Correspondence, 1969-1979

File — Box: 125, Folder: 11

Identifier: XII

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection: The Robert H. Hinckley papers (1891-1997) reflect Hinckley's dedicated service to his community, his state, his country, and his fellowman. A major portion of the collection is correspondence. In an attempt to keep the file as originally set up, some of the correspondence is in chronological order, some arranged alphabetically, and some is left within subject categories--Civil Aeronautics Authority, Works Progress Administration, state and national politics, radio, etc. Correspondence with prominent men and women of the period appear in these files. Hinckley's long years of service on the University of Utah Board of Regents are represented in the collection, beginning with his first appointment by Governor George H. Dern in 1929 and continuing to 1941. His later terms are not included.

The section on the Federal Emergency Relief, Civil Works Administration, and Works Progress Administration includes the papers of Hinckley's involvement in Utah's program of relief from 1930 and in the regional program (eleven western states and Alaska and Hawaii) as field representative beginning in 1934 and continuing to 1938. A portion of this section covers the controversy in the Mormon church concerning church relief as opposed to the federal WPA program.

Robert H. Hinckley was appointed a member of the Civil Aeronautics Authority in August 1938, in April 1939 he was made chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Authority, and in June 1940 he became assistant secretary of commerce. The papers which cover this period include, besides correspondence, the reorganization of the Civil Aeronautics Authority, Hinckley's Civilian Pilot Training Program, and extend into World War II and national defense.

A limited amount of material is available under Hinckley's short period with Sperry Corporation (Sperry Rand) before returning to government service as director of Office of Contract Settlement. These papers are represented in the collection along with papers on the American Broadcasting Company, Economic Cooperation Administration, Mutual Security Agency, and the Welsh Pony Society of America.

Boxes 92-96 of the collection are subject files and contain a variety of subjects arranged in alphabetical order.

The collection of Hinckley's speeches and articles, which span more than forty years, cover a broad range of subjects and interests. Speeches and articles of many other notable people associated with, and working in the same interests with Hinckley, have been preserved and are in the collection.

Dates

1969-1979

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.