Collection Summary
Kintner, Earl W.
Earl W. Kintner papers
1914-1977 (bulk 1950-1966)
04268
18.05 cubic ft. (23 boxes)
University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
English
Contains materials related to the career of Earl W. Kintner,
former chairman of the Federal Trade Commission and antitrust lawyer.
Biography of Earl W. Kintner
Earl W. Kintner (1912-1991) was born in Corydon, Indiana and attended DePauw
University, followed by law school at Indiana University. He served in the Navy from
1944-1948, during which time he was appointed deputy U.S. Commissioner to the United
Nations War Crimes Commission. Kintner then joined the staff of the Federal Trade
Commission as a trial lawyer, eventually moving on to adviser and general counsel
and finally becoming its chairman, a post he occupied from 1959-1961. He was a
proponent of industry self-regulation while simultaneously enforcing antitrust
measures. He served on the President's Conference on Administrative Procedure from
1953-1954, the U.S. Commerce Technical Advisory Board Panel on Invention and
Innovation from 1965-1966, the Administrative Conference of the United States from
1972-1976 and 1978-1982, and the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules of the Judicial
Conference of the United States from 1971-1982. From 1961 until retirement in 1990
Kintner worked as a senior partner at the law firm of Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin
and Kahn, and continued his affiliation as senior counsel after retiring. He wrote
and lectured on antitrust law, trade practices, and administrative law.
Scope and Content
Collection contains statements and addresses, books and articles by Kintner,
correspondence, papers, charts, notebooks, subject files, government publications,
Federal Trade Commission dockets, and drafts, reports, and other documentation
related to the panel on Invention and Innovation, the U.S. Patent Office
reorganization, the President's Conference on Administrative Procedure, and the
Adminstrative Conference of the United States.
Access Restrictions
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the
collection is open to the public.
Copyright Information
The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and
libel laws as they apply.
Related Materials
There are no known other archival collections created by Earl W. Kintner at the date
of processing.
Acquisition Information
This material was received from Earl W. Kintner from 1972-1979.
Processing Information
The collection was processed by Kathryn Brooks in August 2011.
Preferred Citation
Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number,
American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.
Access Terms
United States. Patent Office --
Reorganization.
United States. Federal Trade
Commission.
Administrative Conference of the United
States.
Judicial Conference of the United States.
Advisory Committee on Civil Rules.
United States. Panel on Invention and
Innovation.
Conference on Administrative Procedure
(1953-1954 : Washington, D.C.)
Antitrust law -- United States.
Administrative law -- United
States.
Trade regulation -- United States.
Technological innovations -- Government
policy -- United States.
Speeches.
Lawyers.
Politics, Government, and Law
Laws and Legislation
Container List
Series I. Government publications & related
legislation
5
Briefs with the FTC as petitioner & respondent
1924-1945
7
Congressional hearings - equal pricing
1959
7
Congressional hearings & reports - price
discrimination
1955-1956
10
Congressional hearings & reports
1954-1964
6
Congressional publications
1947-1962
2
Congressional studies and reports - copyright law revision (in
binder)
1960-1961
9
Congressional studies and reports - copyright law revision (in
binder)
1960-1961
11
Dockets (unnumbered-6,559)
circa 1920s-1960s
12
Dockets (6,559-12,268)
circa 1930s-1960s
4
Dockets (12,635-26,311)
circa 1950s
2
Dockets (in binders)
1953-1961
7
Dockets (in binders)
1954-1961
9
Dockets (in binders)
1953-1960
5
Dockets
1929-1960
8
Dockets
circa 1950s
13
Dockets
circa 1910s-1960s
22
Meat Packers Bill H.R. 9020-1
1957-1958
1
Misc. publications
1939-1958
3
Textiles and apparel - legal
1957, 1968
Series II. Subject files
3
Administrative Procedure literature
1950-1962
1
Chronological file - Chm. Kintner - Reports on Bills House &
Senate, 86th Congress
1959-1961
1
Chron. File - Reports on bills - 86th Congress -
Gwynne
1955-1959
14
Congressional Record & House bills, etc.
