Archives West Finding Aid
Table of Contents
- Overview of the Collection
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Historical Note
- Content Description
- Use of the Collection
- Administrative Information
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Detailed Description of the Collection
- Personal Papers
- Subject Files
- Legal Matters
- Political Records-Correspondence and Political Figures
- Political Records-Subject Files
- Political Records-Miscellaneous
- Books, Pamphlets and Newsletters
- General Materials
- Nance v. SMWIA
- State of Utah v. Braasch and Sullivan
- Marguerite Robinson v. Oscar Robinson
- John Allen Lee v. Diane Ross
- Division of Naval Intelligence
- Names and Subjects
A. Wally Sandack papers, 1902-1994
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Sandack, A. Wally
- Title
- A. Wally Sandack papers
- Dates
- 1902-1994 (inclusive)19021994
- Quantity
- 43 boxes, ((circa 21.5 linear feet))
- Collection Number
- ACCN 1481
- Summary
- The A. Wally Sandack papers (1902-1994) consist of materials resulting from Sandack's activities as an attorney and politician in Utah.
- Repository
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University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860
Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu - Access Restrictions
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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.
- Languages
- English
Historical NoteReturn to Top
Avrom Yitzhak Sandack (6/26/1913-1/7/2011), better known as A. Wally Sandack, was an attorney and politician in Utah. He was an active participant in the National Democratic Conventions, was a member of the University of Utah Board of Regents, and served on the Lay Advisory Board of Holy Cross Hospital.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The A. Wally Sandack papers (1902-1994) consist of materials resulting from Sandack's activities as an attorney and politician in Utah. Included is biographical information, campaign and inaugural documents for national and local figures (such as John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Calvin L. Rampton), correspondence, news clippings, publications, scrapbooks, reports, legal documents, rosters, bulletins, and meeting minutes. Also included are materials relating to the John Birch Society and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Judaism, and United States involvement in war. Of particular interest are original newspapers documenting the United States' declaration of war on Japan, Franklin D. Roosevelt's death, and the Normandy invasion. Also of interest is a scrapbook containing descriptions of war planes and ships.
The addendum consists of A. Wally Sandack's personal files pertaining to various legal cases he counseled for in the late 1950s-1960s. The cases included the Troy O. Nance and Thomas Hanley v. the Sheet Metal Workers International Association (SMWIA). Sandack represented Nance during the initial trial and the following appeal. The SMWIA expelled Nance from the union on the grounds of improper conduct. Nance sued for damages, and won. The SMWIA appealed the ruling, and won a large reduction in the damages they were required to reimburse to Nance and his co-plaintiff Thomas Hanley; State of Utah v. Verne Alfred Braasch and Melvin LeRoy Sullivan. Sandack represented the accused during the initial trial and the following appeals. Braasch and Sullivan confessed to the killing of a gas station attendant, and were convicted. They appealed this conviction on the claim that their confessions were coerced; Marguerite Robinson v. Oscar Robinson. Sandack represented Oscar Robinson throughout a lengthy divorce and custody battle with his estranged wife. Oscar felt his court-ordered alimony was excessive compared to his income, and that his wife was mentally unfit to have custody of the children anyway; John Allen Lee v. Diane Ross. Sandack represented John Allen Lee during the civil suit over a car accident with Diane Ross. Lee was allegedly injured in this accident, and sued for damages to his health and quality of life, accusing negligence on the part of Ross.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on 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.
Preferred Citation
Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Acquisition Information
Donated by A. Wally Sandack (boxes 1-22) in 1995.
Donated by Roger Sandack (boxes 23-44) in 2011.
Processing Note
Processed by Lisa Townsend in 1995.
Addendum processed by Michael Bills in 2011.
Separated Materials
Photographs and audio-visual materials were transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections (P0640 and A0381).
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
I: Personal PapersReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | |
| 1 | 1 | Biographical Information |
| 1 | 2 | Cards from Mr. and Mrs. Rampton and Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Humphrey |
| 1 | 3 | Emeritus Award |
| 1 | 4 | University of Utah Board of Regents |
| 1 | 5 | Lay Advisory Board of Holy Cross Hospital |
| 1 | 6 | Inaugural and Reception Invitations, Programs, and Tickets
For John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Governor Rampton.
