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Title: Knox Mellon California Democratic Council Papers
Date (inclusive): 1957-1969
Collection number: 1061
Creator:
Mellon, Knox.
Extent:
15 boxes (7.5 linear ft.)
Abstract: William Knox Mellon, Jr. was a professor of history at Immaculate Heart College and the Democratic nominee for the CA 24th
District for Congress in 1962. Mellon became treasurer of the Oral History Association.
Collection consists of correspondence, records, and printed material relating to the California Democratic Council and to
CA politics in general during the 1960s.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library,
Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of
the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC
Regents do not hold the copyright.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Knox Mellon, Jr., 1968.
[Identification of item], Knox Mellon California Democratic Council Papers (Collection Number 1061). Department of Special
Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
William Knox Mellon, Jr. was born on Oct. 20, 1925 in Houston, TX; BA, Pomona College, 1950; MA, Claremont College, 1953;
Ph.D, Claremont Graduate School, 1972; became a professor of history at Immaculate Heart College; Democratic nominee for the
CA 24th District for Congress, 1962; became treasurer, Oral History Assn.
Collection consists of correspondence, records, and printed material relating to the California Democratic Council and to
CA politics in general during the 1960s. Includes clippings, newsletters, pamphlets, and periodicals, files on Democratic
candidates, and CDC by-laws, files on conventions, committees, board meetings, and the 1960 presidential campaign.
Arranged in the following series:
- Political files covering local politics and candidates (boxes 1-4)
- Miscellaneous subject files (boxes 5-8)
- Newsletters, commentaries, pamphlets by and about the CDC (boxes 9-10)
- California Democratic Council files, 1959-1967 (boxes 11-15).
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Mellon, Knox--Archives.
California Democratic Council.
History teachers--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.
Joyce Fadem Papers (Collection 1109)
. Available at the Department of Special Collections, UCLA.
California Democratic Council Records (Collection 1389)
. Available at the Department of Special Collections, UCLA.
Charles G. Gant California Democratic Council Records (Collection 1073)
. Available at the Department of Special Collections, UCLA.
Joseph L. Wyatt Collection of California Democratic Council Records (Collection 1082)
. Available at the Department of Special Collections, UCLA.