Papers, 1785-1999.

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Papers, 1785-1999.

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Personal and professional papers of former Wisconsin State Supreme Court and Federal judge (Seventh Circuit Court in Chicago, 1966-1981) Thomas E. Fairchild. His professional papers document his tenure as a Wisconsin State Supreme Court Justice (1956-1966), his work as Chairman of the Constitutional Revision Commission in Madison, Wisconsin (1960-1965), and his role presiding over the famous appeal case of the Chicago Seven Conspiracy Trial (1968-1974). The most complete part of the collection is comprised of the various speeches given throughout his career, spanning the years 1948 to 1988. Also included is an oral history interview of Fairchild conducted by the Circuit Executive, Collins Fitzpatrick, in 1999, as well as materials pertaining to Fairchild's mother's (Endress) family genealogy.

5.0 c.f. (9 archives boxes and 4 flat boxes); plusadditions of 2.4 c.f.,24 photographs,4 negatives,2 disc recordings, and3 pieces of ephemera.

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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