few telegrams concerning Utah political matters written by other Utah republicans. The primary correspondent was Reed Smoot, Republican senator from Utah (1903-1933) and Provo banker; many of his letters regard their joint mining ventures. Also includes a delegate certificate from the ninth session of the Trans-Mississippi Commercial Congress (June, 1897) and a photocopy of a life sketch of C. E. Loose from the Herald Journal (January, 1929).
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Initial Citation: Charles Edwin Loose political correspondence USU_COLL MSS 172, Box [ ]. Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.
Following Citations: USU_COLL MSS 172, USUSCA.
Charles Edwin Loose became a prominent Utah industrialist and a key figure in the Utah Republican Party at the end of the 19th century and his correspondence reflects this involvement. He was born in Quincy, Illinois, in 1853 to Betsey Jane and Robert Loose. C.E.'s father passed away the following year. Betsey Jane was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and she, with her family, emigrated to Utah in 1860. Once in Utah, the family settled in Payson. However, Charles and his two brothers, Robert Warren and William A., left home in the late 1860s and moved to the mining country of northwestern Nevada and northeastern California. For the next two decades the brothers worked in the mines of this area. Charles also did some prospecting in New Mexico and Mexico.
Loose moved back to Payson in 1887 in order to be closer to his mother, and in 1888 he married Mary Jane Patten. He settled permanently in Provo, Utah. Loose continued to be involved in mining. He had interests in several mines in Utah's Titnic District. He eventually became associated with Provo banker Reed Smoot. Thus, when Smoot ran for the United States Senate in 1902, Loose was a principal backer in the campaign.
Politically, Loose was an active republican. He twice served on the state Republican Committee, and was being a member of the Republican National Committee. In 1912 he was elected to serve as a delegate from Utah to the Republican National Convention. He was also elected to the Utah Senate twice.
The correspondence in this collection is all incoming to Loose and covers the period from 1904 to 1928. The majority of the letters were written by Reed Smoot. Other correspondents include members of the Republican National Committee and Utah Republicans. Many of the issues that Smoot addresses have their joint mining ventures. Smoot's position as chairman of the public lands committee in the Senate seems to have helped Loose at times. Also, the collection contains a report from the Globe Investigation company concerning union organizing that was occurring in the Utah mines. The letters have been placed into chronological order so that the events would unfold as they occurred.
The letters are arranged in chronological order.
Papers of Betsey Jane Tenney Loose MSS 177.
Utah--Politics and government--History--Sources.
Mines and mineral resources--Utah--History--Sources.
Political Campaigns
Incoming Correspondence
1904
Also included is the delegate certificate for C.E. Loose to the 1897 Trans-Mississippi Commercial Congress.
Reed Smoot
Item 1
1904 February 2
1
2
Reed Smoot
Item 2
1904 February 10
1
2
Reed Smoot
Item 3
1904 February 2
1
2
Theodasius Botkin
Item 4
1904 August 1
1
2
Clove [?]
Item 5
1904 August 5
1
2
David W. Mulvane
Item 6
1904 August 9
1
2
C. H. Duell
Item 7
1904 August 15
1
2
James Anderson
Item 8
1904 August 23
1
2
Elmer Dover
Item 9
1904 September 9
1
2
Incoming Correspondence
1905-1906
A.G. Barber
Item 1
1905 May 11
1
3
Reed Smoot
Item 2
1906 March 10
1
3
