Speeches, 1961-1963

Scope and Contents
The Frank E. Moss papers (1931-1992) represent the largest manuscript collection in the Special Collections Department. The material in the Moss Papers includes correspondence, printed matter, diaries, photographs, tapes, films and scrapbooks. The largest portion of the collection is concerned with constituent opinions and problems involving military transfers, veteran pensions, grazing rights, industrial growth, the Vietnam War, the Nixon impeachment, abortion, gun control, and the right-to-work issue.
One of the most important sections of the collection deals with Senator Moss's special interests. Discussion of the usage and the conservation of natural and energy resources appears in materials focusing upon the planning and utilization policies affecting federal lands and parks. Moss's concerns with national health issues are manifested in his campaign to ban TV cigarette advertising and in his investigations of nursing home conditions and Medicare-Medicaid fraud.
Other significant materials in the collection are unpublished and published congressional committee and governmental hearing reports. Several travel diaries contain commentary on the political, economic, social and cultural conditions of countries in Europe, Asia, Africa and South America. Communications with federal, state and local officials and congressional colleagues also can be found in these papers. Informal office staff reports relating to contemporary problems and proposed policy positions in addition to office notes and memoranda have been preserved.
Hundreds of photographs, tapes and films serve as an important visual and aural component of the Moss collection. Some photos were taken for political publicity purposes while others depict Utah scenic attractions. These materials are located in the Photograph Collection division of Special Collections. Recordings of Senator Moss's speeches are housed in the library's Audio-Visual Department as are the senator's 1964 campaign film and numerous documentary films.
Information and correspondence concerning Moss's professional and political activities prior to his election to the Senate in 1958 can be found in boxes 1 through 3. The bulk of the Moss Collection, which pertains to congressional materials embracing the years of 1959-1976, are located in boxes 4 through 577. Numerous projects of Utah state, western regional and national significance, which caught the attention of Senator Moss, can be accessed in boxes 578 through 651. Copies of speeches delivered before a variety of audiences and statements prepared for Senate floor debate and committee discussion appear in boxes 652 through 693. Transcripts of radio tapes and issues of the senator's newsletters have been placed in boxes 694 and 685 while the voting records of Moss and of his Utah Republican colleaugues are contained in boxes 696 and 697. Papers related to the appointment of federal postmaster positions are situated in boxes 698 through 707. Boxes 708 and 709 include the Senate's legslative calendars and lists of bills which Senator Moss introduced in the Senate. Office records dealing with case work, schedules and memoranda can be seen in boxes 710 and 711. Biographical sketches of Moss and his correspondence as Salt Lake City Judge and Salt Lake County Attorney have been stored in box 712 while materials about his military service are available in box 713. Personal correspondence encompassing years of 1934-1977 has been filed in boxes 714 and 715. Logs of Senator Moss's daily activities during the years of 1957-1992 can be viewed in boxes 716 and 717. Box 718 contains diaries of travel to countries in Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Materials and correspondence linked to the election campaigns of 1964, 1970, and 1976 have been deposited in boxes 719 and 720. Letters written in 1971-1973 from and to constituents concerning Utah problems and issues can be read in box 721. Copies of the senator's speeches (1973-1992) and a manuscript of Richard R. Hart's biography of Senator Moss have been placed in box 722. Boxes 723 through 726 are replete with a myriad of applications to enroll in U.S. military and naval academies. The U.S. Senate's voting history and Moss's legislative record during the 91st-94th Congresses appear in box 727 and numerous certificates and plaques of honor and appreciation can be found in box 728. Nineteen scrapbooks detailing events from 1958-1976 are located in boxes 729 through 747.
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Dates
- Creation: 1961-1963
Creator
- From the Collection: Moss, Frank E., 1911-2003 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
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.
Extent
From the Collection: 380.5 Linear Feet (726 boxes and 22 oversize boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
- Speech of Senator Frank E. Moss (D-Utah) at the Marquardt Corporation, Ogden, Utah, July 11, 1961
- Address of Senator Frank E. Moss (D-Utah), Water Pollution Control Federation, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 10, 1961
- Wilderness Bill speech by Senator Frank E. Moss, 1961
- Remarks of Senator Frank E. Moss, Utah at the dedication of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Crops and Entomology Research Laboratory, Utah State University, Logan, October 26, 1961
- Speech on Berlin by Senator Frank E. Moss, 1961
- Speech of Senator Frank E. Moss (D-Utah) before Veterans of Foreign Wars, Veterans Day, 1961
- Indiana speech for memorial dinner, 1/27/62
- Outline for Salt Lake speech, February 3, 1962: Africa's challenge to the world
- Arizona speech (Utah Senator Frank E. Moss, 1962)
- Address of Senator Frank E. Moss before the second Business Management Institute at the College of General Studies of the George Washington University, May 3, 1962
- Excerpts from speech of Senator Frank E. Moss (D-Utah) to Democratic Dinner, Torrington, Wyoming, Saturday evening, June 9, 1962
- Speech of Senator Frank E. Moss (D-Utah) before Interstate Association of Public Land Counties, Salt Lake City, Utah, September 15, 1962
- Speech of Senator Frank E. Moss (D-Utah), Utah State Federation of NARCE chapters convention, October 8, 1962
- Speech of Senator Frank E. Moss (D-Utah) , Salt Lake City, October 24, 1962: "The United Nations--past, present and future"; United Nations--past, present and future
- Statements of Senator Frank E. Moss (D-Utah), winter 1962; Statement of Senator Frank E. Moss (D-Utah) upon announcement of the signing of a contract between the Bureau of Reclamation and the Utah Power and Light Co. governing transmission of electric power of the Colorado River Storage Project; Urgent needs of education
- Speech of Senator Frank E. Moss (D-Utah), Farmers Union meeting, Salt Lake City, February 16, 1963
- Federal-state water rights-must there be conflict? : speech before annual mid-winter conference of the National District Attorneys Association, Los Angeles, California, March 11, 1963
- Speech of Senator Frank E. Moss (D-Utah), March 30, 1963, at Anchorage, Alaska, for the Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner
- Speech of Senator Frank E. Moss (D-Utah), Utah State University, Logan, Utah, April 4, 1963
- Speech of Senator Frank E. Moss (D-Utah) before a conference held by the Department of Range Management, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, April 29, 1963
- Speech of Senator Frank E. Moss (D-Utah), Utah Young Democratic State Convention, Salt Lake City, Utah, May 11, 1963
- Remarks of Senator Frank E. Moss (D-Utah) before District no. 27, United Steel Workers of America, Canton, Ohio, June 1, 1963
- Speech of Senator Frank E. Moss (D-Utah), George Washington University Chapter of the Order of the Coif, June 3, 1963; Supreme Court and its critics
- Remarks of Senator Frank E. Moss before the Utah Bar Association, Salt Lake City, Utah, June 13, 1963
- Speech for dedication of Joe's Valley Dam, Emery County Project, Seely Creek, 32 miles southwest of Price, Utah, June 20, 1963, 10:30 A.M.
- Speech of Senator Frank E. Moss (D-Utah), annual youth conference, sponsored by the Utah Junior Chamber of Commerce, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, July 20, 1963
- Speech of Senator Frank E. Moss (D-Utah) before Utah State AFL-CIO seventh annual convention, Salt Lake City, Utah, August 12, 1963
Repository Details
Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu