H. Byron Mock papers
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 0886
Scope and Contents
The H. Byron Mock papers (1881-2004) consist of personal correspondence, journals, and documents from his service in the U.S. Army, during World War II. Among his professional documents, there are business planners, correspondence, BLM records, PLLRC documents, materials concerning mining, grazing, and oil, as well, as other issues in the West, and various diplomas and legal certificates.
Dates
- 1881-2004
Creator
- Mock, H. Byron, 1911-2006 (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
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.
Conditions Governing 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.
Biographical Sketch
Henry Byron Mock was born on February 1, 1911, in Greenville, Texas, to Henry Byron Mock and Ellena Edmonds Mock. He graduated from Tuscon High School in 1929 and graduated from the University of Arizona in 1933. Because of the Great Depression, Mock was unable to attend graduate school immediately after graduating, so he moved to Hollywood, California, and accepted a job as the secretary of the general manager of Fox Film Studios. After about a year, Mock left Hollywood and enrolled in Georgetown Law School. He graduated in 1939. The following year he received a position at the Department of the Interior, Solicitor's Office, and subsequently was appointed Chief Counsel of the U.S. Grazing Service, and moved to Salt Lake City, Utah. In 1942, Mock was drafted into the U.S. Army at Fort Douglas, and the next year he entered Judge Advocate General (J.A.G.) school at Ann Arbor, Michigan. He spent the next few years stationed in the Mediterranead Theatre of Operations, mostly in Naples, Italy. After the war, Mock was appointed the Regional Director for the Colorado and Utah region of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), until he resigned in 1955, and started his own private legal practice in Salt Lake City. For many years, Mock was the attorney for the Utah-based Preston Nutter Corporation (a cattle and ranching business) in cases involving land, water, and grazing rights. He also dealt with mining issues in the West, and was involved with the Public Land Law Review Commission (PLLRC). He died on September 6, 2006, in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Extent
19.25 Linear Feet
Abstract
The H. Byron Mock papers (1881-2004) consist of personal and business materials. Mock served for a number of years in the Bureau of Land Management as Director of the Colorado-Utah Region, as a member of the Public Land Law Review, and also had a private legal firm. The majority of his work deals with mining and grazing rights in the West.
Arrangement
This collection is organized in two series: Series I: Personal and military documents; Series II: Business Materials
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by the Byron and Mary Mock Revocable Trust (boxes 1-39) in 2008.
Separated Materials
Photographs have been transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections (P1625).
Processing Information
Processed by Lisa DeMille in 2002 and by Grant Herron in 2010.
Creator
- Mock, H. Byron, 1911-2006 (Person)
- Title
- Inventory of the H. Byron Mock papers, 1881-2004
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Lisa DeMille
- Date
- © 2002 (last modified: 2018)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid encoded in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository
Contact:
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu