Charles Fahy Papers 1857-1985 (bulk 1942-1975)

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Charles Fahy Papers 1857-1985 (bulk 1942-1975)

Jurist, lawyer, United States solicitor general, and United States delegate to the United Nations. Diaries, correspondence, legal case files, subject files, speeches and writings, and other papers. Primarily related to Fahy's service on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Other papers relate to Fahy's role as an advisor and representative of the presidential administrations of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and Lyndon B. Johnson. Also documents Fahy's professional activities and associations, as well as his World War I experience as a naval aviator. Includes family papers.

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