1962-1965
1
Legislative - Exec. Session, Spec. subc. House Small Business
Comte.
1959 August 12
1
Legislative - Food industry problems: Senate subc. on Retailing,
Distr., & Fair Trade Practices
1959 July 2
1
Legislative - Functional discount hearing, House Judiciary
subc.
1959 June 25
1
Legislative - Hearing on H.R. 2729 (Bentley Bill) House IFC subc.
on commerce & finance re Direct Sales
1959 July 22
1
Legislative - House bills
1957, 1959
1
Legislative - House Gov't Oper. Subc. Gov't actvts. re: Selection
of Hearing Examrs.
1960 August 26
1
Legislative - House IFC subc. on commerce & fin. re H.R.
10235 selling below cost
1960 June 17
1
Legislative - House IFC subc. on commerce & fin. re: H.R.
10201 auto distribution
1960 June 20
1
Legislative - House IFC subc. on legis. Oversight TV Quiz
hearings
1959 October 12
1
Legislative - House IFC, Hardwood labeling bills: H.R. 9310;
9349; 19653
1960 June 8
1
Legislative - House Judiciary antitrust subc. re. H.R. 7191 Co-op
Milk Producers exemptions
1959 August 20
1
Legislative - House PO & CS Comte re H.R. 10114 hearing
examiner bill - canceled
1960 August 17
1
Legislative - "PAYOLA" Hearing, House IFC subc. on legislative
oversight
1960 March 4
1
Legislative - Record of EWK appearance & of transcripts of
testimony
1955-1959
1
Legislative - Regulatory agencies code of ethics, House IFC. H.R.
4800 & 6774
1960 March 31
1
Legislative - Senate bills
1959-1960
1
Legislative - Senate Gov't Operations re S. 1571 Dept. of
Consumers bill
1960 June 23
1
Legislative - Senate IFC hearing on S. 1787, hardwood labeling
bill
1959 August 10
1
Legislative - Senate SBC subc. re food study
1960 June 22
1
Legislative - Subc. on Adm. Prac. & Proc., Sen. Judiciary re
S. 2374 & Title I of S. 600
1959 November 20
3
Mahogany - temporary file
1959-1961
3
Misc. publications
1969-1971
Series III. Works by Kintner
14
Addresses
1956-1963
3
Administered prices
circa 1959-1962
15
Articles - various
1954-1963
18
Articles and books by Kintner
1957-1970
16
Articles/reprints
1955-1967
20
Periodicals
1970-1975
21
Statements by Kintner
1957-1958
22
Statements by Kintner
1955-1956
Series IV. Government group work & special projects
19
Administrative Conference of the U.S. - Committee on Compliance
& Enforcement
1962
3
Administrative Conference of the U.S. - correspondence,
memoranda, documentation, etc.
1961-1962
6
Administrative Conference of the U.S. -
documentation
1962
17
Administrative Conference of the U.S. -
documentation
1962-1963
5
Administrative Conference of the U.S.
1961-1962
19
Administrative Conference of the U.S.
1962
14
Administrative Conference on Invention &
Innovation
1955, 1963-1965
9
AJS - Special Committee (to study Federal Judicial
Selection)
1976-1977
17
Final Report of the 1961-1962 Management Survey of the U.S.
Patent Office
1962 March 12
23
Final Report of the 1961-1962 Management Survey of the U.S.
Patent Office
1962 March 12
3
FTC - Rules & Regulations under the Textile Fiber Products
Identification Act
1959
14
Graphs & Charts
circa 1966
20
Invention & Innovation panel - general
miscellaneous
1965-1966
20
Invention & Innovation panel - Xerox copies -
miscellaneous
1940-1966
20
Invention & Innovation panel correspondence
1965-1966
14
Invention & Innovation panel materials
1965-1966
21
Invention & Innovation research materials
1965-1966
3
Judicial Conference
1951-1960
23
Patent Office Reorganization - rough draft of Management Survey
report
1961-1962
22
Patent Office Reorganization
1961-1962
19
Patent Office Reorganization, current: 1963
1963-1964
3
President's Conference on Administrative Procedure
1947-1960
19
Trial Examiners
1961-1962