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Thurman Wesley Arnold papers, 1895-1970 (bulk 1910-1970)

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Arnold, Thurman Wesley, 1891-1969
Title
Thurman Wesley Arnold papers
Dates
1895-1970 (bulk 1910-1970) (inclusive)
Quantity
58.60 cubic ft. (111 boxes)
Collection Number
00627
Summary
Personal and professional papers of this lawyer and antitrust advocate, who is best known for his appointment by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt as assistant attorney general of the United States in charge of the Antitrust Division in 1938.
Repository
American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming
American Heritage Center
University of Wyoming
1000 E. University Ave.
Dept. 3924
Laramie, WY
82071
Telephone: 3077663756
ahcref@uwyo.edu
Access Restrictions
Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.

Languages
English
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Historical Note

Thurman Wesley Arnold, the son of lawyer C.P. Arnold, was born in Laramie, Wyoming, and educated at the University of Wyoming, Princeton, and Harvard, where he earned a law degree in 1914. He practised law briefly in Chicago before serving with the U.S. Army in France during World War I. Arnold returned to Laramie, where he practised law from 1919 to 1927, served as mayor from 1923 to 1924, served one term in the Wyoming House of Representatives (1921) and lectured in the University of Wyoming law school. He was dean of the University of West Virginia College of Law from 1927 to 1930 and taught at Yale from 1930 to 1938.

Arnold was named assistant attorney general of the U.S. in charge of the antitrust division in 1938 and was a Department of Justice representative on the Temporary National Economic Committee from 1938 to 1941. He was appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in 1943 and left the bench in 1945 to resume private practice with the Washington, D.C., law firm of Arnold, Fortas & Porter, where he remained active until his death in 1969.

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Content Description

Collection contains 38 boxes of professional and personal correspondence as well as an extensive index to the correspondence (1910-1970); case files of legal documents, correspondence, memorandums, press releases, reports, and notes related to his work with the Antitrust Division (1923-1943); files of notes, galley proofs of opinions, and printed opinions of cases decided by Judge Arnold (1943-1945); drafts, manuscripts, publisher’s correspondence, and reviews of three books; manuscripts of numerous articles and book reviews by Arnold and others; personal financial, legal, and general files (1919-1965); photographs (1895-1950s); professional files (1929-1967); speeches; a scrapbook; biographical information on Arnold and family members; and miscellaneous awards and certificates. The collection contains virtually no material from the years 1919 to 1927 when he was living and practicing law in Laramie.

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Use of the Collection

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Copyright Information

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Preferred Citation

Preferred Citation

Item Description, Box Number, Thurman Wesley Arnold Papers, Collection Number 00627, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

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Existence and Location of Copies

Digital reproductions of select material from this collection are available at http://digitalcollections.uwyo.edu:8180/luna/servlet/uwydbuwy~64~64.

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Administrative Information

Related Materials

Related Materials

There are no known other archival collections created by Thurman Wesley Arnold at the date of processing.

Acquisition Information

Acquisition Information

Received from Thurman and Frances Arnold between 1959 and 1970.

Processing Note

Processing Information

The collection was processed by Loreley Moore in December of 1990.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Container List

Processed by Loreley Moore
2006

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