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| 1 | 7 | Poems by Arthur A. Allen Jr. |
II: Subject FilesReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 2 | 1 | Alberta Henry Education Foundation |
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| 2 | 2 | Esther Peterson Tribute |
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| 2 | 3 | Letters to the Editor |
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| 2 | 4-8 | Mormons-John Birch Society
Correspondence, a publication, statements, articles, and information on African-Americans.
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1963-1967 |
| 2 | 9 | Religion-Jewish: Congregation Kol Ami |
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| 2 | 10 | Religion-Jewish: Clarion Society with Dr. Louis Zucker |
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| 2 | 11 | Religion-Jewish: Jewish Week Declaration and Dr. Zucker's Translation of Roi Erd
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| 2 | 12 | Religion-Jewish: Remarks by Dr. Zucker |
1981 |
| 2 | 13 | Religion-Jewish: Response
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1990-1993 |
| 2 | 14 | Religion-Jewish: American Jewish Archives
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1959-1960 |
| 3 | 1 | Religion-Jewish: American Jewish Archives
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1960 |
| Volume | |||
| 3 | 1 | Religion-Jewish: Under Cover by John Roy Carlson |
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| Folder | |||
| 3 | 2 | Religion-Jewish: Contents to go along with Under Cover
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| Volume | |||
| 3 | 2 | Religion-Jewish: The Trouble Makers by Arnold Forster and Benjamin Epstein |
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| Folder | |||
| 3 | 3 | Religion-Jewish: Contents to go along with The Trouble Makers
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| 3 | 4 | Religion-Jewish: Miscellaneous |
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| 3 | 5 | War-Invasion Alert: Red China Drives on the U.N. by Joseph C. Grew |
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| 3 | 6 | War-Vietnam War Articles |
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| 3 | 7 | War-New York Times: The Civil War and Reconstruction |
1961 |
| 4 | War
U.S. Navy War PO's: Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Harbor; newspapers on U.S. Declaration of War on Japan, Franklin D. Roosevelt's death, and D-Day; Apartmental and Hotel Journal, vol. XI no. 10.
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| 5 | War
Scrapbook contents of plane and ship descriptions.
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III: Legal MattersReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 6 | 1 | Background Information
Includes children's bill of rights, organization chart and plan of operation in the legal system, and guidelines for a better marriage.
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| 6 | 2-9 | Family Relations Court
Correspondence, pilot project to assist victims of domestic violence, reports, meeting materials, news articles, and miscellaneous.
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1966-1968 |
| 6 | 10-12 | Labor Law Section of the Utah State Bar
Correspondence, Title 34, and the labor code.
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1966-1969 |
| 7 | 1-2 | Labor Law Section of the Utah State Bar
Review committee and statement of Sandack before AFL-CIO annual convention.
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1970 |
| 7 | 3-4 | Labor Law-General
Miscellaneous cases and almanac.
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1962 |
| 7 | 5-12 | Murder Trial-Utah v. Braasch and Sullivan
Correspondence, appellant's brief, memorandum of amici curiae, writ of habeas corpus, transcript of record, background research, and articles.
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| 8 | Legal Briefs and Notes, Vol. 1 |
1933-1935 | |
| 9 | Supplement Cases to Vol. 1 |
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| Folder | |||
| 10 | 1 | Death of Judge Willis W. Ritter |
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| 10 | 2 | Recent Decisions on Constitutional Law |
1994 |
| 10 | 3 |
Utah Law Review
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1986 |
| 10 | 4 |
The Growth of Awareness: Our Nation's Law and Law Among Nations
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1967 |
| 10 | 5 | Salt lake County Bar Association Pictorial Register |
1971-1972 |
| 10 | 6 | Sandack's Law Certificates |
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| 10 | 7 | Article-" 97 Utahns Make Best Lawyer List" |
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| 10 | 8 | Miscellaneous |
IV: Political Records-Correspondence and Political FiguresReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 11 | 1 | Correspondence |
1954-1974 |
| 11 | 2 | Edward Firmage |
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| 11 | 3 | Hubert Humphrey |
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| 11 | 4-5 | Lyndon B. Johnson
Information on Barry Goldwater.
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| 11 | 6-12 | John F. Kennedy
Press release, The Torch is Passed, inaugural programs, New Purpose, New Progress, The Kennedy Administration, and miscellaneous.
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1963 |
| 12 | John F. Kennedy
Posters and newspapers concerning Kennedy's campaign and death.
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| Folder | |||
| 13 | 1-3 | John F. Kennedy-Correspondence |
1940s-1960s |
| 13 | 4-5 | Correspondence
Although folders 4-11 do not specifically relate to John F. and Robert F. Kennedy, they have remained with the Kennedys' material to maintain Sandack's original organization.
