Walter B. Beals papers, 1400-1951 (bulk 1916-1951)

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Walter B. Beals papers, 1400-1951 (bulk 1916-1951)

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Correspondence, reports, writings, notes, trial transcripts and other material that document Judge Beal's work as a judge at the International Military Tribunal war crime trials at Nuremberg, his life and practice in Washington State, as well as his collecting activities. Also included are portions of Beals' varied autograph and manuscript collections, and genealogy research.

66 cubic feet.

University of Washington. Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 6816513

University of Washington. Libraries

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Beals, Walter B.

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Walter B. Beals was born in St. Paul, MN in 1876. He moved to the Washington Territory with his family that same year. He graduated from the University of Washington's School of Law in 1901. After graduation, he went into private practice in Seattle, Wash. Mr. Beals served in the United States Army in World War I. After the War, he served as a King County judge, Washington State Supreme Court judge and Chief Justice of the Court 1933-34 and 1945-46. In October 1946, he took a leave of absence to...