Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Mellon, Knox
- 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.
- Extent:
- 7.5 Linear Feet
- Language:
- Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Knox Mellon California Democratic Council Papers (Collection Number 1061). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Background
- Scope and content:
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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.
- Biographical / historical:
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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.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Knox Mellon, Jr., 1968.
- Processing information:
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Processed by UCLA Library Special Collections staff.
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- Arrangement:
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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).
- Physical location:
- Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the physical objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other 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.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Knox Mellon California Democratic Council Papers (Collection Number 1061). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988