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1970s-1980s |
| 13 | 6 | Democratic and Republican Platforms |
1968 |
| 13 | 7 | Budget Information |
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| 13 | 8 | Schedules |
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| 13 | 9 | Rosters |
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| 13 | 10 | Articles and Press Release |
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| 13 | 11 | Miscellaneous |
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| 13 | 12-16 | Robert F. Kennedy
Western Union telegram, campaign material, memorial tributes, and news articles.
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1968 |
| 14 | 1-6 | J. Bracken Lee
Correspondence, Brack Lee's Folly'ies or Third Party Not Third Term, broadcasts and speeches, cartoons, articles, and miscellaneous.
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1983 |
| 14 | 7 | Dan Marriott |
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| 14 | 8 | Richard Nixon |
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| 14 | 9 | Wayne Owens |
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| 14 | 10-12 | Calvin L. Rampton
Correspondence and political beliefs and actions.
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1964-1968 |
| 14 | 13 | Calvin L. Rampton-Labor Unions: Correspondence |
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| 14 | 14 | Calvin L. Rampton-Labor Unions: A Peoples' History of Utah, Script |
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| 14 | 15 | Calvin L. Rampton-Labor Unions: Mining Companies of Park City and Vicinity |
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| 14 | 16 | Calvin L. Rampton-Labor Unions: Information on Joe Hill |
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| Volume | |||
| 14 | 1 | Calvin L. Rampton-Labor Unions: Deseret's Sons of Toil by J. Kenneth Davies |
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| Folder | |||
| 14 | 17 | Calvin L. Rampton-Labor Unions: Miscellaneous |
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| 15 | 1-5 | A. Wally Sandack
Correspondence, promotion ideas, newsletters, news articles, and miscellaneous.
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1950-1973 |
| 15 | 6 | Adlai Stevenson |
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| 15 | 7-11 | Elbert D. Thomas
Campaign issues, fact sheets, programs and reviews, rosters, directories, and news articles.
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V: Political Records-Subject FilesReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 16 | 1 | General Elections in Utah-Abstracts of Returns |
1968 |
| 16 | 2-7 | Constitution Revision Commission
Correspondence, articles, meeting minutes and report, schedule, and miscellaneous.
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1988-1992 |
| 16 | 8 | Extremism
Newsletters on terrorism, hate groups, and the general far right.
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| 16 | 9 | Franklin Delano Roosevelt Day at the Utah State Fairgrounds |
1955 |
| 16 | 10 |
" One Man, One Vote"
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| 16 | 11 |
Presidential Elections Past and Present; America Goes to the Polls, Highlights of the Presidential Campaigns, 1789-1964
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| 16 | 12 | State Democratic Nominating Convention |
1956 |
| 17 | 1-4 | State Democratic Nominating Convention
Statements, platforms, programs, recommendations, pamphlets, and speeches.
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1960-1980 |
| 17 | 5 |
A Re-examination of U.S. Foreign Policy
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| 17 | 6 | Utah Democratic Platform |
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| 17 | 7 | Utah Legislative Council Report and Recommendations |
1965-1967 |
VI: Political Records-MiscellaneousReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 18 | 1 | Rosters-Active Democratic Workers File |
1950 |
| 18 | 2 | Rosters-Democratic District Organization for Salt Lake County |
1956-1958 |
| 18 | 3 | Rosters-Democratic State Central Committee and Candidates |
1967-1968 |
| 18 | 4-6 | Rosters-Cards Listing U.S. Senator, Congress, and Utah Governor Candidates |
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| 18 | 7 | Rosters-Miscellaneous |
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| 18 | 8 | Newsletters |
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| 18 | 9 | News Releases |
1968 |
| 18 | 10 | Newspaper Articles |
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| 18 | 11 | Miscellaneous |
VII: Books, Pamphlets and NewslettersReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Volume | ||
| 19 | 1 | Tertius Chandler, Chandler's Half Encyclopedia
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1956 |
| Folder | |||
| 19 | 1 | Correspondence
Relates to volume one in this box.