Reed Smoot
Item 3
1906 April 27
1
3
Elmer Dover
Item 4
1906 June 11
1
3
Elmer Dover
Item 5
1906 June 29
1
3
Incoming Correspondence
1907
Elmer Dover
Item 1
1907 January 8
1
4
Reed Smoot
Item 2
1907 January 20
1
4
Harry New
Item 3
1907 January 21
1
4
Reed Smoot
Item 4
1907 February 6
1
4
Harry A. New
Item 5
1907 October 21
1
4
Reed Smoot
Item 6
1907 December 5
1
4
Reed Smoot
Item 7
1907 December 9
1
4
Enclosed in above read Reed Smoot to E. H. Callister, 1907 December 5
Reed Smoot
Item 8
1907 December 10
1
4
Elmer Dover
Item 9
1907 December 11
1
4
Reed Smoot
Item 10
1907 December 30
1
4
Incoming Correspondence
1908
Reed Smoot
Item 1
1908 January 22
1
5
Reed Smoot
Item 2
1908 February 6
1
5
Frank Hitchcock
Item 3
1908 February 15
1
5
Frank Hitchcock
Item 4
1908 February 26
1
5
Reed Smoot
Item 5
1908 February 29
1
5
Reed Smoot
Item 6
1908 April 5
1
5
Invitation to dinner at the Chicago Republican Convention
Incoming Correspondence
1910
Reed Smoot
Item 1
1910 January 10
1
6
Reed Smoot
Item 2
1910 January 29
1
6
Enclosed in the above Brigadier General O. D. Thomas to Reed Smoot January 22, 1910
Reed Smoot
Item 3
1910 February 15
1
6
Reed Smoot
Item 4
1910 June 7
1
6
Includes enclosures about the postmaster of Springville, Utah, John W. Dougall
Reed Smoot
Item 5
1910 November 26
1
6
Incoming Correspondence
1911
John F. Hill
Item 1
1911 October 2
1
7
William Hayward
Item 2
1911 October 2
1
7
Reed Smoot
Item 3
1911 November 11
1
7
Reed Smoot
Item 4
1911 December 21
1
7
Incoming Correspondence
1912
Reed Smoot
Item 1
1912 January 2
1
8
Reed Smoot
Item 2
1912 January 19
1
8
Reed Smoot
Item 3
1919 January 20
1
8
Reed Smoot
Item 4
1919 January 24
1
8
Reed Smoot
Item 5
1919 January 25
1
8
Reed Smoot
Item 6
1912 February 6
1
8
Reed Smoot
Item 7
1912 February 15
1
8
Reed Smoot
Item 1
1912 March 11
1
9
Reed Smoot
Item 2
1912 March 31
1
9
Louis J. Seckels
Item 3
1912 April 10
1
9
Reed Smoot
Item 4
1912 May 14
1
9
Reed Smoot
Item 5
1912 May 14
1
9
Reed Smoot
Item 6
1912 May 29
1
9
Henry Joseph
Item 7
1912 May 29
1
9
Anthony D. [?]
Item 8
1912 August 24
1
9
Reed Smoot
Item 9
1912 November 18
1
9
Incoming Correspondence
1913
Reed Smoot
Item 1
1913 February 20
1
10
Reed Smoot
Item 2
1913 April 3
1
10
Reed Smoot
Item 3
1913 April 18
1
10
Reed Smoot
Item 4
1913 June 2
1
10
Reed Smoot
Item 5
1913 July 28
1
10
Reed Smoot
Item 6
1913 July 31
1
10
Reed Smoot
Item 7
1913 December 31
1
10
Incoming Correspondence
1914
Reed Smoot
Item 1
1914 January 19
1
11
Reed Smoot
Item 1
1914 January 31
1
11
Reed Smoot
Item 1
1914 March 7
1
11
Reed Smoot
Item 2
1914 April 11
1
11
Reed Smoot
Item 3
1914 June 22
1
11
Reed Smoot
Item 4
1914 June 29
1
11
Enclosed Reed Smoot to E. C. Callister June 27, 1914
Reed Smoot
Item 5
1914 July 11
1
11
Reed Smoot
Item 6
1914 December 4
1
11
Reed Smoot
Item 7
1914 December 21
1
11
Incoming Correspondence
1915
Reed Smoot
Item 1
1915 November 29
1
12
Reed Smoot
Item 2
1915 November 23
1
12
Reed Smoot
Item 3
1915 December 31
1
12
Incoming Correspondence
1916
Reed Smoot
Item 1
1916 January 17
1
13
Reed Smoot
Item 2
1916 March 9
1
13
Theodore Roosevelt
Item 3
1916 May 13
1
13
Reed Smoot
Item 4
1916 July 10
1
13
Incoming Correspondence
1917-1928
Reed Smoot
Item 1
1917 February 28
1
14
Reed Smoot
Item 1
1918 June 12
1
14
Reed Smoot
Item 2
1918 November 9
1
14
Reed Smoot
Item 3
1918 December 6
1
14
Reed Smoot
Item 4
1919 September 25
1
14
Reed Smoot
Item 5
1921 March 28
1
14
Reed Smoot
Item 6
1922 April 13
1
14
Reed Smoot
Item 7
1923 February 27
1
14
William King
Item 8
1928 November 8
1
14
Newel K. Young
Item 9
1928 November 9
1
14
Reed Smoot
Item 10
1922 April 13
1
14
Biographical sketch of Loose written by his grandson Robert Peterson
undated
1
15