J. Skelly Wright Papers 1933-1987 (bulk 1948-1986)

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J. Skelly Wright Papers 1933-1987 (bulk 1948-1986)

Attorney, judge, and educator. Personal and professional correspondence, case files, opinions, memoranda, reports, speeches and writings, financial papers, teaching material, clippings, printed matter, and photographs relating primarily to Wright's legal and judicial career.

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Black, Hugo LaFayette, 1886-1971

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Cameron, Benjamin Franklin, 1890-1964

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Foster, G. W. (George William), 1919-

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