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| Volume | |||
| 19 | 2 | Frank Chodorov and J. Bracken Lee, The Income Tax, Root of All Evil
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1954 |
| 20 | 1 | James A. Farley, Jim Farley's Story: The Roosevelt Years
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1948 |
| Folder | |||
| 20 | 1 | Materials Relating to the Above Book |
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| 20 | 2 | John T. Flynn, The Road Ahead, America's Creeping Revolution
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1949 |
| 20 | 3 |
Conventions and Elections-1960, A Complete Handbook Prepared by CBS News
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1960 |
| 20 | 4 |
The Democratic Campaign Handbook
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1966 |
| 20 | 5 |
The History of the Republican Party, 1854-1967
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| 20 | 6 |
Harry S. Truman, Late a President of the United States: Memorial Tributes Delivered in Congress
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1973 |
| 20 | 7 |
Syracuse Cultural Workers
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1987-1988 |
| 20 | 8 |
The Utah Democrat, Vol. 1 No. 1-Vol. 2 No. 6 |
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| 20 | 9 |
National Farmers Union, Washington Newsletter, Vol. 3 No. 25 |
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| 21 | Newspapers and Articles |
1956-1987 |
VIII: General MaterialsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 22 | Oversize Materials
J. Bracken Lee cartoon poster, The Blue Conventions by CBS, and New York Times Magazine on Nixon and Watergate.
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1973-1974 |
IX: Nance v. SMWIAReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | |||
| 23-33 | Transcript of Proceedings
These boxes consists of volumes containing transcripts of proceedings including the pre-trial hearing and pre-trial conference.
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1958-1982 | |
| Folder | |||
| 34 | 1-3 | Defendant's Exhibits 1-end |
1950s |
| 34 | 4 | Appeal of Troy O. Nance, related documents |
1954 |
| 34 | 5 | Synopsis of 29th General Convention of SMWIA |
1954 |
| 35 | 1-2 | Transcript of Proceedings of SMWIA's Trial of Thomas B. Hanley |
1954 |
| 35 | 3 | Transcript of Proceedings of SMWIA's Trial of John E. Fuller |
1954 |
| 35 | 4 | Transcript of Proceedings of SMWIA's Trial of C.A. Nichols |
1954 |
| 35 | 5 | Transcript of Proceedings of SMWIA's Trial of Troy O. Nance |
1954 |
| 35 | 6 | Transcript of Meeting of SMWIA Local 108 |
1954 |
| 35 | 7 | International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers, and Helpers: Proceedings of the 19th Consolidated Convention |
1953 |
| 36 | 1 | SMWIA Litigation History |
1905 |
| 36 | 2 | Miscellaneous Correspondence |
1959-1962 |
| 36 | 3-6 | Materials Related to Appeal |
1960; 1962 |
X: State of Utah v. Braasch and SullivanReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 37 | General materials
This box contains various correspondence, documents, and publications related to the case.
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1950s |
| 38 | Court materials
This box contains letters and documents specific to trials held in the Utah Supreme Court, 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, U.S. Supreme Court, and others.
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1950s |
| 39 | Habeas corpus
This box contains materials related to Sandack's attempts to obtain a writ of habeas corpus for his client.
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1950s |
XI: Marguerite Robinson v. Oscar RobinsonReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 40 | 1 | Case Materials from Gustin, Richards, and Mattson, the firm who represented Oscar Robinson prior to Draper, Sandack, and Draper |
1960-1961 |
| 40 | 2 | Salt Lake County Third District Court Documents |
1961-1962 |
| 40 | 3 | State of New York Department of Mental Hygiene: Report on Mental Health of Marguerite Robinson |
1959 |
| 40 | 4 | Disposition of Marguerite Robinson, with O. Robinson's response |
1961 |
| 41 | 1-3 | Case Related Correspondence |
1961-1962 |
| 41 | 4 | Correspondence Between Oscar and Marguerite Robinson |
1960-1961 |
XII: John Allen Lee v. Diane RossReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 42 | 1 | Court Documents |
1959-1961 |
| 42 | 2 | Dispositions |
1961 |
| 42 | 3 | Correspondence |
1959-1963 |
| 42 | 4 | Medical/Insurance Documents and Correspondence |
1959-1961 |
XIII: Division of Naval IntelligenceReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 43 | Photocopies and drawings of naval vessels from WWII period |
1943-1944 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Electioneering--Utah
- Juvenile courts--Utah
- Labor laws and legislation--Utah
- Lawyers--Utah
Corporate Names
- Democratic Party (Utah)
Geographical Names
- Utah--Politics and government
Form or Genre Terms
- Correspondence
- Memorabilia
Finding aid created by Lisa Townsend
1995 (last modified: 2014 and 2019)
